Faith At Work

What's going on my friends welcome back to the Ryan League podcast where we love to keep things short and sweet and add value to your life each and every week. Today's episode is no exception. One of the number one questions that I often get being a person to faith is how are you so open and public and I've spoken with your faith in a lot of corporate settings that aren't favorable to people who are I guess overtly religious and the way that I answer that question is I try to share my faith through the way that I work. I love showing up with excellence. I'm trying to give my absolute best each and every time and I just want to encourage people to faith that there's there's a way that you can share your faith at work without ever preaching a sermon. So I realize that a lot of people that listen to my podcast aren't people with faith but I'm telling you I think today's episode is definitely going to add value to your life. I think I'm going to as I give the 10 ways to share your faith at work. I'm just going to tell you I people without faith can do these 10 things. But when you serve a God who's been so kind to you when you believe that you have the ultimate forgiveness. It changes how you treat people and there is the scripture found in collotions that says something that I think is extremely extremely powerful. It simply says this says whatever you do work out it with all your heart as working for the Lord as working for the Lord and so when you have a belief system a faith that says you know what my boss is not the person that I think it is. I've got a heavenly boss a higher power a divine boss. Well yeah that's going to change change how you work. So I'm going to give you 10 ways to share your faith at work without preaching a sermon and I think it's not going to add value to your life. I think it's going to add value to the place that you work and it's going to help you have so much more influence and respect wherever you show up in your career. All right you ready for the 10 number one be on time. Yeah you got to be on time be on time I get a punctuality might not seem spiritual. But it's one of the simplest ways to show other people respect when you're on time you're saying your time matters to me. You're telling people I'm dependable I keep my word I can be trusted you'd be surprised how much credibility you can build just by showing up when you said you would show up. Being late every now and then happens but when it becomes a pattern it communicates that everything in your world is more important than the people waiting on you. You cannot talk about serving God with excellence if you don't respect people's time sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do on Tuesday morning. It's just be on time number two give your best effort give your best effort excellence is a reflection of what you believe about who you're working for. Again collusion 32 and 3 whatever you do work out of all your heart is working for the Lord that means when you show up to work whether you're running a meeting cleaning a floor answering phones or leading a company you're not just working for a paycheck you're working for God and that changes everything. You don't need a crowd to perform you don't need applause to give your best because your excellence is worship it's not about perfection it's about effort when you give your best people notice and over time. Excellence builds influence most people give their best effort depending on how good their boss is or if they like where they work. No no no i'm an encouraging give your best right where you're at and perhaps you go man why don't you like my job well you know your next job is dependent on how good of an effort you give to your current job. And so i'm just gonna encourage you share a bit work give your best effort number three watch your body language yes i'm just have this arms cross posture at work and i'll just say this. Sometimes your posture preaches louder than your prayers before you ever say a word people can tell whether you care whether you're present with your approachable something encourage it smile more sit up straight makes my contact your body language tells a story long before your mouth ever open and if you're a person of faith. That's a story should be you want to warm and hope and humility and let me ask something here don't let the quality of someone else's leadership determine your body language again your boss may not be inspiring your manager might be disorganized maybe your leader doesn't deserve your best attitude i'm going to tell you give it anyways because you're not working for them you're working through them for god. So if you let your effort in your body language rise and fall based on who's in charge you always be inconsistent but if your standard comes from who you serve you always stand out regardless of the environment number four be prepared preparation says i care. Yeah preparation says i honor the people i'm meeting with and the opportunity that i believe god gave me and now we all know that person who walks into the meeting saying wait wait what what are we talking about again. Or the person that's getting the email but you think questions about the meeting that we're already answered in the email yeah don't be that person. Yeah be prepared when you're prepared you're saying i value this moment i respect everyone's time and i'm ready to contribute preparation is one of the most underrated ways to worship it's the way of saying god you've opened this door and i'm going to honor you by being ready when i walk through it excellence isn't random it's rehearsed number five keep a positive attitude yeah keep a positive attitude listen negativity is contagious. So enjoy yeah and one of the best ways to show your faith if i bring a good spirit in the hard places when everyone else is venting or complaining you can be the one to choose is optimism positive attitude doesn't mean you ignore problems it means you see possibilities it's not pretending everything's perfect it's believing that even when it's not god still working so you got a little bit of faith that your job you got a little bit of hope like. You can shift an entire atmosphere just by how you show up and sometimes that is the shift that can open the door for someone to ask why are you so calm when everything's okay audit like that's your moment where you can point back to where your piece really comes from be the kind of person that says hey i don't match the energy i set the standard people can come into a meeting with a little funky attitude let them you walk in with your positive attitude keep a positive attitude number six. Follow through yeah just do what you said you was going to do integrity is built one kept promise at a time if you say you're going to do something do it people will forgive a lot of things but they rarely forget when you drop the ball on a commitment every time you follow through you're reinforcing your credibility every time you go someone or leave a task have done you chip away at it when you're yes actually means yes people start to believe your job. And when they believe your word they're more likely to believe your faith is real to number seven be coachable you can't grow and be defensive at the same time i'm going to say it again you cannot grow and be defensive at the same time teach ability is one of the great witnesses you can have at work when you can receive feedback without getting offended it shows maturity and humility you're telling people i don't have it all figured out but i'm not going to say it again. So if you're ready to learn that humility is magnetic it earns trust it opens doors even when feedback stains remember people aren't just criticizing you they're giving you a chance to grow you don't have to agree with everything someone says but you can always extract something useful the people who grow the most are the ones who stay coachable the longest number eight. So talk positive about people behind their backs yes talk positive about people behind their backs your co-workers will hear about it and so will your reputation when everyone else is gossiping you can be the one who says something kind the goal isn't to be fake nice no it's to be genuinely grateful when you honor people who aren't in the room people start to feel safe around you but when you gossip about other people in the room behind their backs you know what the point is that you're going to be a good one. The people who are in that room are thinking they're thinking I wonder what they say about me when I'm not in the room they realize you're not the kind of person who is is actually somebody that they can trust and so just know this your words create culture and you can decide if that culture is toxic or trustworthy speaking well of others even the difficult ones is one of the most powerful ways to stand out in a cynical world number nine honestly number nine. Number nine is probably my favorite. I mean obviously I got 10 here but I really like number nine. Number nine check on people when you don't need anything. Yeah check on people when you don't need anything the best relationships in the world aren't transactional. You know how it feels when people only reach out when they need a favor. Yeah we all got those people but I'm just encouraged you don't be that person. No send the text make the call stop by someone's desk just to say hey how are you really doing no agenda no request just care you'd be surprised how far that goes because everybody's going through something and sometimes your kindness is the reminder someone needs that they're seeing that they're value. That they're not alone caring when it's convenient is nice caring when it's not well I would call that minister number 10 last but not least do more than what's required. Yeah I'm going to encourage you to go there. Because going the action mile might not show up on your paycheck but it always shows up in your witness. Anyone can do the minimum but people of faith go the second mile not because they have to but because that's who they are. Jesus said if someone forces you to go one mile go with them to the first mile is obligation second mile is opportunity the first mile is duty second mile is distinction that's where people start to notice something different about you and sometimes that extra mile is where God's favor shows up. Because he trust people who can be trusted with more that's my friends how I think you can share your faith at work without ever having to preach a sermon you do not need a title to be a minister or a microphone to make an impact. The way that you show up at work your consistency your kindness your integrity that's your sermon tell say it again. Pretty often seldom use words because the truth is people are watching how you handle pressure how you treat people who can do anything for you and how you respond when life gets messy you don't have to be perfect to represent your faith I think it's have to be present intentional and faithful remember whatever you do work out of all your. Work at it with all your heart it's working for the Lord that's the call that's the assignment that's the witness. Thanks again my friends for listening to the Ryan league podcast and today's episode inspired you add value to your life I'd encourage you to share with the friend you have a mean the world to me if you take a moment to read review and subscribe your support helps us reach more people with the short sweet nuggets of inspiration thanks for being part of the journey we'll see you next time.