Doing Your Best

Happy Easter!  He is Risen.  He is Risen indeed. 

Today’s Kekich Credo encourages us to do more than what is expected of you.

• Real regrets only come from not doing your best. All else is out of your control. You’re measured by results only. Trade excuses and “trying” for results, and expect half-hearted results from half-hearted efforts. Do more than is expected of you. Life’s easy when you live it the hard way… and hard if you try to live it the easy way.

I am going to do my best to dissect this fourth Credo statement.  Here are some thoughts that came to mind while thinking about this statement.

1. Regrets.  In this sentence regrets is a noun so regrets are feelings of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something that has happened or been done, especially a loss or a missed opportunity.  These feelings come from not doing your best.

2. You’re measured by results only.  When you do your best, you get better results than if you only gave a half-hearted effort.

3. Doing your best.  Doing - there is that action word!  Your best - nothing less than your best.  Not half-hearted efforts.  In fact, do more than is expected of you.

4. Do more than is expected of you.  When you go above and beyond, others will notice and over time you will be rewarded for your work ethic.  

5. Do your best, not someone else’s idea of what your best might be.  Only you can truly know if you have done your best.  All else is out of your control.  I am so glad that God is in control.

6. Life is easy when you live it the hard way.  Makes me think of the ENTRE Institute code.  ``We eagerly do hard things well.’

Hmm… Time to live this credo out.  Ask yourself, am I doing my best with this task.  How can I do more than what is expected of me?  Am I doing my best and leaving the rest up to God?  

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