Biblical Success Principle #2 (of 7)

Did you catch last week’s Wisdom Wednesday email where I shared the first of seven biblical success principles - the importance of having a plan?

If not, you’re in luck. You can catch it on my blog.

This week we move on to biblical success principle #2 - How to treat people in business and in life.

Philippians 2:3, 4 tells us to “...do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.”

The principle we see here is that, in business and in life, we must put relationships first. Other’s interests must come before our own. I am reminded of the Zig Ziglar quote that says, “You can have everything you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.”

The application here is to focus on other’s needs, wants, and problems and find solutions for them. The key takeaway is to put others first in all we do.

This is at the heart of everything I desire for my life…and everything I teach in my business coaching.

In any business, we should always be thinking from our customer’s/client’s perspective.

What’s best for them?

What is in it for them?

What will their experience be like with me and/or my company?

How do they win in each scenario?

We are also told in this Philippians passage to avoid selfishness (self-centeredness) and to not do anything out of conceit.

“...do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit…”

We live in a conceited society today, don’t we?

We live in a society that is obsessed with self…from selfies, to Snapchat, to Self Magazine.

Popular phrases like “follow your heart,” permeate our society and can tend to point inward towards self-centeredness rather than outward to others.

Certainly, to put other’s interests ahead of our own interests is unnatural and goes against the “grain” of what we see around us, but it is a biblical principle that pays off in multiple ways.

I’m sure we’ve all experienced a salesperson who we could tell was only about their own gain and making the sale?

They typically won’t take the time to ask good questions, listen well, or to be genuinely excited to learn about you and to solve your problem as their customer.

If we follow this great biblical success principle and put other people and relationships first, we will not be like that self-seeking salesperson.

We will enjoy more fulfillment, greater results and increased success.

Next week we’ll take a look at biblical success principle #3.

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Until next time,