Karl Edwards presents Working Matters

Tag: showing up

  • Engage Fully: You Owe It To Yourself

    insightful-linkJust because your boss doesn’t remember your name, doesn’t mean that your name shouldn’t still represent the best that is within you.

    Just because your employer will lay you off the very moment their cash flow slows, doesn’t mean that you don’t give your best right up to that moment.

    You do this not because you owe anything to your employer, but because you owe it to yourself.

    I came across a great article this morning, A Year-End Commitment: Engage Yourself wherein Susan Cramm at the Harvard Business Review makes a great case for showing up fully engaged at work simply because that is what kind of person you are.

    Check it out.

  • The Gift of Work -> Chapter 2: Kingdom Living

    thought-leadersTraining for kings.

    From the outside in… practicing habits of healthy living until proficient. From the inside out… becoming increasingly open to the involvement of God in the training process.

    Such are the spiritual disciplines: twin and simultaneous trajectories toward becoming the kind of person you were meant to be.

    gift-of-work1Reflecting on the workplace, it is my stewardship of the life God has given me that determines the character of my presence and contribution there. Hence the power of Heatley’s now obvious, but usually overlooked, linkage between our stewardship within God’s kingdom with the role of kings.

    How I show up matters.

    Whether or not I choose to engage fully—authentically, energetically and creatively—matters.

    The choices I make at work improve, restore, and (more…)

  • Loving Monday: The Gift of You

    You are a gift the rest of us need this week.

    On behalf of those you will encounter, thank you for being who you are.

    Thank you for your choices. Thank you for your perspective. Thank you for your working style. Thank you for your demeanor.

    This place would be less without you. Less strong, less rich, less thoughtful, less wise, less bold, less vibrant, less beautiful, less alive.

    You know how many of your particular distinctives are impossible for me to include here. Thank you for every one of them.

    Thank you for showing up today. Thank you for showing up fully yourself. It’s going to be a better week because you are here.