Sharing is not an easy thing to do in our jobs. As I have written before we are more often than not going to be rewarded for our individual efforts and work can become a place of competition versus collaboration and teamwork. We strive for both but seldom can we really say at work that what is mine is yours. Too much is made of the back and forth of who really deserves the credit or who really got the work done. There is always someone who wants the credit and someone else gets their toes stepped on and feeling hurt. It is not an inviting environment and the sandbox gets crowded way too fast. The question a lot of CEOs and Heads of HR have is how do they repair this in the companies. I believe it starts with an attitude from each of us that is an honest belief that what we share will come back to us and that the right thing to do is model the actions that what is mine can and should also be someone elses. I heard a song this last weekend that captures how we as believers are to start with turning all that is ours over to God. If we can do that then we stand the better chance to wanting to share all that we have with others. The lyrics of the song and a link are below. Today, consider if we are really of the right mind and are we truly able to say that what is mine is yours. If we can’t then it may be because we first haven’t figured out how to give up which is ours to God.
“It’s Yours” by Jadon Lavik
Take my pride all that’s inside
And trade it for a heart
A humble heart that gives glory to your name
Be the guide your will not mine as I step aside
Shine your light through this broken surrendered life
So it’s yours, it’s yours
My life is yours, it’s yours
So come on and have your way in me
Save to lose in this economy upside down
Lose to find the only life worth living for
Give to gain I want to lead a life that’s full of love
Help me see outside of me the strength in giving away
So it’s yours, it’s yours
My life is yours, it’s yours
So come on and have your way in me
Come on and have your way in me
Mold me mold me and make me
Into what you want me to be
So it’s yours, it’s yours
My life is yours, it’s yours
So come on and have your way in me
Come on and have your way in me