Comments on: Wordswell Communiqué 1/12/10 – “Dignity” http://www.wordswell.com/blog/wordswell-communique-01-12-10-dignity/ Message Creation When Ideas Matter Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: 15 Minutes Starts…NOW « Connectivity http://www.wordswell.com/blog/wordswell-communique-01-12-10-dignity/comment-page-1/#comment-5273 15 Minutes Starts…NOW « Connectivity Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:40:10 +0000 http://www.wordswell.com/?p=1673#comment-5273 [...] communiqué [...] [...] communiqué [...]

]]> By: ER http://www.wordswell.com/blog/wordswell-communique-01-12-10-dignity/comment-page-1/#comment-5245 ER Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:10:01 +0000 http://www.wordswell.com/?p=1673#comment-5245 I like to think I regard people and their professions with equal value. I like to think I am the great affirmer. But then I started a new job, and I came to realize I think this job, which is a noble profession, is beneath me. Which also means I have to admit that I do, in fact, assign value to people according to their respective employment. I do, in fact, rank myself and others. Oy vey. I wish I did not do this. I like to think I regard people and their professions with equal value. I like to think I am the great affirmer. But then I started a new job, and I came to realize I think this job, which is a noble profession, is beneath me. Which also means I have to admit that I do, in fact, assign value to people according to their respective employment. I do, in fact, rank myself and others. Oy vey. I wish I did not do this.

]]> By: Greg Rittler http://www.wordswell.com/blog/wordswell-communique-01-12-10-dignity/comment-page-1/#comment-5243 Greg Rittler Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:31:56 +0000 http://www.wordswell.com/?p=1673#comment-5243 Tim- I couldn't agree more. You can't just put it on. It's devotion to your trade for the sake of doing great work that really makes a different. I found that to be consistently true in every industry that we touch. Greg Tim-

I couldn’t agree more. You can’t just put it on. It’s devotion to your trade for the sake of doing great work that really makes a different. I found that to be consistently true in every industry that we touch.

Greg

]]> By: MaryAnn C. Ley, D.C. http://www.wordswell.com/blog/wordswell-communique-01-12-10-dignity/comment-page-1/#comment-5242 MaryAnn C. Ley, D.C. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:24:38 +0000 http://www.wordswell.com/?p=1673#comment-5242 And I'm a chiropractor....and we're quacks, not "real" doctors, and in order to get well, you need to come in for 43 visits, right? WRONG. I smash that perception with my difference. Vive la difference! And I’m a chiropractor….and we’re quacks, not “real” doctors, and in order to get well, you need to come in for 43 visits, right? WRONG. I smash that perception with my difference. Vive la difference!

]]> By: Mike Poff http://www.wordswell.com/blog/wordswell-communique-01-12-10-dignity/comment-page-1/#comment-5241 Mike Poff Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:54:14 +0000 http://www.wordswell.com/?p=1673#comment-5241 Years ago when I was feeling called from being an engineer to become a pastor, I did not want to make the change. The reason was not the lower pay, but the poor image of pastors due to the Swaggarts and Bakkers of the day. Not untl an older, wiser man told me "you don't share in their shame. Go define what kind of pastor you are going to be" did I make the move. He was saying the same thing - smash the images and perceptions with my own personal choices. Good words Brody. Years ago when I was feeling called from being an engineer to become a pastor, I did not want to make the change. The reason was not the lower pay, but the poor image of pastors due to the Swaggarts and Bakkers of the day. Not untl an older, wiser man told me “you don’t share in their shame. Go define what kind of pastor you are going to be” did I make the move. He was saying the same thing – smash the images and perceptions with my own personal choices. Good words Brody.

]]> By: Tim Maurer http://www.wordswell.com/blog/wordswell-communique-01-12-10-dignity/comment-page-1/#comment-5240 Tim Maurer Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:40:41 +0000 http://www.wordswell.com/?p=1673#comment-5240 I love the admonition to "see the sacredness and the dignity in what you do," and I posit that those who DO just that, especially in professions that have a tendency to be the target of stereotypes, will set themselves apart from their peers and competition. The trick, however, is that we can't "put on" sanctity and dignity for the primary purpose of getting the competetive edge in business; it must be done for its inherent benefits, and if so, excellence and the desired business results tend to follow. I love the admonition to “see the sacredness and the dignity in what you do,” and I posit that those who DO just that, especially in professions that have a tendency to be the target of stereotypes, will set themselves apart from their peers and competition.

The trick, however, is that we can’t “put on” sanctity and dignity for the primary purpose of getting the competetive edge in business; it must be done for its inherent benefits, and if so, excellence and the desired business results tend to follow.

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