For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free-and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
Character Check As I look over the past ten years of my life, where have I seen results?
In Business Terms The key question for a leader is “What can I do in this organization that nobody else can do?” And several questions emerge from that: What did the good Lord ordain me for? What are my strengths? Where have I seen results?
Very few of us ask these questions because very few of us even know how we perform. What am I good at? We don’t usually ask that question. We’ve been trained to notice our weaknesses, not our strengths.
Schools, of necessity, are remedial institutions. When teachers meet with parents, rarely do they say, “Your Johnny should do more writing. He’s so talented in writing.” No, more likely you’ll hear, “Johnny needs more work on his math. He’s a bit weak in that area.”
As a result, few of us really know our strengths. The great teachers, and great leaders, recognize strengths and focus on them.
—Peter Drucker
Something to Think About Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use out of their victories. – Polybius
