In the last article about excellence, we discussed becoming a person of excellence. The beauty and challenge of
excellence is that the more you improve yourself, the more you are set apart
from the crowd. After months and years of continuous improvement, the
difference becomes clear. Your high standard makes mediocrity irritable to you.
You easily notice shoddy work and you are labelled a perfectionist. Your subordinates
become uncomfortable working with you because they are incapable of satisfying
you. You are afraid to delegate as you
will most likely redo the work. You end up doing most things and barely have
time for yourself and things that are really important to you.
Moses the man
of God was once there. He received a mandate from God to lead his people the Israelites
and he gave himself completely to the work. Exo 18:13 says “the next day Moses sat to judge the
people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening”. This became his constant practice and his
major work. Jethro, his father-in-law
noticed this and told him what will be the outcome of his actions; total burn
out for both him and the people Exo 18:18. While in the beginning, it will seem
a great idea having your personal touch on everything your business or ministry
does, in the end you will realize that you cannot do it alone and you were less
effective than you could have been if you had delegated.
