While I worked secularly those years, we had this young engineer. Within three months, he changed the face of our company for good. He worked round the clock, did beyond his job expectations, and introduced new initiatives that transformed his department. He resigned after three months, but my MD couldn’t forget him. He was truly a person of value.
Friend, one of the decisions that you must make this year is to be a person of value (Judges 9:8-15). Be a person of value in your relationships and places of engagement. It has been said that if your absence in a place is not felt, then it means your presence was immaterial. This cannot be better said. Make your presence in a place and with people count (Matthew 5:13-16).
To become valuable, you need to be a value-adding person. When people ask you what you are bringing to the table, don’t feel offended. Rather, be challenged to contribute significantly where and when necessary (Genesis 30:27). Don’t be a loafer. Be a leader. Be someone who brings ideas, solutions, and major contributions wherever you find yourself.
Leadership is not about position. It is about contribution. It is not about title. It is about value. Valuable people are assets wherever they find themselves; at work, family, church, and the nation at large (Psalms 78:70-72). People of value don’t work for money. They work for impact. They don’t also look for money. Money looks for them because money follows value.
If you want to increase your income this year, increase your value. While some are begging for salary increase, valuable people name their wage (Genesis 30:28). They are too valuable to be lost in a company or organisation. They make themselves irreplaceable. Make up your mind to be one of such. Be a person of value.
You cannot be a person of value until you start adding value to yourself. This year, go all the way to add value to yourself. Don’t wait for others to do it for you (1 Timothy 4:12-16, 2 Timothy 2:15). Enrol for courses. Read books. Attend conferences. Network with people of excellence. Improve your skill. Up your game. Do all you can to ensure that you don’t repeat the mediocrity of the previous year(s). Be a person of value.
‘Demola Awoyele
Lead Pastor,
Destiny Impact Church
Akure, Nigeria