Hard Work

Devotional

Proverb 14:23 says, "All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty."

Sometimes it's easier to talk about work than it is to work.  The challenge for each of us is to do the most important things first--even when they are exactly the tasks we don't want to mess with!  Do you have a to do list?  Most of you probably do.  Do you prioritize your to do list?

If you don't, I'd encourage you to start.  One way is to split your list into two lists--Urgent tasks and Important Tasks.  Urgent is only those things that have to get done soon, like today or tomorrow.  Don't do anything on the Important list until the Urgent list is done.  And if something isn't important, don't put it on the list at all.

Another way would be to rank tasks A, B, or C depending on how important they are.  Then do all the A's before you start on the B's, etc.  Doing things that aren't urgent or important before tasks that are is a huge time waster and will lower your ultimate profit.

Here's a list of common time wasters than get in the way of profitable work:
1.  Telephone and Email (maybe email shouldn't be the first thing I do when I get to work...)
2.  Internet (including facebook unrelated to work)
3.  Coming in late and leaving early (the downside of flexibility)
4.  Lack of organization

I pray you can make the most of every opportunity (Colossians 4:5) you have at Alpha Omega.

Scorecard

3rd Quarter is over and new commission levels will kick in with your next checks!  Let's have a great Q4.

September (out of 15)
Heath 13
Torrie 12
David 11
Jared 9
EJ 4.5
Dana 4
Steve 3.5
James 1.5
Lyndal 0
Jerry 0
Chase 0
Mike 0

Q3 Averages
Heath 13.17
Jared 11.67
Torrie 11.17
EJ 8.17
David 6.67
Dana 5.83
Steve 3.08
Lyndal 2
Jerry 1.33
Mike 1
James .67
Chase 0