Notes to Grandchildren – January 29, 2020

23 Feb

Dear Grandchildren,

Do your job.  Do it well.  Focus.  The job you have right now is the most important job that you will ever do.  (I’m not talking some far away time when you have a make a living.  I’m talking about daily chores: feeding the pets, taking out the trash, making your bed, etc.)

Colin Powell (Army Four-Star General, U.S. Secretary of State) got a business internship with a soda company while in college.  He expected to be working with management.  Instead he was given a mop and broom to clean up.  Can you even imagine the sticky mess involved with cleaning up soda pop that had been spilled on the floor?  He resolved to be the best janitor that business ever had.  He put his whole heart into the job.  It wasn’t what he expected, but he stuck with it and succeeded.

Do the same regardless of the tasks or jobs you’ve been given.

Love,

Grandfather

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