Carpenter Courses: Why Not Start One?
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In life it is important to treat others and their property in the same courteous and decent way that you would expect others to treat yourself and your own property. What goes around comes around and; "Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today".
The following story illustrates the importance of taking care of others and their property in the way that you would your own. It says a lot about true success in life, the kind that we would design:
"An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favour. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.
When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter." He told him that the house was his to keep and live in whilst he enjoyed his retired life with his family. This was a very generous gesture from the contractor but was a shame for the carpenter because of the lack of effort that he put into the building of the house. If he had known that he was building the house for himself then there is no doubt that he would have had much more pride in his work and would have done it all so differently. His attitudes and choices resulted in him living in the home that he had not built very well.
This story teaches us that we live our lives in a distracted way and instead of acting, we react and we are more than willing to put up with less than the best. We should always put our best effort into everything that we do rather than just the things we consider to matter.
Too many times we create situations where we have to live in the house we built none too well and realise that if we had known then we would have done the task in hand so much differently.
In future when you are working think of yourself as the carpenter in this story. Think about your house. Every nail that you hammer, every board that you position and every wall that you erect should be done so just how you would like and expect it to be done. It's the only life you will ever build and even if you only live in it for one more day, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. Build wisely.
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James Copper is a writer and mainly writes articles that can help people gain some new career skills
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