{"id":8004,"date":"2019-10-01T11:16:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T15:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/?p=8004"},"modified":"2019-10-01T11:16:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T15:16:13","slug":"october-blog-2019-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/?p=8004","title":{"rendered":"October Blog 2019 &#8230; Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fixhybrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/church-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" \/>Sometimes we all need some wisdom,\u00a0 like this quote below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway.<\/li>\n<li>If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway.<\/li>\n<li>If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies; succeed anyway.<\/li>\n<li>If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you: be honest and frank anyway.<\/li>\n<li>What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; build anyway.<\/li>\n<li>If you find serenity and happiness, other may be jealous; be happy anyway.<\/li>\n<li>The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; do good anyway.<\/li>\n<li>Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give the world the best you\u2019ve got anyway.<\/li>\n<li>You see in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most people believe this was engraved on the wall of Mother Teresa&#8217;s home for children in Calcutta. No one is sure, but if it moves you to consider how we go about our day at work, then it is worth reading. <strong>Can we apply this creed to a repair shop? If we rewrite this with our shop in mind, it would read something like this:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Customers are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway but make sure they pay the whole bill including the time you held their hands and answered all their questions.<\/li>\n<li>If you are kind to your employees, some employees may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway, as they are a big part of how successful you have become.<\/li>\n<li>If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies; succeed anyway. Enough said!<\/li>\n<li>If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you: be honest and frank anyway, but keep bank books, tools, pass codes, and such locked up.<\/li>\n<li>What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; build anyway. Buy insurance so you can rebuild and keep a fire extinguisher nearby.<\/li>\n<li>If you find serenity and happiness at work you are most likely drinking too much, other may be jealous; be happy and sober anyway.<\/li>\n<li>The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; do good anyway, and then write a company newsletter so others can remember.<\/li>\n<li>Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough, so offer a warranty; give the world the best you\u2019ve got anyway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You see in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway. <strong>Your customers most likely will not come to your funeral, so spend time, and energy with those that will.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keep these words handy for a while until it sinks in then give this to someone else. This was shared by the Reverend Mark Seifried when he knew I could use it. It helped explain a lot, so now I can share it with you, including the edited version.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Van Batenburg,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes we all need some wisdom,\u00a0 like this quote below. 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