The "fit" employee: Attitude
What does it mean to be a fit employee?
Quite simply, it is to have the mental and physical faculties to be able to do your job well. While the definition may not be precise, the point is that I am still discovering what it means to be truly fit. Since I spend most of the day at work, my work is an area I cannot ignore in my pursuit of 4-D Fitness.
One of the more difficult things to do is to have the proper attitude over the long haul. This does not mean always smiling - something I like doing :) But rather, having the right motivation and heart at work. I find that attitude fuels fitness at work. The wrong kind of attitude is like eating deep fried goodness (e.g. bad fuel) to prepare for a marathon.
Paul wrote something to the Ephesians a while back that really hit home for me:
Quite simply, it is to have the mental and physical faculties to be able to do your job well. While the definition may not be precise, the point is that I am still discovering what it means to be truly fit. Since I spend most of the day at work, my work is an area I cannot ignore in my pursuit of 4-D Fitness.
One of the more difficult things to do is to have the proper attitude over the long haul. This does not mean always smiling - something I like doing :) But rather, having the right motivation and heart at work. I find that attitude fuels fitness at work. The wrong kind of attitude is like eating deep fried goodness (e.g. bad fuel) to prepare for a marathon.
Paul wrote something to the Ephesians a while back that really hit home for me:
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
-- Ephesians 6:5-8
Attitude is important. And I always knew that. I never thought about treating my employers with reverence, as if God was my employer.
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