Life is a test and the points on that test are earned by how much attention you give to improving yourself and helping others. When your test is graded, to what will you attribute your success: study, hard work, personality, talent, skill, opportunity, connections, patronage or luck? No amount of material success earned and kept will be awarded credit. The greater your blessings, the greater your obligation to share your good fortune.

Use your special talents to serve the common good. Let your actions be motivated by a commitment to char­ity and justice. Be compassionate, kind and considerate. Free yourself from your attachment to things. The Action Principles^® are your ideals. Right now is the time to con­sider your blessings. Start scoring points.

It may be time to look for a new job if:

• Your current job lacks challenges and is boring
• Your co-workers aren’t achievement oriented
• The company isn’t ethical
• The quality of your products or services is declining
• Your extra effort is not recognized, appreciated and rewarded
• You and the boss’s son are vying for the same promotion
• The atmosphere is chaotic, tense and always in crisis mode
• The economic outlook for your industry is poor Upper management is jumping ship
• The company is not continually upgrading and investing back

Of course, being an extraordinary worker, a superstar, you may be highly recruited and can’t resist the pay, benefits and perks offered by another company. Go for it.

BillFitzPatrick.com, The Action Principles

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