It is not for the clay to dictate the potter but the potter dictates the clay, and moulds and fashions it according to his own pleasure…I am in the hands of the potter; and if I continue faithful, he will make me a vessel unto honor.
My experience has taught me this about how people and organizations improve: the best place to look is for small changes we could make in things we do often. There is power and steadfastness in repetition.
But we try to approach our work with humility about what we don’t know and the determination to learn from our mistakes.
It dawned on me that we routinely upgrade the things in our life- our wardrobe, car, appliances, and more so electronics like phones and laptops. But how many of us consciously try to upgrade ourselves?
What we achieve professionally, the quality of our relationships and ultimately our capacity for happiness spring from a positive, growth mindset.
People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.