Be a Rock Star at Work

Work gives meaning to our lives. It influences our self worth and the way we perceive our place under the sun. Being great at what you do isn't just something you do for the organi zation you work for it's a gift you give yourself. Being spectacularly great at your work promotes personal respect, excitement and just makes your life a lot more interesting. Good things happen to people who do good things. And when you bring your highest talents and deepest devotion to the work you do, what you are really doing is setting yourself up for a richer, hap pier and more fulfilling experience of living.

This point makes me think of the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr-one of my heroes-who once observed: "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or as Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."

AND YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE BIGGEST TITLE TO DO THE BEST JOB.