{"id":16234,"date":"2017-08-20T19:52:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T23:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/?p=16234"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T17:30:32","slug":"success-lessons-from-an-ant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/success-lessons-from-an-ant\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Lessons from an Ant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Learn the Lessons of an Ant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To become successful is not that difficult.\u00a0 Successful people do things that lazy people won\u2019t.\u00a0 In the Book of Proverbs, Solomon teaches a lesson to those who are feeling a bit lazy. \u00a0It is to those who think they can do the minimum and still be rewarded with a great future that I write this.\u00a0 Solomon shows us how to live successfully by observing the life of an ant.<\/p>\n

Go to the ant,\u00a0you slacker!<\/em> Observe its ways and become wise. Without leader, administrator, or ruler,<\/em>\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>it prepares its provisions in summer;<\/em> it gathers its food during harvest. <\/em>\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong>How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?<\/em> When will you get up from your sleep?\u00a0 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest, and your poverty will come like a robber, your need, like a bandit. <\/em>(Proverbs 6:6-11 HCSB)<\/p>\n

We often see people doing the opposite of the way of an ant.\u00a0 People do just enough to not get fired!\u00a0 Others have an entitlement mentality and feel that their employer owes them more that what they agreed to receive in wages.\u00a0 Many employee\u2019s today feel entitled to promotion without earning it.\u00a0 Some \u201csteal\u201d time and even possessions from the company because they feel entitled to more than what they are earning in pay.\u00a0 Mediocre employee\u2019s always have to be watched and told what to do.<\/p>\n

Just consider this!\u00a0 What could happen if an employee made their employers\u2019 life easier?\u00a0 What could happen if they performed as if the company they worked for was theirs?\u00a0 What could happen if they worked on ways to make the company more profitable?\u00a0 I will tell you what could happen; they could get promoted and make more money.\u00a0 This is because all these actions are what every employer wants from their employees.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know of one company owner or manager who would not richly reward such a person!<\/p>\n

So, if you want to become successful and increase in status and money, stop waiting for your boss to tell you what to do.\u00a0 You already know what to do.\u00a0 Take the initiative and go beyond what you are paid to do.\u00a0 Don\u2019t sit back and procrastinate, putting off until tomorrow what can be done today.\u00a0 Be aggressive.\u00a0 Go above and beyond!\u00a0 In doing so you will become a company asset instead of a liability.\u00a0 If the company enters a downturn, you will be the last to go not the first!<\/p>\n

I can assure you that if you stop making excuses and do what you KNOW you need to do you will advance beyond your wildest dreams.\u00a0 Work on yourself.\u00a0 Become the best you can be.\u00a0 Make it your aim to become indispensable and you will gain favor with your employer, customers, and coworkers.\u00a0 Become a leader and you will be promoted to lead.\u00a0 There is no better way.<\/p>\n

An ant is a tiny creature, but it sure teaches big lessons!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We often see people doing the opposite of the way of an ant.\u00a0 People do just enough to not get fired!\u00a0 Others have an entitlement mentality and feel that their employer owes them more that what they agreed to receive in wages.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[494,202,201],"tags":[625,626,627,623,417,621,619,624,622,620,437],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}