{"id":14535,"date":"2023-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/?p=14535"},"modified":"2023-11-23T08:40:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T22:40:25","slug":"dont-be-dismissive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/dont-be-dismissive\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Be Dismissive"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018By pride comes nothing but strife, but with the well\u2013advised is wisdom.\u2019 Proverbs\u00a013:10\u00a0NKJV<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why do we dismiss input that could help us? Sometimes it\u2019s to protect our ego against a painful truth. When we have an firmly fixed opinion, we can easily adopt a dismissive approach towards the thinking of others. And not only do we hurt them, we hurt ourselves. <\/p>\n

\u2018Better a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more.\u2019<\/i> (Ecclesiastes\u00a04:13\u00a0NKJV) Yes, you have areas of expertise. But you also have areas where you need advice. The day you decide to stop listening is the day you decide to stop growing. Thomas Carlyle said, \u2018Every man is my superior in that I can learn from him.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Even if what you learn is negative or a lesson in what not<\/i> to do, it\u2019s still valuable information that can protect and enrich you. Dr John C Maxwell says: \u2018What is the one thing\u2014more than any other\u2014that will determine the growth of an organisation? The growth of the people in the organisation. And what determines the people\u2019s growth? The growth of the leader! As long as people are following you, they will be able to go only as far as you go. If you\u2019re not growing, they won\u2019t be growing\u2014either that, or they will go somewhere else where they can<\/i> grow.\u2019<\/p>\n

And one more thing, look for opportunities to be with leaders of good character. Watch and learn, not only what they say, but also how they treat and speak with others. To grow, you need the right associations and the right input.<\/p>\n

SoulFood<\/a>: Amos 1:1\u20135:17, Mark 9:38\u201350, Ps 103:1\u201312, Pro 19:12\u201316<\/p>\n

The Word for Today<\/em> is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright \u00a9<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018By pride comes nothing but strife, but with the well\u2013advised is wisdom.\u2019 Proverbs\u00a013:10\u00a0NKJV Why do we dismiss input that could help us? Sometimes it\u2019s to protect our ego against a painful truth. When we have an firmly fixed opinion, we can easily adopt a dismissive approach towards the thinking of others. And not only do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[36,35,34,37],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34399,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14535\/revisions\/34399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifefmfiji.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}