Volksrust Recorder - Column / Rubrieke10 Recorder 26 June 2015

ChangeYourStory

With Jacques de Villiers

Attention isSuperior to Intention

eenvoudig “God het so gesê” en dit is al watbelangrik is. Jak. 2:23 En die Skrif is vervulwat sê: En Abraham het God geglo, en dit ishom tot geregtigheid gereken, en hy is ‘nvriend van God genoem.God se eis vir diemens is om Hom te glo en in daardie geloofHom te volg en natuurlik te gehoorsaam.Gehoorsaamheid is nie altyd maklik nie omdatons as mens altyd na ons vermoë kyk enmaklik kan sê: Ek sien nie kans nie: Ek kan ditnie doen nie: Ek kan dit nie nou doen nie: DieHere maak ’n fout om dit van my te vra/verwagensovoorts. God sal nie iets van ons verwagwat onmoontlik is om te doen nie. 2Kor. 3:5Nie dat ons uit onsself bekwaam is om iets asuit onsself te bedink nie, maar onsbekwaamheid is uit God. Fil. 4:13 Ek is totalles in staat deur Christus wat my krag gee.God praat met Sy kinders en Hy verwaggehoorsaamheid. Hy verwag van Sy kindersdat hulle Hom sal vertrou omdat Hy weetwat Hy doen! Rom. 11:33 o Diepte van dierykdom en wysheid en kennis van God! Hoeondeurgrondelik is sy oordele enonnaspeurlik sy weë! Vertrou die Here met uhele hart, verstand en al u krag. Volg Hom engehoorsaam Hom ongeag wat Hy van uverlang want HY is betroubaar.Groete in Sy NaamDs. Jan Keyser

It was when I was rereading Etsko Schuitema’sIntent: Exploring the Core of Being Humanthe other day that I came across thisaphorism: Attention is Superior toIntention.Eckhart Tolle made the sameobservation when he said, “Realize deeplythat the present moment is all you have. Makethe NOW the primary focus on your life.And,to add some more weight to this, CarlosCastaneda said, “A man of knowledge livesby acting, not by thinking about acting.Thesequotes and more, highlight the weakness insetting goals for our lives.Our goals are fullof good intent. We want the fancy car, wewant to lose weight, we want to quit smoking,we want to travel, we want to be rich, we wanta loving relationship and the like.However,most of us are not prepared to pay attentionto the process of getting our intention.Unlesswe focus on the actions and do the work toget to our end destination, all thevisualisations and affirmations in the worldwon’t get us any nearer to our dreams.Ibelieve that many of us miss the boat becausewe’re not prepared to pay attention to thework we have to do in the moment to achieveour dreams. Just in case you think I’mjudging, I’m not … I’m as guilty as the nextman of not working as hard as I should. Imiss the boat plenty. Perhaps some of us arejust not prepared to pay the price to get what

we want. Perhaps I can just be blunt enoughand say it, “We are lazy and want our successhanded to us on a plate”.As Thomas Edisonsaid, “Opportunity is missed by most peoplebecause it is dressed in overalls and lookslike work.I think many of us have bought intothe saying “work smarter and not harder”.And, maybe it has given us an excuse not towork too hard. The problem is that we are notworking smarter either. So, if we take awayhard work and smarts, we’re pretty much leftwith nothing.We are also misled by themedia’s portrayal of people that are ‘overnightsuccesses’. I think if we interrogate these so-called ‘overnight successes’ we’ll find theopposite is true. We’ll find that they workedextremely hard, over a long period of timewhilst enduring failure after failure to achieve‘overnight success’. 99% of ‘overnightsuccess’ stories are myth.I suppose the trickis to figure out what it is that we really wantin our lives. Then set action plans to achievewhat it is we want and then use every momentwisely and knuckle down and do the work.Because as you know, the only place wheresuccess comes before work is in thedictionary.For further information:Jacques de Villiersjacques@jacquesdevilliers.com082 906 3693

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Safety MentorsWho Matters

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Old Koos has been a busy boy of late. Inbetween studying and working for someprestigious clients at world renownedlocations. Koos fingers have been worked tothe bone.Typing like a monkey…So much typing, that the other day whileinterviewing an engineer as part of a reviewof a Permit To Work system, the engineerlooked at the small laptop balanced on SafetyKoos’ legs and said; “You could play theorgan! Did you learn to touch-type atschool?”Koos stopped to think. Initially hethought the guy was calling him a monkey(you know, like those monkeys who used toturn the handle next to the guy playing theorgan).Then Koos realised what he meant.His typing skills were developed through lotsof typing. Nothing more.…makes you think.This reminded Koos that there were indeedpeople who had played a role in shaping himand his career. Firstly there was Oom Kobus,without whom Safety Koos would never haveentered the field of health and safety.Beingable to ask somebody questions with moreknowledge and experience was of as muchvalue as obtaining a decent qualification.Safety mentors who matterThen there was oom Sarel who was really old,even when Safety Koos met him the first time.When Koos was only 27, oom Sarel was 73,old enough to be Koos’ oupa.Oom Sarel wasthe most gentlemanly gentleman you couldhope to meet. His language and elocutionskills were of the highest order. Everythinghe did, was just so.Koos had the privilegetoanage oom Sarel, who was an excellenthealth and safety trainer and consultant too.This was just due to circumstance, and thefact that Oom Sarel was an associate andeffectively retired.Oom Sarel treated everyonewith dignity and respect and Safety Koosnever ever saw him lose his temper. He waspatient and kind, and despite carrying himselfin a manner that clearly distinguished him fromthe factory workers, he would regularlyinteract with, he was able to connect withthem and discuss the most detailed ofsubjects in a manner that was notcondescending, but helped people to learn.SoKoos knew that there was a wonderfulopportunity to learn. Oom Sarel did not knowhe was mentoring Safety Koos, but Koosviewed oom Sarel as a mentor.A mentorship style for every occasionSome mentorship is an equal trade-off. Oneperson in the relationship assumes the mentorrole in a given situation, and then it switchesto the other person who becomes the mentorin a different situation.Wikus was a coupleyears older than Safety Koos and had a bitmore life experience, having roughed it invarious jobs, from lift engineering tomaintaining milk machines, and cutting histeeth in health and safety as a Safety Officeron mega construction projects.While Kooswas more administra-tive and business-minded in nature, Wikus was a hands-on guywho got his hands dirty. Learning from oneanother was of mutual benefit and thatrelationship continues today. Wikus helpedKoos to learn about construction health andsafety, an area that Safety Koos nowspecialises in.Mentors give and receiveThen there was Bongani. Actually Bonganiis two persons. Both are from Zimbabwe. For

the purposes of this article they shall be oneperson. Bongani was new to health andsafety, having recently passed the NEBOSHdiploma (an extremely underestimatedqualification among South Africans), but heclearly needed guidance in health and safetyconsultancy.Bongani had a hunger andenthusiasm for knowledge and this inspiredKoos. Safety Koos truly learned the value ofmentorship, by being Bongani’s mentor. Koosfreely gave information, as he recieved.Thereis as much value to be gained by being amentor as there is for the person who is beingmentored. It is also surprisingly good to seehow much one has progressed by seeing theappreciation on the face of the mentoree.Bongani is progressing well and it will be goodto see where his career goes in the comingyears.You can be a mentorSafety Koos remembers his mentors withrespect, and recognise their contribution towhat he may have achieved and whom hehas become.I hope oom Sarel readsSheqafrica.com there on the other side.Thisis how you leave a lasting legacy – empowerothers to become and to be more, justbecause they had the opportunity to meetyou in this life. And maybe they will rememberyou and also pay respect later.There doesn’thave to be an official mentorship scheme formentoring to take place. One can be mentoredand be a mentor, both simultaneously.Wenever stop learning. Just keep looking formentorship opportunities. It’s about givingand taking. Find someone you can look upto, and someone you can help in turn.Although this article reflects on Safetymentoring, mentoring can take place in allspheres of life. As Business Chamber wewould like to call upon seasoned businessowners, who are willing to step up to the plate,and mentor some of our younger businessowners. We need the opportunity to tap intoyour knowledge and skills, to ensure a betterfuture for us.

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Gen. 12:1 En die HERE het aan Abram gesê:Gaan jy uit jou land en uit jou familie en uitjou vader se huis, na die land wat Ek jou salwys. Gen. 12:4 Toe het Abram weggetreksoos die HERE hom gesê het, Abraham segeloof was so onwrikbaar in die Here dat hygetrek het sonder om te weet waar die padagter die Here aan hom sou bring.Heb. 11:8Deur die geloof het Abraham, toe hy geroepis, gehoorsaam weggetrek na die plek wat hyas ‘n erfenis sou ontvang; en hy hetweggetrek sonder om te weet waar hy soukom.Omdat hy die Here vertrou het, het hygedoen wat die Here gesê het. Geloof engehoorsaamheid kan nie geskei word nie.Iemand wat sê “ek glo God” moet Hom ookgehoorsaam sonder voorwaarde ofbevraagtekening. Abraham se geloof hetoorgaan in gehoorsaamheid en dit herinnerons aan die apostel Paulus se woorde: Rom.8:28 En ons weet dat vir hulle wat God liefhet,alles ten goede meewerk, vir hulle wat na syvoorneme geroep is. Abraham se geloof was

geloof eis

gehoorsaamheid