Service is an action word. It is the act of helping or doing work for someone. Service is helping others who need assistance, either for free or for a fee.
The decision to write this piece began with a quote I saw yesterday. It reads, “Service is the soul of leadership. When you put others first, you inspire them to do the same.” – Belinda Nwosu
Service is the SOUL of LEADERSHIP, and it inspires others to do the same. We are what we are, as a nation, because many of us want to be served and not to SERVE. Our ATTITUDE to SERVICE needs to CHANGE in Nigeria – top to bottom!
Think on the following quotes, reflect, recalibrate and recreate – CHANGE!
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi.
“The end of all knowledge should be service to others.” – Cesar Chavez.
“Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein.
“What you do has far greater impact than what you say.” – Steven Covey.
“Service is what prayer looks like when it gets up off its knees and walks around in the world.” – Michael J. Graham
“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” – Douglas Adams.
“There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others.” – Unknown.
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” – Maya Angelou.
“When you serve others, you are working on yourselves; every act, every word, every gesture of genuine compassion naturally nourishes our own hearts as well.” – Wayne Muller.
“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” – Unknown.
“Service, in short, is not what you do, but who you are.” – Annette Franz.
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