Wise Counsel Needed

I have been blessed with wise council over the years from my parents and grand parents to people whom I’ve worked with over the years. The first minister I served on staff with taught me good discipline in my work ethic. There are some jobs where you can “look” incredibly busy and not really be doing anything of substance. My others wise counselors served as unofficial mentors for me. I can’t begin to put into words how grateful I am to each one.

Joash was 7 years old when he became king and he was led by a godly man named Jehoiada. When Jehoiada died, the “wheels came off” so to speak. Check this out….

15 Now Jehoiada was old and full of years, and he died at the age of a hundred and thirty. 16 He was buried with the kings in the City of David, because of the good he had done in Israel for God and his temple.

17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. 18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols. Because of their guilt, God’s anger came on Judah and Jerusalem. 19 Although the Lord sent prophets to the people to bring them back to him, and though they testified against them, they would not listen. (2 Chronicles 24:15-19 NIV)

As I reflect on my mentors I learned so many things that are still a part of who I am today. Here are just a few ( no particular order):

1. Discipline – get up on time and get to work early.
2. Planning – make a list of things that need to be accomplished today.
3. Appointments – plan for extra appointments throughout the day along with the ones already on the schedule.
4. Dress Code – appropriate dress sets the tone for meeting new people I need the right tone set – dress for the occasion.
5. Mistakes – own them and do your best to remedy them.
6. Family – invest carefully and regularly in my children, they are my first priority in relationships a close second behind my relationship to God.
7. Love – genuinely love others and put them in front of yourself.

I miss my mentors that have gone on before or moved away. I’m thankful for my partner/mentor Mitt Conerly, Sr. whom I serve with at Metro West Realty. He continually teaches me with great patience and wisdom. I told someone the other day that he has forgotten more than I know about Real Estate.

I want to always be teachable. I want to keep learning and growing from wise counsel until I die.

Pressing On!

Dwayne