Finding and building great people

"Look for the gold, not the dirt: the good, not the bad. The more positive qualities you look for, the more you are going to find"

Dale Carnegie was a master at identifying potential leaders. Once asked by a reporter how he had managed to hire 43 millionaires, Carnegie responded that the men had not been millionaires when they started working for him. They had become millionaires as a result.”

He went on to say, “Men are developed the same way gold is mined. Several tons of dirt must be moved to get an ounce of gold. But you don’t go into a mine looking for dirt, he added. You go looking for gold.

That’s exactly the way to develop positive people. Look for the gold, not the dirt: the good, not the bad. The more positive qualities you look for, the more you are going to find.

Matthew Henry one of the great English commentators of the bible says: “The instruments Christ chose to employ in setting up his kingdom, were the weak and foolish things of the world; not called from the great Sanhedrim, or the schools of the rabbis, but picked up from among the tarpaulins by the seaside”.

When Jesus challenged Simon and Andrew (Mark 1:16) to give up their livelihoods and follow him he also had in his mind the works of service they were going to do. Jesus called them to be fishers of men, later on identifying and naming them as Apostles.  To be continued……..

Finding and building great people

Dale Carnegie was a master at identifying potential leaders. Once asked by a reporter how he had managed to hire 43 millionaires, Carnegie responded that the men had not been millionaires when they started working for him. They had become millionaires as a result.”