Show up with the right attitude
I was told a story that relates to my business and to some extent, to my personal life, I hope you can relate.
This story takes place with a King who prepares a wedding banquet for his son. The king (opportunity) sends out his servants to all who were invited to come to the banquet, but they refused. Later the King sent out more servants to tell the invited that “there is much to eat, the best meat, the best wine and much reward for attending the banquet.” The invited paid no attention to the requests. Some of the invited went off to do their own things, but others seized the Kings servants, mistreated them, and killed them. The King was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he said to his servants, “The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.” The servants went out and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad. The wedding hall was filled with guests. When the King came in to see the guests, he noticed a man who was not dressed for the occasion. “Friend,” he asked, “how did you get in here without wedding clothes?” The man was speechless. Then the King told the attendants, “tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness. Many are invited, but few are chosen.
How many times have we invited people into opportunity, only to have them show up without the right attitude?
