What the heck! People who works for the money alone will not understand this. Those people whose work ethics is different from mine will never understand what the extra mile is really all about.
If you are from the Human Resources Department, you will understand this. The extra mile means doing more than what is your regular work. If your employer is expecting that you give 100% of your knowledge and talent, you give 150%. The 50% extra is the extra mile.
In the Philippine Corporate setting, when you are just applying for a job, the interviewer will ask you questions that will give the interviewer a hint or idea that you are the one that is not only capable of doing the job but who will give more than what is expected. I am proud to say that most Filipinos I know are trying to do their best for their employer, trying to give the extra mile.
Sad to say but those people whose motivation to work is the money and compensation will only give their 100%. And more than that, they have to be compensated even for little things they do for the company. It will never bother them to take the initiative to give more if there is no monetary consideration. Lest, they are the one who will ridicule you or laugh behind you and say you are crazy for doing more than what is expected of you.
Thanks to my Alma Mater, my faith and my upbringing. Or maybe thanks for being a Filipino. I was brought up in a family that taught me to be responsible not only for my self and family but also for our neighbors and to the community. The initiative that is being taught in our schools and universities, the good deeds that are being inculcated in our hearts and minds are our weapons in the arena of corporate world where fierce competition takes place in order to survive and to advance in our career up to the ladder of success.
Though we are not always correct and being human we are susceptible to mistakes, taking that extra mile will not only serve as our cushion in the effects of our mistakes but also will help us minimize our mistakes.
My principle is that it doesn’t matter how hard my work is or how much I give to my Employer or Company, as long as my Employer or Company will never be able to say that I did them wrong or stole something from them. It is always more blessed to give than to receive. As long as I am not the one stealing from my employer or company by coming in late and leaving the office early or just in exact time, or doing personal things rather than doing official responsibilities, I will continue to give the EXTRA MILE.
I will give it because its within me. It’s a virtue that no one can take away from me. You may judge me as crazy, I don’t care. For I know I can sleep well without worry. Because in giving the extra mile, I have my integrity intact and as solid as platinum.
If you are from the Human Resources Department, you will understand this. The extra mile means doing more than what is your regular work. If your employer is expecting that you give 100% of your knowledge and talent, you give 150%. The 50% extra is the extra mile.
In the Philippine Corporate setting, when you are just applying for a job, the interviewer will ask you questions that will give the interviewer a hint or idea that you are the one that is not only capable of doing the job but who will give more than what is expected. I am proud to say that most Filipinos I know are trying to do their best for their employer, trying to give the extra mile.
Sad to say but those people whose motivation to work is the money and compensation will only give their 100%. And more than that, they have to be compensated even for little things they do for the company. It will never bother them to take the initiative to give more if there is no monetary consideration. Lest, they are the one who will ridicule you or laugh behind you and say you are crazy for doing more than what is expected of you.
Thanks to my Alma Mater, my faith and my upbringing. Or maybe thanks for being a Filipino. I was brought up in a family that taught me to be responsible not only for my self and family but also for our neighbors and to the community. The initiative that is being taught in our schools and universities, the good deeds that are being inculcated in our hearts and minds are our weapons in the arena of corporate world where fierce competition takes place in order to survive and to advance in our career up to the ladder of success.
Though we are not always correct and being human we are susceptible to mistakes, taking that extra mile will not only serve as our cushion in the effects of our mistakes but also will help us minimize our mistakes.
My principle is that it doesn’t matter how hard my work is or how much I give to my Employer or Company, as long as my Employer or Company will never be able to say that I did them wrong or stole something from them. It is always more blessed to give than to receive. As long as I am not the one stealing from my employer or company by coming in late and leaving the office early or just in exact time, or doing personal things rather than doing official responsibilities, I will continue to give the EXTRA MILE.
I will give it because its within me. It’s a virtue that no one can take away from me. You may judge me as crazy, I don’t care. For I know I can sleep well without worry. Because in giving the extra mile, I have my integrity intact and as solid as platinum.
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very nostaligic uggghhhh!!! can you make the font a little bigger.
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