Who Do You Serve?

Monday, January 11, 2010 by Mike Taylor

Engineers, we all have had that moment where we get so frustrated on the road or in our church that we blow up at the wrong person.  All of the emotion of being “in the moment”, seems to come out at all the wrong times.  Working in close proximity to other individuals sometimes can actually push you away from getting to know them.  The closeness can drive us apart, funny how that works, huh?

We all got involved in this industry for all sorts of different reasons, but in the end it all comes down to one.  We are here to serve.  I think that in our haste to make situations work as smooth and seamless as we have grown accustomed to, the pressure gets to us.  We want to control our environment and therefore shut down other people’s ideas that could honestly help us.  Most of the time, as technical people, we lose touch with our creative side or we shut down a creative person when they bring a new idea to the table.

I think this really begs the question, have you been a servant to the message that you help amplify?  Or more importantly, who do you serve?