Get It Done, Don't Worry About Getting Credit

What is your goal?

What is the goal of your family?

What is the goal of your business?

What is the goal of your team?

What dreams do you have?

Is your desire to achieve your goals and see your dreams become reality, or is your desire to receive the credit and glory for what is accomplished?

A successful family, business, team, or any other organization or entity consists of individuals who are focused on the goal or the dream rather than being focused on the glory and credit that comes from achieving the goal or realizing the dream.

The 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, is quoted as saying, “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”

I have witnessed men and women who have destroyed relationships, families, businesses, teams, and dreams all because they cared more about making sure people gave them the credit than they did about seeing something great occur.

As we approach the beginning of 2010 my counsel is simply this; get it done and stop worrying about who receives the glory. There will be enough credit to go around when something great is accomplished. Now, get off your rear end and get going on whatever it is you have been called to do.