A SPIRITUAL OUTLOOK SOLVES A BUSINESS CHALLENGE

One day at work, my boss called me into her office and asked if I'd help a new employee who was struggling on a software project. She told me that the project was a few weeks behind schedule and needed a boost from someone with experience.

After consulting with the new employee for several hours, I realized that the status of the assignment was much worse than my boss had imagined. There had been almost no progress on the largest and most important task.

When I presented this new, gloomier status to my boss, she became very concerned. She told me it would be disastrous if the project was not completed by its scheduled due date. The image of our organization was on the line with an important customer. My boss said that the new employee and I would need to work late nights and weekends until the project was back on course. I knew we were in a difficult situation, and that my boss could see no other way of addressing the situation. I wasn't happy, however, with the prospect of having to put in all that overtime, particularly considering the stressful circumstances under which we'd be working.

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