Spirituality in the Workplace

If you’re a person of faith, you’ve likely struggled between “blending” your spiritual and work life. On one hand, you want to reflect your values and maintain your witness. But you also want to do it without spouting off religious talk or figurately hitting people over the head with Scripture.

The struggle is real!

Here are a few practices implemented by Mike Kim, a brand strategist and business coach, to blend spiritual life with both corporate job and personal consulting business:

1. Be kinder than the prevailing culture you’re in.

Start with small things, like actually saying “hello” or complimenting a person’s outfit. Since this has nothing to do with their quality of work, these are actually believable compliments. Most people do NOT equate “religious folks” with being nice. Just going above and beyond — even in little things — will help you demonstrate and inject some life into the environment and connect more deeply with people. (NOTE: As soon as you decide to be nice, you will face all sorts of weird things that make you not want to be nice. Hello, devil.)

2. Be shockingly generous.

Extending generosity means you act in a manner completely contrary to the selfish, “me-first” nature of your workplace. I can think of no other trait more reflective of God than generosity. He is generous in love, mercy, patience, kindness … the list goes on. Generosity is a game changer. Thing is in the business world, there’s a saying that “Money talks, bull— walks.” The amount you give isn’t important as much as the heart behind it. Do it, and you’ll see some amazing doors open for your witness.

3. Mention your faith in passing, but strategically.

Use natural yet thoughtfully placed references to your faith during normal conversation. Build relationship and rapport. Rule of thumb: shine the light instead of bringing the heat.

4. Pray for prophetic business insight that gets results.

The love language of business can be summed up in one word: results. God gave insight and wisdom in the form of campaign ideas, hiring decisions, sales copy, projections, and even pricing strategies. As such, there’s more influence, visibility, and yes — witness. The results have — quite honestly — been divine. 3x profits, 7x profits, 10x profits, people quitting day jobs to do work that really matters, pastors raising money to plant churches, and even one missionary raising $22,000+ for work in a closed nation as a result of working with you.

5. You might be the answer they’ve been praying for.

You are — by divine decree — a carrier and vehicle of God’s presence and anointing. Thus you are a change agent, even if you don’t want to be. When you fully embrace this “blend” between the two seemingly disparate worlds of your faith and business, you’ll see some pretty amazing results. And I dare to say your co-workers, clients, and customers will consider you a godsend … because you are.

Source:

http://www.spiritualawakeningprocess.com/2013/07/spiritual-self-care-and-working-regular.html

http://mikekim.com/blend-spiritual-work-life/