Drive Like Your Kids Live Here
Drive like your kids live here.
Last week, I was driving through the town of Macungie, PA on my way from one job site to another when I saw this sign in someone’s yard.
Drive like your kids live here. Obviously, the homeowner is trying to tell travelers to slow down and to drive safely as they pass through their community. I’m pretty sure I was driving safely, but it was a good reminder. When I drive am I thinking about others around me? Am I driving like my kids could be playing nearby?
Several years ago, my company conducted customer focused training where we learned tips and tricks for satisfying and winning over our customers. Part of this training stuck in my head: Talk to your customers as if you were talking to your Grandmother. I’m not sure that either of my grandmothers cared much about building automation, but I know they both expected to be treated with respect. And this is how I should be treating my customers.
How would your life be different if you started acting and speaking as if your kids or your grandparents were sitting next to you?
Would you treat people with more respect? Would you be more alert to follow the rules? Would you remove a few choice words from your vocabulary?
Sometimes I think we need this kind of recalibration in our lives.
Now I want to take this a little bit further.
How would our driving change if we knew Jesus were sitting by our side? How would we talk to our customers if we knew Jesus were listening into our conversations? How would we relate to our children, our spouse, and our parents if we remembered that Jesus was there to observe?
My daily prayer is this: Lord, help me represent you well in everything I do today.
I challenge you to start your day with this prayer and remember God’s presence in your life.
And the next time you drive through Macungie, PA, drive like Jesus lives there.