Insist on Absolutes

Here's another entry from the fun and insightful book The Management Methods of Jesus by Bob Briner:

'...we hear that it is not politically correct to insist on absolutes. From truth to justice, all things are relative, they say. It's how you feel about it that counts....

Please don't try to run your business (or your life) by this nonsense. Jesus insisted that some things are true and others false, that some things are right and others wrong, that some things are good and others evil. He even insisted that there is only one way to be reconciled to God, and that one way is through faith in him. Talk about tough! Talk about dogmatic! Jesus never equivocated. Sincerity didn't count with him if what you believed was sincerely wrong.

A lack of absolutes can lead to all kinds of corporate problems, from petty thievery to major crimes. It leads to shoddy products and shoddy practices in the marketplace....

As a company and as a manager, teach the right way, insist on the right way, be an example of the right way to do business. Follow Jesus' example.'

Winners do things right; they insist on absolutes.