When you are young, your work ethics are more or less determined by environment, authority, and the desire to achieve and/or please. If less than desirable, consequences come into play, you learn from those as well.
As a Christian, this almost parallels our journey. We are involved in church, our relationship with God progresses, and the desire to please God is foremost. As we grow older, we find new and more efficient ways to do our work. At first they are for us. To give us more time, to simplify our frustration. But little by little we see that what we do affects others. That one step on our part eliminates a step for someone else. That our customer, client, or patient is put at ease by our small effort to make our service more personal or to make them more comfortable. That is the Golden Rule in action. That we extend or sacrifice our needs for the other. We take time so they do not have to. As we mentor the young, whether in life or work, they will pattern us, but until they transform on the inside, they will not find “it”. The feeling of accomplishment perfectly melded with compassion. We have to let them know the work is not skin-deep.
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