Sean H. McMillan
Sean McMillan is a native of New York City and currently lives on the south side of Chicago where is he is a graduate student at the University of Chicago in the area of moral philosophy. He is a graduate of Wagner College and the Lutheran School of Theology where he earned his Bachelors and Masters Degree, respectively. Sean is also the Executive Director and a member of the teaching faculty in the Doctor of Ministry Program at McCormick Theological Seminary. Sean McMillan is a dedicated and innovative leader was featured in the 2005 summer issue of the African American Pulpit as one of the nation’s most promising preachers in the magazine’s “Twenty to Watch” salute to gifted young African American preachers.
The social philosophy of Sean McMillan centers on the psychological, spiritual, and social implications of love. For him, love is more than just an emotional exchange between two people; it is, in fact, the occasion for everything that we hope for. Love is the necessary condition for the possibility of grace and the aim of human existence as such. Sean McMillan’s message is not simply that we should love one another, but is rather, a call to hope, social transformation, and existential freedom through the often strange and mysterious transactions of love. In short, love is not about how we feel; it is about how we live. It is the means by which we come to live for something greater than ourselves and the very substance of a committed life.
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You must never forget that the people who hired you didn't hire you because of what you knew, they hired you because of what you could learn; but when you begin to complain about the different changes being made at your job you implicitly suggest to them that maybe you have exhausted your capacity to grow; and no manager wants to work with somebody who won’t grow. Being able to adjust to new dynamics tells your boss that you’re prepared to go anywhere she goes. It signals to the people who monitor your progress that you can bloom wherever you are planted. And that kind of attitude will make you an asset to any |
You go to work to be paid--not to feel good about yourself; so don’t expect to be loved, validated, appreciated, or even liked by the people you work for. The only thing that they owe you is a paycheck and once they’ve given you that, your job has fulfilled its obligation to you.
If you need to feel validated or appreciated—go home. Feeling good about yourself is why you have family and friends. The people you work with are professional partners, that is to say, they don’t really know you and they are not obligated to help you maintain a positive attitude about yourself.
Let’s be clear about this, your job is what you do so that you can become what you love. Too many people strive to be great at work but are mediocre at home and what they don’t realize is that your job is not your masterpiece; your masterpiece is at home.
Your children, your marriage, your relationships, your friends, your significant other, and your passions constitute the living legacy you are creating with the enduring witness of your life, not your job. When your time on this planet is done the people you used to work for will have somebody sitting at your desk within a month, but the people who loved you will never be the same. They are the ones that will speak well of you and cause your memory to live on into perpetuity; and you should want them to have better things to say about you than the people you work for.
Be your best wherever you are but do your best work at home!