Revenge Will Lead to Distruction

"If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink." Proverbs 25:21

Is it just me, or does it seem like business people wake up in the morning thinking of ways to hurt their competition? It even has the feel of a chess game. One business makes a move and their competition will counter the move. Eventually, after enough moves, one or both business/competitors grow angry at the other. We will do well to plow our own field and stay out of what others are doing. I hear on a daily basis from others about things they have done or planning to do to hurt or get back at the competitors.

Solomon says we should do just the opposite. Help your enemies when they are in need. Do not be concerned about the competition. If we continue to be diligent in all that we do, success shall be ours (Prov 10:4). A very dear friend and mentor of mine, Jerry Fowler, would speak to our students at the Real Estate School for Success from time to time. He openly shared his "secrets of success" with the soon to be new real estate agents. One of the students asked Jerry why he was so free sharing his secrets since others could now use those secrets to do more business than Jerry. Jerry replied by saying "I will do anything for anyone if it would help them become successful in real estate; but let's be clear, you will never be competition to me".

Jerry did not make the statement in a mean or condescending way. He simply was saying that once you learn how to be successful, it does not matter what your competition is doing. Continue to be diligent and do what is right and what you know best and life will be very good.