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Success: Have a Great Boss and Pamper Him.

I griped to my mother, “How come I have to do the junky jobs and David (my oldest brother) gets to do fun stuff with Dad?” My mother replied, “When you wash the dishes and vacuum the floor, it makes me happy. And when I am happy, you are happy.

Go ahead and ask the archbishop, Cardinal O’Mally, or ask the Pope, “Fr. Peter the lowly rent-a-priest that says Mass at my church says that ‘Happiness is at the Bottom. Is that really true?” Go ahead and see what they say.

Dad and I were watching Phil Mickelson pacing up and down the green. If he sinks the putt, he wins the four-day tournament. If he does not, then they go to sudden death. He squared the putter to the ball, tapped it, and it went in. After a minute of celebration, I turned to my father and asked, “I know why Mickelson is happy, but why is his caddy so happy?” “Because,” Dad replied, “When the ball went into the hole, the caddy’s pay doubled.”

Think about that for a moment. What did the caddy do that was so great? He put the bag down, took out a putter, and handed it to the pro golfer. How hard is that? I can do that. Then, he leaned on the bag to watch the putt with no pressure, no weight on his shoulders, behind all the cameras. What did he do to earn such a great reward? This is what He did. He made sure that he works for a boss who is successful and victorious.

We have that! We also work for a boss who is successful and victorious. So when the boss speaks, we listen. We can say, “I am not doing that. I am not working in the field all day and come home and cook the master’s dinner. He can cook his own dinner.” That is not the path to success. You have a great boss, and you do whatever he says if you want to be happy. If he says turn the other cheek, how hard is that? A slap in the face does not require a visit to the emergency room or chemo treatments. If he tells us to carry our cross, it is not that hard because we have a great, successful boss. Remember, when the master is happy, we are happy.

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