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5 Signs Your Gut Needs More Attention — And One Daily Habit That Helps

Nobility Noble Muscadine Juice Concentrate

We’ve spent this month talking about the gut as the soil of the body — the foundation that determines what grows everywhere else. This week, I want to get practical.

Because most people don’t realize their gut is struggling until the symptoms are loud. The truth is, it usually starts quietly. Here are five signals worth paying attention to.

5 Signs Your Gut Is Asking for Help

1. You’re tired in a way that sleep doesn’t fix

Fatigue that lingers despite adequate rest is one of the gut’s most common distress signals. When the microbiome is out of balance, it disrupts nutrient absorption and energy metabolism — meaning you can eat well and still feel depleted. The gut isn’t just digesting food. It’s processing fuel.

2. Your mood is unpredictable or low without a clear reason

As we covered last week, the gut produces a significant portion of the body’s serotonin and communicates constantly with the brain through the enteric nervous system — a two-way signaling pathway researchers call the gut-brain axis. When the microbiome is compromised, that signaling is disrupted. If you’ve noticed anxiety, irritability, or a low mood that doesn’t track with your circumstances, your gut may be part of the conversation.

3. You experience bloating, irregularity, or digestive discomfort regularly

This one is obvious — and easy to normalize. Many people assume digestive discomfort is just how their body works. It often isn’t. Regular bloating, irregularity, or post-meal discomfort are signals that the microbial ecosystem is imbalanced and the digestive process is struggling.

4. Your skin breaks out or flares unpredictably

The gut-skin axis is an emerging area of functional health research. Studies are increasingly finding associations between gut microbiome imbalance and conditions like acne, eczema, and rosacea — though the science is still developing. If your skin reacts in ways that topical treatments don’t fully address, the gut is worth considering as a contributing factor.

5. You get sick often, or take a long time to recover

With approximately 70 percent of the immune system residing in and around the gut, a depleted microbiome is a vulnerable immune system. If you find yourself catching every illness that comes around or taking longer to bounce back than you used to, your gut health is worth examining.

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.  — Proverbs 27:12 (NIV)

Proverbs has a lot to say about wisdom as the ability to read what’s coming and act before it arrives. Your body sends signals before systems fail. The prudent response is to listen — and to do something while there’s still time to tend.

The One Daily Habit

You don’t need a complicated protocol. You need consistent, daily input to the system that needs tending.

One tablespoon of Noble muscadine Juice Concentrate in water each morning. That’s it.

The polyphenols in the Noble muscadine — particularly its ellagitannins and anthocyanins — reach the colon largely intact, where gut bacteria convert them into bioactive compounds that support microbial diversity and reduce gut inflammation. Its prebiotic activity is built into a single daily ritual. Simple. Consistent. Rooted in something real.

The soil of Irwin County doesn’t change overnight. Neither does yours. But it responds — faithfully — to what you put into it.

Small inputs. Faithful tending. That’s how good things grow.

Chris Paulk

President, Muscadine Products Corporation  |  Founder, Nobility Naturals

Paulk Vineyards, Irwin County, Georgia

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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Nobility Naturals products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Why Your Gut Health Determines Almost Everything Else

Purple Noble Muscadine Juice Concentrate & Noble Muscadine Grapes

Last week, we talked about the gut as soil — the foundation that determines what grows. This week, I want to get specific about just how much is growing from it.

When I started reading the research on gut health, I was surprised. I expected to find connections to digestion. I didn’t expect to find connections to almost everything else.

More Than Digestion

Most people think of the gut as the place where food goes. But your gut — specifically the roughly 100 trillion microorganisms living in your digestive tract, collectively called the microbiome — is doing far more than processing meals.

Here’s what the research increasingly points to:

  • Immunity. Approximately 70 percent of your immune system resides in and around your gut. The microbiome trains immune cells to distinguish friend from foe — a disrupted microbiome often means a dysregulated immune response.
  • Mood and mental health. The gut produces around 90 percent of the body’s serotonin. The gut-brain axis is a two-way communication highway — which is why gut disruption so often shows up as anxiety, brain fog, or low mood.
  • Inflammation. A compromised gut lining allows bacterial byproducts to leak into the bloodstream, triggering chronic, low-grade inflammation throughout the body — a driver of conditions from joint pain to cardiovascular disease.
  • Energy and metabolism. Gut bacteria influence how efficiently you extract energy from food, regulate blood sugar, and process fat. A depleted microbiome is often quietly behind unexplained fatigue and metabolic sluggishness.
  • Skin. The gut-skin axis is real and increasingly studied. Many skin conditions — acne, eczema, rosacea — have documented connections to gut microbiome imbalance.

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.  — Galatians 5:22–23 (NIV)

Paul’s image of fruit growing from the Spirit strikes me as instructive about how the body works, too. Fruit doesn’t appear in isolation. It’s the visible result of what’s happening underground — in the roots, in the soil, in the unseen work of nutrients moving through the vine. Your gut is doing that same quiet, foundational work. Most of the time, you’ll never notice it. Until it stops working.

What You Can Do About It

The good news is that the microbiome is remarkably responsive to what you feed it. Unlike genetics, it’s not fixed. It shifts based on diet, stress management, sleep, and supplementation.

The Noble muscadine contributes here in a specific way. Its polyphenols — particularly ellagitannins and anthocyanins — pass through the small intestine largely undigested and reach the colon, where gut bacteria convert them into bioactive compounds that support microbial diversity and reduce inflammation. It’s prebiotic activity in the truest sense: feeding the ecosystem, not just the individual.

A tablespoon of our Juice Concentrate or a scoop of Whole Fruit Powder daily is the simplest way to bring that to your routine. Consistent. Unglamorous. Exactly how good soil work gets done.

Tend what’s underground. Watch what grows above.

Chris Paulk

President, Muscadine Products Corporation  |  Founder, Nobility Naturals

Paulk Vineyards, Irwin County, Georgia, USA

Feed your microbiome something real.

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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Nobility Naturals products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Tend the Soil: A Farmer’s Approach to Gut Health

Muscadine Vine in early spring

Every spring on the farm, before a single vine gets planted or tended, we start with the soil.

The sandy loam of Irwin County, Georgia is what makes this land suited to muscadine. But suited doesn’t mean effortless. Good soil has to be prepared, maintained, and fed. Skip that work, and it doesn’t matter how good your variety is or how much labor you put in later. What comes out of the ground is only as good as what went into it.

I’ve been thinking about that truth a lot lately — because it turns out it applies just as well to the human body as it does to a vineyard.

Your Gut Is Your Soil

In functional health, the gut is increasingly understood as the foundation of almost everything else. Energy. Immunity. Mood. Skin. Metabolic function. Inflammation levels. Most of these trace back, at least in part, to the health of your gut microbiome — the ecosystem of trillions of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms living in your digestive tract.

When the microbiome is balanced and diverse, the body tends to function well. When it’s depleted or disrupted — by poor diet, stress, antibiotics, or ultra-processed food — the effects ripple outward into systems you might never connect to digestion.

Sound familiar? On the farm, we call it soil health. The principle is the same: tend the ground well, and what grows from it will be strong. Neglect it, and nothing you plant will reach its potential.

A man reaps what he sows.  — Galatians 6:7 (NIV)

What the Noble Muscadine Does for Your Gut

This is where the Noble vine becomes more than a metaphor.

The Noble muscadine is naturally rich in polyphenols — plant compounds that act as prebiotics, feeding the beneficial bacteria in your gut rather than being fully digested themselves. Research on muscadine polyphenols suggests they support microbiome diversity, reduce gut inflammation, and help maintain the integrity of the intestinal lining that keeps harmful particles from entering the bloodstream.

Our Juice Concentrate and Whole Fruit Powder are the simplest daily applications of this. A tablespoon of concentrate in water each morning. A scoop of powder in a smoothie. Small, consistent inputs — the same philosophy we apply to the soil on this farm. You don’t fix the ground with one dramatic intervention. You tend it, daily, over time.

A Simple Place to Start

If you’ve never paid much attention to gut health, you don’t need to overhaul everything at once. Start with one question a farmer would ask: What am I feeding the ground?

More fiber. Fewer ultra-processed foods. Less sugar. More polyphenol-rich plants. And if you want a daily anchor rooted in something with real research behind it — the Noble muscadine is a good place to begin.

The soil doesn’t change overnight. Neither does the gut. But both respond to faithful tending.

Tend the soil. Grow the fruit.

Chris Paulk

President, Muscadine Products Corporation  |  Founder, Nobility Naturals

Paulk Vineyards, Irwin County, Georgia

Start tending your gut today.

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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Nobility Naturals products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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The Name Was Already There

I couldn’t have planned a better day to start this.

Today is Easter Sunday. And the verse I keep coming back to — the one that has anchored our family, our farm, and now this brand — is one Jesus spoke the night before the cross. He said: “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

He said it before the crucifixion. We read it from the other side of the resurrection. Which means the promise isn’t just about abiding — it’s about what abiding produces. Fruit that lasts. Fruit that matters. That’s what I want this series to be.

Where the Name Came From

My grandfather didn’t set out to name a health brand. He was just trying to figure out what to grow.

It was around 1970. Jacob W. Paulk, Sr. — a South Georgia farmer who had spent his life working cotton, peanuts, corn, and livestock — crossed paths with J.E. Leger, the Irwin County Extension Agent, who told him something worth paying attention to: the muscadine grape was suited to this land in ways most crops weren’t. Native to the American South. Resilient. Worth building on.

So he planted them — fresh-consumption varieties first, the kind grown for fruit markets. The farm grew. Today, Paulk Vineyards cultivates a dozen muscadine varieties across 800-plus acres in Irwin County, Georgia. Most of our land still grows fresh fruit. That’s what my grandfather originally built, and it’s still the heart of the operation.

But about twenty years in, processing markets opened up — juice, wine, ingredients. And that door led to a particular variety: the Noble muscadine, the dark grape that now sits at the center of every Nobility Naturals product. The Carlos variety produces our white juice and wine. Noble produces everything else in this brand.

My grandfather didn’t name it. The vine already had a name. He just had the wisdom to recognize what it could become.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”  — John 15:5 (NIV)

I’m Chris Paulk — sixth generation on this farm, president of Muscadine Products Corporation, and founder of Nobility Naturals. The Noble muscadine is a distinct species — Vitis rotundifolia — with a polyphenol and antioxidant profile that sets it apart from any conventional grape supplement on the market. Clinical research backs what our family observed for decades: this vine produces something extraordinary. Nobility Naturals is our attempt to put that into your hands.

The name isn’t a marketing decision. It’s the grape.

What “Nobility” Means to Us

An author and influencer of mine, Jason Jaggard, defines nobility simply: wisdom applied. Not accumulated. Not admired. Put to work.

That’s what this brand is. Four generations of knowledge about this soil, these seasons, and these vines — applied in a form that can actually help you. We are not a supplement company sourcing from anonymous suppliers. We are farmers. We grow the Noble muscadine ourselves. We process it ourselves. And we stand behind every product with the same conviction my grandfather had when he planted those first vines: tend what you’ve been given faithfully, and it will bear fruit.

What’s Coming

Starting today, I’m launching a weekly series called Rooted in Health. Every week we’ll explore one dimension of what the Noble muscadine can do for your body — heart health, antioxidants, gut health, inflammation, blood sugar, immunity, skin — with real clinical research and real stories from the farm.

Next week: gut health. April is planting season here, and the gut is the soil of the body. What grows in you depends on what you feed it. That’s a farming truth. It turns out it’s a health truth too.

The name was already there. We just had the wisdom to use it.

Welcome to Rooted in Health.

He is risen — and there is no better day to begin.

Chris Paulk

President, Muscadine Products Corporation  |  Founder, Nobility Naturals

Paulk Vineyards, Irwin County, Georgia

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The Anxious Generation

The Anxious Generation

Every once in a while I read a book that demands a response. Every once in a while, I read a book and find myself talking about it with everyone. And, every once in a while, I read a book that YOU MUST READ. That is The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt.

The Anxious Generation is an alarm sounding for all parents, schools, tech companies, and governments as to why teen mental illness cases are skyrocketing, how social media is downright dangerous to girls, and how boys are lulled into the virtual world and fail to launch into the real world resulting in disastrous consequences. Through research, Haidt outlines how a “phone-based childhood” has replaced the “play-based childhood”, leading to a “great rewiring of childhood” that fails miserably to prepare our kids for adulthood. However, after all of the doom and gloom, he offers clear calls to action for parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments. It’s an all-skate.

If you are a parent, teacher, or even just love a child, I strongly encourage you to read this book. While this book isn’t faith-based (Haidt actually claims to be atheist), much of his research and his conclusions align with what Scripture says about relationships, family, education, and responsibilities. I don’t know that I’ve ever read a book that convicted me so strongly for the ways I’ve ignorantly and foolishly interacted with technology like smartphones, social media, and the internet; and, inspired me to make drastic changes in my home like leaving my phone face down with notifications turned off…except for when it rings because a friend or family member is actually calling. Doom scrolling has to stop.

Anyway, I hope you’ll find a copy of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. You’ll be glad you did.

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The Men We Need

The Men We Need

I’ve never read a book about “manhood”. I do enjoy “The Art of Manliness” podcasts and blogs. I’ve read numerous biographies about influential men from history. But, when it comes to most of the books about “manhood”, I don’t particularly care for them. It’s just that they all seemed the same…”hunt something down, pound your chest and yell loudly, and then run others off who aren’t part of your tribe.”…and, that, honestly, never resonated with me. I was raised by very caring, present, and hospitable men. The version of “manhood” in those other books just doesn’t seem to express humility, nor is it hospitable.

I never read a book about “manhood” until I listened to the Typology Podcast interviewing Brant Hansen. Then I immediately devoured his book “The Men We Need – God’s Purpose for the Manly Man, the Avid Indoorsman, or Any Man Willing to Show Up.” Brant’s way of defining manhood captured my attention, my prayers for my sons as they grow up, and what I pray the Church can model for our neighbors.

Jorjanne and I have discussed and prayed about how to raise wise, humble men in our culture that obsessed with baiting guys to the edge and then shaming them after the fact. And, we guys deserve all of the ridicule. We allowed and created the messes in our lives. Jorjanne and I know there has to be a better way. And, I believe that what Brant offers in his book might be part of that better way…

Brant draws from the Creation story in Genesis to define manhood by three verbs: Guard. Protect. Watch Over. Masculinity is ultimately about taking responsibility. Just as Adam was charged to do in the Garden of Eden, we men are now also called to be Keepers of the Garden. Whatever your post in life, take great care of it and those in it. We are fully alive and fulfilling our calling when we take great care of our “garden”.

Brant challenges us guys to make 6 decisions that will set us apart:

  1. Forsake the Fake and Relish the Real
  2. Protect the Vulnerable
  3. Be Ambitious About the Right Things
  4. Make Women and Children Feel Safe, Not Threatened
  5. Choose Today Who You Will Become Tomorrow
  6. Take Responsibility for Your Own Spiritual Life

If you are a guy, read this book. If you are a lady, you can also read the book. Better yet, though, buy a copy for the guy in your life for him to read. Since I’ve never read another one, this is the best book about manhood I’ve ever read! Seriously, though, I can say that this book is life-changing, and has the potential to be culture-changing. I found it so impactful that I bought a copy each for my two older sons to read this summer.

Check it out…you’ll be glad you did.

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Our Better Angels and 7 Virtues of Leadership

I’m in the middle of the book Our Better Angels right now by Jonathan Reckford, who is the CEO of Habitat for Humanity; and, I can’t stop thinking about its potential impact on our community, state, and world. I first heard of Jonathan and his book on the Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast where he and Andy discussed 7 Virtues that Jonathan and Habitat for Humanity have adopted and embodied.

These Virtues are:

  1. Kindness
  2. Community
  3. Empowerment
  4. Joy
  5. Respect
  6. Generosity
  7. Service

I had the opportunty to help build 3 Habitat homes in college with my fraternity brothers. I’m not sure when Habitat adopted these virtues. But, as I read this book and think back on those experiences of helping aspiring homeowners build their own homes, I get excited. As a County Commissioner in Irwin County, I get excited thinking about what we all can also accomplish and become if we choose to come together in kindness, care for each other in community, empower each other to become all that God intends for us, choose and live out joy even when it’s tough, respect each other fully, generously give, and serve with humility from the top down.

Check out the podcast and book. If you ever have the chance to serve with Habitat, DO IT! If you ever have the chance to go overseas and serve, TAKE IT! You’ll be glad you did.

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Great Anticipation!

I love the Thanksgiving to Christmas to New Year holiday season. We express gratitude for all God has blessed us with, then we celebrate the birth of Jesus our Saviour, and then we have a week to reflect and plan the next year. Unfortunately, it’s easy to slip into this scenario…

Confused, full of cheese

Let me encourage you with a new plan for the New Year.

I consume almost everything that Michael Hyatt publishes. His wisdom, humor, and relatability are a breath of fresh air. Years ago, I discovered his Life Plan template and tried it out. I haven’t missed a New Year’s Eve or Day since where I don’t use his template to plan my next year. Check out the template here and take some time soon to make your own Life Plan.

I also love this time so that I can think through the upcoming year for my company. During the fall of 2020, I wrote about my company’s mission, vision, values, & brand commitment. Check it out here. Below is our updated purpose, mission, vision, and brand commitment as we head into 2022!

Mission: We make life better with the things we grow and for the people we get to know.

Purpose:  MPC exists to… 

  • honor God
  • serve others
  • pursue excellence, and
  • grow profitably.

Vision: 

  • MPC will be THE first and last call when people think of muscadine products from juice to powder to extract to wine.
  • MPC will be THE source of genuine, healthy, and natural products for people hoping to live a genuine, healthy, and natural life. 
  • MPC will be THE custom processor of choice for regionally grown and sourced ingredients.

Values:  We are & strive to be…

  • Honest: Choosing to be truthful in whatever you say & do. Telling the truth even when it hurts because not telling truth undermines the relationship.
  • Humble: Putting others first by giving up what you think you deserve.
  • Hungry: (initiative): Seeing what needs to be done & doing it. Make it Better! Looking for good to do!
  • Smart (wisdom): Finding out what you need to do & doing it. Make it Better: there’s always a way to make things better.
    • Take it Personally: treat it like it’s yours because to the customer, it is personal.
    • Collaborate with Others: we’re better together.
    • Replace Ourselves: none of us will do what we’re doing here forever.
    • Stay Fit: spiritually, physically, mentally, physically, financially, relationally…fitness matters.
    • Remain Open Handed: it’s ultimately not ours to hold onto.
  • Trusting: Putting your confidence in someone you can depend on. Being someone others can depend on. 
  • Generous: Making someone’s day by giving something away.
  • Kind: Showing others that are valuable by how you treat them.
  • Disciplined: Doing what you need to do now so you can be better later.
  • Persevering: Refusing to give up when life gets hard. Finish the job!
  • Resilient: Getting back up when knocked down because finishing the task at hand matters.
  • Curious: Seeking to understand the world & people around us because they are fascinating. Seeking to discover something new so you can be better at whatever you do.
  • Creative: Using your imagination to do something that makes someone’s day, makes a difference or solves a problem worth solving.
  • Responsible: Proving you can be trusted with what is expected of you. Taking care of what you have because it all belongs to God anyway. 
  • Conscientious: Details matter…from the parking lot to the paperwork and from the bins to the bottles. It ALL matters.
  • Knowledge: Discovering something new so you can be better at whatever you do.
  • Resourceful: Leveraging what’s at hand to overcome.

Brand Commitment: We help you celebrate the best things in life.

So, there you have it. If you work here and wonder, “Why are we doing this task?”, what you are doing should fit within this context.

If you visit us or partner with us, my goal is that you consider yourself better for having interacted with us. And, you should see these values play out through your interaction with our team.

Bottom Line:

Carve out some time to reflect and plan. You’ll be glad you did….there’s lots to anticipate!

Happy New Year!

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What Are We All About?

Over the past year, we’ve brought on several new team members and expanded the scope of our business well beyond just squeezing muscadine juice and the four walls of our building. Originally we only pressed and bottled muscadine juice. Today, MPC offers a number of ingredients and services around the world, and Paulk Vineyards sells juices, jellies, and wine throughout the country. Because of all that’s going on, I was recently reminded that I need to define and remind everyone what we’re all about. I figured my blog will be as good a place as any so that you can also check out other things I’ve written to better understand what we and I am all about.

Without any further adieu, here is Muscadine Products Corporation’s Mission, Vision, Values, & Brand Commitment:

Mission:  MPC exists to… 

  • honor God
  • serve others
  • pursue excellence, and
  • grow profitably.

Vision: 

  • MPC will be THE first and last call when people think of muscadine products from juice to powder to extract to wine.
  • MPC will be THE source of genuine, healthy, and natural products for people hoping to live a genuine, healthy, and natural life. 
  • MPC will be THE custom processor of choice for regionally grown and sourced ingredients.

Values:  We are & strive to be…

  • Honest: Choosing to be truthful in whatever you say & do. Telling the truth even when it hurts because not telling truth undermines the relationship.
  • Trusting: Putting your confidence in someone you can depend on. Being someone others can depend on. 
  • Humble: Putting others first by giving up what you think you deserve.
  • Generous: Making someone’s day by giving something away.
  • Kind: Showing others that are valuable by how you treat them.
  • Hungry: (initiative): Seeing what needs to be done & doing it. Make it Better! Looking for good to do!
  • Disciplined: Doing what you need to do now so you can be better later.
  • Persevering: Refusing to give up when life gets hard. Finish the job!
  • Resilient: Getting back up when knocked down because finishing the task at hand matters.
  • Smart (wisdom): Finding out what you need to do & doing it. 
    • Make it Better: there’s always a way to make things better.
    • Take it Personally: treat it like it’s yours because to the customer, it is personal.
    • Collaborate with Others: we’re better together.
    • Replace Ourselves: none of us will do what we’re doing here forever.
    • Stay Fit: spiritually, physically, mentally, physically, financially, relationally…fitness matters.
    • Remain Open Handed: it’s ultimately not ours to hold onto.
  • Curious: Seeking to understand the world & people around us because they are fascinating. Seeking to discover something new so you can be better at whatever you do.
  • Creative: Using your imagination to do something that makes someone’s day, makes a difference, or solves a problem worth solving.
  • Responsible: Proving you can be trusted with what is expected of you. Taking care of what you have because it all belongs to God anyway. 
  • Conscientious: Details matter…from the parking lot to the paper work and from the bins to the bottles. It ALL matters.
  • Knowledge: Discovering something new so you can be better at whatever you do.
  • Resourceful: Leveraging what’s at hand to overcome.

Brand Commitment: We add value to the things we grow and the people we get to know.

So, there you have it. If you work here and wonder, “Why are we doing this task?”, what you are doing should fit within this context.

If you visit us or partner with us, my goal is that you consider yourself better for having interacted with us. And, you should see these values play out through your interaction with our team.

I’d love to get your thoughts, too. What are you all about?

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Be the Person You Want to Work With is Working With

A few years ago, I identified the values that I want everyone working with me to embody. These are descriptive values and not purely aspirational values. In other words, to work with our company, you need to be living out these qualities already and not aspiring to live them out. Those values are Humble, Hungry, Honest, and Smart.

Fast forward a couple of years, and Michael Hyatt wrote a blog post about them…thanks Mike! Then, even better, Patrick Lencioni wrote a book about three of these values entitled, The Ideal Team Player. Check out both resources…they are really good reads!

Again, for me and my team, we will be Humble, Hungry, Honest, and Smart. We will be Humble in our words and actions, putting others first by giving up what we think we deserve. We will be Hungry, self motivated to get things done. We will be Honest in whatever we say and do, even when it hurts. And, we will be Smart, showing common sense as we work with others.

Now, I challenge you to also identify the qualities of people you want to work with and then start living out those qualities. Be the person you want to work with is working with. We can all use a little more empathy and compassion these days.

I’m curious, what 2-4 characteristics (from this list or otherwise) do you value most and live by?