(Joyce) WE’RE INHERENTLY SELFISH UNLESS WE FIGHT AGAINST IT.
(John) WE’RE INHERENTLY. IT’S THE SIN NATURE, TOO.
(Joyce) YOU DON’T HAVE TO TRY TO BE SELFISH BUT YOU HAVE TO TRY NOT TO BE.
(John) AND THE POINT YOU JUST BROUGHT OUT IS SO KEY. I THINK PEOPLE ARE SUBTRACTERS BUT THEY’RE UNAWARE OF IT. IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK PEOPLE WHO ARE WEARING PEOPLE OUT AT THE OFFICE OR THEY’RE WEARING THEIR FRIENDS OUT, I THINK MOST OF THEM DON’T KNOW IT AND ARE NOT AWARE OF IT BECAUSE THEY ARE INTO SELF, THEY ARE SELFISH, THEREFORE, THEY SEE EVERYTHING FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND SADLY MANY TIMES NOBODY EVER TELLS THEM SO THEY GO THROUGH LIFE KIND OF WONDERING WHY THEY CAN’T KEEP GOOD RELATIONSHIPS, KIND OF WONDERING WHY PEOPLE DON’T ALWAYS WANT TO BE WITH THEM.
(Joyce) WHY THINGS DON’T WORK OUT FOR THEM.
(John) USUALLY THAT TYPE OF PERSON IS BLAMING EVERYBODY ELSE FOR THE SITUATION, BUT IF YOU ARE AN ADDER… LET’S GO TO THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT THE VIEWERS TO DO IS BE AN ADDER. WE WANT YOU TO ADD VALUE. I THINK PEOPLE THAT ADD VALUE TO OTHERS DO SO INTENTIONALLY. THE REASON FOR THAT IS I AM BORN IN SIN, I AM A SELFISH PERSON AND I AM LOOKING OUT FOR ME AND WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS THEY’RE NOT, I SAY, “THE NEXT TIME YOU GET A GROUP PICTURE, WHO’S THE FIRST PERSON YOU LOOK FOR?” YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I DON’T GO LOOK AT EVERYBODY ELSE AND SAY: OH, THEY DON’T LOOK VERY GOOD IN THIS. THE FIRST PERSON I LOOK AT IS JOHN MAXWELL; GOT MY EYES CLOSED. COULD WE DO ANOTHER? THAT’S WHO WE ARE. SO, TO ADD VALUE TO PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL. I KNOW EVEN IN OUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE WHEN I COME ON YOUR PROGRAM OR WE GET TOGETHER, BECAUSE I SO GREATLY LOVE YOU AND ADMIRE YOU AND WHAT YOUR MINISTRY IS, I WANT TO EVERY TIME INTENTIONALLY ADD VALUE TO YOU.
(Joyce) YOU ALWAYS DO.
