Correlating AA principles and workforce development
A difficult concept for me to understand and apply early on at the BHTS was how to incorporate what I was learning at the house with my duties at the store. My hope for you is that you can learn this quicker than I did.
When it comes to workforce development, a lot of defects will come to the surface. Whether it is dealing with unruly customers, jealousy that a brother in recovery is advancing faster than you, lack of gratitude for the meals provided, inadequacy with newly learned tasks or responsibilities, or lust toward customers throughout the day.
As members of AA, the solution to these situations that will arise includes a strong reliance and relationship with a higher power. I cannot count the number of times I had to pray for strength when dealing with unruly customers. I also learned to pray for them, which taught me how to have compassion towards people that frustrated me. Prayer and faith can individually help you grow with each challenge you will face while you are working at the BHTS. Prayer also brings humility because you are not running off your emotions, you are asking for help from something bigger than yourself.
The first major key to being a strong leader is being an example, this is done by living by the example of our higher power!