There are many worthy public servants out there. These servants are not perfect, but they share characteristics that translate to value, worth and good work. What are these characteristics?
The characteristics worthy public servants exhibit include these:
- respect for all people
- hard work
- perseverance
- willingness and ability to collaborate with others
- care with the words they use
- life long learning
- honesty
- acknowledge error, learn from mistakes
- use ambition to serve mission, put mission first
- kind, caring
- humane
- courageous
- sensitive
- open minded
To serve the public in any way is a challenging job that requires the best of us. I honor the good public servants out there that work day in and day out to better the lives we lead. Onward.