If you can’t live your faith, don’t talk about it

“I recently served a client that was very vocal with his Christian faith. For business reasons not related to my performance, he abruptly terminated my contract outside the terms of our written agreement. He did not have the courage or courtesy to notify me directly–even by voice mail or
E-Mail. Instead, he told a rival co-worker who leveraged this information to undermine and damage my reputation with my consulting firm.

“Normally, I could write this off as ‘just business,’ but his ‘red letter’ words set higher expectations of his behavior and deepened the injury inflicted. Although the experience gave me a deeper understanding , I
would have preferred not to know he was a fellow believer. If you cannot
act ethically or treat people with dignity, please just
blend-in!”