I love to surround myself with leaders. Often, when we think of leaders, we consider those with great experience in the field in which he or she is leading. They are the experts, they have experience, they’ve been tested, and they are ready to encourage followers. Of course, experience is never a bad characteristic for a leader, but there is one trait that I look for in a young leader even before knowledge or experience.
I believe:
I consistently encounter people who are desperate for friendships. They feel completely alone. I understand. I’ve been there in several seasons of my life and, as an Introvert, I’ve often felt left on the sidelines while others enjoyed the party.
Here is my best suggestion if you feel all alone:
This is a random Sunday afternoon post…
I want to encourage us to have a great week this next week…
I believe and strive for continual improvement…
In my experience, this happens best when we make intentional changes…
That’s the point of this post…
This next week, I want to encourage…challenge…even dare you to make an intentional change to improve something in your life…
I’ll go first…
A met with a young man recently who is passionate about growing in his relationship with God, being a better husband and father, becoming more active in the church and community and excelling in his work.
He’s sensing an internal, self-induced tension to do more and be better in each area of his life.
His question to me was basically, how can he balance all the things he wants to do or feels he needs to be doing?
I certainly understood the question. It’s a pressure I’ve experienced many times in my life, especially during certain seasons. In fact, I’m sensing it again as I entered the empty-nester phase of life.
I gave him one word of advice that has helped me during those seasons. Perhaps you need to hear this as well….
Do you seem to struggle to get where you hope to get in life? Do you watch as others accomplish their dreams, but yours never seem to materialize?
In my experience, there are a few common reasons people are held back from accomplishing their dreams, even their God-given dreams.
Here are 3 stumbling blocks to moving forward:
I’ve only made 7 bad decisions in my life…
Or something like that…
The problem is I’ve just multiplied the same bad decisions over and over again..
Here are my 7 bad decisions:
There are some things we can’t change and some things we can. Learning the difference and adjusting accordingly is in large part one of the secret’s of a happy life. Let me list a few and you’ll see what I mean.
Being a man or woman of character doesn’t come without some cost associated. If you want to have character that stands strong among the crowds, it will be expensive.
Here are 5 high costs to pay for having character:
Tweet For several years, I spent some of my reflective time in an old cemetery in our city. The older the tombstone, the more likely to have an epitaph inscribed….
There is often a difference in…
Knowing…
And…
Doing…
When it comes to right things…things we should know and do…
You can know the right things to do…and never do the right things…
In my experience, not doing is often a bigger problem than not knowing…
Many people who know never do…
Yet…
The margin between knowing and doing may determine the degree of success you attain…
What is the current margin between your knowing and your doing?
