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If only I was “there”

March 19, 2012 in Leadership, Life with 6 Comments

We all struggle with the idea that the grass is greener somewhere else. This thinking pushes us to inactivity and complacency. If only we were “there.”

Contentment, and productivity, are found by settling in and getting our hands dirty. By pushing past the novelty phase of what we are working on and getting to the part where we start to actually get traction and momentum. But most people don’t get to this part. There isn’t any fanfare or excitement through this phase.

It’s always easier to think your silver bullet is on its way to you instead of making the hard decisions you need to today.

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EntreLeadership

February 6, 2012 in Leadership, Reading with 2 Comments

Our leadership team at Central read Dave Ramsey’s book EntreLeadership together. The strengths of the book lie in Dave’s massive amount of experience and use of stories that fill every point in every chapter. The weakness is the stereotypical business feel of much of the advice. This book is immensely practical. Few ideas will spin your head around, (something that I love in a good book) but many of the ideas will sharpen how you do business—whatever your business may be.

The title of the book comes from a word that Dave coined to describe the type of employee he tries to create. As you probably guessed, it is a combination of the stability of a leader and the risk of an entrepreneur. Thus, the EntreLeader is born.

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Should You Listen to the Critics?

January 31, 2012 in Creativity, Leadership with 1 Comment

I saw a blog post today about criticism and cynicism and loved the distinction that it made. Anybody who creates anything knows the vulnerability and sensitivity that comes from the reactions to what they create. The tough question is what should we do with the feedback? Should we listen to every critic or ignore them all? The answer is found somewhere in between.

There are two kinds of doubt you’ll encounter in any new venture – criticism and cynicism.

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Are You Willing To Stand Out?

January 27, 2012 in Leadership with 0 Comments

There is an interesting dilemma that most of us wrestle with on a regular basis (without realizing it). We want to lead and be exceptional at what we are doing, but we often don’t like the initial feeling of standing out from the crowd. By definition, leaders set themselves apart from others and give people something to follow. The flip side of this is that it can be incredibly lonely at the onset. This is especially true of a creative person.

Consider the following video:

This video is hysterical. It’s beyond creative and makes me laugh every time I see it. But how many of us would be willing to do the same thing (especially when you see how it ends). This is a simple example of a very true reality.

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#6 (Top 10 of 2011)

December 27, 2011 in Blogging, Church, Leadership with 1 Comment

This is part of a series of top posts from 2011.

#6: My Top 20 Quotes from the Leadership Summit

Last week Central hosted the Leadership Summit again. It is a great conference with a variety of speakers that challenges your faith, your leadership, and your thinking in general. I’ve now had a few days to process through the fire-hose of content and I wanted to share the top 20 quotes that most stood out to me…

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