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SA Leadership Podcast Episode #038

Personal Growth

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Learning To Pause Allows Growth To Catch Up To You!

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more affective action – Peter Drucker

The Power of Pausing

  1. Reflection Turns Experience Into Insight – It is said that Julius Caesar was the first to state that “Experience is the best teacher.” Perhaps the better way to state the case is that “Evaluated Experience” is the best teacher. I wonder how many industries could have survived the horseless carriage era if they would have paused and evaluated the trajectory of their company in the face of the automobile revolution?
  2. Everyone Needs A Time and Place To Pause – If someone is going down the wrong road they do not need motivation to speed up. They need to stop! Stephen Covey states that we are all living in the noise of “White Water” where there is a constant churning and boiling of sound and chaos. We all are busy and need to created a place where we can go to just THINK! When and Where will we go to a place to reflect on “life markers” that have change the direction of our life. A life marker with careful reflection should turn into a like maker!
  3. Pausing With Intention Expands and Enriches Thinking – Leaders tend to be action oriented in the normal busyness of life is factored by ten. They are often so busy they do not take the time to reflect. Henri J M Nouwen stated “When you are able to create a lonely place in the middle of your actions and concerns, your successes and failures slowly lose some of their power over you.”
  4. When You Take Time To Pause, Use Your “I’s”
    1. INVESTIGATION: Galileo stated that all truth is easy to understand once they are discovered. The point is to discover them. That takes investigation.
    2. INCUBATION: This is about taking life’s experiences and slow-cooking them through a mental process of thinking and reflecting. For example wit the use of the notes app or other devise you can record ideas and thoughts that can stay with you for days to ponder and reflect upon. For example “If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there.” “If you are not at the table, then you are on the menu.” “If you aim at nothing you will hit every time.”
    3. ILLUMINATION: Jim Rohn states that you should replay the tapes of the day’s performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you!
    4. ILLUSTRATION: Good ideas are like skeletons that need meat placed upon the frame. Illustrations only come from careful observation of life. Many people see but few are looking!

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What Is A Spiritual Leader?

6 Characteristics

There is a lot of noise about becoming, transforming into, learning about, in need of, and conscious leadership. Go to any bookstore and the shelves are lined with a wide array of topics on leadership. On those shelves is everything from the academic to the bizarre. 9.12.SixCharacterSpiritualLeadership_888420400

Faith-based and for-profit organizations make the same mistakes when it comes to leading. Leadership tends to focus upon the management of programs and strategies that produce outcomes for the bottom line. While we are all conscious about the bottom-line, this type of thinking tends to lend itself in searching for the next “latest and greatest” idea as the motivation for leadership. The trade off is that we manage programs at the expense of leading people! This is not meant to be an indictment, but rather an observation of a distinction.

So what are some characteristics of spiritual leadership? Jesus would be our starting point for this discussion. He was not a manager, but a spiritual leader. It should be noted that not every faith-based organization offers spiritual leadership. Here are six characteristics of Spiritual Leaders that are not only worth examining, but implementing.

Spiritual Leaders…….

  1. Lead others into their own encounter with a living God. Our goal is not solely equipping people with techniques and technology, but encounters with a living God as we move through life.
  2. Lead people to discover their own purpose and identity. Workplace issues and strategic development are nothing more than tools to help followers of Christ Jesus discover who they are in Him. We are to help people to become overcomers of their own obstacles that hinder their forward progress.
  3. Lead people into transformation not just production. Spiritual leaders understand that people function at their peak when they function out of their true identity. Loyalty will be a byproduct of this type of leadership.
  4. Impact their environment. Spiritual leaders can walk into an environment that is tension filled and stressful and immediately bring a different attitude to the table.
  5. Lead people into seeing old things as new ways. I find that people are not really stuck in their circumstances so much as they are stuck in their perspectives and paradigms of life. Changing thought patterns always precedes meaningful change in life.
  6. Gain followers because of who they are and not because of their position. Spiritual leadership is more about influence versus directing. Spiritual leaders are in touch with the notion they are serving something and someone larger than themselves.

What are your thoughts? Leave a comment and start a conversation. This list is not exhaustive but meant to provoke thought on a larger body of knowledge and information. I am attempting to advance that discussion for the greater good.

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SA Leadership Podcast Episode #037

Personal Growth

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You must see value in yourself to add value to yourself

Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself – Dennis Waitley

So what is it that keeps people from being successful? You see I believe that the seeds of success are within each person. All we need to do is cultivate those seeds, splash some water on them, feed them, and they will grow. That said, I believe that the single most important leadership goal to achieve is to add value to other people – help them see, reach, and obtain their potential!

So the question remains – “Why do people fail to reach their potential? I believe that one answer is that people do not believe in themselves. They have unlimited potential and yet never cultivate the possibilities!

Low self esteem puts a ceiling on our potential

John Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable laws of leadership discusses the “Law of The Lid.” Imagine that you desire to do something great in your life that will impact a lot of people. Listen closely here as non-profit leaders influencing other people with eternal messaging. You see that desire, no matter how great, will be limited by your leadership. Your potential is hindered by the lid of self worth.

Look at this way – if my potential is a 10, but I see myself as a 5, I will never lead others to their 10. At best I can only lead people to a 4. Here is the dirty secret on life: “People will never be able to outperform their self image!

10 Steps to Build Self Image

  1. Guard Your Self-Talk – In their book The Answer, authors John Assaraf and Murray Smith state that by the time you reach your 17th birthday you have heard “NO YOU CAN’T” 150,000 times. You have only heard “YES YOU CAN” 5,000 times. That is 30 nos for every yes! That makes for a powerful belief system of “I CAN’T!” Learn to become you own encourager and cheer-leader.
  2. Stop Comparing Yourself To Others – Comparing yourself to others is a needless distraction. One of 2 things happen: either we become discouraged because we believe that others far ahead of me and I will never catch up or we see ourselves far ahead of everyone else and allow pride to dominate our perspective.
  3. Move Beyond Your limiting Beliefs – Charles Schwab stated that when a person has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what can do! Author Jack Canfield offers four steps to transform limiting beliefs into empowering beliefs…
    1. He states to Identify a limiting belief that you want to change
    2. Determine how a belief limits you
    3. Decide how you want to be, act, or feel
    4. Create a turnaround statement that affirms or gives permission to be, act, or feel in a new way.
  4. Add Value To Others – It is hard to feel bad about yourself when you are doing good for someone else. Adding value to other people repels low self worth. It creates a positive cycle of good will from one person to another.
  5. Do The Right Thing, Even If It’s The Hard Thing – Always doing the right thing encourages positive growth. Being true to yourself and others builds positive self worth. You will begin to act your way into a positive attitude on life.
  6. Practice A Small Discipline Daily In A Specific Area Of Your Life – Do not allow things to pile up at the last minute. This creates an almost impossible “Mount Everest” feeling that is stressful and hard to overcome. Discipline yourself to practicing small disciplinary steps to avoid the last minute push to conquer mountains.
  7. Celebrate Small Victories – This is a follow up from the previous step. Do not under estimate the power of celebrating a victory – it encourages you. Simply stated learn to smile and celebrate more often.
  8. Embrace A Positive Vision For Your Life Based On What You Value – In the words of June Carter Cash – “I am just trying to matter!” That is it in a nutshell – we all want our lives to matter. What prompts you to see a positive vision for your life? When you realize your potential and you see a vision of what can be – you will begin to take to steps toward becoming a new version of yourself.
  9. Practice A One Word Strategy – If you could pick only one word to describe yourself, what would it be? I hope that it is positive because that will move you into a brighter tomorrow.
  10. Take Responsibility For Your Life – We tend to get in life what we are willing to tolerate. If you do not have a plan and purpose for your life, you will most likely become part of someone else’s plan and purpose.

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“The Have’s and Have Not’s”

Having Enough of Everything

How many times do we hear if only I had more time or if only I had more finances, I could… or If only the sun would shine. I could write many other illustrations, 9d2c34f554f92c2eeb82baee76b7be19but I think that you get the point. We have been raised from childhood to believe there are have’s and have not’s in life Generally speaking the conclusion has been to work harder and longer to achieve so that we do not become a “have not.”

Under the surface the real issue is one of scarcity – there is not enough to go around, so I have to be there first to get mine! Author Lynn Twist in the book The Soul of Money writes; “This mantra of not enough carries the day and becomes a kind of default setting for our thinking about everything…it grows into the great justification for an unfulfilled life. It becomes the reason we can’t have what we want or become the person we would like to be…”

Author Twist writes about three toxic myths of scarcity. First of all there is the notion that there is never enough. This leads to a fear that drives us to do whatever is necessary to make sure that we are not the one without. Second of all there is the conclusion that more is better. Pitrium Sorokim, a Soviet dissident from the 1930 wrote about societies that move away from God tend to their lives with more and more things. Bigger, more of it, and more often seems to be modern day mantra. Thirdly is an attitude of hopelessness, helplessness, and being unequal in a world that will never change. In other words we do not lead our life we simply accept our life and call it FATE! The third area is one of the hardest to overcome. The less willing that we are to question beliefs about scarcity the more entrenched we become within a culture of scarcity.

The unraveling of a scarcity belief begins as soon as we adopt a different reference point. Our focus so many times is limited to our immediate circle of acquaintances and workmates. We measure ourselves against the grid and rhythm of life within that circle. However, when we view life from of a global perspective then we realize how abundantly blessed and how much excess we have. When we change our viewpoint to one of sufficiency – we believe that we have enough of everything.

Sufficiency is not an amount! It is not comparative at all. Instead sufficiency is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration knowing there is enough and that I am enough!

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SA Leadership Podcast Episode #036

Laws of Personal Growth

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You must know yourself in order to grow yourself!

No one can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself – James Lowell

So here is the million dollar question: Are you in truly in touch with yourself in all levels – Physical, Mental, Spiritual?

  • In order to know where you want to go in life, you need an awareness of yourself.
  • Do you really know what you want and where you are going? Without this information you will likely get lost in the noise of life. Generally there are three types of people in life:
  • CLUELESS – totally lost in the noise of life. When all else fails throw a party!
  • KNOW but REFUSE – people that know what to do and how to get there and yet refuse to do it is sad. Perhaps the price is to high for them or they are gripped in fear.
    • Doers – these people have counted the cost and are willing to move beyond their fears because the end is worth it. These are the people that are fulfilled in their living.

    Quote 1907: We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction. There are many voices of counsel but few voices of vision; there is much excitement and feverish activity, but little concert of thoughtful purpose. We are distressed by our ungoverned, undirected energies and so many things, but nothing long. It is our duty to find ourselves. Commencement Address at Princeton University by future President Woodrow Wilson

    Psychotherapist Nathan Branden states that the first step toward any change is awareness. The second step is acceptance – if you want to change and grow, then you must know yourself and accept who you are before you can start to build anything in your life.

    Here are 10 key questions to ask:

    1. Do you like what you are doing presently? Philosopher Abraham Kaplan stated that if Socrates stated The unexamined life is not worth living, then the unlived life is worth examining. Self examination is worth the examination!

    2. What would you like to do? You are never going to be fulfilled in your potential destiny by doing work that you despise. Passion gives you an advantage.

    3. Can you do what you like to do? – the answer to this question is additional questions: Do you know the difference between what you want and what you are good at? Do you know what drives you and gives you satisfaction? Do you know your core values and priorities?

    4. Do you know the answer to the WHY you want to do something? – is earning a paycheck or a calling in life?

    5. Do you know what to do so that you can do what you want to do? Picture where you are and where you want to be – the first step is awareness!

    6. Do you know people who are presently doing what you want to do? – Connect with those people for learning purposes

    7. Should you enter a coaching relationship with people who are already doing what you want to do? – This requires a teachable spirit and learners heart!

    8. Will you pay the price to do what you want to do? – The is always a COST involved to accomplished your dreams. Are you willing to pay?

    9. When can you start doing what you want to do? – START NOW!

    10. What will it be like when you get to do what you want to do?

    To summarize this podcast, there are three words that come to mind

    1. Awareness

    2. Action

    3. Accountability

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3 Parts of Purpose

100% of The Time Is Easier Than 98% of The Time

Many people have convinced themselves that it is okayunderstand-your-purpose-cropped  to break their own rules “just this once!”

  • This opening statement reveals what I call “marginal thinking!” “Just this once,” style of thinking lures you into a “marginal cost” mindset. You lose sight of the real cost!
  • Once you start down that road of compromise you inadvertently begin to compromise other areas of life.
  • You and I need a strong “VALUES STATEMENT” in our life. For example the Apostle’s Creed:
    • I BELIEVE in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. 

Amen.
  1. The Three Parts of Purpose
    1. LIKENESS – This usually begins with a draft of what the final product will look like. In other words we have a target to aim for. The destination is not the goal but the journey and effort getting there is the goal.
    2. COMMITMENT – This is not just saying yes to something. This is more like a religious conversion. Because life will hand us numerous exceptions to the rule, if there is not a religious conversion in our commitment, we will be prone to altar the commitment. That in turn leads to pathways we did not know we would travel and face consequences we did not intend.
    3. METRICS – How will you measure your progress? How do you know that you are even on the correct pathway? How will you know that you have arrived? How will you know what resources are needed and which resources need to be discarded?
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SA Leadership Podcast Episode #035

Laws of Personal Growth

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Growth Does Not just Happen – Life Is In Session Are you Present?

  • Being intentional in a growth strategy is not natural for many people. The real question is: “Do you have a plan to grow to your fullest potential? Can you articulate that vision of your fuller self by putting pen to paper? If not, then the old adage is true – we are only day dreaming if we cannot write it down.
  • What is the difference between goals and growing? The difference is one of intentionality!
  • There are a number of misconceptions about personal growth. John Maxwell has listed eight. Let us explore these together.1. I assume that I will automatically grow
    • If one assumes he/she will automatically grow, what is the likely outcome?
    • How can one know if they are growing or not?

    2. I do not know how to grow

    • Not knowing how to grow can be a powerful reason to simply not try to grow.
    • If one does not know how to grow, then one needs to ask those who do.

    3. It is not the right time to begin

    • What happens the longer we wait to begin our journey
    • List some of the reasons (excuses) one might offer for the timing of personal growth not being right4.I am afraid of making mistakes
      • Learning is not always a neat and clean pursuit in life
      • Mistakes are at times an indication that we are moving in the right direction

      5.I have to find the best way before I start

      • You cannot wait until you have the perfect plan to begin anything or nothing ever will begin

      6.I do not feel like doing it

      • You are more likely to act your way into a feeling instead of feeling you way into an action

      7.Others are better than I am

      • There is always someone better than you!

      8.I thought it would be easier than this

      • If Rome was not built in a day, how long are you willing to give yourself?

Make the transition to intentional growth

1.Ask the BIG question now

1.Where do you want to go in life?

2.What direction are you taking in life?

3.What is the farthest you can imagine going in life?

2.Do it NOW

1. The greatest danger facing you this very moment is that you are going to decide to reach your         full potential TOMORROW!

3. Face the FEAR factor

1.Fear of trading security for the Unknown

2.Fear of being overextended financially

3.Fear of what others will say or think

4. Fear of failing

5. Fear that success will alienate you from friends

4. Change from accidental to intentional growth

ACCIDENTAL GROWTH  INTENTIONAL GROWTH

Plans to start tomorrow                                       Insists on TODAY

Waits for growth to come                                    Takes responsibility for Growth

Learns only from mistakes                                  Learns before mistakes

Depends on good luck                                           Depends on hard work

Quits early and often                                             Perseveres long and hard

Falls into bad habits                                              Fights for good habits

Talks big                                                                     Follows through

Plays it safe                                                               Takes risks

Thinks like a victim                                               Thinks like a learner

Relies on talent                                                       Relies on character

Stops learning after graduation                     Never stops growing

Eleanor Roosevelt once stated – One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run we shape our lives and we shape ourselves!

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Little Things That Make A Big Leadership Difference

Michael Jackson’s pop song “Man in the Mirror” suggests that for change to take place it must start with you: “I’m starting with the man in the mirror, I’m asking him to change his ways, and no message could have been any clearer, if you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and then make a change.”

Man looking at reflection in window

Man looking at reflection in window

In their book, “A Leader’s Legacy,” Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner write that the “legacy you leave is the life you lead each and every day.” Instead of waiting for a chance to do something big at the end of our lives, we have to remember that each day we have numerous opportunities to make a difference—by coaching others, listening to them, thanking them, assisting them, being positive with them… and the list goes on. The authors write, “whatever your role in life may be, you can make a difference. There is a 100 percent chance that you can be a role model for leadership, and a 100 percent chance you can influence someone else’s performance, and a 100 percent chance that you will make a difference in other people’s lives.”

With that said listen to the words of Bill Russell; The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I made my teammates play. So here is the million-dollar question; how are you helping others to win at the game of life? Stop approaching life like some competitive agenda in which you have to beat everyone else in order to win. Establish a game plan for life in how you can assist others – intentionality is the key to add significance. Once you choose to help someone else, you will have a friend for life.

Over three decades ago a research team studied 286 Harvard sophomores who were considered to be the brightest and best. They studied them for 40 years. They found the healthiest were the men who were emotionally healthy and recognized that that the good life was not the absence of problems, but how you choose to react to them. These men perceived themselves to be winners and helped others to win in spite of their circumstances.

I’m starting with the man in the mirror and I am asking him to change his ways. How about you?

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SALeadership Episode #034

Staying Mission True

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Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast

Mission True organizations are fanatics about rituals and practices.

  1. R. Biggs was a freshman along with many others that was being led blind folded through a rowdy group of seniors in preparation for their freshman orientation. The cheers became louder and more intense. They were led to a lake on campus and seated on a bench. Their blind folds were removed. Instead of being greeted with beer cans and humiliating dares – they were greeted by seniors with buckets who knelt down and removed their shoes and socks to wash the feet of the incoming freshman. AMAZING

Peter Drucker is the one that stated “Culture eats Culture-eats-strategy-for-breakfast-peter-drucker strategy for breakfast.

Little Is Big

Beyond policies and procedures Mission true organizations recognize that culture is composed by the little things.

  • The Crowell trust Trustees read aloud their the charter of their foundation at the beginning of each board meeting
  • Taylor University gives towels, along with diplomas to signify servant leadership of foot washing
  • Young Life has new staff members sit with storied leaders to learn the history of their organization
  • Jobs for Life puts high level trust in their regional staff members. They set high expectations and ambitious goals with flexibility to accomplish them
  • InterVarsity reviews their vision statement piece-by-piece at their Annual Leadership Conference. They discuss this vision at the smallest points.Business Consultant Shawn Parr states that culture is a balanced blend of human psychology, attitudes, actions, and beliefs that combined create either pleasure or pain, momentum or stagnation.Mission True Culture – 4 Things1. SMALL THINGS MATTER – Minor things go a long way in setting the cultural tone of an organization – Ill. Chick-Fil-A’s famous customer service comment “My Pleasure!”2. CONSISTENCY COUNTS – Faithfulness to repeatable practices trump glossy brochures.

    3. EXEMPLARS SHOULD BE CELEBRATED – Celebrate staff members that mimic the qualities that you desire. This is a means of positive reinforcement that ensures others will strive to achieve these goals as well

    4. EMBED SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES – Seek to build prayer, scriptures, communion, and devotions into the rhythms of the organization.

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1 Statistic That Matters

Why Faithful Worshippers Are Attending Less

Statistics, Statistics, and more Statistics! Have you ever trends-and-statistics found yourself weary of stats and trends? Everyone has an opinion and social media gives people an outlet. However, there is one trend that has emerged that is on every church leaders mind these days. Reality now states that committed worshippers are attending church less and less. That statistic and trend is getting everyone’s attention. So before we go into cardiac arrest, consider some of the rationale behind it.[1]

  • Increasing involvement with kids activities including more “multiple activity” commitments (sports, music, etc.) for longer duration with greater competitiveness.
  • Greater mobility in general and the rise of virtual work places. Twenty-five percent of white-collar Americans travel as a part of making a living. People with discretionary time are more likely to be traveling or working in environments outside of their typical home environment.
  • Access to church online. Now its is easier to stay connected to the church, if you have to travel or if you have problems at home getting ready for church in the morning. Within two minutes, I can be streaming one of many great services from across the country from my laptop to my widescreen via Apple TV for the entire family.

OK now what? Before we set off in a knee jerk flurry of action, let us not lose sight that people are committed to something. The question becomes are they committed to the agenda of our church? Examine these insights:

  1. Add VALUE not VENUES – do we need to offer another program that requires people to attend a meeting or is there a way to offer this content digitally? How do we extend the shelf-life of teaching programs that can be adapted to small group meetings without coming up with something brand new every meeting.
  2. Think training over teaching – how can we create a “chat-room” atmosphere where community is built and people can continue the dialogue without a worship service atmosphere?
  3. Design ministry ENDS and not MEANS – The myth that is perpetuated today is that the greater the activity the greater the spiritual vitality. Start with the type of disciple that you are attempting to produce. This will aid in the discovery of the ENDS over the means.

The ultimate goal is not to get people to attend church more, but to become like Christ. You don’t need a lot of church activity to be a follower of Jesus. Think about it: Is Jesus going to give you a scorecard in heaven asking you how many times people came to your worship services, Bible studies and service projects? Or, is He going to wonder what kinds of thinking, being and doing those things produced in the lives of your congregation?

[1] Will Mancini founder of Auxano. Accessed 24 August 2015 http://Ministrytodaymag.com