Pain is synonymous with growth. Growth is not synonymous with pain.
To grow, you must endure pain. But always identify the source of pain. It could be that you’re repeating bad, ineffective patterns.
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The test of teachability:
Who can give you feedback & are there areas that are off-limits?
“Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.” Proverbs 19:20
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Higher leadership requires higher thinking.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts...As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9
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Each day is a new opportunity to find beauty.
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22-23
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Cynicism is easy. Choose to find the potential in others & develop it.
“For this reason [Jesus] had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest...”
Hebrews 2:17-18
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Trust is equal parts holding on & letting go.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6
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Even ordinary things are sacred when surrendered to God.
“Therefore, I urge you brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” Romans 12:1
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Others first. Self last.
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
John 15:13
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,”
Philippians 2:3
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Leaders, we can’t delegate casting vision, crafting culture & carrying responsibility.
We set the tone for everyone else. We are the role model of what we expect from others. We are the example of what we hope to have more of.
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