Taylor & Chana

Thought: 1. If the available person = a teachable person… 2. If the unavailable person = an unteachable person… 3. What kind of person am I?

Availability qualifies the unqualified.

God will use the “unqualified yet available” over the “qualified who are unavailable” every time!

This is something that Pedro and I have been discussing lately… especially concerning our roles as execs at Camino De Vida.

pedronline:

Here area a few thoughts on Tension and the perspective we as leaders should have in mind while managing it:

1. Tension is a powerful platform to clarify what is important. Out of tension many times comes change. Change for good.

2. There is a constant tension between who I am and who God wants me to be. The tension of growth and maturity is always present.

3. Resisting average creates tension. Striving for excellence creates tension.

4. We constantly live with a tension of determining in life how much we give away. Whether it is time, money, talents, resources, or focus, leaders must understand and embrace this tension of generosity.

5. Generational tension is essential in passing the mantle of leadership. For the Church to move forward in culture, older leaders must pass on their wisdom and legacy to younger leaders.

6. Tension among and within a team is healthy. Unity doesn’t mean there’s no tension. Unity means you are pursuing the same mission in the midst of real and purposeful tension.

7. Leaders lead in the fray. Leading in the safety zone is easy, but true leadership happens in the fray where change is happening, and there is a unique tug of war happening in that area.

8. Typically, where there is no tension, there is no real growth. Tension builds courage, character, wisdom and makes us authentic and real. It stretches and motivates us.

9. As a leader, lean into the tension that constantly exist. As Andy Stanley says, some tensions are meant to be managed, not removed.

The tension is necessary. The tension makes us strong. The tension is good.

via Brad Lomenick

I’ve recently come across a new (to me) blog called MAKIN’ ADS… and I can’t seem to get enough of it. Here is a post that I fully agree with…

    When a writer puts an ad on the wall in class, and it
    has THERE instead of THEIR, or when someone emails
    me a script that’s obviously missing a word, or a
    designer sends campaign or presentation layouts with
    inconsistent fonts, or a director sends a treatment with
    the product misspelled, it feels sloppy. Sloppy is
    different from an honest mistake. It’s different from
    an idea that isn’t quite working yet. Sloppy says that
    you didn’t take the time to do a quick read-through
    before you shared your work. Sloppy says that you had
    more important things to do. Sloppy says you don’t
    really care. It’s a pain in the ass to work with somebody
    who doesn’t care. Even on the crappy assignments, the
    ones that don’t stand a chance of ever going in your
    book, you should care about your craft and how it reflects
    on you.

    So make mistakes. Just don’t be sloppy.

Basically, I couldn’t have said it better.