A Very Important Question
A few days ago, I had a buddy ask me the question, "What's your biggest challenge as a leader?" I didn't even need to think about it. I knew the answer. For ten minutes, I gave him some sad monologue about how I'm horrible at setting up boundaries. I talked about how many hours I work, how many emails I respond to every day, how little time I spend with my family, how I go months without taking a break from speaking on Sunday mornings, blah... blah... blah.
His response? "Nelson, you're an idiot! Ever since I've known you, you've openly talked about your lack of boundaries. I don't even feel bad for you." Then he asked me another question. A very important question. "What are you going to do about it? What's your plan?" I guess I never thought about it before. I whine and complain about the areas I suck at, but then do nothing about it! So this week, I'm putting together a plan. I'll let you know what it looks like when I'm done.
Where do you need huge improvement in your life? More importantly, what are you going to do about it? What's your plan? Seriously, what is it? What's your plan to move from the area you need improvement in to actually improving???
Dave
PS - On another note, this weekend we'll have 20+ church planters in town who are coming together to strategize and learn. I'll blog about this event on Friday, but I can't freakin' wait!
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