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Greatness is the only standard...

Good is the enemy of great. I've read it, heard it, talked about it....probably a million times.

However, I'm convinced that there are entirely too many areas of my life that I still consider just "good enough" to be comfortable with. That comfort keeps me from focusing in on those areas with the laser pin point accuracy that is required to fine tune something to the level of greatness.

I don't want me life or the things that pour my life into to be "good". I want them to be great.

It's time to up the bar and move on to excellence. There's no better time to start than now.

How about you? Why wait?

Why the GCRTF Recommendations are good for churches of all sizes....JD Greear

There's quite a storm of thoughts surrounding the upcoming SBC Meeting and the potential effects of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force's report there. It seems that there is a sharply divided line between those who support it's reporting and those whom don't.

Check out THIS post regarding the subject of "why the recommendations are good for churches of all sizes". I think it pretty much nails it.

It would seem that the SBC is poised to either take in the first fresh breath of air that it's had in quite some time or choose to continue down the same path that has lead to it's current state and will eventually lead to it's demise.

I'm praying that out of this, the SBC gains a bright new tomorrow. Your thoughts?

Are you a leader or just a boss?....George Ambler

Here's an excellent article I found on leadership. I recently ran across this guy, and haven't read much by him yet, but this was definitely worth the read! Check out the blog site itself HERE.

I often find that many people onfuse leadership with positional power. We tend to believe that a person in a position of authority or someone with a title, has their position or title due to their leadership qualities. However, in many cases there is no correlation between someone’s position and their leadership ability. Just having a title does not make you a leader, leaderships is about influence. Title only buys you time to exercise true leadership, and in this time your leadership either increases or diminishes and eventually fails. There is a huge difference between being a boss  and being a leader…! Consider the following…

“The boss drives group members; the leader coaches them.
The boss depends upon authority; the leader on good will.
The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm.
The boss says ‘I’; the leader says ‘we.’
The boss assigns the task, the leader sets the pace.
The boss says, ‘Get there on time’; the leader gets there ahead of time.
The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown.
The boss knows how it is done; the leader shows how.
The boss makes work a drudgery; the leader makes it a game.
The boss says, ‘Go’; the leader says, ‘Let’s go.’“

– Author unknown

People follow the boss because they have to if they want to keep their jobs. People follow leaders because of who they are and were they are going.  Too many leaders today rely on their position to lead. How about you?