Sundials in the Shade
I went to a leadership simulcast today at McLean Bible Church. The featured speakers were Marcus Buckingham and Bill Hybels. It felt like I got plugged into an outlet for two hours. My leadership batteries were recharged. My gluteus maximus was numb, but my synapses were firing in all directions. Here are a few thoughts I collected.
Buckingham defined sustained success as the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time. The thing I like about that definition is that it puts Jesus at the top of the list which is where He has to be. Even those who don't "accept" Christ have to "respect" Him. How many people do you know have two billion devoted followers two thousand years after they die?
Buckingham said that the key to success is to find out what you don't like doing and stop doing it. Here's the problem. According to Buckingham, 59% of us focus on "fixing our weaknesses" while only 41% focus on "building their strengths." We're fixated on what we don't do well. We allow our weaknesses to consume us. We've got it backwards. Don't worry about what you can't do. Come to terms with who you're not. We live in a remedial world--a world focused on fixing weaknesses.
The bottom line is that we need to build our lives around our talents. Instead of fixing our weaknesses we need to ignore them! Buckingham said, "The longer we put up with those activities we don't like the less successful we'll be." Way too many people spend way to much time focused on weaknesses. Benjamin Franklin said untapped strengths were sundials in the shade.
Buckingham defined sustained success as the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time. The thing I like about that definition is that it puts Jesus at the top of the list which is where He has to be. Even those who don't "accept" Christ have to "respect" Him. How many people do you know have two billion devoted followers two thousand years after they die?
Buckingham said that the key to success is to find out what you don't like doing and stop doing it. Here's the problem. According to Buckingham, 59% of us focus on "fixing our weaknesses" while only 41% focus on "building their strengths." We're fixated on what we don't do well. We allow our weaknesses to consume us. We've got it backwards. Don't worry about what you can't do. Come to terms with who you're not. We live in a remedial world--a world focused on fixing weaknesses.
The bottom line is that we need to build our lives around our talents. Instead of fixing our weaknesses we need to ignore them! Buckingham said, "The longer we put up with those activities we don't like the less successful we'll be." Way too many people spend way to much time focused on weaknesses. Benjamin Franklin said untapped strengths were sundials in the shade.
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