I received this book at Catalyst this month. Seth Godin (the author) GAVE away over 12,000 copies before it’s release date to everyone who sat in on his session.
At what point does a person gain the credibility to say things that completely alter the culture of their field?
Session 8 – Andy Stanley “To reach people no one else is reaching, we must do things no one else is doing” “The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.” “What do I believe is impossible to do in my field… but if it could be done would fundamentally change my business?” If we got kicked out and the board brought in a new CEO, what would he do? Why shouldn’t we walk out the door, come back in, and do it ourselves? •Why am I unwilling to deal with this? “When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near.”
-Craig Groeschel
•We have people who live in this world who are waiting for something DIFFERENT. Not better, louder, weirder, etc… but different.
Take Away: Become preoccupied with those you haven’t reached as opposed to who you’re trying to keep.
-Focus, Al Reis
•The next generation product will not comes from the previous generation.
•Don’t do to the next generation what the previous generation did to you.
•Previous generations are recognizers. Next generation are creators.
Take Away: Be a student, not a critique.
-Future Edge/The Paradigm Book, Joel Barker
•What do I believe is impossible but could fundamentally change my ministry?
Take Away: Pay attention to the people who are breaking the rules.
-Only the Paranoid Survive, Andy Grove
•Have the mindset of a new-comer instead of falling in love with the way I do ministry.
•No pain, no change!
•Where are we manufacturing energy? Where are things going on [in our ministry] that we’re really not too excited about?
•It’s never easy to change. If it were it would have already been made
Take Away: Acknowledge what’s not working and own up to why you are to do anything about it.
-Michael Hammer
•Am I more willing to be more vision oriented than celebration oriented.
•The temptation is to celebrate what you’ve done and then coast
•Invest in the future, NOT the present (which is essentially in the past)
Take Away: Don’t let success overshadow your vision
•Success breeds complacency, and complacency breeds failure
•Do what you do best, better than you ever have before. Because our leadership is more important in our country than it’s ever been before.
There’s a new(er) song out right now that is kind of rocking my world. It starts with “How” and ends with “He Loves.” Check it:
Today I pretty much got my face rocked. We heard AMAZING messages by Andy Stanley, Jim Collins, Seth Godin, Steve Furtick and Craig Groeschel. I got the most by FAR out of Jim Collins’ message. Here are some of my notes.
Session 2 – Jim Collins
•Not all time in life is equal – I have a long runway in front of me (more time now than tomorrow)
•Good is the enemy of great
•Greatness is not a function of the cards that were dealt, it’s a function of conscious choice and discipline. We are not a slave of circumstance, we are free by our choices and discipline.
•A common misconception of an organization getting better is that it become more like a business. But that’s inaccurate because most businesses are considered average.
•Any truly great thing has a culture of discipline.
•Most overnight success stories are about 20 years in the making.
•Overreaching, undisciplined pursuit of more is how “the great fall” happens. You become seduced by your own success.
•The number one sign of overreaching is when you start compromising having your best people on the bus for the sake of growth
•If you have the right “who’s” you get better “what’s”
•The ultimate preparation for what you cannot possibly predict is WHO you have on your bus. Analogy: mountain climbing partner
•The signature characteristic of a level 5 leader from a level 4 leader was HUMILITY
•If it’s about you, you will not build something great. It has to be about the work, cause, values, etc.
•It’s not about personality
•What are you passionate about, what are you good at,
•the presence of a to-do list without a “stop doing” list is a lack of discipline.
•What gets in the way?
•We get in trouble when we confuse values with practices. Denominations are practices not to be confused with the big picture values.
•Every generation needs to create it’s own practices to exemplify their eternal values/faith
To Do’s
1. www.jimcollins.com – good to great diagnostic tool to self assess how are we doing?
2. How many key seats are on your bus? Who are in those seats (right people)? How do you get that to 100%
3. Get young people in your face
4. Build a council
5. Turn off electronic gadgets. Built pockets of solitude. Days without electronics. Take time to think. Work is infinite, time is finite.
•Pay your mentors back by mentoring others
•Your responsibility is to those you are ministering to… NOT those who you are ministering WITH.
•Don’t give people titles, give them responsibilities
•You should only have THREE main priorities, otherwise you have NONE
YO!
