Purpose Resourcing!

PurposeResourcing.com

I talk to a plethora (I like that word) of people who are trying to find meaning, value and purpose in their everyday life.  Well meaning people who jump into college or into their first job for all the wrong reasons.  Some for money, some for family history, some because they simply don’t know what else to do.

God has wired each of us for an ultimate purpose of representing Him in the arenas of life.  That purpose plays out in different ways throughout our journey here.  The adventure is to discover that purpose, develop it and then deploy it into the world.

But how do you do that?  How do you discover, develop and deploy your purpose for life?

We started a new company that helps you do just that.  It’s called Purpose Resourcing and so far, we’ve had lots of people signing up for our mailing list and our seminar coming on February 25th!

Check it out!  I’d love your feedback.

Click Here:

Peace!

Follow the Leader

When I was a kid, we used to gather the local kids and play the greatest game known to mankind – FOLLOW THE LEADER.

One child would be in front and the rest behind.  Our call was to follow whoever was dubbed the leader and do everything that they did.  Inevitably the leaders ranged in ability on 3 levels.

First, there was the kid who was usually the youngest, smallest and as athletic as a dead cricket floating in your pool.  When he was in front, the rest of us knew that the experience would be less than exhilarating, teetering on boring.  Although he would try to make our journey exciting, and challenging, he usually fell into repeating the same moves and following the same path through the woods that was safe and uneventful.  Needless to say, we could follow this kid in our sleep… and most of us did.

On the opposite extreme was the kid who spent half his day in school the other half winning triathlons in his age bracket.  This was the kid who took our ragtag group through thorn bushes, under the floorboards of abandon houses and over the edge of a 25 foot, garbage dump embankment in full sprint, without breaking a sweat.  When he was in front, we knew that our scraggly bodies were about to get the whooping of their lives.   And when he lead, nobody wanted either to follow or to even try because his standard was so out of reach for us that Adrianne Peterson would have a hard time keeping up.

Then there was the kid who got it.  He understood the complexities of having people follow and imitate his every movement.  He knew when to break into a dead sprint and when to slow up the pace.  He knew how far he could push the rest of us physically without anyone losing their breath or their lunch at the same time.  He motivated us to be better than we normally were.  He led us into the dark places of the forest that we normally wouldn’t go, all the while calling back over his shoulder, “Come one!  You can do it!  I’ve done this a million times and I won’t leave you!”  With this kid in front, the game was challenging and enjoyable, all at the same time.

Whether you’ve played the game or not, one thing is clearly obvious… the joy and excitement of the game depends fully the one we are following.

What kind of leader are you?  Do you run too far in front and wonder why no one follows your leading.  Do you feel as if your team could be doing more but don’t know how to take them to the next level?  Be the leader who understands the team’s strengths and shortcoming’s, adapts their leadership style to fit them and always pushes a few steps ahead.  If you do, then your team and you will achieve greatness.

Personally, always follow our Master leader whose model was one of strength, kindness, love and sacrifice and you’re bound to live a life of purpose! (Mark 1:14-20)

Peace!

How to Master any Task

I passed the bathroom the other day and noticed my daughter, Maddie, applying a few drops of lens solution onto her contacts.  Without a thought, she popped it in.  Then the other.  A few blinks later and she was off.

It wasn’t always that way.  At the beginning, this simple morning ritual was torture.    If you’ve ever worn the lenses, you remember how difficult it was to stick your finger into your eyeball, affix the lens onto your eye with the right suction technique and then smooth out the extra air-bubbles that inevitably hid between your eye and the lens… ALL WITHOUT BLINKING!

Morning after morning, I woke my daughter extra early to take on this monumental task.  However, the more we dove into the routine, the more mastery she gained.  Now, the lens application process is done without thought or effort.

Most everything that we try for the first time is awkward.  When learning a new job or skill, remember that routine is the tool toward mastery.

• At the beginning of any new task, identify small victories.  What part of this task can I do?  Remember it for the next time around.

• Keep your vision.  When learning something new, keep the vision of what it will look like when you’ve accomplished the task.  I call this “Jumping the Wall.”  Think of the unfamiliar process as a wall that keeps you from the goal.  Focus on the goal and the wall becomes small.

• Ask for help.  Inevitably, there will be parts of the new task that you can’t just figure out.  Enlist the expertise or wisdom of others.  Ask, who has done this before?  What did they do to overcome the obstacles?

Newness creates fear.  But keeping the vision of your goal and practice the routines associated with the task will lead you to master anything!

Peace!