We easily suffer from the myopia of Alice in Alice in Wonderland:
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the cat.
“I don’t much care where,” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the cat.
“So long as I get somewhere,” Alice added as an afterthought.
“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the cat, “if only you walk long enough.”
Leadership is not about “getting somewhere”; it is about getting to the desired destination. It is about helping those we lead—our congregation, our family, our Sunday school class—become all God designed them to be and grow into the influence God wants them to exercise.
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seems too that it’s about making the call about the destination, or at least defining it clearly. maybe that’s obvious….
makes me realize that when i stall out and don’t lead it’s because of “analysis paralysis”…too many options, too afraid to make the bad choice, too unfocused to take the step that’s going to move me toward the goal…and certainly not inspiring anyone to follow my lead.
Rather interesting. Has few times re-read for this purpose to remember. Thanks for interesting article. Abdul.
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