Speed bumps are not meant to stop us in our tracks. Speed bumps are meant to slow us down. In decision making, speed bumps are those things that give us hesitation, but ultimately cannot stop our momentum unless we choose to let them. Walls, on the other hand, stop us where we are. They prevent forward momentum. We can climb over a wall, or break it down, but it takes considerably more effort to do so.
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Simple Shifts
Since I started writing here two years ago, I have always moved back and forth in content from personal observations about leadership to lessons I was learning while trying to teach the three questions to a group of students to lessons about leadership I was learning (or struggling to learn) …
Pass the Shovel
Have you ever been asked to dig a hole and not been given the proper tool to accomplish the task? A few years ago I took a group of kids on a mission trip. The group I had proved a little more efficient than the host anticipated, so we started …
Reframing Student Leadership
I saw a youth ministry related facebook post the other day asking how the collective hive mind selects student leaders. I think this is an extremely legitimate question, but one that needs a quick reframing. Let me start by zooming out. The bottom line when it comes to leadership development …
Mindset Makes the Difference
Sometimes, I think perspective is a super power. And by perspective, I mean mindset. How we choose to view a situation. What is more disarming in a tense situation than admitting or realizing things aren’t as bad as they may feel in the moment? Look back at a time where …