You, like me are hearing sad stories of the economy every day. Don't get sucked into thinking it's all doom and gloom. You might be looking at your current resources and game plan and see a black hole in your future.
Add CREATIVITY to your equation. Don't just think outside of your box, leave your box entirely and get in someone elses box who has the same challenges you face, but is in a different business product or service catagory. Look for someone who does not seem to be participating in a negative economy.
I was at a men's meeting last night. One man is barely able to say anything positive about his business, in fact he said he is doing his best to stay positve during this economy. Another man across the table said he has just finished the best January he's ever had. He was even excited as he told us he was going to be able to give a chunk of money to a hurting family.
BOTH MEN ARE IN THE SAME BUSINESS.
"Creativity changes the game, whatever game is being played. "We're going to run out of cash by the end of the year," is accurate unless you count creativity into the equation. Then the accurate statement is, "Under the current rules and assumptions, we're going to run out of cash..." Big difference." ---Seth Godin
It's time for us to get creative with Current Rules and Assumptions"!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Craig's Swerve post...
I am passing on something our pastor Craig Groeschel passed on to us this morning...
"Kendra’s been on our Central LifeKids Team for over five years. She’s an incredible team player and loves Jesus more than anything. She writes…
The LORD answered me and said, “Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets, that the one who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay.” Habakkuk 2:2-3 NASB
I keep this on my computer desktop. I need it written plainly on tablets. It means many different things to me, but recently it came up in a conversation about the role of our LifeChurch.tv Central Team.
A Campus teammate described that he understood Central’s role to be like the bumpers on bowling alleys at kids’ birthday parties. Campus Teams can run around inside that area freely, but the bumpers are there to keep them from bouncing out of control into something that is out of line with who we are.
To me, this verse paints a much better picture of our Campus/Central relationship. Central’s role is to inscribe a clear and compelling vision. Those who read it can then grab it and run.
No bouncing around aimlessly against bumpers. Just running full out, all of us in the same direction.
I know our version of multi-site is different. I know our size isn’t normal either. But I’m tempted to guess that all ministries need this same kind of clearly recorded, always visible vision. So that those who read it may run.
What about your vision needs to be more clearly inscribed on tablets?
Is your team slamming into bumpers or sprinting in the right direction?
Do you have as hard a time waiting for the “appointed time” as I do?"
I AM LIKING THIS DESCRIPTION OF A CLEAR VISION FOR YOUR TEAM. WOW!
"Kendra’s been on our Central LifeKids Team for over five years. She’s an incredible team player and loves Jesus more than anything. She writes…
The LORD answered me and said, “Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets, that the one who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay.” Habakkuk 2:2-3 NASB
I keep this on my computer desktop. I need it written plainly on tablets. It means many different things to me, but recently it came up in a conversation about the role of our LifeChurch.tv Central Team.
A Campus teammate described that he understood Central’s role to be like the bumpers on bowling alleys at kids’ birthday parties. Campus Teams can run around inside that area freely, but the bumpers are there to keep them from bouncing out of control into something that is out of line with who we are.
To me, this verse paints a much better picture of our Campus/Central relationship. Central’s role is to inscribe a clear and compelling vision. Those who read it can then grab it and run.
No bouncing around aimlessly against bumpers. Just running full out, all of us in the same direction.
I know our version of multi-site is different. I know our size isn’t normal either. But I’m tempted to guess that all ministries need this same kind of clearly recorded, always visible vision. So that those who read it may run.
What about your vision needs to be more clearly inscribed on tablets?
Is your team slamming into bumpers or sprinting in the right direction?
Do you have as hard a time waiting for the “appointed time” as I do?"
I AM LIKING THIS DESCRIPTION OF A CLEAR VISION FOR YOUR TEAM. WOW!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Things are Changing, Can You Keep Up?
In my opinion the main reason we are living in Obama nation is because the Democrats embraced and understand the contents of this video better than the republicans.
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