"The average person suffers from three delusions: (1) that he is a good driver, (2) that he has a good sense of humor, and (3) that he is a good listener." Stephen Sample, The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership

I find that funny... and true.

My best leadership maneuver...

Maneuver - to manipulate or manage with skill(z)

My best leadership maneuver? Ask myself daily... "What am I avoiding?".

It's usually the hard stuff. The tough conversation. The uncomfortable scenario. The stuff I wish I didn't have to go through, but once I'm done I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.

A productive day is when I look at my task list, choose the tasks I'd rather avoid and do them first.

2nd Life

There's a reason I am not the Digerati star at LC. Am amazed by this 2nd Life concept. A virtual world where people explore, live in community... whatever else you can imagine. And we have a campus there!?! It's just crazy enough to sound like LifeChurch.tv. I mean... why not?

Want to know more? Read Bobby G's post.

Thoughts from the weekend...

• Petting Zoo at church?!?... Great idea! Maybe not 4 weekends in a row! Feeling very removed from the general happenings within the kids area for the past several weeks. HOWEVER, had so many great opps to engage one-on-one with kids for more than 30 seconds. Probably a more productive 4 weekends than I think.
• I'm still not an animal person.
  
• Effective training... feeling the pressure (again) to push forward with more effective training systems. With additional campuses come more send outs. The amount of time we have with a volunteer could decrease before we send them to another campus. Not as much time to get them 'seasoned'. Not to mention... our kids 'feel' the bump in the road when a veteran volunteer hands the reigns to one less experienced.
• Need to reserve some energy on Saturday nights for ice cream with my kids.
  
• I love my team. I've never seen a more committed group. And I do not mean 'straight-jacket' committed. I mean no-holds-barred, make-it-happen, stay-late-to-get-it-done committed.
• I love our volunteers! They rock my face off. They work circles around me.
  
• They hang onto the 'crying-not-gonna'-stop-til'-I-see-my-mom' kiddos just so mom/dad can receive a life-changing message in Big Church.
• They serve multiple worship experiences just because they have the time and we have the need
• They encourage me the entire time
• My job is stinking cool