I have recently neen "listening" to John Maxwell's "Pride" CD, where he talks about this topic...What is interesting to me is how suspicious some people are when you truly exercise humility. An exercise that Maxwell promotes to keep your pride "in check" is to ask those around you, these 3 questions:
What should I stop doing?
What should I keep doing?
What should I start doing?
I recently did this with my direct reports and it really was great to get some honest feedback....I even did this at home with my wife and kids...amazing, honest answers that really helped me see where I should be headed!
Wayne I have to remember to get those CDs! I really like the idea of asking those quesitons - I am going to try them with a high performing and very servant oriented team that reports to me. I'll let you know!!
I agree about the suspicion related to being humble - people seem to want to put leaders into a position of being egocentric and it takes faith based strength to remain centered and not get pulled in.
Mary Jo
(What's My Line? was one of the longest running network game shows, spanning over 17 years. The game format, which never changed, consisted of four celebrity panelists who attempted to guess the invention or occupation of a secret contestant.)
So many people
with so many talents,
unique, diverse, amazing . . .
walking the earth
and living their lives . . .
God-given gifts in the making.
To sing with the voice of an angel,
or dance as if prancing on air,
to write with great power and persuasion,
or nurture with compassion and care,
to paint pictures of breathtaking beauty,
or design structures of magnificence,
to invent tools or methods never before known,
or speak forth with great eloquence,
to administer healing to body and mind,
or organize with quickness and ease;
so many talents, so many gifts,
so many more than just these.
So what's your line and how are you using it?
Once you know, may you understand
your talents are not for your benefit.
Your life has a purpose and plan
to bring glory to the One who created it,
to the One who provided your gifts.
Use them to minister to others,
and use them to bring glory to Him.
What's your line?
Bottom-line . . .
you're a servant.
-- Cheri Henderson
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