I just listened to another leadership CD. I heard a leader say some years ago that if you continue to pump from the well without replenishing your supply, your well will run dry!
I refuse to run dry! Therefore, I purchase, CD, DVD’s, attend leadership conferences, and choose friends who can help me become the man of God, that the Lord Jesus wants me to be.
The CD I listened to was “Leadership Secrets from John Mark”. In it I learned:
1. Failure is part of life.
a. Admit it
b. Don’t blame others
c. Don’t have a pity party
d. Don’t live in shame for the rest of your life
e. Don’t be afraid to try again
2. Examine WHY we fail
a. Overconfidence
b. Unteachable
c. prayerlessness
d. Bad strategy or poor planning
e. Fear of risk or rejection
f. Associate with the wrong people
3. View Failure as a friend not a foe
4. Failure should be a mentor, not a monument
5. You never really fail until you quit
6. God often does His best work through people who once failed miserably!
The principle that really excited me was “View Failure as a friend not a foe.” WOW! If I can get my head around this one then failure becomes a step in success.
If you had all the money and all the time you needed, what would you accomplish? What would you do? What is your dream? I would love to share mine with you sometime. Shoot me a note to:
mknowl@bellsouth.net
and we will connect.
Dr. Mike
