Craig T. Owens

Leaders must resist trying to rush in “to save the day.” We need to let our teammates learn how to rescue themselves through a time of productive struggle. Check out the full conversation Greg and I had in our episode “The struggle is real (but necessary).”

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I have had an ongoing series of posts and videos called “Is that in the Bible?” Many times we discover that a phrase we think is biblical isn’t found in the Scripture or it is being used out of context. John Stonestreet addresses this same concern. He writes, “Selective proof-texting points to how widespread and deep biblical illiteracy is. In addition to an ignorance of the actual content of the Bible, there is ignorance about what the Bible even is, and how Christians throughout the ages have used it. It’s bad when this ignorance shows up in politics. It’s sad when it shows up in our churches and Christian subcultures.”

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.” —Arnold Schwarzenegger 

Marcus Buckingham shared something fascinating: “I studied 3000 Disney housekeepers. Eight of them told me what they loved about their work. One vacuums herself out of every room to make perfect carpet lines. Another lies on every bed to test the ceiling fan because dust falling means guests think the room is dirty. A third arranges kids’ toys in elaborate scenes—Mickey with the TV remote, Minnie with french fries. All breaking Disney’s rules. All excellent for completely different reasons. Stop building competency models for leaders. The best leaders are super different from each other. Average is homogenous. Excellence is idiosyncratic.”