Toward the end he summarizes leadership thus: “Leadership is not keeping your boss happy avoiding trouble accumulating power, perks, and privileges staying really busy or getting to the bottom of your in-box. It is one of my most written in, marked up, dog-eared books, in fact. Smith, Ph.D., whom I had the honor to meet and chat with in 2010, wrote an exceptional book on leadership called Rules & Tools for Leaders. Of the articles I’ve published, leadership is the most frequent topic so I’ll keep this short. 3) Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven (Matt 5.12). 2) Be content with such things as you have (Heb 13.5). Perhaps LIFE is ≥ this: 1) Give me neither poverty nor riches – feed me with the food allotted to me (Proverbs 30.8). If one of you says to him, ‘Go, I wish you well: keep warm and be well fed,’ but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?” (James 2.15-16). How dare I do nothing when I have the means to help? “Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. But right now there are others in greater need, including some of my own loved ones. Yes, I’d love to reap a few more ‘comfortable rewards’ of that. I work hard and strive to be responsible and practical.
Like Paul, I have been both in need and in plenty and am trying to be content in either. Prosperity is no indication of righteousness, and poverty is not necessarily a virtue.” God also allows some of His people to live in humility, and their selflessness has also changed the lives of many people. “God does bestow wealth on some of His servants, and their generosity has financed many of the great ministries that have changed the world. And why do crooks, creeps, and the wicked continue to prosper? David Jeremiah put it this way in a recent Turning Points devotional. I’ve worked hard my whole life and still don’t have a vacation home or lake house like so many others. But if you’re like me you wonder when it’s your turn. No one said it would be…especially my mom. Well over halfway through life on this side of dirt, I still don’t have it figured out. My reluctance to rouse the lying dog of political division or wake the giant of societal or organizational dysfunction doesn’t mean there isn’t something to be said for kissing a few frogs or awakening a sleeping beauty or two in our life, leadership, and fitness endeavors. In other words, to create beauty from brokenness and derive strength from weakness. While the subject matter isn’t always happy and carefree, it is intended to provoke thought, prompt action, edify, encourage, and exhort readers to make positive change in their lives. Instead, I use this medium to take a positive look at life, leadership, and fitness in hopes of helping others and sharing common experiences. While divisive political subjects and polarizing social issues would no doubt help increase readership or a larger following, that’s not what this enterprise is about. I’m finding it increasingly difficult to avoid jumping into the fray of sensitive current events. And whether he actually said it or not, I expect Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto probably realized it was a bad idea, too. The boy jolted awake and promptly socked his dad right in the eye! Even well-intentioned stalk-climbers in every adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk knew it was a bad idea to wake the sleeping giant. How do you wake up? Mellow, sheepishly wiping the sleep from your eyes? Or do you come up swinging? I remember watching a friend gently try to wake his sleeping child.
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