Tag: burnout
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Do you Hate your Life? (or at least parts)
Much of the buzz in social media and the conference circuit is following your passions and dreams. The ideas of quitting your day job to do what you really would like, is highly prevalent. I’ve even blogged about the idea of finding the One Big Thing in your life. I work in an organization which…
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Leading With A Limp
“We should bless men and women who have done their level best to escape leadership but who have been compelled to return and put their hands on the tiller. We should expect anyone who remains in a formal leadership context to experience repeated bouts of flight, doubt, surrender, and return. Here is one reason: the…
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When to Pull the Plug as a Leader
As leaders, we are constantly casting vision to spur our teams forward. Some ideas work and take off like wild-fire while others slowly produce results. Other ideas never really fly. You cast the vision, attempting to create buy in, but the concept never takes root or begins to grow. The vision languishes and people start…
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The Three Hardest Words
This past weekend I went for a bike ride in preparation of a 110km bike race I participate in. Along the way, I had a very inglorious fall. Not an accident or a wreck, but falling while standing still, yet still clipped into my pedals. With all my weight I fell on my left arm and elbow. Pain…
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Miserable Servants
There are a group of people who serve in every church or volunteer group. In my missions organization, I find these folks on every campus. The Miserable Servants. People who are faithful to serve, but never seem very happy about it. You do your best to try and help them. You offer to reduce their…