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I love people. I really do –especially getting to know new people.  I love getting to know people’s story, history, where they have come from and how they got here.

I also love hanging out with people –especially people who either inspire me or people who are so peaceful to spend time with.

I love to create things with people  -especially if it’s a project that we can look back at and admire.

I love people. If you are a good leader, you love people too. However, the question I been asking myself and that you should ask yourself is…Do I love developing people?

I have never wrestled with thoughts of insecurity, depression and more –since starting Mosaic. It’s not Mosaic’s fault – no it’s that I started an organization/church/endeavor that is so closely fused to my soul.

Mosaic is not what I do – it’s become who I am – and I’m cool with that, it’s just that I never thought we (Mosaic and I) would get so close so fast – should have had the DTR talk earlier!

Consequently, everything good and bad, every win or failure and high and low, is an emotional reaction that I experience. One of these emotional reactions has…

I have been reading Tribes by Seth Godin. I’m a fan.

Reading has led me to consider that everybody can be a expert. I’m redefining the term.  An expert is now a person who is passionate about something and is committed to learn and educate people about it.

This something could be anything. A subject, skill, idea or concept.Regardless what is, as an expert you have to be dedicated to learn more and more about what you are passionate about and to communicate what you have learned to people.

People listen to experts. People assume experts are right.

If you are raising…

As leaders we have to look beyond the obvious.

When (not if) we face complex situations, staff conflicts, people issues and sudden crisis, we have to ask whys. – the right whys. The wrong whys are… why me, why us, why now.

The right whys are …

‘Why’ is it so important to push through this? Why should we face the music and deal with the issue, have the hard conversation and keep going.

Why should we figure out a way to solve the problem? We should explore if this is a personality or a process issue.

Asking the right ‘why’…