Tuesday. Time to ramble.
Ebola and Leadership
- People want to follow leaders who can explain decisions.
- People want to follow leaders who show that they have their best in mind.
- People want to follow leaders who appear well prepared.
- No leader can be perfect all the time and people are forgiving in general.
- I suspect the backlash against leaders in the wake of botched Ebola response is a combination of basic leadership failure and doesn’t show one tiny mis-step.
- It appears that our government was overwhelmed at some key points about how to make basic, common sense decisions. Yikes.
Remembering – the Value and Challenges
- Remembering the past helps you remember what God has done.
- Remembering too much can prevent you from moving forward, as the past enslaves you.
- Remembering well can lead to more informed decisions in the future.
- Remembering poorly can lead to repeated mistakes and destructive patterns of thinking.
- Remembering well shines the light on God.
- Remembering (even good progress) with the wrong perspective can deceive us into thinking we’re the ones who are responsible for overcoming things in the past.
- The encouragement: Forget what is behind. Move forward in life. Learn lessons. Rely on God’s grace. Give God all the glory.
Have a great Tuesday!