Principle #3- Get to neutral Ever met a powerfully influential person who was great in conflict? They are a rare breed, and have intentionally developed the disciplines and rigor to effectively govern themselves when they’d rather just react, explode, shut down, counter-attack, or evaporate. Yet, they don’t, more often than not. The Christian leader, at […]
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Principle #2- Go for altitude There may be no more essential skill than successfully handling yourself in conflict. Many a career has been ruined when executives mishandled themselves when mired in an important disagreement. Mike Leach, the very successful head coach of the Texas Tech football program, is but one contemporary example. As I write
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You don’t think your thoughts. Neither do I. Most of the time, our paradigms think for us. In Acts 10, Peter’s worldview was under siege. His experience illustrates the four stages of a paradigm shift. Stage one is to close ranks on what you already “know”. Entering stage two, you allow yourself to wonder. Peter’s
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You don’t think your thoughts. Neither do I. A unique collection of beliefs, expectations, judgments, and preferences powerfully influence your thinking…all the time. I invite you to examine the Apostle Peter when his beliefs, expectations, judgments, and preferences were under siege… by God. If you’ve walked with God for any time, you know what it
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You don’t think your thoughts. Neither do I. Both of us do our thinking inside a paradigm. Some call it a “mental map”, “worldview”, or “belief-system”. The idea is that a collection of beliefs, expectations, judgments, and preferences powerfully influence our thinking…all the time, every time. These conspire to focus our thinking, shape the pathways
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