In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions Podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Sammy Rhodes who is the RUF campus minister at the University of South Carolina, well known for his twitter humor, and the author of This is Awkward: How Life’s Uncomfortable Moments Open the Door for Intimacy and Connection. We talk with Sammy about the balance of being a friend and a leader and how understanding justification helps leaders think both more of themselves and less.
BEST QUOTES
“There’s something about movies for me that is a reflective, learning experience.”
“I remember turning 30 and thinking ‘what have I done with my life?’”
“Even when you get to something that could be an objective achievement it still feels sort of empty.”
“It’s hard not to be thinking of the next thing I can draw identity from.”
“A focus of our team has been doing friendship well.”
“Michael Scott said ‘I want my people fear how much they like me.” I sadly resonate with that.”
“Do I consider myself the friend of Jesus or am I just afraid to disappoint Him?”
“Leadership is disappointing people in a rate that they can take.”
“Twitter success was more tangible than ministry success.”
“Can you tell your kids you’re sorry? Can you ask for their forgiveness?”
“Take yourself less seriously and take yourself more seriously.”
“Justification frees me to laugh at myself and in that very moment to realize that the Lord takes me seriously.”
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
@SammyRhodes on Twitter
This is Awkward by Sammy Rhodes
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Against an Infinite Horizon by Ronald Rolheiser
45 Years
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