In this episode I share about our time as a family at Serenity Cabin in Galax, Virginia. We are deeply grateful!

I also share about the need for connection. In a world awash in content, many are lacking genuine connection.

What about you? Who is your Paul, your Barnabas, and your Timothy?

Avoid the habit of doing too much by taking these four steps:

Evaluate, Eliminate, Delegate, and Automate

Do you have a habit of avoiding conflict?

Practice Matthew 18. Avoiding conflict will rarely make a bad situation better.

Virtues are specific habits of excellence, and the four Cardinal Virtues are:

1 - Temperance

2 - Courage

3 - Justice, and

4 - Prudence

There are many "sub-disciplines" of these virtues that will make our lives better.

You can listen to the Double Win Podcast for more.

Here are three essential leadership lessons that I gleaned this week:

Lesson 1 came from Jesse DeYoung

Organizational doubt is real, and if we are going to lead effectively, we have to address it.

Lesson 2: Your mess is your message. Great quote: "John doesn't have a drinking problem; he has a drinking SOLUTION." People are looking for "The Fix" in their lives, and they turn to all kinds of things to "solve" the underlying problem.

https://ianmorgancron.com/thefix

Lesson 3: You have a working genius, and you will work best when you are focusing on those areas of strength. Great book and concept developed by Patrick Lencioni.

Thanks to Sean Morgan and "Leaders in Living Rooms" for the wisdom gleaned this past week. In this episode entitled "Need a Sabbatical? You're doing it wrong," he shared some points that were super helpful to me.

I gleaned a lot from another podcast by Carey Nieuwhoff and Jenni Catron entitled, "How to Tell whether your culture is healthy" It was really helpful in thinking about organizational culture both in my past and present.

I'd love to hear your story!

Coaching can challenge our thinking. "The problem with success is that you rise to a level that people stop challenging your thinking." - Charles Duhigg (author of How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection.)

In this episode, I talk coaching, conversations, and self-awareness as leaders. (Yes, it's just me rambling again.)

For the 100th episode, Kaylynn is back! We review the top 10 episodes from the first 100 published. A good time was had by all.

Here is a report on the time that Samuel and I spent recently in South Africa and Lesotho. It was an adventure, and we are grateful for the opportunity that we had to travel and to share.

Here are some highlights and lessons...

While in South Africa, we had the opportunity to interview missionaries Matt Smith and Ben Peters. While my equipment malfunctioned on the interview with Ben and I only captured the first question, I wanted to share it with you.

These are great young leaders, and it was a honor to serve with them.

Sam and I share from South Africa about our trip and the lessons God is teaching us along the way.