Every year, my team and I attend the leadership summit. This year, there is a shadow hanging over the summit as I outlined here, but I’m still trusting that it will have some incredibly helpful content, just like in past years. To capture what I’m learning and to help you grow as a leader, I always share my notes from each session, so be sure to check back after each session and bookmark them for future use.
The second session of the second day featured a talk by Erwin McManus. He looked at what it means to lead a life that matters and how great leaders intentionally build the future.
The following are some takeaways:
- The greatest battles we fight are within ourselves.
- We are afraid that we have something inside of us that will never be actualized.
- We’re haunted that we might never live up to what is inside of us.
- We know our life is supposed to matter and were scared it won’t.
- If you put your life in God’s hand, it will go further than you could ever go on your own.
- I’m amazed at how many people need permission to get started but no one needs permission to quit.
- You need to treat every moment and day as sacred and essential.
- Your freedom is on the other side of your fears.
- The things of God can only be accessed if you will step through your fears.
- If you don’t deal with the paralyzing fear, you will never reach where you supposed to be.
- So many of us only have the structure to lead when the world is at peace and things are easy.
- Your greatness is on the other side of your pain.
- What you fear has mastery over your life.
- What you fear establishes the boundaries of your freedom.
- A lot of think our pain is the boundary of our limitations. Our pain is the boundary of our greatness.
- We need to learn how to walk in our pain.
- If you aren’t alive before death, you will be afraid of death.
- For many people, their pain will define them.
- Your future is on the other side of your failures.
- People always want to define us by our worst moments.
- God does not define you by your worst moments, he defines you by His best moments.
- We want God to meet us in our faith but He meets us in our faithfulness.
- Your faith doesn’t make life easier, your faith makes you stronger.