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Kids/Family

- Allow your children to use their gifts in ministry and don’t “shield” them.

- Create intentional no agenda hangout time with your kids.

- Keep communication open. Involve them in important discussions.

- Release your plans and dreams for your kids to God’s plans and dreams for them.

- Love your kid’s mom!

Loving Your Spouse

- Be intentional about our horizontal relationships.

- Choose something that important to you in your work and cancel it for her/ him.

- Create a daily “crossing” with your spouse. (could be texting, lunch, etc.)

- identify and enforce relational boundaries.

- choose wisely what work issues you disclose with your spouse.

Leading the Team

LEADING THE TEAM [brain dump]
together is better – unity
it’s all about relationship – build trust – care about each other
time together – retreat / staff connection
weekly staff meetings that aren’t all business – laugh / live / learn
servant-leadership (not leading from above) – Christ-like leadership
the team embracing it all – living out your calling and goals together
the leader doesn’t have to do everything with everyone but people need to experience him in tangible ways
all along the way
just show up (willow)
Books
Organizing Chaos (Warren Bennis / Patricia Ward Biederman)
Leading with a Limp (Dan Allender)
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Patrick Lencioni)

[action items] – what can i do not to stay awake about this issue?

1. NURTURE RELATIONSHIPS … honesty – tell the truth – trust
2. TOGETHERNESS … find intentional times to be together w/no real agenda – laugh / live / learn
3. SERVANT-LEADERSHIP … don’t lead from above – painting the set – get your hands dirty

Finances

- Develop a plan (tools could be Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey, Crown Financial)

- Live below your means

- Create a debt retirement plan

- Know your credit report

- Create secondary income

- Invest and be proactive!

Creativity/ Time Management

- Use tools that are available like planningcenter.com.

- Have a “closed door” policy. Set the expectation that when your door is closed, it’s your personal time to get things done. (no peeking in the window!)

- schedule creative time.

- Schedule time with the Creator.

- JUST SAY NO!!

Personal Spiritual Growth/ Quiet time

-Identify the problem “why don’t I do it?”

- Embrace discipline (obedience leads to discipline, discipline leads to desire.)

- Journal. Get it out of your head.

- Plan your quiet time and make it creative!

- Don’t discount the Holy Spirit.

- Get some quiet time accountability to keep you on track.

Self Esteem/ Authenticity

- Live in the reality that ultimately we are no the ones who change people. God does. Let Christ live through us.

- Give ourselves room to learn. Learn aggressively.

- Live in the reality that we are justified by Christ, no by Christ and man.