Guiding Principles

As I reflect, I feel encouraged, thankful, and motivated to help. To provide value to those in and out of reach. I keep thinking to myself, “how can I help” and the best way I know how is to release my faith by doing my work. We all have work to do, and that’s with or without the job title. We’re all in different places, experiencing this crisis in different ways. However, one thing is the same, and that’s “how we view things is how we do things.” On the John C. Maxwell “Leading Through Crisis” virtual summit, he said, “our view is based on our perspective. If we have the right perspective, good things can come out of bad things.” He then goes on to provide three perspectives we can take on during this time:

1. Everything worthwhile is uphill
2. There is always an answer
3. Allow the adversity to help you discover who you are

If our perspective drives our views, which drives how we do, my question to you is

How are you doing?

You may wonder, “why didn’t she ask what my perspective is” well, because our perspective is based on what we believe and sometimes what we believe limits us. It’s in how we’re doing that allows us to know our view. Our beliefs drive our outcomes. What we give our time to, we reap the fruit of. That said, look at your results and responses and ask yourself, what have you heard and is currently believing that’s making you feel the way that you do and giving you the results you have?

In leadership, we all have guiding principles, take a moment to think about those principles. Are they encouraging or limiting your ability to see the opportunity within this difficulty.