The WHY

Still decompressing all the incredible teaching from Catalyst. One of the speakers was Dave Ramsey, who is always fun to listen to. Dave gave a great talk on what matters in life, family, work, faith, and, namely, leadership. He talked about what really matters:

1. People matter.


2. An incredible team and a culture of excellence matters.


3. Slow & steady matters.


4. Financial principles matter.


5. A higher calling matters.

That last one struck an important chord as an important insight came out of that: "When you care about WHY you're doing what you do, then you'll overcome the obstacles you'll face." If the WHY is because of the money or popularity or 'just because' or 'that's the way your parents did it' or the power or whatever...it won't work.

Not everyone has a job that is a calling. But, if the WHY behind the job is that it allows you to make money to do things in your church and community, then you'll be motivated. If the WHY isn't strong enough, real enough, and deep enough, you'll quit at the first sign of a steep hill. WHY are you doing what you do with your kids? WHY are you going to work every day? WHY are you volunteering in the way you are? WHY are you searching for the job you're searching for? WHY? WHY? WHY? If the answer to that question is: "Because God is leading me or has led me this way" then you'll be alright. If the answer is anything else, then find out where God IS leading you, and do it quick.