Lion Chaser’s Manifesto, part 4
Hello, and welcome back to what I believe is going to be my last post in the Lion Chaser’s Manifesto series. For you review is part 1, part 2, and part 3.
I’d like to talk about one more statement in Mark Batterson’s “Lion Chaser’s Manifesto”.
Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Expand your horizons. Accumulate experiences. Enjoy the journey. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don’t let what’s wrong with you keep you from worshiping what’s right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze new trails. Criticize by creating. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don’t try to be who you’re not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away.
Keep making mistakes…
In my first supervisory position, I worked for a wonderful manager who gave me great freedom to experiment and learn. He felt that people learned far more from failing then being told what to do. His rule, however, was “don’t make the same mistake twice; and don’t make any big mistakes.”
I’m a firm believer in this philosophy.
Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch is too. His most recent book, IT, take a lot about learning by failing.
Last week, LifeChurch’s Swerve blog had three articles on failure by Craig. I highly recommend checking them out.
- Failing Selectively
- Failing Forward
- Avoid Failing Fatally (this kind of goes along with my boss’ rule of not making any big mistakes)
What have you screwed up this week?