The Best Minute: On leadership, forgiveness, and not being busy

2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I. Andy Stanley on why leaders should listen to others:

“Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.”

II. C.S. Lewis on why Christians forgive:

"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. This is hard. It is perhaps not so hard to forgive a single injury. But to forgive the incessant provocations of daily life – to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife, the selfish daughter, the deceitful son – how can we do it?

Only, I think, by remembering where we stand, by meaning our words when we say in our prayers each night, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” We are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it means to refuse God’s mercy for ourselves. There is no hint of exceptions and God means what He says.”

2 IDEAS FROM ME

I. The secret to getting more done is to never use the word “busy.” We always make time for the things we care about. If you want to get more done, don’t let “busyness” be the reason you aren’t planning your time better.

II. If you want to figure out what your strengths are, reflect on the things you think “everybody can do.” What comes to mind are the things that come so naturally to you that you may not realize that everybody is not actually good at those things.

1 ARTICLE FROM ME

I’ll never forget what the week leading up to Sunday, March 15, 2020, was like. COVID-19 was becoming a thing more and more people were talking about, but no one could have guessed what was about to happen. I recently wrote a post about 4 reflections on leading a church through a year of COVID restrictions.

Click here to read about what those 4 reflections were.

1 RANDOM FACT

Your brain does not feel pain.

The pain experience for all of us begins when unpleasant stimuli activate sensory nerve fibers called nociceptors. These specialized fibers — which are located in skin, muscles, joints, and some organs — transmit pain signals from the periphery to the brain, where the message of pain is ultimately perceived.

The brain itself does not feel pain because there are no nociceptors located in brain tissue itself. This feature explains why neurosurgeons can operate on brain tissue without causing a patient discomfort, and, in some cases, can even perform surgery while the patient is awake.

Source: Brain Facts