A very important lesson I have learned as a pastor is that “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” The first time I heard these words I thought it was a little overstated. Yet countless times these words have proved to be true in my ministry. Soon after graduating from seminary and beginning to serve as a pastor I soon realized that I had a lot to learn about being a leader. In my desperate pursuit of training myself to be a stronger leader I stumbled across John Maxwell’s wealth of material on leadership and I quickly devoured just about everything he had written on the subject. I attended his conferences and subscribed to his monthly teachings on tape. I am eternally grateful for the fire hose of material that Maxwell poured into my life. Leadership has become so important to me that I am presently trying to complete my Doctor of Ministry on Christian Leadership through Asbury Theological Seminary. Now with Twitter I have found John Maxwell again and have also subscribed to his blog so that I can continue to grow in this extremely important area of life and ministry.
One very important truth that I have learned over the years about being a leader is the need to not take myself too seriously. I have learned to laugh at myself. Afterall, everyone else is laughing at me! John Maxwell models this truth in his latest blog post where he posts a masterfully edited YouTube video spoof of John. As he wrote on his blog, “I saw this for the first time at the conference, and I loved it. I hope you had as much fun watching it as I did.” I had a blast watching the video and hope it will brighten your day and also serve to remind us to join others and continue to laugh at ourself.
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May 16, 2009 at 10:55 am
Loved this, it did brighten my day and I love to laugh at myself. I even call others sometimes and invite them to join in, especially these days! Why not? If we cannot laugh at ourselves then we are really missing out on a lot of fun.