Catalyst Day 1

Today I pretty much got my face rocked.  We heard AMAZING messages by Andy Stanley, Jim Collins, Seth Godin, Steve Furtick and Craig Groeschel.  I got the most by FAR out of Jim Collins' message.  Here are some of my notes.

Session 2 - Jim Collins

•Not all time in life is equal - I have a long runway in front of me (more time now than tomorrow)
•Good is the enemy of great
•Greatness is not a function of the cards that were dealt, it’s a function of conscious choice and discipline. We are not a slave of circumstance, we are free by our choices and discipline.
•A common misconception of an organization getting better is that it become more like a business. But that’s inaccurate because most businesses are considered average.
•Any truly great thing has a culture of discipline.
•Most overnight success stories are about 20 years in the making.
•Overreaching, undisciplined pursuit of more is how “the great fall” happens. You become seduced by your own success.
•The number one sign of overreaching is when you start compromising having your best people on the bus for the sake of growth
•If you have the right “who’s” you get better “what’s”
•The ultimate preparation for what you cannot possibly predict is WHO you have on your bus. Analogy: mountain climbing partner
•The signature characteristic of a level 5 leader from a level 4 leader was HUMILITY
•If it’s about you, you will not build something great. It has to be about the work, cause, values, etc.
•It’s not about personality
•What are you passionate about, what are you good at,
•the presence of a to-do list without a “stop doing” list is a lack of discipline.
•What gets in the way?
•We get in trouble when we confuse values with practices. Denominations are practices not to be confused with the big picture values.
•Every generation needs to create it’s own practices to exemplify their eternal values/faith

To Do’s
1. www.jimcollins.com - good to great diagnostic tool to self assess how are we doing?
2. How many key seats are on your bus? Who are in those seats (right people)? How do you get that to 100%
3. Get young people in your face
4. Build a council
5. Turn off electronic gadgets. Built pockets of solitude.  Days without electronics.  Take time to think. Work is infinite, time is finite.

•Pay your mentors back by mentoring others
•Your responsibility is to those you are ministering to... NOT those who you are ministering WITH.
•Don’t give people titles, give them responsibilities
•You should only have THREE main priorities, otherwise you have NONE