More Catalyst Notes

This was the last session of the conference.  And a great one at that.

Session 8 - Andy Stanley

“To reach people no one else is reaching, we must do things no one else is doing”
-Craig Groeschel
•We have people who live in this world who are waiting for something DIFFERENT. Not better, louder, weirder, etc... but different.
Take Away: Become preoccupied with those you haven’t reached as opposed to who you’re trying to keep.

“The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation.”
-Focus, Al Reis
•The next generation product will not comes from the previous generation.
•Don’t do to the next generation what the previous generation did to you.
•Previous generations are recognizers. Next generation are creators.
Take Away: Be a student, not a critique.

“What do I believe is impossible to do in my field... but if it could be done would fundamentally change my business?”
-Future Edge/The Paradigm Book, Joel Barker
•What do I believe is impossible but could fundamentally change my ministry?
Take Away: Pay attention to the people who are breaking the rules.

If we got kicked out and the board brought in a new CEO, what would he do? Why shouldn’t we walk out the door, come back in, and do it ourselves?
-Only the Paranoid Survive, Andy Grove
•Have the mindset of a new-comer instead of falling in love with the way I do ministry.
•No pain, no change!
•Where are we manufacturing energy? Where are things going on [in our ministry] that we’re really not too excited about?
•It’s never easy to change. If it were it would have already been made
Take Away: Acknowledge what’s not working and own up to why you are to do anything about it.

•Why am I unwilling to deal with this?

“When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near.”
-Michael Hammer
•Am I more willing to be more vision oriented than celebration oriented.
•The temptation is to celebrate what you’ve done and then coast
•Invest in the future, NOT the present (which is essentially in the past)
Take Away: Don’t let success overshadow your vision
•Success breeds complacency, and complacency breeds failure
•Do what you do best, better than you ever have before. Because our leadership is more important in our country than it’s ever been before.