Yesterday began at 6:30 am and didn’t conclude until after 6pm. Was epic from start to finish. A few surprises along the way. Some good. Some not so good. This is life.
When I started BTL back in 2002, I had no idea if anyone would ever believe enough to hire me. Here we are 23 years later and there are eleven others who believed so much, they left their gigs to join mine. Cannot comprehend this level of belief. We have clients around the globe. Impact is multiplying. BTL has an app, thanks to Durp. We have so many committed clients it makes me smile just thinking about the eternal impact. God is so so good.
Night before last I got a call out of the blue from someone lit up like a lightbulb. He’s been in BTL a long while. He’s been dancing on the sidelines for most of a decade. He’s beginning to believe. Made me smile.
You see, leader, you don’t know who will be the next one to lead. You don’t know who will become the next high performer. You don’t know. Your job, leader, is to keep planting the seeds and leave the rest up to God. Your job is to keep showing up and giving 100% of what you’ve got. Your job is to keep believing in the work even when the results are disheartening and your boss is beating you like a rented mule. Your job is to focus on what you can control and leave the rest up to God. Sounds easy. It. Is. Not.
Yesterday was a helluva day. I string ’em together now. God is at work and he loves a faithful servant. All I am. All I want to be. Still got a long, long way to go. Work in process for freakin’ forever.
You, friend, are more than enough. You have what it takes. Your job is to keep doing the work God placed on your heart. Do it with all of yours. All of it. Don’t keep score. Don’t get resentful. Don’t give up. Trust the process and make today better than your best yesterday. I’m nearly 66. On medifreakin’care. Grandpa to three. Father of four. Miss’s man. Maries son. Friend to a few. Next to nobody will miss me when I’m gone. I know a few will. Fact. I know a few more will carry this great work on. What more can the heart of a man desire?
Live hard. Love ❤️ harder. Helluva day…
BUILT TO LEAD 