“I can’t change the world, but I can change the world in me.” 

- Bono

It is becoming very complicated to be a human, much less a leader of a business or an organization. I feel like there is confusion, misunderstanding, and I seem to be dodging a new landmine with each subsequent step.  I have become so fearful of saying the wrong thing that I am finding myself not saying much at all.

  • I think I should be woke, but that seems to mean different things to different people.

  • I think I want to move from empathy to activism, but I don’t really know what that entails.

  • I don’t want to choose a particular side on any issue, but it seems like the rest of the world has.

  • I even want to use the right version of LGB…, but they keep adding new letters and there is even a symbol at the end of the string now!

I think, at the end of the day, I want to be the person I was created to be.  I want to play the role I am uniquely created to play.  I want the world to change both in my life and my leadership, but I know that the change first has to occur in me.  A new friend bought me a copy of a book that is asking big questions:

“I know that I — that we — need a different direction.  Yet there are no processes in modern society through which to transform.  We are a world desperate for change and yet saddled with an outdated momentum.  Deep down we know something else is possible, but how to get there?  I came to learn that this transformation could begin in the lives of individuals.  No.  It had to begin in the lives of individuals.  Could there be a deeper call to adventure to life, to the edge of what we fear and long for?”

- “The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life” by Boyd Varty 


While there are “no processes in modern society through which to transform”, there are ways to get really clear on the path you are to be walking down to find that transformation.  I did not leave a successful and lucrative banking career because I just wanted to do something different.  Embarking on the adventure into coaching rested on two foundational ideas:

    1. Our lives are intended for something far grander in God’s Kingdom than we have been led to believe.

    2. The businesses and organizations we lead have a far more glorious and prosperous version available than we have found.

Once the transformation of my own life started to take hold, the opportunity to bring transformation to the things and people I led became a reality as well.  Leader clarity leads to organizational clarity.  Change starts in you and then ripples through your leadership and into everyone you come into contact with.

The Lifeplan retreats we have led for hundreds of individuals and the Strategic Enterprise retreats we have done for dozens of companies give everyone the opportunity to say:

“WHILE I HAVE NEVER BEEN LESS CLEAR ABOUT THE FUTURE, I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE CLEAR THAT I AM PRECISELY ON THE RIGHT PATH.”

I can’t think of a more comforting thought in these uncertain times.

CONSIDER

  • Do you know who you are and where you are going?

  • Does your life feel like you are living a particular adventure and contributing the thing you were created to offer?

  • Does your family or business have a similar clarity?

  • Are you ready to do something about it?  We can help.

We are honored to host guest blogs from Friends, Partners and Allies. Brian Schroller of SummitTrek Coaching is our Ally posting this month. Brian is a new friend to me and to Four Streams. We met in Colorado last May (2019) at the Become Good Soil Intensive orchestrated by Morgan Snyder and a team of friends from Ransomed Heart. Contact Brian if you or your firm needs clarity of purpose as you continue your Journey. ~ Buz Mayo