Wise Leaders Resist Convenience

Wise Leaders Resist ConvenienceToday’s guest post comes to us from Joseph LaLonde for ChurchPlants.com.

Wise leaders resist convenience. There are days when I long for my runs to be easy. I don’t want to feel like I taxed my body or pushed myself further than I thought I could go. I want my runs to be convenient.

And yet my runs aren’t convenient. Running can take away time from my wife or with friends. Running takes extra energy and effort. Going for a run may even require me to get wet or cold or too hot. There’s nothing convenient about running.

But I wouldn’t change this fact for anything. Convenience sounds nice, in theory. Yet if running were convenient, it wouldn’t stretch me and make me stronger. My muscles wouldn’t grow and I wouldn’t lose weight. I wouldn’t feel the accomplishment of finishing a half marathon.

Do you long for convenience in your leadership? You may want to rethink bringing convenience into the way you lead.

Convenience Is the Enemy

When you begin to look for convenience rather than impact, your leadership style changes. The way you lead goes from looking for ways to improve the lives of others to looking for ways to improve your life.

You stop thinking so much about others. You start to think more about yourself. And that’s dangerous for leaders!

Leadership is about the impact you can make on the lives of others. How you can help one person grow and expand their reach.

Convenience takes your mind off of what really matters: Touching lives.

Be cautious when you begin to seek convenience. Make sure you’re not desiring convenience just because it makes your life easier.

Instead, think about how the struggles you’re facing are making you a better leader. They’re challenging you to see new ways to lead. Struggles push you beyond your current boundaries and help you grow your leadership muscles.

Embrace the struggle. Embrace the challenge. And embrace the inconvenience.

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Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.” He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.

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