 Too often marketplace leaders champion what needs to be done, or emphasize that something must be done but does not explain how to do what needs to be done.
This is the hour that we need to help people understand
So as leaders (anyone who has the heart to inform others is a leader) must ask how can we help people know the answers to their questions?
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 Communication is way easier than you think. Stop avoiding it. Communication is just talking.
Communication is having a conversation, responding to questions, smiling, offering a speck of hope, and listening. I was at an event on Tuesday’s Election Night (big election day in Michigan this week!) and got to hear “the conversation” from the new Republican Party Chair of Michigan, Pete Hoekstra. What I heard from him was:
I walked away with an extra speck of hope. We must all learn TO communicate. We must stop hiding from it. And it’s time to stop assuming someone else is doing it. Talk with purpose and intentionality. Communicate with joy, interest, and a heart of service and watch how things get better. It can make all the difference. Silence and hiding from communication is no longer an option. It’s time to lean in and start to communicate. Thank you Chairman Hoekstra for encouraging me: there is hope on the horizon. Communication matters. And if we ever want to win again as conservatives, as leaders, as peers - we need to embrace it. Lean into some of these resources to start to take yourself to the next level! Attending rallies and protests no longer enough to bring real change  NOTE: I dedicate this piece to all my friends, all the warriors, all the servants of this movement who have given their life, breath, and endless energy to this movement. I hope this post - and this hour in our culture - will rally more support to their side, like never before. You are my heroes. I have to say what few have said. I must also say what will be uncomfortable to many. But someone has to peel back the bandaid and say truth.
If your idea of bringing change to society is to do protests, pickets, boycotts, and rallies - FOR ANY TOPIC - that is not enough. It will not bring the sustainable change that is needed. It is, in fact, the lazy way out if that is your only call to action. To bring the change needed in our state, our nation, our communities we need 3 things:
We have to get out and serve our communities.  I wrote this on a Sunday ... on a topic God is challenging me on. Drop your comments below to let me know what you think. ajh It feels so right we tell Ourselves boldly.
It sounds so good we whisper when doubt. It appears so delightful, tantalizing and free! Everyone else is doing it - I just want to be me! It lets us be first - always it seems. We can live by pure wants and human extremes. We can idolize, stoke, and please it with whims. We can go with our feelings again and again |
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