Nearly there, but not quite. For a long time the group were used to getting nearly there but not quite. Just missing out on achieving their desired outcomes. Just missing out on what they had set for themselves. Nearly there, but not quite. When they explored what could be the reason for this, they were […]
Read More Rest and Be TogetherYou put the mixture in the oven. She hires that office worker. He plants the seeds. They pay the money for the new player. All with the same desire in mind. That desire is that the individual will produce the goods. There is a sense in which we can believe that we are put on […]
Read More Producing the GoodsThere are, apparently, different stages involved in the managing of groups. One of the stages looks at managing the group for what they are about to become. This is not a definite practice. It is not about having everything worked out and manipulating people to fulfil your desires. Rather it is the capacity to know […]
Read More Things Are Shaping Up: For What Is And Will BeTime, resources, relationships and self. Key elements that can thrive under great management to the benefit of many. Key elements that lead to tremendous misery and disaster when poorly managed. Interwoven in these key elements is the concept of responsibility. My interaction with responsibility has been strange over the years. When I was a child […]
Read More Managing ResponsibilitiesThere are people who do an excellent job in time management, thrive on managing resources and have proven to be very good in managing relationships to a degree. They lead successful businesses, gain a great deal of fame and fortune, garner a large number of followers and maintain significant influence in their sector of expertise. […]
Read More Managing SelfOf all the things we manage beyond self none is more challenging, frustrating, annoying, rewarding and fulfilling than relationships. By relationships, I mean with people, so in as much as some may be disheartened to realise I am not including dear faithful Rover, or the adorable Nibbles the hamster, I am exclusively referring to people. […]
Read More Managing RelationshipsFood, clothing, accommodation, storage, transport, communication devices, workplace equipment and a partridge in a pear tree. Most of those things listed above constitute the resources we are used to managing (or not) to some degree in our lives. Conspicuous by its absence, you may have noticed, is money. Of all the resources we manage, money […]
Read More Managing ResourcesElsewhere I have mentioned above my view on being bored. I certainly used to be bored. Very easily too. I know that feeling. “There’s nothing to do. It’s so boring!” What I continue to realise all the more is that statements like that reflect my attitude to time and how to make the most of […]
Read More Managing TimeGod is not unfair. That’s not an easy realisation to come across when stuff happens. Not every day is a joyful one for me. Sometimes I go through days that are not classed as joyful. In it all, experience teaches me that God is still there and God is not unfair. Not unfair because He […]
Read More Can I Manage?My upbringing gave me the impression that church gatherings were about excitement and noise. God was with us when our emotions were stirred. Truly the Spirit was moving if people were shouting hallelujah, people were crying and whoever was preaching/singing was encouraged to do an encore. If I didn’t feel buzzed up after a meeting […]
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