Pay now play later
I am reading a great book by John C Maxwell called Today Matters.
I am already feeling challenged by what areas of my life I need to prioritise to produce the most effectiveness out of my today.
For instance before I got married I could spend endless hours playing risk and watching The Cosby Show with Funny Man Dan (famously of thethursdayblog.com).
But now I’m married I have made a conscious decision that what was good for the season of singleness isn’t good for the season of marriage.
So instead of staying up late playing wii or watching TV I can go to bed early so I can get up early the next morning to share breakfast with Hosanna and help make our lunches and get both of us out of the door and on time for work.
The same principle applies to my leadership, as I lift my level of leadership; I have to lift my level of excellence. For what worked when I had no leaders under my responsibility was ok, but now I am bringing leaders through I have to lead by example. Or as John C Maxwell puts it: “pay now and play later or play now and pay later”. I for one would rather pay now, despite the cost and be able to look back on a life lived well rather than paying for mistakes and opportunities missed and looking back with regret later in life
