“This Guy…I don’t what to do with!”

Wherever you are, God has called you to be a steward over a vision, for the specific reason for changing something. Are you going to allow “This Guy” to stop your vision, robs your joy, and could have the power to stop an entire mission.

What does a person do when the truth comes to them? What is reality?

Feedback is not easy to hear sometimes. But sometimes the feedback is not so good either.

If you are a kind and responsible leader, you take feedback and adjust. And you think other people are like you, but they are not. You cannot deal with every person you lead the same; recognize who you are talking to.

Bible says there are three types of people (we actually have all of these in us):

Wise

  • Light -> Adjusts themselves
  • Truth -> Change
  • When confronted you get smile, a thank you
  • Strategies
    • Talk
    • Coach
    • Resource them
  • Challenges
    • Make sure they are a match for what you need
    • Good feedback and coaching
    • Keep them challenged appropriately

Fools

  • They may be the brightest, gifted
  • Light -> adjust the light
  • Truth -> change the truth
  • Shoot the messenger
  • When confronted they are not happy and get angry and triangulate
  • They do not own it, generate hopelessness
  • Strategies
    • Stop talking
    • Limit my exposure
    • What will we do if I do it and we don’t get results – consequences
    • Fools change when they live in the structure and reality
  • Challenges
    • Limit exposure
    • Make consequences clear
    • Give a choice
    • Follow through

Evil

  • Destruction is in their hearts
  • Want to inflict pain
  • Strategies
    • Lawyers
    • Guns
    • Money