Focus (2010.07): Want to serve more effectively? Get focused!
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How can you help others pursue excellence?
By asking questions like:
Want to serve more effectively? Get focused!
You want to serve God more effectively. So do I. God has done great things for me, and out of gratitude, I want serve even more effectively.
One thing that helps me increase my effectiveness is focusing. Focusing on God, on what He’s calling me to do, on what’s going on, and on action steps I need to take so I can serve effectively.
Questions help me focus. Questions like:
Get focused. Reflect on some questions. Today.
Think clearly
Thinking clearly is vital. You know this. When you think clearly, you’re more focused, have a better understanding of your goals and of what it takes to achieve those goals, and can more effectively communicate with those you work with.
Lately, you’ve been feeling muddled, feeling less certain of your goals, and your direct reports have commented that they aren’t clear enough on what you want them to do. You find yourself wanting to think more clearly. Good.
Question: What helps you think clearly?
Answer: What helps me think clearly is taking time to think, writing, and having someone ask me open-ended questions: What’s your goal? What’s happening? What can you do? What will you do?
Take steps to think more clearly. Today.
1-2-14 Shinkawa Cho, Higashi Kurume Shi, Tokyo 203-0013
How can you help others pursue excellence?
By asking questions like:
- What’s excellence?
- What’s satisfying/unsatisfying about pursuing organizational excellence?
- For your ministry, what does organizational excellence look like?
- What can you do to pursue organizational excellence?
- What will you do?
Want to serve more effectively? Get focused!
You want to serve God more effectively. So do I. God has done great things for me, and out of gratitude, I want serve even more effectively.
One thing that helps me increase my effectiveness is focusing. Focusing on God, on what He’s calling me to do, on what’s going on, and on action steps I need to take so I can serve effectively.
Questions help me focus. Questions like:
- What’s your organization’s God-given mission?
- What’s it take to achieve your organization’s God-given mission?
- How can you measure mission achievement?
- How can you identify key performance indicators?
- How can you use key performance indicators to achieve your mission?
Get focused. Reflect on some questions. Today.
Think clearly
Thinking clearly is vital. You know this. When you think clearly, you’re more focused, have a better understanding of your goals and of what it takes to achieve those goals, and can more effectively communicate with those you work with.
Lately, you’ve been feeling muddled, feeling less certain of your goals, and your direct reports have commented that they aren’t clear enough on what you want them to do. You find yourself wanting to think more clearly. Good.
Question: What helps you think clearly?
Answer: What helps me think clearly is taking time to think, writing, and having someone ask me open-ended questions: What’s your goal? What’s happening? What can you do? What will you do?
Take steps to think more clearly. Today.