It has been a pretty overwhelming few weeks for me.  I’ve been learning, studying and taking in so much. From my time at Q in NYC, to talks with my wife, to today’s sermon at church.  I sometimes feel that I’ll never catch up. There’s just too much to learn. There’s too much to grasp.  In my quest to become a better husband, a better friend, a better leader, a better communicator, a better writer, a better musician, and a better wii baseball player, I have a hard time dealing with slow growth.

The problem with our world today is that we usually only see those we respect or admire when they are hitting on all cylinders. We watch Tiger win on Sunday, but we didn’t watch him practice all during the week.  We listen to our pastor deliver an incredible sermon, but we don’t watch his hours of study time.  We watch a couple with a great marriage, but we don’t see all the little things over many years that enable the greatness.   The question I have to ask myself is Am I willing to do what it takes to be great in those areas?  So what does it take to be great?  Time, talent, skill, work, education, knowledge, wisdom, experience? What do you think?

I would have to say that one of my biggest challenges I face each week are the “important” distractions (and if I’m honest, the not so important ones).  Distractions come is all shapes, sizes, and colors. Emails, phone calls to return, more emails, start on a new idea, start another book.  Instead of finishing a short list of priorities, I continue to make a longer list of distractions.  This has got to change and I would make a handsome bet that the most effective leaders out there are great at this.

The adventure continues…