Step One
Do you want to be a better surfer? A better employee? A better Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother? A better ________?
Step one is showing up.
So often we have dreams, or aspirations, or desires to BECOME something or to improve and hopefully to succeed. But it all starts with showing up. A relatively simple concept, so why do we not show up?
Showing up is more than being present. Showing up is every day doing what it takes to engage in your world. Fighting the NORM. Not bowing to the status quo. Being present, being active, being felt in the process. Want to be a better dad, show up, pay attention to your kids, and engage them. Want to be a better boss, engage your employees. Want to make more sales this week, pay attention to what your clients are talking about. Want to be a better pastor, ask your staff questions about how you can all be better.
Showing up looks different for everyone but its effects are the same for everyone…its the beginning of the things you dream about.
Great post bro! My plan is to just show up this week…at home, church, and in my relationship with God. I know He’s planning to show up for me!
This is great…Be there, be present…
We have to be present.
I echo the comments above.
I think part of showing up takes courage too. It’s not always laziness that keeps us from showing up. For example, how many people considering starting a bank? The few who do are way, way ahead of everyone else. Same goes for public speakers and skydivers and church planters.
The ones who show up day in and day out are the ones who end up making things happen.
-Marshall Jones Jr.