I love music. I think there are very few things as powerful in the world as the power of music. I believe in music so much I dropped out of college, moved to Nashville, and worked 2 jobs to get to spend a few hours a day working on music “stuff” early in my career. And as I grew, had a family, had kids, I realized that the cost it would require to be the best at what I do in music was more than I was willing to pay. Other things had started to grab my attention and steal my heart. I knew I had to do something and I knew that working in a local church was becoming more of a passion for me than working on the careers of some amazing artists.

It takes a lot to move an idea from concept to completion. It is not for the faint of heart. As we labor to do our best work I think there are a few questions we should be asking ourselves and our teams:

• Are you committed to being a problem solver or finding excuses? 
• How much time do you spend in your sweet spot? Do you get excited about what you get to do, or dread dealing with what you have to do? 
• Do you strive to be the absolute best at what you are doing, or are you willing to settle for good enough? 
• Are you passionate or complacent? 
• Even when things are hard, do you find excitement in “getting the opportunity to (insert what you do here).
• Do you see more problems or more possibilities? 

I had to answer these questions and I had to push myself to be honest about the answers. I was doing a job and doing things that I was starting to not enjoy and someone else was praying they would get the opportunity to do as a career. It was time to move over and let someone else take the wheel. Further, there was a new challenge for me to take, a challenge that when I asked these questions about I could be proud of the answers.

If you are done it is time to move on. You are hurting yourself more than anyone else. Be brave. It is scary but when you land in the middle of your next thing you will be so much more at peace about waking up each day.