Proverbs 12: 1 (AMP) Whoever loves instruction and correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is like a brute beast, stupid and indiscriminating.
To put this verse more simply – “to learn, you must have discipline (NLT).” To grow personally or to lead a business, a non-profit, your family, the team – whatever you might lead - the discipline to learn from the results you produce yields the knowledge needed to be an effective leader.
Discipline is the result of the willingness to ask the questions about results produced that produce instruction or, if needed, correction - the discipline to listen and learn. I’m reminded of what M. Scott Peck said in his book The Road Less Traveled, “without discipline we can solve nothing.”
Some organizations just love strategy formulation - big plans and wonderful Power Point® presentations: but it is the discipline that comes from strategy implementation where the rubber meets the road. Leaders learn that every action taken is a learning experience: they see it as producing a result- not as success or failure, per se.
Learn from the results you produce - that’s the attitude of loving discipline. If you don’t like the results, change what you are doing – don’t be a “brute beast, stupid and indiscriminating.”
Are you a leader who is willing to learn, change where needed and grow?
Copyright (c) 2009 by P. Griffith Lindell
Thursday, February 12, 2009
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