The #1 Mistake Most of Us Make!

The #1 Leadership Mistake: Quick Decisions!

Combining one of the following words: Haste, Swift, Impulse, Rash, Quick…with the word “Decision” often leads to disaster.

Worse yet they represent weakness in character.

According to my friend Phil Eastman, the seven elements of character are: wisdom, temperance, justice, courage, faith, hope and love.

Proverbs 20:18 “Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.” esv

Example #1

I once heard a man in a role of significant responsibility and trust say to me, “Jim, we are going to act swiftly and decisively.” It sounded like courage but as I watched the results, one mistake rolled into another creating a large snowballing disaster where many people where hurt. Looking back, he was not well enough informed with the facts and exasperated the situation by acting too quickly.

Example #2

One day I was late for an appointment. I pushed the garage door opener and began to back out my big red truck. The next thing I knew, I heard and felt a loud crunch. I destroyed my wife’s little Toyota Corolla sitting in the driveway. When you act too quickly you forget the most basic of things. Thank goodness a child was not in the driveway!

Example #3

“87% of business and church start-up mistakes happen in the Conception Phase!” I will never forget those words. They were spoken to me as I was preparing my church planting future. Life, business, and ministry have at least one thing in common. They each have a life cycle: conception, prenatal, birth, growth, maturity, decline, and death. The moral of this instruction is “starting too soon is most often fatal!” The Conception Phase for a child in the womb, a business being planned, or a ministry being dreamed is the most important. Get that wrong and the rest is history.

Slow down.

Have mentors. Get counsel. Create a healthy team you enjoy. Don’t compromise what you know deep inside! Plan well. Work in your life, relationships, ministry, and business. Not just in it!

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