Sharing the adventure
Sunday was an awesome day with more friends and some great learning’s at church. Today my good buddy Pete had his brother Jon deliver our message at church about sharing the adventure, well his message could not have come at a better time as I deliberate over my future when my time is completed at IT Matters. I have a number of parties interested in having my skills join their team, however, do they fit into what Jon spoke on 1 Samuel 26 1-12,
In 1 Samuel 26: 1-12 the message is quite clear, so have a read of it, at the 50,000 foot level the story is about David who makes his way into Saul’s camp while Saul and his army of several hundred are asleep. David makes his way in, and instead of killing Saul, simply takes his spear and his jug of water. Why? Well it is not David’s place to kill Saul, his time will come, however that is not the message that I am trying to share with you.
Before David could ever make this trip deep into Saul’s army he had to do a few things:
1. Choose your companions wisely - a great tip and an especially great tip for me right now, who do I want to take my next venture with. I need to sit down and carefully plan out who I want to have by my side during this next phase of my life. I wish I had this lesson much earlier in my life. But the one thing that I have learned over the past several years is that God shows His signs when the person is ready to receive them.
2. Share the adventure - You must have people with you that are going to share the adventure along side with you. I have done many trade shows in Calgary when I was the only person there, hauling the signs and banners to the event, setting up and then bringing everything back. Even as I look at the Extreme Tech Makeover, I have partners sharing the adventure with me, but there are some that are not showing any interest. In order to succeed in business, you need to have colleagues, partners, friends, employees and others who are willing to share in the adventure with you.
3. Give others the opportunity to succeed and/or fail - Many times in business we take a number of things on our own plate and take on a tremendous amount of extra responsibility. We need to give others the opportunity to succeed or even fail. With success and failure there are a number of key life lessons that are taught. Trust me on this one, I have learned quite a few lessons in my time and especially over the last few years.
These are just some of the items that Jon shared with us during the message at church today, the timing could not have been my perfect in helping me with the next few critical steps in my journey. Thanks Jon and thanks Pete for bringing Jon in to see us and his delivery of the word today. It is very much appreciated.
Here is a quote that Jon left with us today:
If we are waiting for the perfect person to perform perfectly at the perfect time, we will simply perfect the art of patience.
Jon P. Justine
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