thing about leadership. Sometimes the solution is discovered in an
unconventional way.
Typically I work a crossword puzzle starting in the top left corner- #1
across or maybe #1 down. When I think I have a likely answer, I try to
confirm it with other clues before writing it in. Does the answer to #2
or #3 down fit? Does my answer unlock clues to other answers?
Most of the time that is how I proceed. I start in the top left corner
and solve my way through, spreading out, and the answers reveal more
and more of the puzzle. But that doesn't work all the time. For some
people that's when they give up on the puzzle.
But I've learned that when I'm stumped by obscure clues that seem to
make no sense, instead of giving up or settling for a quick fix and
peeking at the solution, I shift strategies. I try the top right. If
that doesn't work I go to the bottom left or right and work backward up
the puzzle. I keep looking for a key clue or starting point that helps
solve the whole puzzle.
Leadership is like that. Many times the solutions flow naturally. They
unfold just as we expect and anticipate. But other times leadership
puzzles take much more. The solution to the problem requires looking at
other ways, other ideas, other methods, before a solution is found.
Some puzzles are never solved until we check out some other
perspectives.
Real leaders know that sometimes the solution will not be found by
following the familiar path. Some solutions are only found by
approaching the puzzle a different way.
1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let
nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,
because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
The Man in the Window
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