OK, OK...

I realize that after a couple of weeks of being stretched by working with new people, that it is essential for everyone involved. For me to grow and get better at my job, I must be forced out of the comfort I have from working with the same people every day. For everyone else, it is a chance to do the same.


Without mixing it up, we run the risk of not developing and stretching. To keep the production ministry going, we must always put volunteers or staff in places where they have a big learning curve. When we do that, we have to be ready for it to take a little more work so that they can succeed and get better. We also have to be ready for some level of failure. Failure is the way for us all to get better.

During this last event, I have a list a mile long of my own failures. While I don't like to fail, I know that I will be less likely to make those mistakes again, which makes me a better person.

If working on the same teams is our highest value, then there is potential that none of us will get any better.

Taken for Granted

I am currently working on an event with people I don't normally work with. As a result, all the things that normally seem to happen without effort, aren't happening, or happenig with lots of effort. I think I have underestimated the relationships I have built up and the way my team works together so seamlessly. Given another event or two with this new team, I think we would be up and running, but for right now, I have new respect for the people I work with every day.

There is something invaluable and difficult to quanitify that comes from working with the same team week in and week out. I have decided to protect that more; to care about it more; to define reality more.

The other side of this is the chance to be stretched and to learn to work with other people. OK...I guess.