Gindi Vincent

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Rebuilding the Ruins, At God-Sized Dreams

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We started out talking about work.  Lots of big changes and challenging career relationships made things harder than ever.  He just left.  Wanted to reinvent himself.  What do Christmas cards look like now?  I thought I’d achieved my dreams, now what? 

Dreams are unique and personal.

But we don’t achieve them alone.  We can’t.

And when one of your pillars crumbles, or the foundation has cracked down the middle, you find yourself sitting in the rubble.

What do you do when you, or those closest to you, are crushed?  When you feel like your future has been stolen?

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.  Psalm 34:18

There are no easy answers.  There are no quick repairs…

I’m writing today over at God-sized Dreams, won’t you join me for the rest of the conversation? 

Moving On – Don’t Wear It

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Much of the research done about successful leaders focuses on their ability to take risks (or opportunities, as they truly are!).  It turns out, their set point for risk taking is often no different from yours or mine.  The best leaders (and dreamers) have just learned how to frame the opportunity.

Effective leaders look at the upside of the “risk” – the people they will meet or the growth it will open up for the company or the lives they can improve or the chance to do something never done before.  They don’t ignore the possible bad outcomes, but they don’t focus on them…

 

To read the rest, join me over at God-sized Dreams today  where I’m writing about what God really wants for His dreamers..

The New Face of Brave

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Go on, jump, jump!  C’mon, everyone else is doing it!  JUMP!!!  They yell at her standing on the precipice of the cliff staring at the waters below.  Something in her warns, You shouldn’t jump.  You should not  jump.  This is not the right choice for you.

So she steps back despite their heckling and jeers.  Chicken, they charge.

But sometimes bravery is not jumping. 

Sometimes bravery looks like saying no.

Sometimes bravery means stepping out of the throngs pressing you into a choice and saying, This isn’t for me.  I’m not scared.  I’m wise. 

There’s a difference.  Risk taking can be just as much standing up against the tidal wave of pressure and stopping the momentum.  In fact, that is often the face of brave.  Challenging gravity.  The tide.  The force of public opinion.  Accepting the possibility of anger or ridicule or alienation.

I’ve written a lot about risk when it comes to leadership.  But we don’t always talk about what the risk looks like.  In fact, one of my favorite quotes likens risks to jumping off a ski slope.  What if risk was turning around when the slope was beyond you?  What if you could endanger those coming up behind you by foolishly launching off a slope that wasn’t skiable?

 

Won’t you join me over at God-sized Dreams today for the rest of the story? 

What Are You Afraid Of?

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What are you afraid of?

What is holding you back?

What turns your skin cold?

I have to tell you, I am scared to death.

I am scared of my dream failing.  I’m at least equally as scared that my dream might succeed.

I am scared of disobeying God.  I’m just about as scared of obedience given some of the things He is asking me to do.

I have generational fear.  It goes way back.  In fact, my fear is actually not as acute as the women who have gone before me.  Women of faith.  Yet women often paralyzed by fear.  But this is what I know in the deepest core of my being:

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus.  There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.  I John 4:16-18

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.  Isaiah 41:10

Please join me over at God-sized Dreams today to read the rest of the story.