Today’s post concludes our visit to TommyMom’s archives. At least for now.
I had asked some questions when Son #1 “threw down the gauntlet” at the first of the week…
I am going to respond to those today, if that’s acceptable.
Even if it isn’t…
you’re here, I’m here…
(again)…but I’m not bitter…
so let’s “rap” it up, shall we?
Leadership Education in its truest form…
is a lot like poor Jay-Z standing there without a “studio.”
( Poor here being nothing more than a sentiment, I assure you.)
It’s based on the Seven Keys and the Four Phases.
Validated and fueled by things called relationships.
True education begins, continues and ends with those.
So when I ask “Why do I care?”…
The simple response is…
Because I must.
If I want this to work…
to be successful…
and to validate my personal mission…
then I build.
And I seek.
I seek after wisdom and truth.
Here in the “Household of TommyMom“…
we do our best to focus on the “dos” while minimizing the “don’ts.”
This isn’t always easy.
Simple, yes…
especially to write or speak.
It is the doing that becomes the litmus test, however.
I don’t tend to be a shouter of the mantra…
“Circle the Wagons!”…
when every little thing that comes my way…
in my children’s generation presents itself in my life.
There’s no way that I can honestly “understand”.
And the “more seasoned” I become in my life…
the more comfortable I am with this fact.
I wasn’t called to be in their generation…
I was called to participate in my own.
I wish more people understood this concept when “growing children.”
There appear to be a lot of inmates running the proverbial asylum so to speak…
for the sake of parental validation that presents itself as “hip” or “cool.”
Rather, my job is to pursue after…
seek…
establish…
and confirm…
absolute truth.
So that when every little thing that comes along within the culture…
asserting consistent attempts to chip away at…
assault…
and invalidate that truth…
the children and students under my care…
see it for what it is…
process it in an effective way…
and then engage their generation and the current culture accordingly.
My job is to give them a stable and consistent home from which to do all of this…
that is grounded in the security of that truth…
and my own example in engaging as effectively as possible.
This produces true impact.
In your family…
your community…
and the world.
Can you recognize the “sound” of a true education?…
Or is the “studio mix” pulling you along with the tide?
Do you know which direction you’re going?…
Or does some of the noise in the form of a “backwards” percussion…
swirl around in your head…
manifesting itself in disappointing or poor decisions?
Take heart.
We’ve all been there from time to time.
The beautiful thing…
is that because Leadership Education is so organic…
being governed by nothing more than Keys and Phases…
you can “take to the stage” at any time!
You can restructure the definitions…
the environments…
the priorities…
the sound.
Today, I simply challenge you to make it your own.
Evaluate the “you.”
Model for the “them.”
You can do this.
The reward certainly may not be monetary…
but it is life changing…
and the results impact and change the world!
Happy Friday!
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