Yesterday I was visiting with a woman whose husband and daughter had recently returned from a mission trip where they were helping Syrian refugees.
The refugees were primarily middle class families that left everything behind (homes, jobs, family, treasured keepsakes, toys…) and fled for their lives.
With no income and winter coming their physical needs are astronomical!
So both the husband and daughter were shocked when they discovered that the biggest need these people shared was not physical….
Leadership Image Quotes
A picture is worth a thousand words.
You are welcome to download the leadership image quotes below and share them!
[Tweet “The path to the castle is often not so clear. Have you shared your vision with your team?”]
[Tweet “If we are convinced we are speaking the truth, why are we so afraid to listen to someone else’s truth? “]
[Tweet “Look deeper and SEE people for WHO they really are, not just at how they appear.”]
[Tweet “Without a vision, people and organizations really do perish! “]
[Tweet “How often do you take a drive outside of your comfort zone?”]
[Tweet “Leaving your comfort zone will always make you feel weak and small.”]
[Tweet “Brokenness can serve as a catalyst to humble us and make us whole. “]
[Tweet “Repeat your message and model the behavior you would like to see! (21x)”]
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” Apple
[Tweet “I am one of the crazy ones!”]
Beyond The Comfort Zone – The Expat Journey
Turning An Unwanted Move Across The World... Into An Adventure
I’ve included several personal articles about a move overseas to a location that is often harshly judged and feared because:
Three years of our lives were filled with continuous unwanted change. …So much so that it was like being hit with enormous waves, each one would knock us down, we would stand again, and another would hit. It was such a confusing and painful time that to this day tears surface when I think about it. When the waves stopped crashing there was not much about our lives that looked the same. And then the transformation within us began.
That by sharing the details and the emotions of our expat journey that you or someone you lovewill find encouragement for whatever you are in the midst of.
That you will be reminded thatyou are not alone in the struggle to navigate change.
That you will find inspiration and answers for the changes you are navigating.
That when you are ready, you will help others by sharing your story!
When we were asked to make this move I imagined that life would look and feel as brown and desolate as the image below.
This is our journey:
November 2012 – As we contemplated the decision but did not tell anyone I wrote this post:
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement. To expose feeling is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd, is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk despair. To try is to risk failure.
But risk MUST be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live. Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave; he has forfeited freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.
Image Credits: iStock & Personal
About Chery Gegelman
Speaker, Facilitator, Author and Bridge Builder
Hi! I’m Chery,
• I deeply believe that anyone can be a leader.
• That everyone knows something that the rest of us don’t.
• And that we all need to leave our workplaces, communities, nation and world – better than we found them.
Those beliefs inspire me to:
1. Build bridges of communication and understanding between people from different positions, organizations, races, religions, and cultures. (Increasing understanding collaboration and growth.)
2. Instigate change from every position I’ve ever held. Even from the from the middle and the edge of organizations I’ve led system-wide change that has created higher performing teams, increased customer service, reduced risk, and significantly increased revenue.)
My faith and my firm belief that leaders need to walk their talk were the reasons I agreed to move to a part of the world that I once feared. In that big desert we were surrounded by people from more than 50 nations in our world. Providing daily opportunities to meet with, listen to and learn from people from other perspectives.
Since our return from the Middle East, I combine my passion for character-based leadership with our Saudi experiences to help people learn to lead themselves, the people they serve and their organizations at a higher level.
People from more than 50 different nations, races, tribes, cultures and languages
Front line employees, mid-level leaders, and executives
Community members, and special needs adults
Automotive Groups, Business Associations, Community Colleges, Career Schools, Large Non- Profit Organizations, Government Agencies, Staffing Services, Insurance Companies, International Residential Compounds, Faith-Based Organizations, and other Consulting Companies both nationally and internationally.
I WRITE ABOUT: Leadership, Truth Seeking, Bridge-Building, Understanding Others, Organizational Growth, Change and Grace. (Blogs can be searched by category across the top of the blog or in the right column. ~ All wisdom or understanding in these articles come from failures and successes, wise mentors, the people I worked with, and the underserved grace of my Heavenly Father.)
I am one of 21 authors from 3 countries that connected virtually, discovered a shared passion and wrote a book:The Character-Based Leader. Our desire is to Instigate A Leadership Revolution… One Person At A Time
And of 16 authors that collaborated to write Energize Your Leadership! For ANY Leader that has ever felt the pressure to lead, perform, deliver & inspire.
Additional articles have been featured on The Lead Change Group Blog, SmartBlog on Leadership, BlogNotions on Leadership, The Be A Leader Blog and others.
So both the husband and daughter were shocked when they discovered that the biggest need these people shared was not physical….
