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Focusing On Your Core Competencies

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.
Philippians 3:13

Howard Hendricks says, "As a young leader, my biggest mistake was allowing my time to be eaten up with things outside my core competencies. I wanted to set the pace for others, to demonstrate that nothing was beneath me, so I devoted an inordinate amount of time to things I wasn't good at - things I'd never be good at. At the same time I invested little energy into developing my strengths. I worked hard but not smart. Finally, I realized that my true value lay within the context of my giftedness - not the number of hours I worked. There were some balls I'd no business juggling. When I finally got the courage to let them fall to the floor, I began to excel in juggling the two or three balls I was created to keep in the air in the first place. And the amazing thing is, people came long and picked up the other balls. What I couldn't relinquish were the opportunities they'd been waiting for. What drained me fuelled them."

Of the two or three things that define success for you, which of them are in line with your core competencies? That is where you must focus your energies! That is where you'll excel. Within that narrowed context you'll make the greatest contribution. And best of all, you'll enjoy what you do! "But I can't afford to focus all my energies on one or two things." Maybe not yet, but that should be your goal. It's something you should be working toward if you ever hope to maximize your potential.

Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me to more and more work in the area of my giftedness and let go of those things that keep me from doing that. In Jesus' Name, Amen