"Hey Brian, can I coach you for a few minutes?"
With those words Dr. Crawford Howe (15 years ago) began to painfully instill wisdom into me that has changed my life.
"Giftedness and gracefulness are two very different things. Gifts without grace make the most talented people ineffective in leadership. They cannot work with a team, they are arrogant, they are too smart to submit to leadership, they stop learning making what they have learned in the past worthless, they speak when they should be listening, they pout, they may be loud but no one is listening and no one wants to follow them. Eventually they walk away (or are asked to step away) from the table. I don't want you to be that person."
Flood me with grace so as to redeem the gifts you've given me from the flesh that doesn't want to shut up.
Notes from a conversation with Dr. Crawford Howe 15 years ago. These are not quotes, but summaries.
