What I learned this week using IBM commercials

Hey all! What better way to sum up my week here @ Smith College:

-Create a clear purpose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXrIoF-sVi8&feature=related

-Inspire others to invent (implement): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdtlZIjdUJk&feature=related

-Keep your ideas simple remember Moshe's everything comes in threes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoj5Scm7HaY&feature=related

-Remember the assembly line theory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io-S9iv9ucY&feature=related

-Remember to be a conductor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oktVo0reBFc&feature=related

Lastly, thanks for sharing yourself with me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKbpETScASU&feature=related

Enjoy Cole!

I am a conductor!

Today as a sat in this leadership training tears actually came to my eyes when I heard the speaker say, you have to be a generalist with a specialty - be a conductor.

OK so you may think that tears are extreme but I felt a since of relief and fear. Relief that there has been validation to what I believe God has already been telling and showing me and fear because having to let go of the familiar in order to embrace the unfamiliar.

Webster defines a conductor as the following:
: one that conducts: as a : guide b : a collector of fares in a public conveyance c : the leader of a musical ensemble d (1) : a material or object that permits an electric current to flow easily — compare insulator, semiconductor (2) : a material capable of transmitting another form of energy (as heat or sound)

Two ideas resonate with me when I read this definition. The fact that as a conductor I am a guider and a vessel that is used to transmit something. God uses us as His vessels (conductors) to conduct (a) others into a relationship with Him through sharing the Gospel.

So today is the day that I embrace the fact that I am a conductor!!!!