Notes from
the smoke

If we are going to get close enough to the fire to help people go from hell to hope, we have to know the way home.

Short pieces on rescue, courage, discernment, and staying rooted — written, not repurposed.

Trevor DeVage 8/26/20 Trevor DeVage 8/26/20

FIVE KEYS TO LEADING LONG-TERM PART 2

Last week I shared three key principles for leading long-term:

1. Have short-term memory. (Don’t let yesterday’s missteps sabotage today’s potential.)

2. Simplicity saves souls. Complexity causes confusion.

3. Make one next good decision each day. (Otherwise you’ll become overwhelmed or distracted, or both!)

These are not isolated ideas; each one leads to the next, and so let’s move from the third principle to the fourth.