Are you a Rockstar?

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Stop trying to be a rockstar.  Stop.  It won’t work.  The idea of a rockstar for starters is an illusive idea.  It evolves and is perpetually being redefined.  A rockstar in one era meant carrying a comb in your back pocket and slicked back hair.  It represents something totally different today and will 10 years from now.  Yet we live in a culture where people want to be rockstars.  They’ll dress a certain way, try and maintain a lifestyle and reach for a status that resembles an inaccurate reflection of who they are never really attaining quite what they are looking for.  Geez, that’s alot of work for nothing!  If only that time and energy was spent on being ourselves and finding our sweet spot we’d probably reach our goals a whole lot faster and be so much more satisfied.

There is a lesson in here for churches too.  Especially the ones that become so focused on replication instead of innovation.  Correlation does not imply causation and yet it amazes me how much time and energy we can spend trying to produce the same exact results as such and such church or organization.  I went to college not far from Pixar Studios and rumor had it at the time that their offices had all types of fun perks for the employees.  As a result, companies thought if they had the chefs, the gyms, the arcades and the same exact culture in their organization as Pixar (or now Google) they would yield the same innovative results.  NOT!   That’s because correlation does not imply causation.

My pastor has said a number of times that he prefers the spirit of the barbarian over the beaurecrat.  I really dig that.  The heart beat of a thriving organization must be its passion and permission (that will be another post) to explore and innovate even if that means your org will not look exactly like such and such church or organization.  I’m not saying we shouldn’t leverage our learning and understanding of the models, matrixes and mantras of successful organizations but never should they be the definitive lines by which we design our organizations.  They should serve as a foundation, stepping stone or launch pad to discovering our own identity.  Do that long enough, relentlessly and with passion and you just may become a rockstar!