9 Steps To Growing From #THENINES

 

Wow, what a tremendous flow of information that streamed yesterday! If you participated at all from The Nines conference brought on by Leadership Network, you witnessed video after video come at you with multiple game changing truths. What are you going to do now? How are you going to take that huge pile of valuable information and weave it into the fabric of your life and ministry? If you're not careful, all this good stuff will end up burning you out.

Here are NINE steps to help you get the most from #THENINES: 

1) If you haven't already ordered it, Go to The Nines Resources page (which was offered during the conference yesterday) and order your copy. I ordered my $29 copy and received a confirmation email with a link to download the 141-page, 15+MB pdf file which I then saved to my hard drive.

2) Pray that the Holy Spirit guides you as you look over this tremendous wealth of knowledge. There is a lot of good to sift through. But good is the enemy of great. Only God can lead you.

3) When you get your copy the first thing you want to do is scan the resource. Starting at page 21 with Dino Rizzo, flip through and dog ear the topic titles that seem to jump out at you.

4) Next, go into the notes of each topic you dog eared and look for ONE Nugget of truth in each topic that really speaks to where you are right now. Jot those Nuggets down on a piece of paper.

5) By now, you may have several Nuggets of truth on your paper. It's time to start filtering. Less is more. You grow the best when you can give your undivided attention to a few things instead of flying shallow over many. Hone in on the 5 most significant Nuggets of truth.

6) Now, rank those 5 Nuggets in order of priority. If you could only integrate one, single Nugget into your life, which one would it be? Then, which would be next? And so on...

7) Unpack Nugget #1. Brainstorm all of the possible actions, attitudes or behavior changes required to make this nugget a deep, abiding thread in the fabric of your life.

8) Commit to these actions, attitudes and behavior changes over the next 7 days. Enjoy the journey. Journal what you learn about yourself, if you're inclined to journal. Say focused and clear on this one Nugget for the entire 7 days. You may get bored with the topic. Don't give in to boredom. Stick with it. Once you get through the dip of boredom, you may just reach an "aha!" moment. You don't want to miss that, do you?

9) Finally, repeat steps 6 and 7 for the remaining Nuggets. That's it. 5 Nuggets. 7 weeks each for a total of 5 weeks.

The cool thing about this 9-step growth planning method is that it can be used not only for THENINES booklet, but can be adapted for any book you set out to read.  May God continue to lead you as you grow in Him.

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*NOTE: This 9-step program for personal growth is not affiliated with Leadership Network or The Nines Conference. Any difficulty in purchasing/downloading the resource must be handled by contacting Leadership Network directly.

Comments

[Jim F.]

I really enjoyed the videos I got to see yesterday. There is a ton of information to process and I only saw a couple of hours. Good thoughts on how to deal with all the information that was presented.

[MichaelDPerkins]

I only saw about 30 minutes worth, but the one that stood out spoke about holy umption and Psalm 39. That was meant for me and my wife yesterday.

[Scott Couchenour]

I enjoyed what I had time to see as well. If you DO get the conference resource, you'll see the main highlights of each speaker's video.
Thanks for your encouragement.

[Scott Couchenour]

Isn't it cool how God led you to the right 30 minutes within all the hours of thenines? He's good all the time.

[Dave Travis]

Hey Scott
What great ideas. Better than I would ever have about processing the program.

Would you mind if we cross posted on our Leadership Network Learnings Blog?

Dave Travis
Managing Director
Leadership Network

[Scott Couchenour]

Dave, I wouldn't mind at all. It would be an honor. Great day yesterday, by the way!

[Karla Meachem]

Excellent post! I knew it would be...thanx so much 4 sharing.

I also bought the program guide; it is definately well worth the cost!!! TONNES of INFO in there.

Love your tips; looking forward to implementing them & APPLYING what I learned at THE NINES to my life.

p.s. - there was SO MUCH that touched my heart yesterday; but I especially loved the transparency shared by those who spoke.

[Scott Couchenour]

God bless you, Karla. I'm glad you are committed to growing with the material. Yeah, it was a great group of speakers. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. I appreciate it.