Yes....Dream...think.

I know this may sound like a rhetorical question, but go ahead and answer it anyways: Do You Know How To Think? It’s one of those questions that makes you, well… “Think!”

Recently, I was sitting down with this really sharp, young, male, ministry leader that I have had the privilege of mentoring and coaching for a season.   As we were talking he posed this question:  ”Pastor Angel, will you teach me how to think?”   I had to pause for a minute and before I answered I asked him to explain.

To paraphrase, his response was this: “I’m a feeler and I tend to either make decisions, not make decisions or have my overall actions affected by my feelings.  If I feel good, If I don’t believe I can do something, If I’m fired up about something, If I’m fearful of something… I respond to those situations based on how I feel rather than what I think.”  What I think he was saying is that he wanted some concrete action steps for what he thinks, without them being manipulated by his feelings.

My motto is this: dream BIG. think BIGGER. Thinking is the next step after dreaming and is the action of making your dreams a reality.

Do You Know How To Think? In other-words, Do you know how to take your conceived thoughts and make them a practical reality?   Here are a few quick thoughts on how to operate from a thinking mindset and how to make those thoughts a reality:

• Give your thoughts some action steps.
• Give your thoughts some time-lines.
• Take the time to process your thoughts and minimize your feelings.
• Recognize that your thoughts can control your feelings “think BIGGER.”
• Remember you are what you think you are.

French Philosopher Rene Descartes is known for “Cogito ergo sum” or “I think, therefore I am.”  I would modify his thoughts to say this “Because God thinks I am, I am.”  Let your thinking trump your feelings, learn how to think and continually refine the way you think.  dream BIG. think BIGGER.

Do You Know How To Think?