05.14.2008 / I Must Admit
I’m not wired to over think things. On the contrary, more often than not, I tend to “ready, shoot, aim”. I have a feeling in my gut and I go with it. The few times I have over thought things, it has caused me to be positively influenced by opinions that I initially didn’t agree with, which has then led to tremendous stagnation. Paralysis by analysis if you will.
There is one particular project where this has clearly been the case. Shoot, I’ve been working on it since 2004, all the way back when I was in business school.
I’m kind of embarrassed that it’s still lingering, but have realized that it would be more detrimental to my character if I abandoned it, than if I put my head down and plowed through it. So that’s what I’ve decided to do. In the process I have realized the vital importance of Proverbs 4:23 and a practical (and probably rather loose) application of Matthew 6:7 (the “don’t cast your pearls before swine” passage.)
What can I say? You’ve got to be who you are and I like implementing ideas as fast and as well as I can. More on this post to come soon…
While I’m not accusing you of doing so, one should be pretty careful with the “be who you are” argument. That might be an excuse to reject the wisdom of others and simply reaffirm what I wanted to do all along. It takes a lot of discernment to be able to sift out when I ought to do something despite what people say, and when I ought to heed the advice of others. It’s a lot of trial and error resulting in being humbled, but that’s the way God shapes us into what he wants us to be.
So, yeah, be who you are, but grow wise in the process.
Thanks, I agree with you. What I was referring to was the result of not being discreet and the resulting trouble that comes from blabbing to too many people about what you are doing. The lack of discretion then opening the door for random opinions from too many people. Those random opinions influencing you and confusing you. So, by no means am I casting of advice and wisdom from others, just making sure that the people giving me advice are actually wise, trustworthy and godly. Make sense?
Ah…I got it. You had me confused there. Your explanation makes sense. OBTW there is some free code from http://www.logos.com/reftagger
where you can get those Scripture passages to just pop up in a new window without going to Bible Gateway. I’m going to try it, but don’t know enough about html coding yet.
Wow, that RefTagger looks pretty cool. I think I’ll give it a spin too.