One of the greatest blessings in my life is having friends who are incredible leaders. These individuals speak truth into my life and make me a better husband, father, church member and leader.
One such individual is Bryan Miles. Bryan is CEO & Co-founder of Miles Advisory Group (a parent company to the companies of eaHELP and MAG Bookkeeping) and is blessed to run this company with his wife, Shannon.
Recently he wrote an incredible post on unteachable people. I wanted to share his thoughts with you. And after reading the post, make sure you check out his two companies. Let Bryan and his team make you a better church leader as well.
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Have you ever spoken with someone and, while speaking with them, you just KNOW they are not teachable?
I have. It is super annoying and frustrating. It could be an employee, friend, family member, strategic partner – whoever. They will shake their head up and down, but you know none of it is sinking in. In fact, it’s bouncing off.
A great author around this topic is Dr. Henry Cloud. I love his books. One of my favorites is “Integrity: The Courage to Face the Demands of Reality.” Dr. Cloud speaks to how to deal with unteachable people in the video shown below. In essence, he discusses three types of people and how they they handle TRUTH when it is spoken to them.
- Wise People = hear truth and adjust/correct
- Foolish People = don’t listen/deflect to the truth and adjust/manipulate the truth
- Evil People = forget truth; they are just trying to hurt you
Know any of those people? Are you in one of those categories? I have people right now in my life I am watching as they implode with poor decisions. How they react to truth is also in how they will navigate their future. Truth converts the foolish to wise. Truth should be something we embrace and absorb readily.
What about you? Do embrace truth when it is spoken to you? Do you have real friends who will tell you the honest truth? Have you leaned hard into a truth to see how it reflects in your mirror? I believe, just like it says in the book of Proverbs, that Wisdom cries out. And the wise person seeks truth and gains greater wisdom.
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