I think the hardest part for me is learning all of these new skills that I have never done before. I want to know it all. I want to be able to do things right the first time and provide detailed answers when someone asks what would be best for their church. Blocking out this fear of failure has been a challenge for me, but Residency has taught me to take on the new challenges and learn from my mistakes in the process.
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Like many privileged white males, I’ve been reading, studying, watching the images on TV, spending time downtown amongst the boarded-up buildings in my city. I’ve been asking non-white friends, and those with non-white children what they are thinking, and trying to learn.
This week I told one of them I’d been waiting for him to post something so I could share it. He is one I’ve learned much from over the last decade and love reading his insights into current events like we are living. I was shocked at his answer.
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I’m (Steve) a read-the-instructions kind of guy, so I thoroughly read the Leadership Pathway materials and asked lots of questions. These are some specific thoughts we learned and began to value in this process:
1 It’s not about what a resident can do for us but what we can do for them.
2 We had to anticipate and embrace our roles as a supervisor, coach, and PARENT.
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