People who think big picture recognize that there are a thousand different efforts to which they might make a contribution. But they also know that there are only a few of those efforts to which they can make a maximized contribution on the basis of their giftedness. Many years ago I came to a couple of realizations about myself. One was that virtually everything there was to do fascinated me. There was hardly any effort in the church that I did not find immediately interesting. Thus it was easy for me to say yes to everything and become so swamped with commitments and promises made that I was
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