Master; Mastery:<\/p>\n
How does one become master?\u00a0 Leadersmithing<\/em> by Eve Poole brings in many examples of types of work and how one becomes master of one\u2019s vocation.\u00a0 Most of her examples have to do with craftmanship, and how over time one becomes a master by first becoming an apprentice. (More on apprenticing later). In our time together talking about Leadership principles, we\u2019ve talked about the role of leader, the seriousness of leading and the responsibility.\u00a0 I believe what Eve is bring into focus is the harnessing of craft of leadership over the course of time and incorporating the mentoring\/coaching role.\u00a0 I appreciate the seriousness of what Poole is bringing in this book, that it takes time and practice and effort.\u00a0 I get fearful honestly of being Master of anything as to whom much is given much is required.\u00a0 \u201cBeing a Master is pressure\u201d [1] .\u00a0 In becoming master there are potholes to avoid.\u00a0 Poole mentions \u00a0Dorothy Sayers essay Why we Work,<\/em> she quotes, \u201cAn addiction to service makes us slaves to feedback, unable to discern the inherent quality of work for work\u2019s sake. If we constantly have on eye on our audience we do not have both eyes on the work.\u00a0 And if we establish a psychological contract that expects approval or at least some appreciation for our pains, we set ourselves up for disappointment if the reward does not quite match up, which also devalues the work\u201d [[2]].<\/p>\n I feel there is a brilliance we all need to hear, especially in ministry.\u00a0 I believe in servant leadership, but I also believe we can lose a lot when we don\u2019t find balance.\u00a0 A mentor of mine told me in seminary \u201cVocation should be more than a job but less then a life\u201d.\u00a0 Losing your self to service is opposite of Character; \u201cCharacter is not about doing, its about being\u201d [[3]].<\/p>\n Apprentice, Apprenticeship:<\/p>\n I have put a lot of thought and learning into apprenticeship.\u00a0 I have mentioned before that I participated 3 years in an anam care apprenticeship, in Bend, OR.\u00a0 We spent probably the first \u00bc of the course talking about what it means to be an apprentice and honestly there was never any promise that we\u2019d be anything past an apprentice, implying that Anam Cara Apprentices of early century, also known as midwives of the soul, spent over 20 years under the direct study of a Master.\u00a0 This master would also claim simultaneously they were still and apprentice.\u00a0 This sense of humility brings about trust and perhaps safety with younger and future apprentices as there was no promise that you\u2019ll master the work.\u00a0 In my midwifery of the soul work we had a saying, \u201cWe are the Medicine\u201d and the next question is how well do we know that medicine?<\/p>\n One of the harships of the master and apprentice role is that there is possibility of breakdown of the relationship [[4]].\u00a0 In the relationship of Master and Apprentice, there is\u00a0 the chance that\u00a0 there is a \u201cwaywardness on the part of the apprentices\u00a0 and neglect or abuse by their masters\u201d[[5]]\u00a0 Trust, time, humility (always an apprentice attitude)and practice seem to be what the master and apprentice relationship needs. The combination of all our leadership reading and the LCP self awareness work and connecting all of these sometimes overwhelming and seemingly un-related dots all point in one direction.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We are the Medicine:<\/p>\n How well do we know ourselves? \u00a0\u00a0If you are wondering from me, how do I enter in the end of life phrase in a healthy way Jana?\u00a0 I\u2019d tell you from this very apprenticing I am doing, that we must die to ourselves, or put another way by Eckhart Tolle \u201cDie to yourself, so that when it comes time to die, you don\u2019t die\u201d.\u00a0 Meaning, apprenticing oneself into a Human Being and not a Human Doing is key!\u00a0 Almost every person I counsel on death\u2019s door wrestles and struggles with them no longer able to \u201ccontribute\u201d or \u201cdo\u201d anything.\u00a0 We have gone so far down the rabbit trail in our culture of defining ourselves on our Mastery and what we do!\u00a0 The gift of being an apprentice Leader is that we are always seeking a Master.\u00a0 What a gift that we have a Master in Jesus.\u00a0 The work is done, he has suffered and died so that when it comes time for us to die we do not die!<\/p>\n Phew!<\/p>\n [1] Eve Poole, Leadersmithing: Revealing the Trade Secrets of Leadership<\/em>. (London, UK: Bloomsbury Publishing 2017), 65.<\/p>\n [2] Ibid, 48<\/p>\n [3] Ibid, \u00a049<\/p>\n [4] Ibid, 60<\/p>\n [5] Ibid, 65<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Master; Mastery: How does one become master?\u00a0 Leadersmithing by Eve Poole brings in many examples of types of work and how one becomes master of one\u2019s vocation.\u00a0 Most of her examples have to do with craftmanship, and how over time one becomes a master by first becoming an apprentice. (More on apprenticing later). 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