Will Mancini

Steve Jobs, one of the world’s most influential inventors, died today.  If you have the slightest interest in pursuing a personal vision, this 15 minute video is a must watch. And if Steve Job’s innovation has impacted your life, you will like these three life lessons even more.

Life Lesson #1: FUTURE ORIENTATION- You have to trust in something.

• Trust that it will all work out in the end.
• Dropping out of college allowed me to “drop in” on what I wanted to learn.
• Most of what I stumbled in on turned out to be priceless down the road.
• Trust that the dots will connect down the road.
• You can’t connect the dots looking forward you can only looking backwards.

Life Lesson #2: LOSS AND LOVE- You have got to find what you love.

• I was lucky I found what I love to do early in life
• After 10 years and building a 2 billion dollar company with 4000 employees I got fired.
• I had been rejected but I was still in love.
• It turned out that getting fired from apple was the best thing that ever happened to me.
• The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again; I was less sure about everything.
• It freed me to enter the most creative period of my life.
• And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.
• If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, don’t settle.  As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.

Life Lesson #3: DEATH – Your time is limited, so don’t waste it.

• When I was 17 I read a quote, “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you will most certainly be right.”
• I have looked myself in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
• Remembering that I will be dead soon is the most important tool I have ever encountered to help me make the big decisions in life.
• You are already naked, there is no reason not to follow your heart.
• Death is the destination we all share.
• Death is the best invention of life. It clears out the old to make way for the new.
• Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
• Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition- everything else is secondary.
• Stay hungry, stay foolish.

If you watched my talk at the NINES online conference today, below are the free tools I referenced.

The Vision Frame Summary

The Vision Casting Spider Diagram

Download the Church Unique Visual Summary

Leadia was just announced by Leadership Network and it will rollout to the world tomorrow at the online conference, The NINES.  What exactly is Leadia? In short it’s “leadership + media-” It’s a short digital book, combined with embedded video, audio and social media. Check out the intro video:

I have been working with the LN team on it for the past couple of months as a contributor of one of the first four Leadia Experiences. Here is my take on why you are going to love this innovative app.

#1  It’s a totally new genre that’s more fun and more effective than other ways of learning

#2  The experiences are less than 10,000 words so you can interact with them in one sitting

#3  The learning is customized and expandable allowing you to go deeper if you want

#4  New and diverse content will come from a broader range of authors

#5  The content costs less than a book and lots of ebooks

#6  It’s downright fun because use you can be surprised as you go through the experience

#7  It’s great for individual or team use.

I will be sharing about my contribution (FLUX: Four Paths to the Future) once Apple approves it for publication within the Leadia app.

Yesterday, I conducted a Church Unique workshop for 10 churches connected to ICF- International Christian Fellowship, headquartered in Zurich. ICF Zurich started in 1990 and now runs almost 3000 in worship at renovated factory in downtown Zurich. ICF Zurich is a one-of-a-kind church, especially in Europe, as it boldly presents the gospel with energy, creativity and culture-savvy leadership.

My favorite part of their Vision Frame is their six style statements. ND Strupler, who leads the movements church planting network shares them below as I put in on the spot outside of the church.

ICF Zurich – Our Style

• At the heartbeat of time: We constantly ask ourselves how church needs to be to attract people today.
• Excited about life: We are excited about life with God and have a positive attitude towards life.
• Experiencing fellowship: We treat one another with love and enjoy life in fellowship.
• Developing potential: We support people and help them to flourish and develop their full potential.
• Giving the very best: We give our very best for God. For we value quality.
• Nothing is impossible: We believe for God nothing is impossible.

If you are interested in learning more about effective church planting in Europe, please leave a comment and I will pass it on to ND.

I believe that every gospel-centered church should have a stunningly unique vision. Now it’s possible for church teams everywhere to have access to a guided process to discover, develop and deliver a clear vision.  The Church Unique Vision Kit is available and I am enjoying the stories from across the country. Here is a new promo video and a few friends who have been through the process.

Where are you on the journey? How can I help you?