Overthought Leadership

There has been a growing trend on the topic and focus of "Thought Leadership". Many in the social, digital, business, and church communities are searching for, or becoming "Thought Leaders".

Someone recently shared (can't recall where I noted it from) that we need to "Be careful of making leadership more complicated than God intended. Listen to God, do what he says, in the way He wants it done.". Though life and leadership can be complicated, I believe sometimes there is a focus away from the simplicity of things like:

• Listening to one another
• Looking at history
• Meditating on relevant subject matter
• Utilizing each others gifts
• and Action

I am all for deep, progressive thinking, as well as analytical study. Nothing wrong with it. But sometimes—at least I know its true of me—we can overthink and potentially paralyze ourselves from action.  There can be overcaution, or the pursuit of perfection.

Additionally some give too much credence to those "Thought Leaders". We gotta be careful who we tag with that title. Some may not be as correctly leading as we think. The Ancient of Days can provide some pretty "leading thought". And there's a book about it.

Maybe I am just OVER "Thought Leadership"....