Hi, my name is Pete Gazzaro. I want to welcome you to the emotionally healthy leader podcast.

Great to be with you. Our topic, our theme today is focus on the few, resisting the temptation to give your best energy to the crowds. Focus on the few, resisting the temptation to give your best energy to the crowds. Focus on the few,

resisting the temptation to give your best energy to the crowd. So we've talked about,

I'm really kind of doing a series on the cultural marks of an emotionally healthy culture.

And we talked about slowing down to catch up with God a few podcasts ago.

Then we talked about facing the unseen, wild discipleship must go beneath the surface.

Then we talked about creating a church community where it's safe to be human.

That was the last podcast.

Today, again, we're going to focus on focusing on the few and resisting the temptation to just give our best energy to the crowds and everything else.

The great challenge, if you're in any kind of leadership position, any level of leadership in a church or ministry.

And regardless of your season in life is there's just so much to do.

And there's messages to prepare. There's volunteers to supervise, there's administration,

there's crises, there's planning, there's team meetings, there's managing just life itself.

And, you know, I remember being a leap after when our church was a plant with 25 people many

years ago. I just had so much to do, let alone when there was 100 people or 200 people or up to

1,000 people and beyond.

I mean, it's the same problem. There's just a lot to do. And so it's very difficult to focus on a few.

And then we have all these tools at our disposal where we can actually maximize our gifts and

talents. You can have thousands and thousands of followers on social media,

Instagram or TikTok or YouTube. I have all these people, apparently, that you're influencing

and impacting. But it's the same problem. They've all got your attention, but it's not going to

make a big difference long term. So we've got more

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