July 14. Visiting The Scenic Overlook.

Being an entrepreneur and leader means sometimes taking risks. But just because they take risks does not mean that they are careless, clueless or operate haphazardly. They also learn how to mitigate risks. This can be a power tool for the successful advancement of their organization.

It is like a tourist who visits the Grand Canyon. He might jump the pole fence and run to the edge, standing there with his toes reaching over the edge perilously looking at the great reward of the view and vistas. That is risky. Where is the risk mitigation occurring? That leader is IN the risk, there is not much for risk mitigation here.

But some entrepreneurs will look around first. They find risk mitigation by finding the helicopter service, the camera on an extension stick, or get on the internet and search for a picture taken by someone else. While some see it risky, these entrepreneurs see value.

They can ride on or experience the edge without fear of falling or sometimes of failing. They can rise above the risks and focus completely on the vistas because they are over the fear. Are you at the edge anywhere in your life, with your team or business?

Would an accountability partner be a valuable person for you to be able to overlook faster? They are valuable for me and many others. What can you do in the next seven days to overlook the risks without being blind to them?

Anger! It is a tough emotion for many people to deal with. I would say it is one that requires work and our energy to manage. It is an emotion that can be risky for sure. But there is a great Proverb that might help us. “Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.” Proverbs‬ 1:11 NLT.

It seems to me that when one is angry, they are feeling like they are in the action that has made them that way. Somehow, they have bought into some type of harm, injustice, or victim point of view at that moment. This Proverb speaks to me to rise above.

It makes me think about being told not to look directly into the sun. Do not stay stuck in the anger but get above it and overlook it. Maybe that is a way to mitigate the risks of being in relationships with each other. I hope I can overlook that which might make me angry today.

I hope the same for you. Where might you need to change to be overlooking a recent event? We can be accountable to others that when anger rears its face that we can change our perspective by taking an overlook type of perspective. What is the first thing you can do about it in the next seven days? ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Let us pray, Father God, thank you for overlooking my failures. We are a new people through your grace and gift of Jesus Christ. We pray that we might be able to overlook the fears, victimhood and harm that has been caused in this world.

Help us to reach out to you and not be glued IN the events and actions of anger. You are the great overseer which if we draw near to you, we too can learn to overlook. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen,