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Proverbs 14:4

“Where no oxen are, the barn is clean…but abundant crops comes with the strength of the ox.”

Idiot School November

#23 Be Inflexible…A Control Freak

Inflexibility grows side by side with its’ kissing cousin idiot trait, perfectionism.

Make sure to always control your environment and the people in it.

Make sure nothing and no one is ever good enough, never quite right, not how you would do it.

Although, to get work done and make progress, you need oxen, incredible workers who shoulder responsibility,…but oxen also are messy eaters and relieve themselves and stink.

Predictability > Productivity

You can keep your barn clean and controlled by getting rid of the oxen, but you’ll get nothing done and not have abundant crops.

Nothing flourishes under self-righteous fueled command and control. No organization, no spouse, no kid. Perfect. (See what I did there)

That’s the goal.

It’s true that in marriage, parenting, friendships, churches, etc you have to be flexible to have healthy relationships…but remember, healthy relationships are over-rated and not desired.

It’s true that being productive and making progress requires some uncertainty and some mess…but ignore that and always stick to the plan.

Assessing, adapting and courageously moving forward, often into the unknown, is for losers.

Us idiots would rather have organized and controlled nothingness than any productivity with a dose of chaos.

You and the way you want it done is of first importance, because you are awesome.

Control > Progress

Criticize, do not create.

Command and Control > Unleash and Perform

Grindforth!!

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November “Idiot School”, all month long, baby.

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