Become an Accelerator Leader by Alvin Rohrs

Author:Alvin Rohrs [Rohrs, Alvin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642375046
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Published: 2019-06-03T16:00:00+00:00

EMPOWER THEM TO DISCOVER THEIR OWN POTENTIAL AND IMPACT.

Accelerating others isn’t about lighting a rocket up their rear ends, as one of my good friends always suggests. It’s not about scripting their futures, as too many parents want to do these days. It is about helping them on their journey of self-discovery and helping them expand their self-awareness.

I have traveled over four million miles by airplane in my career. I have spent a lot of time sitting by people, which means I should have a lot of people that I have helped accelerate. Unfortunately, most of that time was spent with my headphones on and a mask over my eyes—either sleeping or pretending to sleep. I have spent as many as 16 hours with some people, but it was not acceleration time. Just being physically close to people, engaging in daily chit chat, casual conversation, or rubbing shoulders with them at work is not acceleration time.

To accelerate others, you must invest in them. You can’t help them reach their full potentials from a great distance or through a written evaluation form. The scarcest and most valuable resource you have is your time. You must invest it in those you want to accelerate. For example, invest it in your spouse and children, other family and friends, and your colleagues at work. To be a master guide, you have to spend time on the water with those you want to accelerate.

Just as in the story of how Jack Shewmaker helped me discover my potential at fly fishing, you can help others by using the snapshot, video, and mirror.

As a kid, I loved to fish, but seldom got to fish with my father, for two reasons. One: my father was a wonderful man, but he was a workaholic. He did not know how to pace himself. We seldom took vacations or even days off. He wanted to help as many boys as possible, so he could never say no to a boy who needed our home; we were always above capacity and lived on stretched resources.

Second: if we did go fishing, any boy who wanted to go got to go, too. Of course, we never had enough fishing rods, so inevitably my rod went to one of the younger boys. Consequently, most of the fishing I did in my youth was done alone or with a few other boys. I had a fishing rod that came in five pieces, so I could hide it up my shirtsleeve, sneak off to the farm pond, assemble it, and fish, with no one else knowing I was going fishing. If any other boys knew where I was going, I knew my dad would make me take them, and, again, my fishing rod would become theirs.

After my father retired, and then moved to a care home with Mom, I made it a point to take him fishing. There was a small lake at their care home, with a gazebo extending over the water. I would wheel Dad out to the gazebo so that we could fish over the railing.

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