Team Building Day

Today is Team Building Day for our Group. This year we engage Adam Khoo Learning Technologies and it was held at the Republic Singapore Yacht Club off Clementi West Coast.

Took a bus to the venue and on the way I read 1 Cor 4.

We started at about 9am with workplan discussions and this was the programme for the morning.

After lunch, we embark on the team building activities. Trainer was Ramesh Muthusamy. He was very engaging and highlighted a few key points.

1. How you see yourself ----> How you think ----> How you act ----> Outcome .... and it goes back round to reinforce itself on How you see yourself ...

2. Above the Line vs Below the Line thinking and behaviour.

Above the Line people ----> VICTORS
- Responsible (ownership)
- Choices
- Accountable

Below the Line people ----> VICTIMS
- Blame
- Excuses
- Denial

Whether you live above or below the line, it is your choice. Events are going to happen to you anyway throughout the day. But they need not end up as negative and hopeless. It depends on your RESPONSE.



Colonel Sanders,founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken was one who lived above the line. Read his story here.

3. Respect people.
Each of us come with different gifts and talents. Each come with something to offer and contribute. Beware of boxing up people into different classes of intelligence, abilities or status. Be open and listen to them, seek to understand them. Then you will find that there is beauty in everyone.

Where To Rest One's Faith

Today I read 1 Cor 2. The verse that spoke to me is verse ^{5 "}so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God."

Resting our faith on the wisdom of men vs the power of God 

Well, resting our faith in the wisdom of men. What does it mean?

It could mean that we rest our faith and become totally dependant on:

• - our strength

• - our ability

• - our wealth

• - our friends

• - our family

• - our status

On the contrary, resting our faith in the power of God. What does this mean and how is it different?

It means that we look to God as our first response and not as the last resort. It means we recognized that God cares for us. He desires that we seek Him when we are faced with uncertainties and anxieties. It means we depend first on God who is source of power rather than the power of his creatures or creation. It means that we look towards the power of God rather than men who may offer their seemingly wise and sensible solutions.

But God's power may provide us a way out which at times may not seem logical, the method may sound crazy and surreal. But so long as God is behind it, He will see us through.

So beware of resting our faith on the wrong object.