I AM “THE INNOVATION SITUATION”: a flawed-and-fantastic-don’t-take-myself-too-seriously-still-learning-and-trying-to-figure-it-out-sinner-saved-by-grace superhero combination of macho cubano, playful latino lion and jerseyshore pirate (the “style points” make it more fun – and make it a more engaging and authentic story hopefully; style & story matter to humans – our brains like the “shiny & sparkly”)
I feel most alive when I’m wrestling with the tension – the messy/hard stuff (even if it makes me/others uncomfortable) such as the tension between short term & long term thinking – the tension between bold strokes & long marches – the tension between this world and the kingdom of God. I’m excited by a purpose-driven training regimen that requires me to be more willing today than yesterday to focus on the “will to prepare to win” (will-power, won’t-power, want-power) preparing me to “enter the ring” barehanded & bare-chested (the only way a Macho Cubano from Jersey would do it). Alphas respond to the challenge & intensity that lives in the tension – it fires me up – I might eat your face off – I might wrestle you to the ground & bite you all about the face…but I know (now) that the superhuman power I crave comes from loving these polarities not fighting them…so most likely I will love you for disagreeing and for struggling through it WITH me (iron sharpening iron); we will challenge each other to do the impossible; we will make mistakes; we will win by learning-not by knowing; we will build intimacy through achievement & playfulness; we will have fun accomplishing great things together and we will find treasure…or we will die trying.