Parking Violation
Theme of the Week: Play Up the Positive
Sunday, June 11, 2006
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Who Said It…Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard is the Chief Spiritual Officer (you read that right!) of the San Diego-based Ken Blanchard Companies, Inc., that he founded. He came to prominence in 1983 as a co-author of The One Minute Manager.
Dr. Blanchard has taught ethical values to top business leaders in North America and beyond. He also instructs at Grand Canyon University's college of business, which is named for him. And he is assisting Pastor Rick Warren in leadership training for his Global PEACE Plan. What He Said…Parking Violation
When my son, Scott, was a high school senior, he used to cause problems by parking his truck in the driveway. Nobody could get in or out because his truck was big enough to go to war. I told him to park it in the street. One day I came home to find he'd not only blocked the driveway, but had gone away and taken his keys with him.
I was furious. When he showed up three hours later, I stormed out of the house and let him have it—leaving him in no doubt about what he'd done wrong and how I felt about it.
As I was walking back to the house, Scott raced after me, following me into the kitchen. "Dad," he said, "you forgot the last part—you know, the part about 'You're a good kid, I love you, and this is so unlike you.'" I cracked up laughing. We hugged.
Scott never left his truck in the driveway again. And I got better at reaffirming at the end of a reprimand.
Adapted from Everyone's a Coach (Zondervan, 1995) by permission.
Copyright © 2006 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine. Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity. 1 of 1
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