There is an intrinsic, deep link between the habits we have established in our lives and the movements we seek to develop - whether that be church, mission, development, business or charitable movement.
Habits are so key to everything we are, in fact according to the old phrase, our character is made up of the habits we have developed, both good and bad.
Habit 'researchers' tell us this is the case - a recent researcher I was reading spoke of the link between habit accumulation and 'success'.
We all know this to be true.
So what if the link with movements ? Any significant movement has at its core some basic practices or habits, especially if it is to last and change the world around it. Think of the early communists with their learned mantras and disciplined lifestyles; think of the Methodists with their 'bands' (small accountability groups) and 'holy' lifestyles; think of the Jesuits and their patterned lives.
Movements need easily replicable patterns to create the viral, exponential dynamics so evident in truly world-changing networks. Without these core practices, the movement flounders in a sea of multiplicity.
What are the core practices for the movements you are part of?
Are they viral, sticky, replicable?
How can we 'exponentialise' and lever our life's effort?
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