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Today's young people stand on the brink of unprecedented opportunity and influence. The problem is, many feel misunderstood and dismissed by older generations. Frustrated, they seek answers for how they can effectively influence change in the world when the gaps between generations grow wider and our shared experiences fewer. They want to make a difference, and they remain open to influence from adults who are willing to help them learn what they'll need to succeed. With energy and unique expertise, Jonathan Catherman assures the next generation that their influence will come--with practice. Through relevant examples and clear applications, he shows youth from high school into emerging adulthood how to build bridges between generations, practice stewardship before leadership, transform raw talents into valued strengths, and live with purpose. By doing so, they can make a difference, do even better than their parents, and become the next great generation.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	17 mars 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781493421183
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Books by Jonathan Catherman
The Manual to Manhood
The Manual to Middle School
Guiding the Next Great Generation
Becoming the Next Great Generation
With Erica Catherman
The Girls’ Guide to Conquering Life
The Girls’ Guide to Conquering Middle School
Title Page
Copyright Page
© 2020 by Jonathan Catherman
Published by Revell
a division of Baker Publishing Group
PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.revellbooks.com
Ebook edition created 2020
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4934-2118-3
Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible , New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Published in association with the Books & Such Literary Agency, 52 Mission Circle, Suite 122, PMB 170, Santa Rosa, CA 95409-5370, www.booksandsuch.com.
Some names and details have been changed to protect the privacy of the individuals involved.
Dedication
Dedicated to my sons, Reed and Cole— may my ceiling be your floor.
Contents
Cover 1
Books by Jonathan Catherman 2
Title Page 3
Copyright Page 4
Dedication 5
Personal Message to Readers 9
Introduction 13
CHALLENGE 1: BUILD BRIDGES 21
1. The Space between Us 23
2. New Normal 34
3. Crossing Over 41
CHALLENGE 2: PRACTICE STEWARDSHIP BEFORE LEADERSHIP 49
4. Rethinking Leadership 51
5. Membership: Can I Join You? 57
6. Stewardship: Walk the Walk 64
7. Leadership: By Invite Only 78
CHALLENGE 3: TRANSFORM RAW TALENTS INTO VALUED STRENGTHS 93
8. View from 30,000 Feet 95
9. Talent: Value 1 103
10. Training: Value 2 109
11. Timing: Value 3 124
12. Treasure: Value 4 137
13. Strength 157
CHALLENGE 4: LIVE WITH PURPOSE 165
14. One-of-One 167
15. Vision Defines Your Where 174
16. Mission Defines Your Why 178
17. Goals Define Your What 185
Conclusion 197
Notes 200
About the Author 205
Back Ads 206
Back Cover 209
Personal Message to Readers
Way back in 1997, a struggling tech company took a big risk. They spent a bunch of money on TV ads pitching their new “Think Different” campaign. If the ads worked, people might just see them different, buy their computers, and maybe, just maybe, their tech would become popular enough to make an impact on the world. Perhaps you’ve heard of the company? Apple.
Turns out, the ads did pretty good. Actually, better than good. People loved them. So much so that the company began to be seen as an influencer. Big-time.
It all started with a sixty-second video ad featuring some of the most iconic personalities of the twentieth century. In the ad, Apple challenged people to believe they, too, are crazy enough to change the world for the better. Celebrating the questioning of traditional ways of thinking, they combined a series of short clips of famous disruptors like Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Maria Callas, Mahatma Gandhi, and Amelia Earhart. Over their historic black-and-white images, the narrator payed tribute to their brilliance with the famous opening lines, “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently . . .” 1
I think these words are impressive. They have inspired me so much that I’ve committed them to memory and heart. Just like how Apple did such a great job of getting us to “think different,” it’s my goal in writing this book to challenge you to rethink how your generation will change the world. Specifically, you. I challenge you to discover and develop the confidence and character needed to become an invaluable member of the next great generation.
Call me crazy if you want. I’ll take it as a compliment. I’m just crazy enough to believe your young, emerging generation possesses more potential to do good in this world than any generation before. More than us Gen Xers. More than your grandparents’ generation. More than any and all generations that came before us. Combined. Don’t believe me? Please read on and I’ll do my best to convince you. Agree with me? Read on and we’ll do our best to convince doubters that you can meet and exceed the successes of all the famous disruptors history now calls geniuses.
For you to become the kind of change agents who press the world ahead, you too will have to be crazy enough to start thinking different about what you’ll need to succeed. Specifically, we’ll need to challenge some old and failing ways of thinking. I won’t tell you what to think, but I will challenge you to rethink a few things. Like fixing the growing gap between your young and our older people. Like why stewardship will make you the best leaders in the world. Like why talent might get you noticed, but strength will make you famous. Like how to find the kind of purpose in your life that can make a difference in the world.
I’m both an unusually tall person and a certified dyslexic. This means I’ve spent my lifetime seeing and thinking about things a little different than most people. This also means I seldom fit in with the traditional ways most people do things. Turns out I’m in good company. Most creative types see the world through nontraditional lenses and from varying perspectives. This allows us to catch a glimpse of what can be and not just what everyone is used to seeing.
What I’m seeing, and what I believe can be , is your generation discovering and becoming the kind of influencers in the world that my generation can barely begin to imagine. So I’m choosing to invest myself in rethinking how to set you up for success. How to guide you in becoming the next great generation. Sound a bit crazy? Good. What did Apple say just before totally transforming the world with their technology?
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. 2
Care to join me?
—Jonathan Catherman
Introduction
He just said what everyone was thinking. Well, maybe not everyone at the same time, but definitely every teenager has thought it at some time in their life. Considering we all have been there, are there, or will be a teen someday, his words really do speak for the masses. So on behalf of the masses, here’s a throwback thank-you to the Fresh Prince for being bold enough to say what we’re all thinking—“Parents just don’t understand.”
More than the frustration of adolescents worldwide, “Parents Just Don’t Understand” is also the song title of the second single from the second studio album cut by the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Pressed onto vinyl way back in the spring of 1988, the release ultimately stacked up triple platinum sales, 1 was selected as one of the top 100 best rap albums, 2 and earned the duo a 1989 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance. Talk about being tuned in to the voice of a generation!
The songwriting geniuses responsible for speaking our minds were two childhood friends from West Philadelphia, born and raised. Jeffery Allen Townes, aka DJ Jazzy Jeff—or simply Jazz as his friends call him—took his inspiration to spin records from the block parties he attended as a kid. His rap partner, the Fresh Prince, brought his lighthearted, profanity-free, storytelling-style lyrics to the mic. As of late, DJ Jazzy Jeff has been spinning records and producing music for more than four decades. Likewise, the Fresh Prince has managed to stay behind the mic and on-screen since he first broke into the entertainment biz. In fact, the Fresh Prince inherited the new title as King of the Screen when he ranked in as one of Hollywood’s most powerful 3 and bankable 4 stars. Now known worldwide by his real name Will Smith (yes, that Will Smith), the rapper, producer, and comedian is most famous for his strength as an actor. With films cashing in an estimated $8 billion in global box office sales, it’s no wonder Will Smith is recognized as true Hollywood royalty.
“Parents Just Don’t Understand” spoke lyrical humor with crushing MTV ratings into what young people were all thinking in the late ’80s. Yet DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince’s performance of an accidental anthem of a generation was not a totally new theme for frustrated teens. More than twenty years before “Parents Just Don’t Understand” hit the Billboard charts, an English rock band called The Who released a single named “My Generation .” In the lyrics of the song’s first verse, the troubles of teens in the mid-1960s were captured perfectly. While the band sang, background vocals and millions of young people joined in “talkin’ ’bout my generation.”
Drop back another ten years into 1956. A truly controversial rock and roller enraged older Americans with his hip thrusting, body twisting, and wild abandonment both on stage and off. A nation of young fans, particularly female admirers, lost all control listening to Elvis Presley sing and dance in ways that drove teenagers wild and their parents mad.
What’s funny to think about is that the kids who listened to Elvis Presley became the parents of the kids who listened to The Who. Those kids, in time, became the parents of the kids who rapped along with DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince’s “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” And that rebellious generation became the parents of . . . you. Is this beginning to sound like a teen-history playlist set on repeat?
Just like that, one generation later and we’re right back to where your parents left off when they were teens. Today you are confronted by the same dilemma earlier generations struggled to address. Parents just don’t understand. They don’