New Ideas And New Perspectives

     Where is your replacement?  It’s time for all of us to be replaced in our job.  A new Lion’s year is beginning.  Have we mentored our replacements to do our job?  Our legacy is not how well we did our job, but how well we mentored the people following us.

     It is sad when I look at the reports of new club officers for the 22-23 year, they are not new, they are the same ones we keep re electing every year.  By Electing New people into these positions, we bring in new ideas and new perspectives on ways to accomplish our club goals.  Most of these Jobs are not hard if we use the resources that we have available.  We need to get over the idea that only I can do this.

     I propose we all take someone under our wing and mentor them to do our job in Lions so when something happens there is some one who steps in, knows what to do and your projects get done and everyone takes a bow for a job well done.

     Can you imagine a club where everyone in the club had a different responsibility every year?  You wouldn’t have Lions getting burnt out and frustrated, leaving the club. You would have Lions willing to take leadership positions because they would know that they would not be in this position forever.

     As the old saying goes, everyone is replaceable. They may do the job better or not as well, but they will get the job done.  So let’s leave a legacy and leave our clubs a better place.

Steve Brewster, DG 36-E