Livin' In Buffalo

By Scott V. Black

Hello Empower U Leadership Team. Wheeeeeeeeew… what a ride, there is so much to share and so little space. Most of you know that last week I was acknowledged for being created 42 years ago, yes, it was my birthday. To all of you who called in or emailed me; thank you so much. It is nice to be thought of in a positive light. Those that don’t care for me, possibly don’t like me, even they were pretty excited. The day we are born we are one day closer to death. So they got to mark off one more year! So everybody is happy, at least momentarily. Which is what today’s article is all about… where are you living? Where do you want to live? Do you believe you are living in the right place? I hate to be as trivial as to ask this question… “Do You know what you want?” Do you want to live in Buffalo?

We had a great Leadership Experience with Team 504 in Des Moines, Iowa. At the beginning of the week we were planning on having 12 students in the class. By Friday, we were down to 9 by the start of class, and wound up with 8 by the end of the first night. There was an opportunity to get discouraged by the small class size; there was an opportunity to think about the one person that ran out the door the first night. Instead we chose to focus on the 8 people who stayed and committed to the process. In the end, those 8 people were incredible. I believe there were 7 “real” life changes that took place, and another person had a good experience.

This was a high on the undulating line called life. The class ended incredibly well and we have another 8 members of the Empower U familia living their life like it matters. We are making a difference, which allows others to make a bigger difference. That difference allows us to get new graduates, which allows us to make a bigger difference and that allows our graduates to make a bigger difference… and that is living life like it matters. A great graduation and with some help from our graduates we packed the trailer up and Mr. Upchurch and I drove back to Texas. We arrived around 5 am and all was well.

And Then, Everything Changed...

On Monday October 8th, I woke up at 9am, less than 3 hours after closed my eyes… after driving all night… after completing Leadership Awakening for 3 days… October 8th, was not a good day in the life of Scott Black—at least that is how is started...

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Mr. Black showed me how these fears and fortified walls that I had built up in order to deal with life were holding me back. Who would have ever known? I played Division 1 basketball at Iowa State was an All Big 12 player, Academic All-American, and following college started up a very successful business designed to use the game of basketball to impact young lives throughout the state of Iowa.

It appeared as though I had everything I could ever wanted. Besides the items mentioned above I had a beautiful family, a relationship with Christ, and all those other things that provide the false perception that I was living life.

After the weekend I discovered that there was no question I was living life but I was not LIVING LIFE AS IF IT MATTERED. My fears of failure and my inability to open up emotionally and let people in was keeping me from living life with Passion and 100% Commitment. In the end I was keeping my family at a comfortable distance in order to never let them truly know what was going on deep inside my life. I believe that most family relationships probably work like this, but after the Awakening class I realized that I meant I was content with being GOOD ENOUGH. With only one life to live on this earth why would I want to be GOOD ENOUGH with the people and God I love the most?

In terms of my business life my fear of failure were like heavy chains holding me back from making more of an impact on young lives. The Lord had provided me a wonderful gift into the knowledge of getting the most out of young people, but again I was settling for good enough. There were a few young lives I was able to jump head first into but I was also often holding back, because I was concerned about what would happen if this person or that person's parents thought my methods were not usual.

Throughout the weekend I kept wondering how many lives I missed out on because I was holding back. However, the best part of the weekend was my fears were only holding me back UP UNTIL THE WEEKEND!!!!! Now I do not fear failure on my path to accomplish the purpose of my Lord Jesus Christ and that is to help change the world by one young soul at a time while standing firm in my Methods and Vision.

All I can say is praise the Lord for the opportunity to attend the October 5-7 EmpowerU Awakening Class. It has changed my life. I will warn everyone that it will not be easy but it will be powerful and when your candle is lit you will never live life the same.

God Bless to All,

Jake Sullivan
Director of All Iowa Attack Basketball

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