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PUBLISHER’S NOTE UNLEASH THE GAME CHANGER IN YOU In this issue, we want to empower you to move forward despite the battles you face in your workplace, home, and even in your health. SOAR Magazine is about and for women, just like you, who believe that God has more for them. If an article touched your heart or ministered to you (or didn’t), if there is something you’d like for SOAR to cover in the future, please let me know at drlizrios@gmail.com Hey there, my beautiful sister! I am so excited to once again begin the publication of SOAR Magazine. This theme was something I was working on with the SOAR team way back in 2012 before we stopped publication. What had triggered this theme in me was an important study by Christian Silva and Herminia Ibarra published in the Harvard Business Review, that noted that women get few “game changing roles” handed to them usually because they get stuck in a role and in a development phrase until someone (usually a male) thinks it is time for them to lead. Now, that was in the marketplace. In ministry depending on what denomination you are a part of or if non-denominational, the theology of your pastor, you may never get an opportunity to lead in the role you were wired for if it happens to have any authority or teaching over men. Now that is a predicament! SOAR is doing this issue on Game Changing Women because we believe wholeheartedly that what you have deposited within you is important. Important enough for you to perhaps break some rules create your own rules and change the game if you have to, to fulfill it. Many women don’t go forward in fulfilling their purpose because as mentioned in the study, they didn’t get acknowledged as ready or the permission to do so. Others don’t have the resources or the encouragement from others. Sometimes as women we limit ourselves because we believe that game changing has to be on a grand scale. No! You can change the game of your life, your family, your community right where you are with what you have! So my hope with this issue is that you will be encouraged to believe that something God deposited in you needs to be felt, heard or touched by the outside world. Every woman has her own definition of what it means to change the game and to achieve your Godgiven purpose. But there are certain traits that most women share that helps then attain what they were wired to do. So I am also hoping that you will change your mindset. Whether in the marketplace, education or ministry, here are 6 things I’ve learned that game changing women do differently: 1. They are deeply passionate about what they do. Without passion, all the skill in the world won’t lift you above craft. If you don’t love what you do, you’re probably not going HELPING WOMEN’S DREAMS TAKE FLIGHT ISSUE 4 / SPRING 2015 EDITION | PAGE 6
to be motivated to go above and beyond, to innovate and to stand out in the workplace. But if you’re passionate about your vocation (ministry or marketplace), it will make putting time and effort into it pleasurable, not a chore. 2. They don’t expect perfection - ‐- ‐ of themselves or those around them. Research has shown that wasting time and energy trying to be “perfect” only leads to unhappiness. Game changing women know that that they can’t do everything well all the time. Beating yourself up for your perceived flaws will only dampen your abilities at work, not to mention your mental health. “We each, if we’re lucky, will have our chance to leave a mark on the world, but we are trying too hard to be perfect,” wrote Barnard president Debora Spar in an op- ‐ed for Glamour magazine. 3. Often, they become the boss. Many game changing women have figured out that if you’re the boss, you can set your own rules. As editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan Joanna Coles said: “The higher you go in a corporation, the easier it is ... The truth is you get more control.” And when you’re in control, you have the ability to create a more sane, happy and balanced environment for yourself and those who work with you or for you. We are seeing more women start businesses, churches, and even lead denominations! Sometimes in order to change the rules, you have to run the game and no matter where a woman finds herself, courage is needed to charter new territory in a world that is still very much …a man’s world. 4. They’re not afraid to take risks. Sheryl Sandberg says that all women should ask themselves the question: “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” Affecting change -- in whatever you find yourself doing -- requires the ability to stop playing it safe every once in awhile. Game changing women don’t make reckless decisions, but they do know how to take a calculated risk soaked in prayer. Sandberg herself took her own advice, and wrote the bestseller, Lean In. Game changers realize not guts no glory. They also realized that nothing changes, if nothing changes. 5. They know that failure is part of the game changing process. Game changing women know that you can’t excel all the time, and that an inevitable part of taking leaps in your life is falling down sometimes. For example, 12 publishers rejected J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter book. But that didn’t stop her from continuing to send it out. Lucille Ball who if you didn’t know was the first woman to run a major television studio made a few film flops before she achieved success as the star of “I Love Lucy” and go on to change the game for women in the entertainment industry. Oprah experienced demotions in earlier jobs, suffered through set back after setback when launching the Oprah Winfrey Network but she kept going forward until it became wildly successful. Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of the Four Square movement and Kathryn Kuhlman all known as powerful generals in God’s kingdom but all experienced failure. 6. They never forget who helped along the way and express gratitude to them. Women can’t change the game alone. No woman’s success happens in a vacuum. Women who are trying or have been successful in changing the game value and appreciate those who help them do what they do--- both in their home lives and in their vocation. And that graciousness not only makes them better people, but fosters loyalty from their tribe. I remember reading how Oprah understood the value of appreciating her employees. A few years ago, she took her entire staff and their families on a Mediterranean cruise. Now, all game changers can’t do that but they can certainly do something. So beautiful, with this in mind, I call out the game changer in you. Unleash her today! Cheering You On, Aside from Soar Publisher/CEFL Founder Dr. Liz co-pastors Passion Christian Church in Hollywood, FL and serves as Academic Dean at a Colombian-based University in Sunrise, FL. Learn more about her at www.lizrios.com. HELPING WOMEN’S DREAMS TAKE FLIGHT ISSUE 4 / SPRING 2015 EDITION | PAGE 7
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