No "Know-It-All's"

I'm pretty sure that one of the most obnoxious characteristics that someone can have is being an unteachable know-it-all. It drives me (and everyone else around them) crazy, and ensures that they will never grow and learn and improve. So one of the biggest hopes that I have for my girls is that they would be learners. Figure out what all of the important aspects of your life are and then figure out how you can learn more about it and get better at it.
Today I woke up at 4:30 am (uuugggghhh), loaded up with Jono and some dear friends, and drove to Newspring Church in South Carolina to a church leadership conference. I must admit, Jono and I are conference junkies. We absolutely looove gleaning from the likes of Francis Chan, Perry Noble, Andy Stanley, Steven Furtick and Judah Smith. It was so much fun and literally like trying to drink from a fire hydrant. We spent the whole ride home discussing all of our take-away nuggets and how we hoped to implement them.
Maybe you're not into "church leadership". We also go to youth ministry conferences and children ministry conferences. But from reading books on parenting to listening to podcasts about marraige, there are always ways to broaden those horizons and keep the ol' think tank chuggin'. It just doesn't make sense to me to stop learning about things that are important to you. And, since we're all super busy, it takes some creativity to find the time to read or listen or attend. But this is me saying that it's worth it. You become better at what you do. You allow yourself to dream a little bigger. You get re-inspired and re-energized.
And while all the know-it-all's of the world are talking about why what they think is so right, you'll be the one just rockin' at what you do and loving it.