Be More, Serve More, THANK More!

Three years ago I met ‘a car salesmen’ at a networking event.  He was quiet, analytical and maybe even a little skeptical.  He had heart though, if you were willing to see by his initial persona, that was bigger than life.  What bore through all of my initial reactions was someone who sought to be a servant leader. 

Yeah, Scott Emmett came to Rainmakers, a ‘car salesmen.’ He then took on the role of a chair.  Going back to his roots in the military he decided to lead his action board the way I am sure he led in the Army.  He did out it out front. I don’t know what Scott’s role was in the military.  I only know that as a chair for Rainmakers he was always out in front leading by example. 

Scott knew that to be a leader you must not ask the people that follow you to do something you wouldn’t do.  As any true to the ‘Be More, Serve More’ mantra, he sought and conquered his greatest fear. You see, Scott was deathly afraid of public speaking.  His first time as chair in front of a crowd, I thought he was nearly going to faint.  He shook so visibly that I rushed in to grab the microphone, concerned I may have to catch him.

However, Scott knew he couldn’t ask people to Be More without pushing himself to do the same. As what happens so often in seeking to stay ahead of his people, he in turn, grew and found a new love public speaking and writing.  A man in his mid 50’s found his passion.  Methodically he progressed to take on the main stage at the Rainmakers Main Event.  His fear not conquered but managed. He took the breath from the room, and you could have a heard a pin drop as he uttered his last words in his “down home, awe shucks” style.  He moved the room through a variety of emotions and did what we all to seek to do as public speakers.  Say something that touches people’s lives. 

Scott has touched Rainmakers lives every day since he walked into his first event.  He has done it with his courage, his leadership, and his genuine love for his fellow Rainmaker.  He is Be More, Serve More. 

I am so thankful to have him my life.  I am so thankful that we live a country where something like Rainmakers can take place and people like Scott can stare down their fears to BECOME more to SERVE more. I am so thankful that someone like Scott can find a new calling in his life and through his friends and relationships, move closer to a dream yet not realized. 

I am so thankful to be able share this story with you and to honor him with these words.  Only in this country can all this take place.

I, like you, have many things to be thankful for this season of Thanks. This is just one story of one tribe and one life that has affected so many. I think we all need to Thank More.  We need to thank the Scott Emmets’ of our lives…those that leave a chapter in our life’s story.

Yes, Thank More!