Axiom: Chapters 21 & 22--The Three C’s & Never Say Someone’s No for Them

These chapters are great practical applications of some important principles. The 3 C grid is important and a key to personal and corporate success. It is important to note the order Hybels uses. Take the C’s out of order and you get another couple of C’s—complications and chaos!

It is also important to examine our own lives with this grid—How’s my character? Note one of Hybels’ checkpoints for character—“one who credits the efforts of others when a victory is won.”

Is my competency staying ahead of my job or ministry demands? We should always be worth more than we are getting paid.

Last, how well do I click with those in my workplace? Would they want to sit next to me on an 8 hour plane flight or spend a week vacationing with me?

If we are exhibiting the 3 C’s in our lives, it is much easier to attract and keep people around us who excel in all 3 too.


Chapter 22 is a great lesson. Hybels words it better than most of us have heard it—“All they can say is no.” His version is much better—“Never say someone’s no for them.” He does a great job of describing our thought process—“This would be the best option. Now, let’s come up with a list of why we can never have that option!” Willow Creek has been built on expecting the best option to become available and then watching God make it happen. Kind of like expecting the impossible. That’s a principle everyone could benefit from.