A short YouTube transcript of Chad Silverstein in conversation (with Speaker B) reflecting on a meaningful moment with his friend Chet—including reading Chet’s blog post and sharing a Kairos moment. The speakers use the anecdote to draw a leadership lesson: communities often react to outsiders with suspicion or exclusion, but leaders should welcome and trust new people so they feel accepted. The piece emphasizes gratitude for relationships that endure and a hope to make others feel welcomed when they are the newcomer.
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My Builder's Journey is on page 208 as a reminder and love the outsider to this day, as we kind of.
See the barn on the way out of the book.
We're almost at the end. And this was the. At the height of my relationship with Chet, we had gone through so much together. And he came to New York when.
I got remarried and we got to.
Enjoy an incredible moment together. And I read his blog post, which I'll share in today's rant, and it was. It was. It was one of those Kairos moments. You know, you have those moments with people in your life, the few people who you have in your life that you're blessed to have that are going to be there for you, you know.
Down the road and who, you know.
Care about you and would do anything for you, and you would do anything for them. And, you know, I have that with my builder, and we've been through a lot together. And this was a special day and a gift that I didn't realize he.
Had gotten from me and my community.
But I'm sure glad he did. And there's a real lesson to be.
Learned when you're an outsider. And as you read today's post and you see the blog that he wrote and you hear me talking about it.
You'Ll find yourself, if not maybe right now, being an outsider, but you will be an outsider at some point. And the natural reaction to outsiders is.
To kill them, to be wary and to, you know, to shun them. And when you have new people join your team, you have a neighbor move.
In your neighborhood or someone come into your community, you know, to kind of welcome them and trust them and. And to kind of walk into the relationship as healthy as you possibly can first. That's the mindset of a leader.
Not saying be naive, but you want to make people feel good. You want to make people feel accepted. And the way that Chet explains the way he was made to feel makes.
Me feel really good about my community because it had nothing to do with.
Me, but it had everything to do with me.
And.
That'S something that has seared me.
Since the day I read his blog about it. And I hope that I can make other people feel that way in the future. And I hope other people will make.
