Leverage

The group that you think is all about changing the community's homeless situation doesn't really think about changing the community's homeless situation that much.

Chances are they really are most interested in supporting the homeless shelter.

Upon further review:

They are not that terribly passionate about the homeless shelter, either.

Turns out one of the most beloved members of the group really cared a lot about the homeless shelter.

Because he helped start it--back when it really stood for something.

Before it became a organization bent of supporting itself and its staff.

Or because his brother spent years in the street before people understood mental illness and homelessness.

So really what the group cares about is their relationships to the guys who cares about the homeless shelter because he cared at one time about changing the community's homeless situation.

You might want to know that.

Particularly if you are all about leveraging groups' passions to accomplish stuff.

You can really only leverage the relationships between people.

And you can't really leverage relationships very long.

I'm going to try letting relationships leverage me.

Care to join me?