DOZ Leadership Lessons
The Pancake Lady
Eturuvie Erebor
I recently read about a woman simply known as
The Pancake Lady, in a book titled Power to Create.
The author used her story in the first chapter of the
book basically to inspire his readers. I will tell her
story briefly, and I am sure you will agree that it is
inspirational. After this, I will look at the leadership
lessons that I have gleaned from studying her story.
She was a Christian woman who lived in a small
Costa Rica village. She was famous for starting an
economic revolution in her village which swept
across her entire nation and caught the attention
of the president!
The pancake lady was a member of Pastor Soto’s
church and one Sunday morning he was preaching
about re-creating solutions in spite of the
devastating economic times they were experiencing
as a nation. The nation of Costa Rica at that time
was experiencing a recession, and a lot of young
people had left due to job shortages. Things were
bad for them individually and collectively.
Pastor Soto believed that things could be better,
so he challenged his members to find their unique
God-given gifts and then make creative use of
the same. He didn’t stop there, he walked into the
congregation and began to hand out a few dollars
to people asking them to take the money and
DOZ Magazine June 2018
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