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Quotebook: Albert Einstein on the Definition of Insanity
As the next ministry season approaches, are you preparing to do the same thing you did last season but expecting different results? To see the rest of my quotebook, click here. Image by Esther Perez
Read MoreQuotebook: Andy Stanley on Emptying Your Leadership Cup
“As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else’s cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours.” Andy Stanley As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else's cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours. —Andy Stanley Share on X This clip from Leadercast 2014 is very helpful in understanding this concept. To see…
Read MoreQuotebook: There Are No Problem-Free Systems, Models or Strategies
There are no problem-free systems, models, or strategies. Every system, model and strategy comes with a set of problems. Wise leaders simply choose the set of problems they'd rather have. Share on X I refer to this “quote” in almost every consultation, coaching call, workshop, and seminar I give. I believe this line is a…
Read MoreQuotebook: The Importance of Making Mistakes
“If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake.” – Frank Wilczek, 2004 Nobel Prize winner Image by Hrag Vartanian
Read MoreQuotebook: John Ortberg on Finding a True “Just As I Am” Church
“If ever there were a true ‘just as I am’ church, if ever there were a community where everybody could bring all their baggage and brokenness with them without neat and tidy happy endings quite yet, if ever there was a group where everyone was loved and no one pretended — we could not make…
Read MoreQuotebook: A Higher Standard than Jesus? (re:group Day Two)
There are times every once in a great while when something a speaker says is so convicting it causes an audible gasp or sigh in the room. There was one of those times on Day Two of re:group in the session by Tim Cooper called Training Leaders to Engage Culture. It was a statement that…
Read MoreQuotebook: A New Perspective
A new perspective could be sitting In the seat next to you. —Andrea Lucado Share on X To see the rest of my quotebook, click here.
Read MoreQuotebook: John Ortberg on Wise People
“Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.” John Ortberg, When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box Image by Ryan Seyeau
Read MoreQuotebook: The Great Illusion of Leadership
Whatever you want to happen in the lives of the members of your groups must happen first in the lives of your leaders. I love this line from The Wounded Healer: The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.…
Read MoreQuotebook: Intentions and Actions
It’s one thing to intend to do something. It’s another thing entirely to do the things that lead to your goal. What makes the difference? What accounts for the gap? The gap between intentions and actions is character. —Orrin Woodward Share on X Resolved: 13 Resolutions for Life by Orrin Woodward To see the rest…
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