Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you.
Andy StanleyRead
Direction, not intention determines your destination.
Interpretation
Your actions and choices shape your future more than your wishes and intentions.
This quote emphasizes the importance of taking deliberate actions towards a goal rather than merely having good intentions. It suggests that true progress and achievement come from the direction you actively pursue, highlighting the need for commitment and purposeful steps in order to reach your desired outcomes.
In practice
During a motivational speech about achieving goals.
Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you.
A good coach always coaches to a leader's potential, not his current level of performance. A good leadership coach will see the potential in you and inspire you accordingly.
The most significant visions are not cast by great orators from a stage. They are cast at the bedsides of our children. The greatest visioncasting opportunities happen between the hours of 7:30 and 9:30 PM Monday through Sunday. In these closing hours of the day we have a unique opportunity to plant the seeds of what could be and what should be. Take every opportunity you get.
There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.
Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say
Leaders learn to leverage the problems that never go away in a way to create progress for the organization.
Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.
You miss a lot of opportunities by making mistakes, but that's part of it: knowing that you're not shut out forever, and that there's a goal you still can reach.
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant?
You don't get lucky. You create lucky.
It is better to do the smallest thing in the world than to hold half an hour to be too small a thing.
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