Passion

I've about finished the book "Breakout Churches" and here is an interesting passage about "passion". "Without passion there is no vision. We've found no churches that had anything resembling a true vision unless the leadership, particularly the pastor was passionate about something. Of 427 churches we examined, only 6 % of those congregations had a leader who was clearly passionate. The breakout churches, however had a passion to reach and minsiter to the community."

Are you passionate about what you do? What am I passionate about? Golf, leadership, church, computers? Find your passion and you'll find a job. My pastor told me when I was preparing to get into the ministry and church leadership, not to do it unless I couldn't stay out of it. Of course, I had a passion and couldn't stay out of it.

Think About It...

"Leadership is action, not position." -Donald H. McGannon

The Power of Praise

Check out this article by Stan Holder on "The Power of Praise". It's good stuff, I've heard him a few times at his "Model Church" seminars.

Reagan's Leadership

"President Reagan decided what he believed in, stuck to it through thick and thin, and finally, through its success, persuaded others." Read the rest of this interesting article on Ronald Reagan's leadership here.

Quote...

Mountain Climbers always climb to the top together.

Think About it...

Do you NEED to be a Leader?
"The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way."
- Henry Miller

Jay Leno on Bravo

I was flipping through the channels last night and spotted Jay Leno being interviewed on the Bravo channel. He said a few interesting statements I like to share. The interviewer asked him if he had the smallest office. He replied that he did and that people don't care how much money you make, if they think you're working. All his co-workers have larger offices than him. He said that they may come in wanting more money and then they realize that their office is larger than his! He went on to say that no one person can eat all the pie! No matter how hungry you are, you can't eat it all. There's always some left over. We must share the pie with those around us.

Leadership Quote

"The only test of leadership is that somebody follows." -Robert K. Greenleaf