One of the significant moments for me during last week's Catalyst Conference was the presentation Chuck Swindoll made to the assembled gathering. Swindoll spoke of lessons learned over his fifty years of ministry. In bullet-point format, here are the lessons Swindoll shared:
- Whatever you do, do more with others and less alone.
- Whenever you do it, emphasize quality not quantity.
- Whenever you go, do it the same as if you were among those who know you the best.
- Whoever may respond, keep a level head.
- However long you lead, keep on dripping with gratitude and grace.
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I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no "brief candle" to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. ... George Bernard Shaw
Many people die with their music still in them. ... Oliver Wendell Holmes
Great leaders don't create followers. Great leaders create leaders.
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ... Dorothy Parker
God is looking for those with whom he can do the impossible- What a pity that we plan things we can only do by ourselves. ... A. W. Tozer
Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. ... Seth Godin
The great illusion of leadership is is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there. ... Henri Nouwen Jesus used stories when he spoke to the people. In fact, he did not tell them anything without using stories. ... Matthew 13:34 CEV