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.
The 1982 Asian Games champion M.D. Valsamma's coach gave a statement in the media that if Valsamma had some 15 days training on a synthetic track, she would beat me. I was very interested in the challenge. I kept that paper cutting under my bed and used to read it often.
I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
I could sit at home, watch TV, and go for the odd run. But to be the best, you have to make this sacrifice, keep going away and doing blocks of training in the mountains.
You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you execute the race or how you execute the task.
A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don't ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren't blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.
Every day I would wake up and think, 'Today is another missed opportunity to do something important.' After enough days like this, you start feeling like you are getting old, even when you are relatively young. We are all natural entrepreneurs, and being manacled to a desk job is not for us.
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