Napoleon
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Monthly Archives: July 2014
5 Things A Leader Should Pray For
Faith plays a major role in my life. According to my reader survey, faith also plays a major role in your life as well.
That’s cool! It’s exciting to see other leaders living out their faith as well.
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Being leaders of faith, I must raise the question: Are you praying daily in your leadership roles? If not, why not? If so, are you praying for the right things?
Every leader is different so the right thing to pray for may be different for you. Yet, I think every leader will see overlap in certain things they’re praying for.
1. Their family: First and foremost, a leader needs to be praying over their own family. Pray over your wife, or husband if you’re a female leader. Pray over your children. Go as far as to pray over your pets.
Inch By Inch We Grow
There’s something frustrating about growing. That frustrating thing?
Growth isn’t instantly noticeable.
There’s truth behind that statement. You know it. You feel it. And, if you’re like me, you resent the fact growth takes time.
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Yet it’s a fact of life. Rarely will anything of worth happen instantly. Rather, growth takes time.
Give Growth Time
The world is increasingly becoming an impatient place to be.
We get angry when things take longer than we think they should. The quick meal at Burger King is ruined because it took 5 minutes to get your order rather than 2 minutes. The horns start blaring as the car at the stoplight doesn’t proceed the moment the light turned green. The anger starts rising when your new pet doesn’t catch onto the household rules.
All because we’re impatient. We’re expecting something at the drop of a dime.
Leadership Insights: Interview With Mark Sanborn Author Of The Fred Factor
Mark Sanborn, author of Fred Factor and Fred Factor 2.0 (along with 6 other titles), is a powerful force in the leadership world. He’s the president of Sanborn & Associates, authority on leadership, and a great public speaker.
Mark graciously gave a few minutes of his day to answer a couple of burning leadership questions I had.
In the following interview with Mark, I asked:
Mark, you’ve written quite a few books. Two of your books focus on a man named Fred. Can you tell us a little about Fred?
You focus on relationships quite a bit, right?
How do you decide which relationships you need to nourish?
Your philosophy on relationships sounds a lot like the 80/20 rule. Can you expand on that?
How do you take people beyond your books and get people to actually engage in the message you’re sharing?
Jim Rohn
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
