Category: Quotes
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As much time and effort into the small number of things that give huge rewards
Since this is related so closely to yesterday’s post, we’ll go ahead and add it here. One of the problems here is a sort of digital FOMO. “If I don’t have that thing”—Facebook, Instagram, whatever—”what benefit might I be missing out on?” You’re pretty unplugged. How do you deal with that digital FOMO?There’s a rarefied…
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Your time is limited. Clear space for what matters. [quote]
“As a creator, you don’t have time to waste. Time is your greatest commodity, and spending it on experiences you think you should have instead of experiences that feed your soul is a waste of time. Cutting the experiential clutter out of your life will free room for you to do great work. “Of course…
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“A great deal more failure is the result of an excess of caution than of bold experimentation with new ideas. The frontiers of the Kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.” – J. Oswald Sanders
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Big ideas are little ideas that no one killed too soon. – Seth Godin
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Quote: Christianity as a mode of life
“The decisive factor for the nature & greatness of Christianity is not found in a teaching, but in a mode of life which shapes a community.” – Alan Hirsch
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“It is important to note that the spiritual growth process involves far more relinquishment than acquisition. In our culture, we are conditioned to expect growth to involve acquisition of new facts and understandings. To put it neurologically, the functional systems of our brains are used to elaborating upon themselves as growth happens. We have, in…
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Working hard at the wrong thing …
“So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.” – Caterina (via Signal vs. Noise)
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On doing the impossible and listening to critics
A Chinese Proverb… From a free download (279 Days to Overnight Success).
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Leadership is mobilization
“Leadership, particularly that of a pastor, is really not tied to one’s ability to do great things but to mobilize people, in the context of community, to do more than they could have done alone–more than they ever could have dreamed possible.” – Bob Roberts
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Quotage: Make commitments
“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hope, but no plans” – Peter Drucker Just a good thought on a Wednesday night. Posting has been sparse here because life’s been busy. If you want more updates, you can follow my twitter updates (which also have an RSS feed for you Bloglines or Google…
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Good point (on preaching)
A good reason to make sure sermons have a “so what” point… “Nobody ever goes to church to find out what happened to the Hittites.” – from Preaching and Teaching With Imagination by Warren Wiersbe [From Heather Zempel]
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Quotable: Consistency
“The consistent work enhanced my act. I learned a lesson. It was easy to be great. Every entertainer has a night when everything is clicking. These nights are accidental and statistical. Like lucky cards in poker, you can count on them occurring over time.”What was hard… was to be good. Consistently good. Night after night,…
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The words we use matter
“Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit – you choose.” – Proverbs 18:21, as translated by Eugene Peterson in The Message
Jon Sampson 