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I Kept Saying To Myself, This Is A Calling That God Has Given Me. And So With Intention I Said, "okay I'm Going To Write Books Not Only For The Christian Community, But Also For The Secular Community." I Found It Really Rewarding Because The Last One To Use My Gifts And Advantages To People Who Look At Church As Not On Their Radar Screen At All, It Gives Me Favor With - I Do A Lot With Fortune 500 Companies Now.

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I Kept Saying To Myself, This Is A Calling That God Has Given Me. And So With Intention I Said, "okay I'm Going To Write Books Not Only For The Christian Community, But Also For The Secular Community." I Found It Really Rewarding Because The Last One To Use My Gifts And Advantages To People Who Look At Church As Not On Their Radar Screen At All, It Gives Me Favor With - I Do A Lot With Fortune 500 Companies Now.

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I Kept Saying To Myself, This Is A Calling That God Has Given Me. And So With Intention I Said, "okay I'm Going To Write Books Not Only For The Christian Community, But Also For The Secular Community." I Found It Really Rewarding Because The Last One To Use My Gifts And Advantages To People Who Look At Church As Not On Their Radar Screen At All, It Gives Me Favor With - I Do A Lot With Fortune 500 Companies Now.

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Vision Without Passion Is A Picture Without Possibilities.

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The Sheer Act Of Listening Speaks Volumes That Even A Great Speech Can't Communicate.

Attitude: It Is Our Best Friend Or Our Worst Enemy.

Don't Worry About Yesterday It Ended Last Night At Midnight.

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The Only Adequate Preparation For Tomorrow Is The Right Use Of Today.

Leading Well Is Not About Enriching Yourself - It's About Empowering Others

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If You Want To Lead People, You Have To Let Them Come Up Close.

Giving Is The Highest Level Of Living.

To Grow Yourself, You Must Know Yourself.

Be Better Tomorrow Than You Are Today.

Better Tomorrow

Like Every Person, Every Thought Has The Potential To Become Something Great.

Life Is A Matter Of Choices, And Every Choice You Make Makes You.

Choices You Make

It Is Our Decisions Not Our Conditions That Determine Our Quality Of Life.

I Wish I Could Say I Coined The Phrase "failing Forward." I Do It All The Time. I Find As I've Embraced This Approach To Business, Life, Cycling And Generally Any New Endeavor I Take On, I've Grown More And More Comfortable With The Possibility That I Am Not Likely To Succeed On My First Try. And That's Ok.

There Are A Lot Of Pastors Who Have A Vision And Have Not Yet Seen It Become A Reality.

A Person Sometimes Can't Make A Decision Unless They Know What Decision To Make.

Most People Have A Desire To Look For The Exception Instead Of The Desire To Become Exceptional.

A Leader's Lasting Value Is Measured By Succession.

Be Willing To Absorb Some Risk And Failures To Allow People Freedom To Express Themselves.

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Enjoyment Is An Incredible Energizer To The Human Spirit.

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Failing Forward Is The Ability To Get Back Up After You've Been Knocked Down, Learn From Your Mistake, And Move Forward In A Better Direction.

Don’t Tell Them What You’re Going To Do - That’s Vision. Do What You Are Going To Do – That’s Culture.

Are You A Thinker, A Doer, Or A Clutch Player? The Better You Are, The Greater Potential For Influence You Will Have With Your People.

Our Attitude Is The Primary Force That Will Determine Whether We Succeed Or Fail.

The Most Talented Do Not Always End Up As Celebrities, And Those With Less Talent Often Do. Upsets Are Written Into Our History And Occur Around Us Every Day.

I Say, Make The Decision, And As Soon As You Make The Decision, The Rest Of Your Life You Just Manage That Decision On A Daily Basis.

Rest Of Your Life

If The Church Is Going To Make A Difference, It Will Need To Go Through The "big Give-up" Stage. Churches Will Need To Quit Being Selfish And Become Relevant.

We Are Either The Masters Or Victims Of Our Attitudes. It Is A Matter Of Personal Choice. Who We Are Today Is The Result Of Choices We Made Yesterday. Tomorrow, We Will Become What We Choose Today. To Change Means To Choose Change.

If You Live Life With The Intention Of Making A Difference In Others' Lives, Your Life Will Be Full Not Empty.

Everything Begins With A Decision. Then, We Have To Manage That Decision For The Rest Of Your Life.

Listen Twice As Much As You Speak.

Success Is Not A Destination Thing, It’s A Daily Thing.

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I Literally Wrote A Book On It Called Your Roadmap For Success. And In It I Said Success Is Three Things: Knowing My Purpose In Life, I Think It's Impossible For Anybody To Be Successful Until They Really Discover Why They're Here On Earth And What God Has Planned For Them; Secondly, Growing To My Maximum Potential.

Commitment Is The First Step To Every Good Thing I Know, And The Only Step That Matters When It Comes To Achievement. It Inspires And Attracts People, Shows Them You Have Conviction And Goals, That You Are Focused And Determined. And The Commitment That Is Based On Values Will Endure. Any Time You Make Choices Based On Solid Life Values, You Are In A Better Position To Sustain Your Level Of Commitment, Because You Don't Have To Continually Re-evaluate Its Importance.

Tomorrow's Destiny Becomes Today's Direction.

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Earn The Right To Be Heard By Listening To Others. Seek To Understand A Situation Before Making Judgments About It.

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Good Attitudes Among Players Do Not Guarantee A Team's Success, But Bad Attitudes Guarantee It's Failure.

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42% Of College Graduates Never Read A Book After College.

Without A Vision Our Community Will Perish Without Christ, But Without A Vision The Church Will Perish As Well.

What Is Your Legacy? Are You Intentional About The Sort Of Influence You Want To Have On The World Around You? Being Aware Of How You Want To Be Remembered Gives You A Perspective On What Is Truly Important. Leadership Is Influence, And Relationships Are The Foundation Of Leadership. Nothing Is More Predictive Of Your Legacy Than The Quality Of People You Surround Yourself With.

Problems Are Not My Problem. It's Not What Happens To Me But What Happens In Me That Matters.

Leader’s Potential Is Determined By Those Closest To Him.

Don't Hide Bad News. With Multiple Information Channels Available, Bad News Always Becomes Known. Be Candid Right From The Start.

Pastors Need To Find Their Place In The Community Of Believers By Spending Time With God.

If You Think You Are The Entire Picture, You Will Never See The Big Picture.

Disappointment Is The Gap That Exists Between Expectation And Reality.

Many Times When People Have A Vision, They Think In Terms Of A Big Vision - I Want To Take My City For Christ. But The Problem With Many Pastors And This Type Of Vision Is This: They Haven't Developed The Strategy To Fulfill That Vision. A Pastor Preaches A Dream Or Vision To His/her People, They Get Excited For A Week, A Month, Or A Couple Of Months, But There Is No Strategy, Planning, Or Process To Fulfill That Vision.

People Create Success In Their Lives By Focusing On Today. It May Sound Trite, But Today Is The Only Time You Have. It's Too Late For Yesterday. And You Can't Depend On Tomorrow. That's Why Today Matters. Most Of The Time We Miss That.

I Am Convinced More Than Ever That Good Communication And Leadership Are All About Connecting. If You Can Connect With Others At Every Level -one-on-one, In Groups, And With An Audience-your Relationships Are Stronger, Your Sense Of Community Improves, Your Ability To Create Teamwork Increases, Your Influence Increases, And Your Productivity Skyrockets.

I'm Not Where I'm Supposed To Be, I'm Not What I Want To Be, But I'm Not What I Used To Be. I Haven't Learned How To Arrive; I've Just Learned How To Keep Going

A Man Must Be Big Enough To Admit His Mistakes, Smart Enough To Profit From Them, And Strong Enough To Correct Them.

Success Is Choosing To Enter The Arena Of Action, Determined To Give Yourself To The Cause That Will Better Humanity And Last For Eternity.

Great Communication Depends On Two Simple Skills-context, Which Attunes A Leader To The Same Frequency As His Or Her Audience, And Delivery, Which Allows A Leader To Phrase Messages In A Language The Audience Can Understand.

Believing In People Before They Have Proved Themselves Is The Key To Motivating People To Reach Their Potential.

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