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Phil Cooke, born on August 31, 1954, is an accomplished writer whose works span across various fields, including business, religion, and culture. Cooke has extensive experience in the writing industry and his works are highly appreciated by readers.

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“In (hyper-loyal) cultures, loyalty is so highly prized that it covers a multitude of leadership sins. I’ve seen numerous bad leaders cover their ineptitude by stressing the importance of loyalty over competence. They teach that loyalty is more important than excellence and they use that idea to distract the team from their own inability to perform.”

Loyalty Openness Evaluation

Author:Phil Cooke

“The Internet has given us the illusion of intimacy. We read someone's books, articles, sermons, or watch their videos online, and we feel we know them, so why not share what we think is wrong? But that illusion of intimacy is just that – an illusion. It distracts us from the important principle of reaching out to them personally first, and making the sometimes difficult effort of keeping it private and saving the relationship.”

Social Media Graciousness

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“Writing my blog has saved me thousands on therapy.”

Writing Mental Health Illness Saved Mental Illness Therapy Blogs

Book:One Big Thing: Discovering What You Were Born to Do

Source: One Big Thing: Discovering What You Were Born to Do

“Ideas are the most fragile things in the world, and if you do not write them down, they will be lost forever.”

Ifs World Writing Ideas Lost Forever Fragile Fragile Things

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“The most valuable commodity of the 21st century will be undivided attention.”

Inspirational Attention Century Valuable Producers Commodity 21st Century Undivided Attention

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“The most creative approach is often the simple approach.”

Simple Creative Approach

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“Facebook has more than 1 billion members, which by population makes it the third largest country in the world—somewhere between India and the United States. Who’s sending missionaries to that country? Who’s planting churches there?”

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“Be ruthless in one important area: Yourself. Be ruthless about your commitment to Christ. Be ruthless about your intellectual growth. Be ruthless about finishing well. One of the biggest areas we should be ruthless about is our time. How much time do you spend complaining about your problems to people who can't help you solve them? How much time do you talk when you should be doing? When it comes to others, be gracious. But when it comes to you and your time, be ruthless.”

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“By 1833 the largest publisher in America, Harper and Company, boasted one horse-powered printing press and seven hand presses while the American Bible Society owned 16 new state-of-the-art, steam-driven presses and 20 hand presses.”

Art States Hands America Company Horse Presses Seven Driven Publishers Steam Printing Printing Press Harper

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“God chose to introduce Himself to us in the first verse of Genesis as a Creator. And yet so few Christians really understand the power of creativity to influence the culture.”

Firsts Christian Culture Creativity Influence Creator Introducing Verses Genesis

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“Culture is more important than vision. Some leaders have great vision, but have created a toxic culture where that vision will never happen.”

Important Happens Culture Leader Vision Toxic Great Vision

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“Churches often confuse loyalty with competence.”

Church Loyalty Competence

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“The single most effective way to get rid of rumor and speculation is to be transparent.”

Way Speculation Transparent Rumor

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“People who achieve great things are people who make choices. Far too many people today let life dictate their future instead of the other way around. Choices are hard - that's why so few actually make them. But as the saying goes - not to make a choice is to make a choice. When it comes to choices, The question is - what choices will you make today? The world doesn't care about your problems, or what's holding you back. They don't care about your past failures, or any other obstacles you face. Stop making excuses and start making choices.”

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Author:Phil Cooke

“Companies don't innovate, people do.”

People Company

Book:Jolt!: Get the Jump on a World That's Constantly Changing

Source: Jolt!: Get the Jump on a World That's Constantly Changing

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Born: August 31, 1954
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 15

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Jolt!: Get the Jump on a World That's Constantly ChangingRelated source material

One Big Thing: Discovering What You Were Born to DoRelated source material

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