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“What we preach is what we get. We are farmers sowing seed. If we are unhappy with the harvest we’re reaping, we should sow different seed. If we want different results, we preach different messages.”

Book:You The Leader

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You The Leader

This book explores the essential qualities and strategies for effective leadership in various contexts. more

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Phil Pringle

Phil Pringle, born on May 21, 1952, is an influential figure in an unknown field. more

“Good ideas are not good enough. They need to be God ideas. Just because someone else’s methods work does not mean they will work for us. God plants a unique set of gifts within each of us as leaders, enabling us to do a particular work for Him in a particular way. If we deny those, opting for something else that appeals to us, we forsake the means by which God wants to give us success (1Timothy 4:14).”

Ifs Way Want Needs Giving Mean Doe Ideas Enough Leader Particular Unique Method Plant Deny Appeals Good Enough Good Ideas Not Good Enough Enabling Forsake

Author:Phil Pringle

“If we cannot serve a person who we can see, how can we serve a God whom we cannot see? Some just have to have their own thing and be the “boss”. I grieve for these people who have become the King of their own tiny mound, when they could have been a Prince in a major organization.”

People Ifs Persons Has Beens Kings Majors Organization Tiny Grieving Boss Could Have Been

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“Earning trust is not easy, nor is it cheap, nor does it happen quickly. Earning trust is hard and demanding work. Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.”

Doe Hard Happens Easy Effort Promise Genuine Earning Earning Trust

Book:Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community

Source: Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community

“We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.”

Way Vision Teach

Book:Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community

Source: Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community

“Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is...By avoiding risk we really risk what's most important in life---reaching toward growth, our potential, and a true contribution to a common good.”

Thinking Littles Important Sometimes Shows Growth Common Risk Contribution Reaching Gifted Avoiding Common Good Risk-taking

Author:Max De Pree

“We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it.”

People Decline Civility

Author:Max De Pree

“Intimacy is at the heart of competence. It has to do with understanding, with believing, and with practice. It has to do with the relationship to one's work.”

Believe Heart Understanding Practice Intimacy Competence

Book:Leadership is an Art

Source: Leadership is an Art

“Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.”

Individual Jazz Unpredictability

Book:Leadership Jazz - Revised Edition: The Essential Elements of a Great Leader

Source: Leadership Jazz - Revised Edition: The Essential Elements of a Great Leader

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