“The more I’m around successful Christians who have open hands, the more I realize it is possible. And I would say some leaders haven’t been around people that had open hands, and then they see the public person who falls and they go, the only path is to fall. So therefore I’ll always play it safe. And no one wins if you use less of your gifts because you think the only path is to fall.”
“I want to help you find a goal you love so much it makes Netflix boring. Like, that’s to me the joy of the Lord.”
“What does my heart really cry out for? What do I really love? And how can I make more time for that?…And then as far as some tactical things you could do, I think a conversation with a friend is a good one.”
“I always tell people, we have access to time machines. They’re called adults who have been where you’re headed. And they’’ll say, ‘I’ve been to the future. Here’s what you need to know.’”
“A big game changer for me was going to counseling.”
“Spend more time in certain Bible passages and really, really let them kind of impact you to the bone level.”
“What I see leaders struggle with is where they use crisis and chaos and stress as a fuel.”
“We’ve all worked with leaders who are amazing at putting out fires. But what happens when there’s no fires? They often feel worthless, and so they create a fire…a better fuel, for instance, would be a craft.”
“When it gets dialed up, it’s your job to dial it back down. So I would say to every leader, what are your turn down techniques when you get into those moments?”
“I can’t put a goal in a drawer. Like, if I write down a goal and then I put it in a drawer, it’s gone.”
“I didn’t go, ‘How do I get rid of regret? How do I get rid of insecurity? How do I get rid of stress?’ I said, ‘Who can I honor today?’”
Mentioned in the Show
Leviticus
Luke 15
Matthew 25:14-30
Philippians 4:4
Philippians 4:8
Proverbs 10:22
Psalm 23
Psalm 128:1
Romans 12:2
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