Jesus does not sit on the sideline of our life, ready to come in to give His take on our challenges. He’s not there to tell us how great we are, and that if we try hard enough, and just believe in ourselves, we can win.
George Herman “Babe” Ruth (1895 – 1948) was a professional baseball player whose career spanned 22 seasons. He’s one of the greatest heroes in American culture and considered the greatest baseball player of all time.
Leadership is not a set of character traits. You can have integrity, honesty, initiative, compassion–any number of positive and godly personal values, and still not be a leader (though character and leadership are closely related).
How do you look at the world? Some see the problems first, while others see the opportunities. Scripture instructs that Christ-followers are to go through life as optimists.
What will you do of significance with the 80-or-so years you have? When we’re young we have all the time in the world. And once we realize that isn’t true, we never have enough left to do anything with it.
An architect devises a plan for a grand church. They begin construction before the city that would surround it even exists. 140 years later it still isn’t finished. How can you craft a vision that outlasts your life and leadership?
Are you a model leader? Consider whether anyone should be led by you. What does your leadership experience and execution bring to the table that is valuable and enhances the life and work of those in your sphere of influence?
Astronauts since the very first days of spaceflight have spoken of the profound reaction that seeing the earth from space had on them. It is a state of changing perspective so specific and universal among spacefarers that it has been given a name: the overview effect.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) was a Baptist minister and activist, and the most prominent leader of the American civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century. King is particularly known for his nonviolent approach to civil rights advocacy.