44 Things I Have Learned The Hard Way: Part 3
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Here are the next 11 Lessons:
23. Effective pastors have a mentoring/teaching ministry as well as a preaching ministry.
24. Great leaders speak their vision into existence; they shape the institutions they serve with words.
25. Resources follow vision.
26. The most important things we do in ministry are often not what we do but what we do not prevent from happening.
27. The two most dangerous emotions senior leaders wrestle with are fear and cynicism.
28. A senior leader must have a high tolerance for chaos and ability to be flexible.
29. One of the most important skills to develop is how to ask the right questions. 30. People are never as strong as you think they are or as weak as they think they are.
31. Leaders are risk takers; they fail often but they always bounce back.
32. Put things on your calendar rather than trying to keep things off your calendar; make sure the things that go on your calendar are your personal and professional priorities.
33. Do not spread your time evenly among your many tasks; fulfill your job description as quickly as you can and use the balance of your time in a ministry specialty.
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