Craig T. Owens

Here’s a good piece of advice for first-time vision-casters: Be prepared for a quiet initial response. Greg and I discuss this in a full length podcast AND in our book Business by the Book—What the Bible says about a CEO’s vision-casting.

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T.M. Moore wrote, “The apostle Paul promised that, whenever we are faced with temptation, God will provide a way of escape, so that we can bear up and grow through temptation into greater maturity in the Lord (1 Corinthians 10:13). We are practicing self-control when we search for that way of escape and direct our steps toward it: ‘I thought about my ways, and turned my feet to Your testimonies. I made haste, I did not delay to keep Your commandments’ (Psalm 119:59, 60).” Read more about the necessity of self-control in this post.

“Character doesn’t make you a leader; it protects you as a leader.” —John Maxwell 

“Hard words are an evidence of the weakness of the cause which they are used to support. Hard arguments softly put, are the really effective weapons, but it takes some of us a long time to learn this; and generally, in our younger days, we wear away our own strength by the violence with which we use it.” —Charles Spurgeon 

One of the leaders in my school shared this: “Numerous researchers have studied the use of wait time by teachers. Pausing for just 3-5 seconds after a question has been shown to produce higher-level thinking and answering. This is true both of classroom questioning and individual conversation. Slow down during conversation today and see what happens!” Previously, I shared an important lesson I learned about slowing down.