#Drive09 Tuesday Evening

Tonight was so practical. We got to actually see some of the environments at NPCC. I went to NEXT and JUMP START. Both were so engaging. NP does everything with such excellence. Get to catch some rest time and the it is back to NPCC early in the morning. It all wraps up tomorrow around lunch. And, then, it is back to setup for our move to our summer facility. I have lots to share with our volunteers. You guys are the GREATEST!

Drive '09 Tuesday

Andy Stanley said:

Leadership is not about making decisions on your own. It's about owning decisions once they are made.

Your private decisions (organizational) will be judged publicly.

If you want great leaders in your organization, you have to develop a system where great leaders are heard.

Leaders want to know they have an opportunity to influence their own destines.

Never shoot for fair - shoot for right. Fairness ended in the garden of Eden.

Bill Willits said:

Principles are what practices are built on.

Simplicity is the path to excellence.

Leadership is what we do AND who we are!

Drive '09 Monday Evening

Drive got off to a great start tonight. The worship was off the charts! And, Andy was, well, Andy! Here are some quotes.

"The further up in the organization you go, uncertainty grows exponentially." 8:12 p.m.
"Uncertainty is why we need leaders." 8:12 p.m.
"Uncertainty makes leadership necessary." 8:14 p.m.
"God leverages more out of times of uncertainty than any other time." 8:17 p.m.
"Two things to hang on to in times of uncertainty:
1. Clarity
2. Flexibility"
"Plans change - Vision remains the same."
"Don't die on the hill of your plans. You die on the hill of the vision."

Orange '09 Part 2

"I am way more concerned about you than the way I do." Andy Stanley 9:59

"People can identify more with our dumb mistakes than what I've done right." Perry Noble 10:03

"Don't raise the bar on parenting, but lower the bar. God loves broken families."