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“One of the best places for efficiency is being efficient with things so that you can be effective with people.”
― What's Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done
― What's Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done
“A leader has to have the emotional capacity to tolerate uncertainty, frustration, and pain. He has to be able to raise tough questions without getting too anxious himself.”
― HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership
― HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership
“The focus of pastoral leadership is so consistently on the people, in fact, that the spiritual condition of the flock is the only real measure of a leader's success.”
― Leading God's People: Wisdom from the Early Church for Today
― Leading God's People: Wisdom from the Early Church for Today
“We are most productive not when we seek to tightly control ourselves but when we seek to unleash ourselves. Productivity comes from engagement, not control and mere compliance. This is why operating in our strengths is so important.”
― What's Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done
― What's Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done
“Shepherds are not perfect men. Though God sets the bar for pastoral ministry necessarily high, he uses the poles of grace to support that bar.”
― Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons
― Finding Faithful Elders and Deacons
Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
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