LEADERS ARE PURPOSEFUL
taking two weeks every year to evaluate what he has done and to plan
for the coming year...^68
4. PRIORITIES:
- ...the leader must carefully select priorities. He or she must
thoughtfully weigh the value of different opportunities and
responsibilities. The leader cannot spend time on secondary matters
while essential obligations scream for attention. A day needs careful
planning. The person who wants to excel must select and reject, and
concentrate on the most important items.^69
- To live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy: Doing more things faster
is no substitute for doing the right things.^70
- The key is to consistently do whatever builds your strength in these
areas and increases your capacity to live, to love, to learn, and to leave
a legacy. An hour a day spent “sharpening your saw” creates the
“private victory” that makes public victories possible.^71
- ...people first, things second. It’s leadership first, management second. I t ’s
effectiveness first, efficiency second. It’s purpose first, structure second.
It’s vision first, method second.^72
- It’s incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness
of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success
only to discover it’s leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to
be busy – very busy – without being very effective...^73
- How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply
important to us, and, keeping that picture in mind, we manage
ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most. If the
ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just
gets us to the wrong place faster...^74
- The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but
to schedule your priorities...^75
- ...Often the pressure a spiritual leader feels comes from assuming
tasks that God has not assigned; for such tasks the leader cannot
expect God to supply the extra strength required...^76
- We express our values by our choices...^77
