6. Whatever you do, do it only for personal gain. Nurture the “what’s-in-it-for-me” mentality. Make sure every dollar spent on mission reaps a harvest in public relations. If you can’t get some kind of credit, don’t do it.

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Dean McIntyre is a friend and colleague and an absolute genius about so many things of which music is but one. Here’s what he recently shared about his father, and about aging, and about ministry, but most of all about God — From five years ago when Dad was still with us. CARING FOR AN…

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John Delony is quickly joining my pantheon of favorites, and here’s the most recent reason why from yesterday — Many of us experience anxiety as we pack our lives and schedules full But when your energy falls short as you dash from meetings to appointments to…. https://www.ramseysolutions.com/personal-growth/caffeine-and-anxiety?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=johndelony_bu&utm_campaign=mhnr-newsletter&utm_content=per-18103_jd-eng-caffeineanxiety-vid-give-a&cd17=per-18103_jd-eng-caffeineanxiety-vid-give-a&_kx=OGQGqB8J3OfVKdHKOg17GzatOOUYf1Kfe2H5MLBmgPs%3D.RzHn5B — Christ Jesus was no doubt raised with…

“Convincing others to say yes is a valuable skill. But so is saying no when the moment calls for it.” — https://www.wsj.com/articles/voluntold-voluntelling-work-tips-1aadced1?st=59jilt4oz3ntbzr&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink And/Or, as Christ Jesus says in Matthew 5:37, “Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’”

And to wrap this up from where we were yesterday — 3. His question changed. John Maxwell stopped being Mr. Cape Canaveral with his countdown and stopped worrying about the time involved. He stopped asking, “How long will it take?” and started asking himself, “How far can I go?” —Pop Quiz: Which are you asking…

Picking up where we stopped yesterday — 2. It started to show up. What John Maxwell was learning and trying and applying began to surface in him and what he was doing and saying. — Pop Quiz: What’s showing up in your life?

John Maxwell’s been one of my favorite inspirational people for longer than I’ll admit, and I recently grabbed a three-parter from him that I can’t sit on any longer — Pop Quiz: What are you storing up within yourself? What are you letting influence you? Where’s your focus?

7. Avoid gratitude. Instead of being grateful for those who show up, who help, and who give, be sure to complain about those who don’t.