leadership

Bounce, Don’t Break: A childhood disease that should have crippled him. A car accident killed his friend. Two tours in Vietnam. The Vegas gamble. The coup attempt. The European disaster. Each crisis taught Fred the same lesson: adapt or die. He didn’t just survive—he built an $88 billion empire that moves 17 million packages daily. Most people are

5 powerful questions smart leaders ask:

1. What can we do with what we have right now?


2. What makes you think this will work?


3. Imagine we failed. What didn’t we do?


4. How are we/am I blocking progress?


5. What will a success report sound like in our next meeting?

Isaiah: Do The Hard Things

Throughout the Bible, God’s prophets provide a great example of Christian leadership qualities. For example, Isaiah willingly submitted to God’s call on his life (Isaiah 6:1-8). He volunteered before he even saw the job description, which is inspiring. However, the job description was discouraging (Isaiah 6:9-13).

God said

Standards must be achievable (though achieving them will always require extra effort), and the leaders must provide the means to get there. The focus should always be on getting better and better. We must always reach for the better way.

The lesson was an important one: the things you choose not to do often matter as much as the things you choose to do. The real test of a person is the degree to which they are willing to nonconform to do the right thing.

What is a professional, anyway? A professional is someone who can keep working at a high level of effort and ethics, no matter what is going on—for good or ill—around him or inside him. A professional shows up every day. A professional plays hurt. A professional takes neither success nor failure personally.