Shane Smith

fast gets all the attention. slow has all the power.

If you’re always working in the business and not working on the business, you are managing and not leading.

Encouragement can change someone's attitude. It can lift someone out of a dark place. It can remind them of what's true when the truth feels foggy. Speaking life and truth over someone can give them the hope and determination they need to push through a hard season.

“What’s something I should stop doing as a leader?”

“Where did I drop the ball this year?” or

“What can I be doing to lead you better?”

We have become a culture where talking to an actual person is a luxury

On practice:

"If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it."

The vast majority of people (84%) regularly work with 1 to 5 complicated people. That's a relatively small number of individuals.

the characteristics that make for humility: trust (Matt. 18:6), dependence, the desire to make others happy, an absence of boasting or selfish desire to be greater than others.

Wiersbe, Warren W. 1996. The Bible Exposition Commentary. Vol. 1. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.