Thoughts from the Summit

I just spent two days at the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit.  The speakers were brilliant and challenging.  Here are some of my favorite quotes from the event.  Some may spin off into subsequent blog postings. 

So tell me, do any of these comments challenge or resonant with you?

The future is not a linear extrapolation of the past. If you can't predict the future, create it.  Act!    Dr. Len Schlesinger

Failure does not mean game over.  It means try again with experience.  Dr. Len Schlesinger

Stand up from the banquet your ancestors prepared and metabolize your blessings.  Mayor Cory A. Booker (Newark, N.J.)

As a leader, I am going to choose to show the best of myself every day.   Mayor Cory A. Booker

If it is to be, it's up to me.  Mayor Booker

Before you tell me what you preach and teach, show me first how you live and give.  Mayor Booker

As catalytic leaders, we have to be willing and ready to interpret the events of our time through the eyes of faith.   Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil

I dare you to pray for God to fall fresh on you!  Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil

The reason "they" want you to fit in is so "they" can ignore you.   Seth Godin

With the revolution going on all around us, there's so much on the buffet you're likely to just grab something convenient. Better, I think, to decide what matters first, and go do that.  Seth Godin

Revolutions destroy the perfect and enable the impossible. Seth Godin

Just because the tide is out, doesn't mean there is less water in the ocean.  Seth Godin

The difference between a visionary and a daydreamer is the audacity to act.  Pastor Steven Furtick

We choose to be sinners or saints.  Mama Maggie Gobran

True love is to give and to forgive.  Forgive is not between you and the other, but between you and God.  He holds the account.  Mama Maggie Gobran

Would you lead if God called you to a cause or a company that had no chance of being successful?   Pastor Bill Hybels

I'd rather deal with angry people than apathetic people.  Michelle Rhee

Humility is the noble choice to forgo your status and use your influence for the good of others.   Pastor John Dickson

Our culture today says "avoid pain at all costs!"  Don't be vulnerable. There are massive rewards for being vulnerable, but also huge risks.   Patrick Lencioni