For two days, INJOY Stewardship Solutions has dispatched me to Catalyst ’18 in Atlanta. Catalyst is a 2-day experience to help leaders build great churches, grow strong teams, and be a catalyst for change. This year’s theme is Fully Alive and is based on what the Bible says in John 10:10 – “The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy; I have come that you might have life and have it to the full.”
In addition to the content provided, the team at INJOY Stewardship would like to offer you a FREE gift. As you know, October is Pastor Appreciation Month. Simply click HERE or on the image provided and download a done-for-you script which you can read in your services to honor your pastor and staff. Being a pastor can be challenging to say the least. These words will honor and encourage your pastor and rally your congregation to a standing ovation. Don’t believe me? Click HERE.
The morning’s first speaker was Jon Acuff. Jon is an author, national speaker and Catalyst favorite.
The following are 22 leadership quotes and lessons from his hysterical session:
- Cats are the type of pets that have a family on the other side of town.
- 92% of all goals fail.
- When it comes to things to matter, you have to choose what not to do.
- Strategy says at the beginning of something, “These three things don’t matter.” Shame says, “I have to do it all.”
- You can’t stop obsessing about email.
- Inbox Zero is a stupid goal.
- Have you been in a thank you loop you can’t get out of?
- If you can’t stop something, simplify it.
- Churches should ask, “What 5 things are we not going to worry about until May?”
- Churches should ask, “We’re about to enter the Christmas season. What 3 things are we not going to worry about?”
- You care about what the people you care about care about.
- Empathy is understanding what people need and act on it. If you want to make people angry, find out what they need and don’t act on it.
- Millennials talk about money more than any other generation.
- Millennials fight about money more than any other generation.
- Burn out is often a byproduct of isolation.
- Leaders who don’t get questioned do questionable things.
- Churches who fail are done with pastors who only surround themselves with positive feedback.
- You don’t get to be fully-alive when you’re fully alone.
- Dan Cathy is a billionaire who teaches sophomores in Sunday School. I know thousandaires who are too busy to teach Sunday School.
- If you are too busy for people, they won’t bother you.
- When you ask people what they need, they become visible and valuable.
- When you decide what things don’t matter, you make more room for this that do.
It should be an amazing day!
Once again, I want to make it easy to honor your pastor this month. Click HERE or on the image provided and download this done-for-you script. Your Board chair or congregational leader can read it in the service. Trust me, few things will honor your pastor more.