Live Blog From Catalyst ’18 – 46 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Dr. Caroline Leaf

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 next speaker was Dr. Caroline Leaf.  Her passion is to help people see the power of the mind and the link between science and God as a tangible way of controlling their thoughts and emotions, learning how to think and learn and finding their sense of purpose in life.

The following are 46 leadership quotes and lessons from her intelligent session:

1. The way you use your mind is a great predictor of success in life.
2. Your mind is the 99% part of you. The body makes up 1% of you.
3. Your mind is your thinking, feeling, and choosing.
4. Are you using your mind to thrive or survive?
5. Success is different for every single person. If your success is found by comparing yourself to someone else you will burn out.
6. Your perspective is determined by your mindset.
7. Mindsets set the tone for the next moment and next day.
8. A mindset is an attitude.
9. What you choose is up to you. You form the landscape of your brain.
10. Whatever you focus on is going to grow. This will form your attitude and show in your emotions and language.
11. You can easily see your mindsets in what you say and do.
12. If you have a toxic attitude you literally are causing brain damage.
13. If your body goes into toxic stress on a regular basis you will experience burn out.
14. Fortunately, your brain can rewire.
15. By changing your attitude you can go into positive stress.
16. The mind is more powerful than the body.
17. We have this incredible ability to control our thinking every 10 seconds. Six times every minute you are consciously aware of every thinking you are thinking and doing.
18. You must bring all thoughts into captivity.
19. The average person thinks between 30,000 and 180,000 thoughts per day.
20. If you don’t bring every thought into captivity you will have chaos in your brain.
21. Every human on this planet is in an entangled relationship with every other human.
22. We are entangled in The Law of Love.
23. You can break a toxic entanglement because it is abnormal.
24. By not forgiving, you stay connected to the source of your pain.
25. There is a 75% chance today that someone will do something you need to forgive them for.
26. These are basic life skills.
27. From 2014 to 2016 people are living 25 years less. This is because of lifestyle choices.
28. A possibility mindset says I can go into a day with a plan and possibilities.
29. Edison never talked about the 1000 failures when inventing the light bulb. You talked about the 1000 attempts.
30. An expectancy mindset expects things to happen.
31. When you expect something, you are imagining it. Expectation goes hand-in-hand with creativity.
32. You can damage your heart by constant negative expectations.
33. Expectations are already reality.
34. Gratitude changes your frontal lobe which gives you more access to wisdom.
35. Your brain does not control you. You control your brain.
36. A lack of gratitude means you will have little self-regulation.
37. A lack of gratitude reduces our ability to see a bigger picture.
38. We are so connected we have disconnected.
39. We are looking for instant satisfaction. We don’t realize there are no quick fixes.
40. The United States is considered one of the most individualistic societies in the world. A result is loneliness and isolation.
41. It takes 63 days to build a habit. Not 5 seconds.
42. Mental health is not a disease. It is a result of not managing our minds.
43. Our minds are going to predict our success.
44. You cannot control the events and circumstances of life.
45. You can only control your reactions. You can control how you think, feel, and choose.
46. Correct mindsets bring a correct perspective.

The more has gotten off to a great start.  More to come throughout the 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.