Fascinating interview with one of my all time favourite Christian authors: Max Lucado! Thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I know I will also thoroughly enjoy his new book. I relish at the opportunity to own this book and learn about how to really "outlive" my life as I try to focus on what really matters and focus on things that make a positive difference in the lives and hearts of others.

Mike, I will definitely read this book and I promise to share it's insights and principles with others. Thanks for making this opportunity available!

Thanks for sharing this post Mike!

I'm a youth leader at my local church. Just last week we planned a fundraising event for our annual youth camp. We planned to screen the 2010 World Cup match between USA and England on a big screen in the church hall and charge a small fee to enter. There was a lot of controversy around the event as it was not communicated properly to our elders in the church. They thought that we were just having a get together to watch the soccer match, but the fact was that we were actually taking advantage of the Fifa World Cup event to fund raise for our camp.

I learnt that it's very important communicate clearly and make sure all parties involved are on the same page before proceeding to the next step...I would have saved myself a lot of headaches if this was done properly in the first place!

I would really love to get a copy of Pete's new book because I'm sure that as a leader I can gain valuable lessons and insights from it. I also promise to share what I learn from the book with others. Thanks for making this offer available!

You should try it Johari and you will indeed have a lot of time to focus on things that really matter!

Thanks for the encouragement Joy!

Michael

I thank you for sharing your experience with us which really highlighted your point of alignment beautifully. You hit the nail right on the head when you said: "...as a leader, I am responsible for creating organizational alignment with my team.'" This is so true because it all starts and ends with leadership. Strong leaders result in strong organizations.
Great post, thank you!
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Sam

Not quite what I had in mind but thanks for your suggestion. I'll probably write about this sometime in the future. For you information, I hate religion but love God, His Word (the Bible), and spirituality. In other words, I'm not religious but I am spiritual. Thanks for your contribution:)