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  • Mistakes leaders Make #6: Faithless Frugality replacing Fearless Faith

    I know, coming from a Chinese guy this might seem like a contradiction. I have been taught about the value of every peso and I was raised frugally by parents who came from a poor background. I have seen how they work so hard to achieve financial success in the world. And now as a…

  • Mistake Leaders Make #5: Busyness instead of Visioning

    Busyness is the new spirituality – Fred Smith As I was reading chapter 5 of the book Mistakes Leaders Make (Re:Lit) by Dave Kraft, he discussed about how some leaders are good at being busy but not actually leading. In some cases with religious organization and churches, we tend to look for those who are available…

  • Mistakes Leaders Make #4: Pleasing People

    ” I don’t know what the secret to success is, but I know what the secret to failure is and that’s trying to keep everybody happy.” – Bill Cosby Don’t live your life impressing everyone or anyone, including you. We cannot please anyone. You talk about God’s love – some would agree, some won’t. You…

  • Mistakes Leaders Make #3: Pride

    Mistakes Leaders Make #3: Pride

    John Stott said that pride is the greatest enemy and humility our greatest friend. It is our greatest enemy because most of the time we can’t see our pride. That’s why we are proud because we can’t see that we have moved away from humility. I thank God for my wife who is my pride…

  • Mistakes Leaders Make #2: Comparing instead of Contentment

    Mistakes Leaders Make #2: Comparing instead of Contentment

    In my last blog I shared about mistake number one: replacing Jesus with ministry and today let me share with you the 2nd mistake most leaders commit. ALLOWING COMPARING TO REPLACE CONTENTMENT. In a world where achievements and stats are often displayed for the world to see (whether it is pinterest, instagram, church websites), most…