{"id":5578,"date":"2012-06-08T09:50:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T14:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=5578"},"modified":"2012-06-08T09:51:45","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T14:51:45","slug":"book-review-leaders-who-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=5578","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Leaders Who Last"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?attachment_id=5579\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5579\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5579\" title=\"5789_large_image\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/5789_large_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/5789_large_image.jpg 318w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/5789_large_image-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I want to last.\u00a0 I want my faith to define me and for my family to know that they are treasured.\u00a0 I want to leave a legacy that really matters for all of eternity.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/theresurgence.com\/authors\/dave-kraft\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Kraft<\/a> shares some compelling thoughts towards these ends in his book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Leaders-Who-Last-Dave-Kraft\/dp\/1433513188\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Leaders Who Last<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Tons of takeaways from this book.\u00a0 In fact, I might have saved time to just highlight the things that I didn&#8217;t want to remember!\u00a0 Most of my book is highlighted, underlined, or starred.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve listed several of the things that I highlighted below&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Christian journey is akin to a race&#8211;a marathon, not a short sprint.\u00a0 The key is not how you start the race, but how you finish it.\u00a0 Finishing well is what this book is all about.<\/li>\n<li>A Christian leader is a humble, God-dependent, team-playing, servant of God who is called by God to shepherd, develop, equip, and empower a specific group of believers to accomplish an agreed-upon vision from God.<\/li>\n<li>The leader must live in five areas: \u00a0 1. with Jesus Christ in the center as your power\u00a0 2. with Jesus Christ as you develop a purpose\u00a0 3. with Jesus Christ as you develop a passion\u00a0 4. with Jesus Christ as you set priorities\u00a0 5. with Jesus Christ as you develop pacing for how much you accomplish and how fast you do it<\/li>\n<li>As a leader, everything I am and everything I do needs to be anchored in my identity with Christ. Leadership begins and ends with a clear understanding of the gospel and being rooted in the grace of Jesus Christ as a free gift.<\/li>\n<li>Great men and women of God are great because they enjoy exceptional intimacy with the Lord.\u00a0 The failure to establish intimacy imposes a limit on genuine spiritual development and effectiveness.<\/li>\n<li>Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord.\u00a0 Zechariah 4:6<\/li>\n<li>My purpose statement is to leave footprints in the hearts of God-hungry leaders who multiply.<\/li>\n<li>Once I have a clear sense of purpose flowing out of my relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, it is amazing how instrumental this purpose is in managing the day-to-day details of my life&#8211;the decisions I make, the people I spend time with, and the books I read.<\/li>\n<li>Passion is contagious.\u00a0 Passion will have more of an impact than personality. There is something compelling about leaders who love what they do and do what they love.<\/li>\n<li>Passion is a God thing, not a personality thing.<\/li>\n<li>Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.\u00a0 Proverbs 13:20<\/li>\n<li>Bring on the fire that consumes, burns away the dross, and gives light and life to a dying world.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Opportunity doesn&#8217;t equal obligation.&#8221; Andy Stanley<\/li>\n<li>Decide what is truly important in life and what isn&#8217;t.\u00a0 Then, discipline yourself to focus on what is important.<\/li>\n<li>Taking time to prayerfully prioritize exponentially increases your chances of reaching a desired end.<\/li>\n<li>You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest.\u00a0 Every moment, you know where I am. Psalm 139:3<\/li>\n<li>My call was and remains today a deep stake in my life, a watershed point in my journey.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The dysfunctions of many leaders are rooted in a common reality: Their capacities have been extensively trained while their character has been merely presumed.&#8221; Bill Thrall<\/li>\n<li>Who you are will take you much further than what you can do.<\/li>\n<li>Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice.\u00a0 Ecclesiastes 4:13<\/li>\n<li>I want my mind and spirit to be fertile ground into which worthwhile seeds can fall and grow.<\/li>\n<li>One of the main contributors to my growth is my commitment and determination to dip my bucket deeply and regularly into the well of new and fresh thinking.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.&#8221; Kenneth Blanchard<\/li>\n<li>Followers don&#8217;t do what leaders say as much as they do what leaders do.\u00a0 Modeling has much to do with Christlikeness&#8211;authenticity, genuineness, and the fruit of the Spirit.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The leader needs a circle of associates who are willing to be both supportive and critical.\u00a0 Pity the leader who is caught between unloving critics and uncritical lovers.&#8221; John Gardner<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.&#8221; Ralph Nader<\/li>\n<li>Bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it yourself alone. Numbers 11:17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to last.\u00a0 I want my faith to define me and for my family to know that they are treasured.\u00a0 I want to leave a legacy that really matters for all of eternity.\u00a0 Dave Kraft shares some compelling thoughts towards these ends in his book, Leaders Who Last.\u00a0 Tons of takeaways from this book.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14,12,16,23,28,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study","category-book-review","category-emma","category-family","category-generosity","category-integrity","category-leadership"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}