You can be a model to the masses, but to go to the higher levels of influence, you have to work with individuals.

Transmit your vision emotionally by gaining credibility, demonstrating passion, establishing relationships and communicating a felt need. Transmit it logically by confronting reality, formulating strategy, accepting responsibility, celebrating victory and learning from defeat.

There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when he on day passed away, His insurance was denied, For since he never really lived, They claimed he never really died. (Anonymous poem)

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

When the pastor and his or her church have a vision, they will put their energy, time, money, and personnel into achieving it.

Want to impress others? Talk about your successes. Want to impact others? Talk about your failures.

The younger you are, the more experimenting you should do. But once you've found what you were created to do, stick with it.