Conflict is like cancer; early detection increases the possibility of a healthy outcome.

If you focus on goals, you may hit goals - but that doesn't guarantee growth. If you focus on growth, you will grow and always hit goals.

Leadership is not a right-it is a responsibility.

People say, "John, what's your personal growth?" And ask "How do you grow?" And I tell them. I thought, "Why do I keep telling them, why don't I just write a book on what I call personal growth?" And that's what this [Today Matters] book is.

I want to always be viewed by my readers as a friend and not as an authority or an expert.

we need to make a few critical decisions in major areas of life and then manage those decisions day to day.

The only way a church is going to be relevant is to get out of its comfort zone and connect with unchurched people.