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Sometimes, as a leader, I need a reminder

Ron Edmondson

Sometimes I spend time thinking about the sports drink waiting for me when I get home. Sometimes we can get so caught up in the stress of leadership we forget – I chose to be a leader. The post Sometimes, as a leader, I need a reminder appeared first on Ron Edmondson. I check my calories burned. I do it for exercise.

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7 Suggestions for Planting a Church or Revitalizing in a New Community

Ron Edmondson

Sunday sports events. And, if you really want to show you love the community — support the sports teams they support. Protect your family – Just as church plants are stressful on the planter, they are equally challenging for the planter’s family. Major festivals. Community traditions. It just is. Prepare for the journey.

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7 Suggestions for Planting a Church or Revitalizing in a New Community

Ron Edmondson

Sunday sports events. And, if you really want to show you love the community support the sports teams they support. Protect your family – Just as church plants are stressful on the planter, they are equally challenging for the planter’s family. Learn the competition – Before you get too excited – it’s not other churches.

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That Inner Nervous Energy…Some of Us Thrive On It

Ron Edmondson

Well here’s the reality… Some of us…as awkward, difficult, stressful, and even painful as it can be… Live for that emotion… You’ll find it in entrepreneurs… You’ll find it in church planters… You’ll find it among risk-takers… You’ll find it in extreme sports enthusiasts… (..)

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Olive Tree Parenting – Growing Children of Character

Ron Edmondson

It’s great to teach our children how to play sports or to do well in school, and I think we should, but our greatest goal should be to help them be people who aspire to have good character – specifically the character of Christ. Children can’t take the pressure and stress of life that an adult has to handle. Have fun parenting.

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The Power of Tenacity By Samuel R. Chand

Ron Edmondson

We can receive some encouragement by looking at the world of sports. Sports doctors have analyzed the tenacity of the best marathon runners. Dr. Jeroen Swart, who works for the Sports Science Institute of South Africa, concluded, “Some think elite athletes have an easy time of it,” but that’s a wrong assumption.

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How Women at the Top Can Renew Their Mental Energy

Harvard Business Review

This is especially true if your team is characterized by what Harvard Business School’s Amy Edmondson calls psychological safety ; that is, the sense that your teammates are on your side, and that it’s safe to make mistakes or say something stupid within the group. Second, make your own particular passions known.

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