Hugh Ballou on June 10th, 2010

Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.
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Hugh Ballou on June 9th, 2010

Thinking small, isn’t hard. It’s just a habit. A habit with consequences.
Same for thinking big.

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Hugh Ballou on June 8th, 2010

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.

Orville Wright

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Hugh Ballou on June 8th, 2010

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”

- Pablo Picasso

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Hugh Ballou on May 12th, 2010

Be at the top of your class

Are you the 3%? Only three percent of the population will actually follow through with an idea and implement it. Yes, that’s the sad truth. Many, many people have great ideas, if fact there is an abundance of great ideas. There are, however, very few people to see those ideas through to success.

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Hugh Ballou on May 11th, 2010

Do you want to be famous? For what?

Thomas Edison was the most prolific inventor in history. His style of leadership was to work all the time. Edison was known for not sleeping. Yes, that’s true. He basically never slept. He would only take short naps and get right back to work.

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Hugh Ballou on May 10th, 2010

There is a wonderful framing of true leadership skills in the blog post at The Practice of Leadership titled Are You a Leader or Just a Boss? (http://dld.bz/cPbx). Here’s a quote from the post: Just having a title does not make you a leader, leaderships is about influence. Title only buys you time to exercise true leadership, and in this time your leadership either increases or diminishes and eventually fails. There is a huge difference between being a boss and being a leader…

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Hugh Ballou on May 8th, 2010

Authenticity is Great Leadership

As I interviewed Jim Hart for the May 10, 2010 edition of Monday Morning Email (http://dld.bz/cNKu) I really resonated with his perspective on leadership in the church. This newsletter is for those who plan and lead worship ministries. Jim served the church for many years and now is President of the Webber Institute for Worship Studies in Florida. One comment jumped out at me that supports a major principle of Transformational Leadership – Authenticity.

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Hugh Ballou on April 20th, 2010

Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.  - Abraham Lincoln

Look in the mirror. Would you be inspired by you? It has been said that we are the result of the 5 people we hang around the most. Who do you want to influence you? How do you want to influence others?

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Hugh Ballou on April 18th, 2010

You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand.  - Irene C. Kassorla

One of the most common problems I encounter when working with leaders to build results and create effective teams, is described in the statement, “My people just don’t do what I need them to do.” I suggest that this problem comes from the leader and not from the team.

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