Laurie Beth Jones Quotes

• Belief in oneself is a crucial quality of leadership, because 'a house divided against itself cannot stand.' A leader who fluctuates back and forth sends a very wavery signal. Like the soprano who can shatter glass by finding that high note and holding it, a leader who can hold that high note, without wavering, can shatter walls.

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  Leadership, Wall, Glasses

  Laurie Beth Jones (1995). “Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership”, Hyperion Books

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• Jesus regularly visualized the success of his efforts ... 'I always do what pleases God.' ... Was this conceit? Or was it enlightened creativity and self-knowledge? ...Jesus was full of self-knowledge and self-love. His 'I am' statements were what he became.

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  Jesus, Creativity, Self

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• A purpose statement is, in essence, a written-down reason for being. Jesus' mission helped him decide how to act, what to do, and even what to say when challenging situations arose. Clarity is power: Once you are clear about what you were put here to do then 'jobs' become only a means toward accomplishing your mission, not an end in themselves.

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  Jesus, Jobs, Mean

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• Forgetting your mission leads, inevitably, to getting tangled up in details-details that can take you completely off your path.

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  Tangled, Details, Path

  Laurie Beth Jones (1998). “The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and for Life”, Hyperion

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• Nobody wins until we all do.

  Laurie Beth Jones

  Winning

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• Leaders identify, articulate, and summarize concepts that motivate others. Most important, they boil concepts down to an understandable idea.

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  Leadership, Ideas, Important

  Laurie Beth Jones (1995). “Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership”, Hyperion Books

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• To have no vision of your own means living the vision of someone else.

  Laurie Beth Jones

  Mean, Vision

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• A good leader has a plan that consists of changing simple pictures. Just because a group of people has a bunch of boards, hammers, and nails does not mean that they are building a house or even anything recognizable. Sometimes leaders think they are doing their job just because there is a lot of hammering going on. As a society we like the sound of hammering, but we are uncomfortable with the sound of thinking, which is silence.

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  Leadership, Jobs, Mean

  Laurie Beth Jones (1995). “Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership”, Hyperion Books

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• Perhaps the true mark of a leader is that she or he is willing to stand alone.

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  Leadership, Stand Alone, Mark

  Laurie Beth Jones (1995). “Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership”, Hyperion Books

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• Sometimes facing opportunity is like staring at the knees of a giraffe.

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  Opportunity, Knees, Sometimes

  Laurie Beth Jones (1998). “Grow Something Besides Old: Seeds for a Joyful Life”

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• It takes people some time to appreciate that their greater resources are often the people they know.

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  People, Appreciate, Resources

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• A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but studies them. Indeed, he or she is often in them, working to make change happen.

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  Wise, Doe, Study

  Laurie Beth Jones (2011). “Jesus in Blue Jeans: A Practical Guide to Everyday Spirituality”, p.66, Hachette UK

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• If someone was to tally the number of human hours wasted in business by people trying to accomplish objectives without being given the authority to do so, we would all be appalled.

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  Numbers, People, Trying

  Laurie Beth Jones (1995). “Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership”, Hyperion Books

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• Inertia, when first encountered, appears to be an immovable force. We are creatures who like comfort, patterns, and repetition... Yet change is life's only constant.

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  Comfort, Patterns, Firsts

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• As a leader, it is vitally important that you keep in touch with your boss on a regular, sacrosanct basis. Chances are your boss can provide an aerial view that will make your path more clear.

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  Views, Leader, Boss

  Laurie Beth Jones (1995). “Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership”, Hyperion Books

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• My father was always there for me when I lost. But, then, I never really lost when my father was there.

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  Father, Lost, Always There For Me

  Laurie Beth Jones (1998). “Grow Something Besides Old: Seeds for a Joyful Life”

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• If you believe you have a just cause, an important message, or a key contribution to make, you will be just as innovative as a college freshman desperate to see his girlfriend six hundred miles away. You will get there any way you can.

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  Girlfriend, Believe, College

  Laurie Beth Jones (1995). “Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership”, Hyperion Books

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• People who succeed speak well of themselves to themselves.

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  People, Succeed, Speak

  Laurie Beth Jones (1995). “Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership”, Hyperion Books

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• I have been challenged by the concept of meditation ... I decided recently to accept the invitation of a friend to experience the sheer silence of meditation-undirected prayer. ... I had before only sensed intellectually ... But by going deep into prayer I could almost feel it.

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  Prayer, Silence, Meditation

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• Know more about the situation you're facing than a reporter who is writing a major article would.

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  Writing, Situation, Articles

  Laurie Beth Jones (1998). “The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and for Life”, Hyperion

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• Ken & Mark weave a simple, compelling tale that contains profound truths. If only we all knew The Secret.

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  Simple, Profound, Secret

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