Combustible Passion

• When people are passionate about what they do, they are far more effective at what they do.
• People come to church to follow Jesus, and get stuck with you (the pastor)!
• It is vital that when people follow you as the pastor, they do not hear a new sound, a different message than the one they heard that caused them to follow Jesus.
• You cannot be a “me too” leader and impassion people.  You have to be authentic… you have to be yourself, not someone else.
• It is amazing how many leaders think success is just maintaining.
• People follow people that move, not those who are standing still.
• As leaders, we need to do a quality check to make sure that the passion exists from the top down to the bottom.
• If you do something that is from your heart, that gets you out of bed in the morning, everything that comes short, God will make up the difference.
• People need to sense the passion that you have as a leader every day.
• Passion is more than emotionalism.  Passion is the fuel that makes the engine go.
• 2 categories of leaders:
  • Builders – leaders that will build out of nothing.  They are better at building than maintaining.
  • Bankers – These people can manage.  They can maintain the builders vision.
• Both types of leaders are needed.  You need to surround yourself with those that are not like you.
• You do not want people that are just like you, you need people who are good at what you are not good at.
• Good teams complete you, they do not compete with you.  They add to you as a leader.