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This book contains 100 different lessons for

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challenge you as a leader to live and lead with greater intentionality and purpose.!
Brian Howard!

100 PRINCIPLES FOR LEADERSHIP

Table of Contents
Priorities

Pages 4-9!

Family!

Pages 10-13!

Spirituality

Pages 14-17!

Productivity

Pages 18-21!

Leadership Development

Stang

Pages 33-38!

Final Words

Pages 26-32!

Wisdom

Pages 22-25! !

Page 39!

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PRIORITIES
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Carve out time annually in the last

two weeks of each year to reflect
on the past year and plan for the
year ahead.

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Review your goals a minimum of

weekly in order to stay on track.

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Without rest, burnout is

inevitable. Without rest,
collapse is certain.

Spend the bulk of your time

doing things you are
uniquely gifted and called to
do.

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Print your goals and put them

where you will see them in order to
stay on track.

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Simply writing down a goal makes

it much more likely you will
accomplish it.

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Write a life plan annually for what

you want to grow in over the
coming year.

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Prioritize the daily over the

occasional.

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Time blocking is one of the

simplest and most effective tools
toward productivity.

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Free up time: quit one thing
every week.

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Use your mornings to write,
think, create vision, and work
on the organization.

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12. Always work one week ahead

with your schedule.

13.
Always leave margin in your


schedule.

14. Work on your most




important projects in the



mornings. Schedule your


people time in the afternoons.

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15. Write down your three most

important tasks for




tomorrow before you finish


work today.

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There are seldom serious
consequences to saying, No.

You dont have to do everything

yourself.

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Spend as much time as possible
in your areas of strength.

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There is no such thing as a good

leader who does not delegate.

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FAMILY
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You are by far the primary
spiritual influence in the life
of your children.

Doing something for family
worship is far better than
doing nothing.

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Your family deserves more than your leftovers. Be
present and engaged.

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When in doubt, choose your
family.

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Your long-term relationship is
far more important than this
particular issue.

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Your presence at home is
critical. You cant ever get
the time back you choose to
be away.

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Marriage is one jacked-up

person committing to love
another jacked-up person.

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Be the chief servant to your
family.

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The best thing you can do
for your kids is rigorously
pursue a good marriage.

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5 Things you absolutely

must do for a healthy marriage:

Be Pursuant. Be Present. Be Playful.

Be Pride-less. Be Prayerful.

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SPIRITUALITY
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Truly successful people know
the God of the universe.

Truly successful people
spend time with God daily.

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Read one chapter of the Bible
every day.

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Do not fear those who kill the body

but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear
him who can destroy both soul and
body in hell.

Matthew 10:28

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Take heart, because I have

overcome the world.

-Jesus

John 16:33b

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For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of
God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Romans 6:23

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Hard times must be endured

rather than escaped.

Hard times produce necessary

growth.

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Live in community and share
your burdens.

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There is no substitute for
calling out to God during
hard times.

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PRODUCTIVITY
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Dont use your email inbox as
a filing cabinet.

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Empty your email inbox as
much as possible before the
weekend.

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Create email templates for frequently asked
questions.

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43. Free up Time: Say No

more often.

44. Free up Time: Many 1 on 1

meetings work just as well as

1 on 2 or 1 on 3 meetings.

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45. Free up Time: Be proactive

rather than reactive with


your schedule.

46. Free up Time: Set your

schedule on Friday for



next week.

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Dont waste your commute. Use

this time to grow by listening to
Podcasts and Audiobooks.

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Someone is gifted in and
loves doing the admin stuff
that is drudgery for you.

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Take control of your
schedule before anyone else
can.

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Balance people time with
alone time.

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LEADERSHIP
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Time invested in future leaders
will pay off exponentially.

Leadership development
begins with a clear and
written definition of what a
leader actually looks like.

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When developing leaders focus not only on
content, but also competence and character.

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54. Annually, choose a few people and

invest in developing them as



leaders.

55. Jesus spent the bulk of his time

developing 12 menwho would


go on to change the world.

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56. It is most often much more

effective to train and care for the


leaders you already have than it is

to recruit and train new leaders.

57. Intentionally develop each person

on your team.

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You will not effectively
develop anyone without
spending time with him or her.

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Commit to the Leadership
Development Cycle.

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The most helpful, loving, and
powerful thing that I can do
for another person might be
to ask them a question rather
than give them a solution.

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Questions that stimulate
thinking will encourage a
person to look for new
ways of doing things and
will promote self-discovery.

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STAFFING
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Know yourself before you hire

someone to work with you.

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Surround yourself with
people who are strong where
you are weak.

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Three things to look for in an ideal hire:

Character, Chemistry, and Competence.

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The very best staff person might be the

one who is already on your team.

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It costs 67 times more to
acquire a new customer than
retain an existing one.

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Every person has the right to know what is
expected of him, how he will be measured, and
how he will be evaluated.

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Hire from the inside if you like

your culture.

Hire from the inside if you
need proven character and
chemistry.

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Hire from the outside if you
want to change your culture
(or a particular aspect of it).

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Hiring only from the
outside indicates a lack of
internal leadership
development.

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One of the clearest indicators of
a miserable job is a lack of clear
expectations.

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Consistently meet with each
of your direct reports.

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A leader should have no
more than 3-4 direct
reports.

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A meeting without a clear
and stated purpose is a
waste of everyones time.

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Coaching is an investment in you, your staff, and your organization.

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Coaching costs a fraction of what you would spend on a new
staff person.

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78. Doing everything yourself is not the best use of your time or

the best use of your organizations resources.

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Your second staff hire should likely be an assistant.

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80. The front end of a leader/assistant relationship takes a lot of

work. The pay off for this time commitment is well worth the

time.

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81. Hire an assistant who is willing to ask forgiveness rather than

permission.

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82. Make your expectations clear rather than assuming your

assistant can read your mind.

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WISDOM
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Deep friendships are built on
long-term presence.

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Great leaders listen more
than they talk.

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Failure is not a permanent
condition. So pick yourself
up and get going again.

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If you are unable to engage
in conflict, then you should
do something else instead
of leading.

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87

Pay your dues. Put in the

time. Take a long view:

In your work.

In your neighborhood.

In leadership.

Learn the skill of asking good

questions.

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Real life is what happens in
between big events.

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Ceremony is valuable but not
ultimate.

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What worked in my context wont

necessarily work in yours.

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Try something new for 30
days.

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Choose your college major carefully - there are many
popular majors that offer low paying jobs or no
job at all.

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Devote 4 hours weekly working on

the organization rather than in the
organization.

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Your goal as a leader is to have

the organization reflect your
strengths but not your
weaknesses.

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Be willing to continually commit to uncomfortable

conversations.

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Never initiate or respond to conflict

through email.

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Conflict avoidance is deadly
to healthy working
relationships.

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Avoiding conflict wont make
it go away.

Embrace progress over

perfection.

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