Rev. E. Anderson
TURNING DEFEAT INTO DIVIDENDS
Taken from John Maxwell – Leadership Bible
Jeremiah 20: 1-18
Every leader experiences good and bad days. Even God’s greatest leaders become discouraged.
Jeremiah 20 allows us to see into the heart of a great leader. Jeremiah complains to God in the first ten verses. He praises God for his victories in the next four verses. And in the next five verses he curses the day he was born.
The key question on your bad day is: Are you going to give up and get up? And how can you get up?
- RISE ABOVE SELF-PITY
Failure is an attitude, not just an outcome.
- THINK POSITIVELY
Success comes by going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
- LEARN FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES
Failure isn’t failure unless you learn nothing from it.
- SEEK ALTERNATIVES
All successful leaders vary their approaches.
- DEVELOP A SENSE OF HUMOUR
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people and the fastest way to get perspective.
- BE REALISTIC
The fist job of a leader is to define reality.
- ESTABLISH NEW GOALS
Failure is an opportunity to begin again, but more intelligently.
- DEVELOP A PASSION
Your own resolution to succeed counts for more than anything else.
- BROADEN YOUR BASE OF SUPPLY
No single venture should support your entire emotional life
