{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. 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wrong motivations–recognition, fame, money, power - stop caring about the people they are supposed to lead\n\nbored\n\nselfish\n\nright reason: “Sacrifice themselves for the good of others even when they don’t know if there will be a return on the investment”\n\n“The cost of leaders becoming leaders for themselves it is going to leave a trail of tears behind”\n\n“If it isn’t servant leadership, then it is just economics.”\n\n“The only real payoff for leadership is eternal”\n\nMistake #2: Failing to embrace vulnerability - this destroys trust\n\nthe best leaders are the ones who show their weakness\n\n“I don’t think you can be too vulnerable as a leader”\n\nthere is a difference between competence and confidence\n\nleaders want people to help them\n\n“it’s tough to be someone’s pastor and manager at the same time”\n\nMistake #3: Making leadership too important - Most of time leadership is about work\n\n“Our identity can get wrapped up in being a leader” – rather than focusing on being a child of God, a spouse, a parent\n\nat the end of our life we don’t want to be known as a great manager\n\nIt’s all about PRIDE - the antidote to pride is humility\n\nJesus introduced humility as a virtue\n\nwe have to purify our intentions and get all of the pride out of the way\n\n“Do I think my success as a leader comes from doing things well?” OR Do I think my success as a leader coms from doing what God wants me to do and ruthlessly pursuing it\n\nCategories: Leadership · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org","date_published":"2014-08-15T16:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-10-28T20:32:07.675Z","_microfeed":{"slug":"session-4-the-most-dangerous-mistakes-leaders-make-patrick-lencioni","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"web_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/session-4-the-most-dangerous-mistakes-leaders-make-patrick-lencioni/","json_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/vrCos6wg9EQ/json/","rss_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/vrCos6wg9EQ/rss/","guid":"http://stephen.braunius.org/session-4-the-most-dangerous-mistakes-leaders-make-patrick-lencioni/","status":"published","date_published_short":"Fri Aug 15 2014","date_published_ms":1408118400000}}],"_microfeed":{"publisher":{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org"},"authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"microfeed_version":"1.0.13","base_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/rss/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"3ruTYsoZVaf"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5nhVQKje4_K"}],"description_text":"Seek | Do | Share\nI have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. 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