Adding Value To Others

In October of last year I attended Reverb – CATALYST 2007, a conference for business, ministry or any other kind of leaders.  There was a power house of leaders at this event.  There was my favorite, Andy Stanley, Francis Chan, Rick Warren, Erwin McManus, Mark Batterson, Reggie Joiner, David Kinnaman, Gabe Lyons, Craig Groeschel, Dave Ramsey, Richard Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.  OK, Presidents Nixon, Eisenhower and Kennedy were’nt there, but if they could have been they would have been.

There was one individual leader who was recognized by all the other leaders in attendance with a Lifetime Achievement Award and that was John C. Maxwell, a great leader and representative of Christ.  A very humble John Maxwell, with tears in his eyes and a heart very grateful for the accalades from these great leader warriors, had a few great words himself and here are my notes:

• Intentionally add value to people everyday
• The greatest sin is to put ourselves first
• We either add value to people or subtract value from people
• Value people – for REAL
• Make yourself more valuable
• Care and listen to people
• Do the things God values

WOW!  John!