Jeff Henderson quotes:
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Charitable giving in the United States has remained at 2% of GDP since 1970.
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Fundraising requires looking someone eye-to-eye and say, "Will you help me" and don't say another thing. Just listen to them.
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I truly feel that food is a celebration of life. It's the most important, most valuable gift that God gave humans.
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The church should train the Ritz Carlton on how to serve people.
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Asking for money is better over coffee than over a computer.
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Who is in your life asking you the tough questions?
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Excellence Matters. Excellent people. Excellent vision. Excellent marketing. Excellent strategies.
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Talent matters. Systems matter. Strategies matter. We can't just bring nice people together and think we're going to solve the world's problems.
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Listen more than you talk.
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Attempt something so great for God that it is doomed to fail unless God is in it, and you're in it as well.
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Excellence requires us to prepare in advance.
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Excellence is a signal to God that we are going to dig our ditches but if You don't make it rain, all of this is a waste of time.
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For profits think, "We've got to find that finest talent available, pay them what they're worth, and put them into their daily solutions. " Apply the Who to the What.
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Non-profits find the very best Who and put them on their Boards because they don't want to pay them.
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What's it like to be on the other side of me?
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The people you listen to are a preview of the future you.
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Your life moves to a better place when you move at a sustainable pace
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If we're not careful we spiritualize laziness.
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We've got to build scale. We're going to hire the best people, build the best systems, and find solutions.
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I hire talented, creative, passionate learners who have a history of turning intention into reality.
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Walk humbly but walk confidently. People want to follow confident, humble leaders.
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If you don't have an emotionally healthy staff you won't move forward as an organization.
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I love everybody but I don't have to hire everybody.
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At what point did we begin to think excellence is offensive to God?
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The solutions the non-profits are trying to provide aren't keeping pace with the problems they're trying to survive.
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Non-profit organizations think like non-profit organizations. That's the problem.
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I have to look at our staff and ask the hard question - Would I hire them again?
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I eat "NOs" for breakfast.
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I want you to be a connoisseur of great questions? Here's one - what would we do if we had no money?
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Keep your character several steps ahead of your talent
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We need ask more questions.