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You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information.

Andy Stanley

Complexity is the enemy of clarity
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Clarity Complexity Enemy
I believe one of the best preparations for marriage is participating in a small group. If a person has learned to be intimate and honest with a few friends before they get married, they will have less reason to fear intimacy after they are married.
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Believe Group Preparation
Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.
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Accomplishment Greatness Rise Yourself
When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near.
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Dreams End Excess Memories
People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don’t plan not to.
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Deep Live Mess People Planning
Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.
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Alone Application Holy Knowledge
Every story of change there is always someone who didn’t have the resources or the network they needed and did something anyway.
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Christian Church Leadership
The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you
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Conscious Criticism God Work Yourself
If you see your brother in need, it doesn’t matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother’s unexpected need.
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Brother Expectation God Ideas Need Open
Any fear associated with giving to God’s kingdom is irrational. It’s on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields.
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Farmer Fear God Himself Irrational Lose
If there is a perceived difference between what you expect from others and what you expect from yourself, it will eventually erode your influence.
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Christian God Religious
It’s better to make a difference than to make a point.
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Better Difference Existence Point
In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.
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Forgiveness Gift Hurt Myself Shadow Soul
You can’t lead without taking risk.
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Opportunity Risk Take
Where there is no uncertainty, there is no longer the need for leadership. The greater the uncertainty, the greater the need for leadership. Your capacity as a leader will be determined by how well you learn to deal with uncertainty.
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Determined Leader Need
Progress requires change.
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Change One Liner Progress

You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information.

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You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information.

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