If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
HENRY CLOUDIf you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
HENRY CLOUDTo grow, we need things that we do not have and cannot provide, and we need to have a source of those things who looks favorably upon us and who does things for us for our own good.
HENRY CLOUDSome goals are not going to fulfill you. Choose goals that you value and care about.
HENRY CLOUDFor someone’s character to grow, it has to be free from internal attack. Falling down never stopped children from developing. But getting yelled at, criticized, and put down can stop them for life.
HENRY CLOUDEndings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth.
HENRY CLOUDTo rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless.
HENRY CLOUDWe all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.
HENRY CLOUDI’m not an expert in the sociological realities of all the pastors in the world, but I would say that there are some very, very positive things about the state of integrity in church leaders.
HENRY CLOUDGood pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.
HENRY CLOUDDating is primarily a numbers game. People usually go through a lot of people to find good relationships. That’s just the way it is.
HENRY CLOUDWhatever’s happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don’t treat it like it’s the whole story. Keep writing the story.
HENRY CLOUDYou aren’t alive if you aren’t in need.
HENRY CLOUDThe fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
HENRY CLOUDChristianity is not about morality. It’s about reality.
HENRY CLOUDTo get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
HENRY CLOUDTrue intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree.
HENRY CLOUD