Jeff Henderson Quotes

#1. 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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#2. Your life moves to a better place when you move at a sustainable pace

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#3. I hire talented, creative, passionate learners who have a history of turning intention into reality.

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#4. Excellence requires us to prepare in advance.

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#5. 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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#6. Keep your character several steps ahead of your talent

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#7. I have to look at our staff and ask the hard question - Would I hire them again?

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#8. If we're not careful we spiritualize laziness.

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#9. Asking for money is better over coffee than over a computer.

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#10. 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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#11. The people you listen to are a preview of the future you.

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#12. 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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#13. I eat "NOs" for breakfast.

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#14. The church should train the Ritz Carlton on how to serve people.

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#15. At what point did we begin to think excellence is offensive to God?

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#16. 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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#17. Non-profit organizations think like non-profit organizations. That's the problem.

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#18. We need ask more questions.

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#19. If you don't have an emotionally healthy staff you won't move forward as an organization.

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#20. 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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#21. Walk humbly but walk confidently. People want to follow confident, humble leaders.

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#22. What's it like to be on the other side of me?

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#23. 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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#24. 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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#25. 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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#26. Charitable giving in the United States has remained at 2% of GDP since 1970.

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#27. 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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#28. I love everybody but I don't have to hire everybody.

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#29. Who is in your life asking you the tough questions?

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