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Welcome, everybody, to the Global Summit 2013.
It starts with the 75,000 of us that are gathered right now.
8,000 people on the Willow campus,
then the rest in hundreds of venues all over America.
This is my first Summit. It was great, breath-taking.
I have been to the Summit 15 times. It has helped shaped who I am as a leader.
What brings me back is the hard hitting quality leadership training in a format I cannot get anywhere else.
I think one of the ways to make a group of human beings more powerful as a leader
is to constantly show them perpetual optimism.
No matter how bad things are, we are going to fix it.
Colin Powell, how he takes care of people and he cares about people
it's a lesson that goes across all types of businesses.
If our religious experience is not translating to different habits and behaviors,
then we are not leaders.
We thought innovation is about "value for money."
I say innovation is about "value for many."
I look most forward to the energy and intensity and urgency of the learning experience.
You can choose courage or you can choose comfort.
But you cannot have both.
We bring over 150 of our corporate staff to this event.
We think it is the finest leadership event in the world.
In this business, television and film, it is lots of "no's."
All I hear is "NO" - Next Opportunity. I do not let it drag me down.
When you lead like a multiplier,
people around you literally get smarter and more capable working for you.
I cannot imagine how we can be a Christ-like leader without knowing the people who work for us,
and without helping them connect to why they are serving others.
God gave us an innate desire to love others.
If we have a job that has nothing of that in it, we cannot love our work.
I am getting a lot in terms of learning how to learn continuously.
It was hearing him articulate what we are currently implementing.
The value and impact in how you get people to perform better when the culture shifts.
I remember the first time I met Pastor Bill.
He said two things to me. He said, "Study the art of listening."
And I do not remember what else he said but that first one was cool.
It was so inspiring to see somebody doing what they love and impacting so many people.
That encouraged me to continue doing what I am doing and loving every moment.
Never get caught up in the great things of leadership
if it takes you away from the God things of leadership.
So when Jesus said, "I am going to build my church." He meant it.
It is the activity of God on this planet and it has been for 2000 years.
I love coming to the Summit to learn practical leadership skills,
to connect with other leaders who are going through the same thing.
Do not be afraid. Be you. Live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
"You are my workmanship," he says.
I created you with that gift of leadership to put you right where you are.
Never do ministry alone.
To be alone is to waste an opportunity to mentor a young leader.
Do not bail on your mission.
If there is ever a time in human history that was crying out for courageous leadership, the time is now.