“The Cost and Expectation of Leadership Leviticus 7:33–35 Aaron, like many leaders throughout history, received a divine calling. God chose Aaron and his sons to serve as Israel’s priests and charged them with carrying out rituals and sacrifices on behalf of all Israelites. Scripture gives meticulous detail to their ordination and calling. Their conduct was to be beyond reproach—and God made it crystal clear that failure to uphold His established guidelines would result in death. Numerous accounts in the Book of Leviticus demonstrate the high cost and expectation that goes with a holy calling to leadership positions. As the high priest, Aaron was the only one authorized to enter the Most Holy Place and appear before the very presence of God. The Lord set Aaron apart for his holy work. Despite his high calling, Aaron struggled with his authority and later caved in to the depraved wishes of the people. He failed at a crucial juncture and led Israel in a pagan worship service, an abomination that led to the deaths of many Israelites. Aaron had been set apart for God’s service, but he chose to live and lead otherwise. The failure of a leader usually results in consequences far more grave than the fall of a non-leader. On the day Aaron failed, “about three thousand men of the people fell [died]” (Ex. 32:28). When leaders fail, followers pay the price.”

“Leadership is more than management. Leadership is: • People more than projects • Movement more than maintenance • Art more than science • Intuition more than formula • Vision more than procedure • Risk more than caution • Action more than reaction • Relationships more than rules • Who you are more than what you do If you want to influence others, then you must learn to lead.”

“An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an invasion of ideas.”

“If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.”

“People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem. To reach your potential, you must continually improve yourself, and you can’t do that if you don’t take responsibility for your actions and learn from your mistakes.”

“It doesn’t matter what job you do or what position you obtain; you will have limits. That’s just the way life is.

“«No es la posición lo que hace al líder, sino el líder quien establece la posición».”

“Life consists of what a man is thinking about all day.”

“If you talk to a man in the language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”

“The emotion you continually feed is the one that will dominate your life.”

“To reach your potential you must grow. And to grow, you must be highly intentional about it.”

“If you want people to remember what you say, you need to say the right thing at the right moment in the right way!”

“People can be in the same place sharing the same experience at the same time, but they can walk away from it having seen very different things.”

“People need your influence, but it will not come through ‘lip syncing’ those you admire.”

“Keep your thinking right and your business will be right. Zig Ziglar”