Stead Halstead

“Death is the reward of an undisciplined life; your foolish decisions trap you in a dead end.”
― Eugene H. Peterson, The Message Devotional Bible: Featuring Notes and Reflections from Eugene H. Peterson

“The structures of the modern world implicitly promise that we can operate as leaders, even as Christian leaders, without thought or need for God. Instead of our foundation being in Christ and His kingdom’s way of influence, we rest on the cultural foundation set by the modern world of what it is to lead. We measure leadership with earthly definitions of success and power. A secular autopilot version of Christian leadership takes hold, where we lead like practical atheists, with God as an afterthought.”
― Mark Sayers, A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders

“The Protocol Principle Designing rules that optimize when and how coordination occurs in the workplace is a pain in the short term but can result in significantly more productive operation in the long term.”
― Cal Newport, A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload

“Work is not just about getting things done; it’s a collection of messy human personalities trying to figure out how to successfully collaborate.”
― Cal Newport, A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload