Tim Stevens famous quotes

The goal isn't innovation. The goal is effectiveness. We strive for innovation because we want to be effective.
-- Tim Stevens

#Effectiveness #Goal #Innovation

The success of a leader will rise or fall on the decisions that he or she makes about the people around him or her.
-- Tim Stevens

#Fall #People #Decision

We can't exactly figure out why, but our customers have no fears of using their checking account, while credit cards are still a problem. I'm assuming checks have been around longer, and are more trusted, while credit cards have a sort of stigma attached to them.
-- Tim Stevens

#Cards #Credit #Assuming

Do what you do because Jesus is watching, not so you'll end up on some top 100 church list or be the envy of the next pastors gathering. That stuff doesn't matter. Be innovative because you believe people matter and you want to please Jesus.
-- Tim Stevens

#Jesus #Believe #People

The effectiveness of political and religious propaganda depends upon the methods employed, not upon the doctrines taught. These doctrines may be true or false, wholesome or pernicious it makes little or no difference.

Your least frequent, most extreme exertions will have the greatest influence on your fitness. The peak moments of a workout count far more than the amount of time you spend working out. This is why a series of 40-yard sprints at full speed benefits you more than half an hour of jogging. It's also the reason why lifting a weight heavy enough to make your heart pound and your muscles burn counts more than spending hours at the gym always in your comfort zone, never truly challenging your body. When a work-out becomes an unvarying, monotonous routine, it loses its effectiveness.

Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.

If you do too much it's going to lose its effectiveness.

Practice all movements slow and fast, soft and hard; the effectiveness of Jeet Kune-Do depends on split-second timing and reflexive action, which can be achieved only through repetitious practice.

We're enamored with the concept that there's always a price. But sometimes, your goal is to build a great company, not sell it.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal

One of the goals of education should be to teach that life is precious.

An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.

In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit, a capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship, we are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.