In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Daniel Im is joined by Larry Osborne, teaching pastor at Northcoast church in California, and author of Lead Like a Shepherd. During their conversation, they discuss succession and looking for the fruit in raising kids instead of focusing on the watering schedule.

BEST QUOTES

“The more eclectic you can be, the more helpful you’re going to be because the people you minister to are going to be all over the map.”

“I never know where associative learning will take me.”

“All of our biggest problems in life are going to be solved by someone outside our paradigm.”

“How do we spiritually and organizationally maintain a healthy pace?”

“We believe that real church takes place in circles not in rows.”

“Retention is the greatest measure of health in any organization.”

“I don’t think a succession plan should be more than 18 months because it’s very hard to get a big L leader who will wait 3 to 5 years.”

“You need to figure out who you are and what gives you life not what gives life to someone else.”

“What I encourage people to do is not to worry about the recipe, but to worry about the fruit.”

“How much I work, when I’m home, when I’m not, everything is based on the fruit, not the watering schedule.”

“We were pretty much an open book. My wife had cancer, we had a financial meltdown due to things not in our control. Our kids knew when that happened.”

“Life is a glacier, not an avalanche.”

“Glaciers carve out Yosemites, avalanches make a big mess, knock down trees, and 10 years later you don’t even know they were there.”

“I have a bit part in God’s grand plan, but He’s not in trouble if I don’t do everything I could do.”

“My job was to do the best I could under the circumstances, not the best I could.”

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