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The Ethier Stream (without imported items) http://dethier.soup.io/ The Ethier Stream (without imported items) http://dethier.soup.io/ http://asset.soup.io/asset/0602/3600_8c9e.jpeg 813 768 Threads from my online presence, noteworthy stuff read around the internets and worthwhile quotes from printed stuff I read... Don't forget to check out my personal blog and my Sermons Site . I'm not going to repost their content here (unless I can figure out a way to just have the title show up)! "We live in a world full of competing lights. One reason so many people charge..." <p>"We live in a world full of competing lights. One reason so many people charge into adulthood with such clarity but end up beached far from their desired destination is that they become distracted by all the competing lights. They line up on the wrong beacon."</p><p>–Andy Stanley, "Principle of the Path"</p>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:08:37 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/31742592/We-live-in-a-world-full-ofurn:www-soup-io:1:31742592quote "What do you do when you realize a destination is out of reach? That a dream w..." <p>"What do you do when you realize a destination is out of reach? That a dream won't come true? you pray, "Not my will, but yours be done." And then you rest in the fact that you have done all you can...and all you should"</p><p>–Andy Stanley, "Principle of the Path"</p>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:04:05 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/31742317/What-do-you-do-when-you-realizeurn:www-soup-io:1:31742317quote "If David had learned anything in his years as shepherd, fugitive, and king, i..." <p>"If David had learned anything in his years as shepherd, fugitive, and king, it was this: God can be trusted but not manipulated"</p><p>–Andy Stanley, "Principle of the Path"</p>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:03:05 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/31742191/If-David-had-learned-anything-in-hisurn:www-soup-io:1:31742191quote "What often holds people back is not a lack of insight, but a lack of confiden..." <p>"What often holds people back is not a lack of insight, but a lack of confidence in their own ideas or an inability to put them into words."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:01:36 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30531115/What-often-holds-people-back-is-noturn:www-soup-io:1:30531115quote "Expressing acceptance and belief in a person often brings about faster growth..." <p>"<div>Expressing acceptance and belief in a person often brings about faster growth than pointing out what is wrong.</div>"</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:59:48 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30530983/Expressing-acceptance-and-belief-in-a-personurn:www-soup-io:1:30530983quote "Coaching is like putting a plant in a greenhouse: with the right amount of su..." <p>"Coaching is like putting a plant in a greenhouse: with the right amount of sun, heat, fertilizer and water, the plant will grow much larger than it will out in the cold."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:58:34 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30530873/Coaching-is-like-putting-a-plant-inurn:www-soup-io:1:30530873quote "God initiates change" <p>"God initiates change"</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:56:47 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30530783/God-initiates-changeurn:www-soup-io:1:30530783quote "Coaches don't direct their clients. Instead, they help clients succeed at dir..." <p>"Coaches don't direct their clients. Instead, they help clients succeed at directing themselves."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:56:26 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30530772/Coaches-dont-direct-their-clients-Instead-theyurn:www-soup-io:1:30530772quote "There is arrogance in diagnosing a problem a person has lived with for 10 yea..." <p>"There is arrogance in diagnosing a problem a person has lived with for 10 years in two minutes"</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:55:48 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30530689/There-is-arrogance-in-diagnosing-a-problemurn:www-soup-io:1:30530689quote "While a goal is something you set out to accomplish, a value describes who yo..." <p>"While a goal is something you set out to accomplish, a value describes who you already are. Values are part of our being."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:54:13 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30530583/While-a-goal-is-something-you-seturn:www-soup-io:1:30530583quote "Solving people's problems for them creates dependence, not empowerment." <p>"Solving people's problems for them creates dependence, not empowerment."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:53:38 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30530545/Solving-peoples-problems-for-them-creates-dependenceurn:www-soup-io:1:30530545quote "In order to grow as a leader, a person must gradually increase in ability to ..." <p>"In order to grow as a leader, a person must gradually increase in ability to take initiative and bear responsibility."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:48:58 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30530147/In-order-to-grow-as-a-leaderurn:www-soup-io:1:30530147quote "...ministry flows out of being. What it means is, our contribution to the Kin..." <p>"...ministry flows out of being. What it means is, our contribution to the Kingdom comes from our being, not our doing. Who you are is what you have to give. If you want to change what people do, change who they are."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:48:17 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30530116/ministry-flows-out-of-being-What-iturn:www-soup-io:1:30530116quote "Transformational coaching is taking the long view in working with people." <p>"Transformational coaching is taking the long view in working with people."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:47:16 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30530012/Transformational-coaching-is-taking-the-long-viewurn:www-soup-io:1:30530012quote "God is more interested in who you are becoming than in what you are doing" <p>"God is more interested in who you are becoming than in what you are doing"</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:46:40 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30530000/God-is-more-interested-in-who-youurn:www-soup-io:1:30530000quote "The three most crucial disciplines of believing in people are: listening, ask..." <p>"The three most crucial disciplines of believing in people are: listening, asking questions, and keeping the client responsible."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:45:52 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30529961/The-three-most-crucial-disciplines-of-believingurn:www-soup-io:1:30529961quote "Faith operates in coaching...(with one interesting twist): if I have the fait..." <p>"Faith operates in coaching...(with one interesting twist): if I have the faith to coach a person, I believe that I can <i>take my hands off</i> that individual's life and God will step in and do something incredible."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:45:06 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30529890/Faith-operates-in-coaching-with-one-interestingurn:www-soup-io:1:30529890quote "People do not truly feel believed in until they are truly known." <p>"People do not truly feel believed in until they are truly known."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:43:52 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30529816/People-do-not-truly-feel-believed-inurn:www-soup-io:1:30529816quote "The key to the heart of coaching is learning to see people as God sees them. ..." <p>"The key to the heart of coaching is learning to see people as God sees them. As coaches, we consciously choose to interact with our clients in terms of their destiny, not their problems"</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:43:29 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30529784/The-key-to-the-heart-of-coachingurn:www-soup-io:1:30529784quote "Even when your life was a mess, God never lost sight of your destiny - the go..." <p>"Even when your life was a mess, God never lost sight of your destiny - the good works He had created you for."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:42:43 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30529714/Even-when-your-life-was-a-messurn:www-soup-io:1:30529714quote "True listening comes from caring about what another person says" <p>"True listening comes from caring about what another person says"</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:42:09 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30529642/True-listening-comes-from-caring-about-whaturn:www-soup-io:1:30529642quote "Great listening technique doesn't equal great listening" <p>"Great listening technique doesn't equal great listening"</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:41:39 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/30529604/Great-listening-technique-doesnt-equal-great-listeningurn:www-soup-io:1:30529604quote "Coach training is all about upgrading your conversational and relational skills." <p>"Coach training is all about upgrading your conversational and relational skills."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:36:37 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29203003/Coach-training-is-all-about-upgrading-yoururn:www-soup-io:1:29203003quote "Coaching keeps responsibility with the client, because taking responsibility ..." <p>"Coaching keeps responsibility with the client, because taking responsibility for your own situation is one of the surest ways to foster lasting behavioral change and increased leadership ability."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:36:08 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29202966/Coaching-keeps-responsibility-with-the-client-becauseurn:www-soup-io:1:29202966quote "Coaching... is more interested in building capable, responsible adults than i..." <p>"Coaching... is more interested in building capable, responsible adults than in feeding people solutions to immediate problems. Coaching is about teaching people to fish instead of just giving them a meal."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:35:22 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29202906/Coaching-is-more-interested-in-building-capableurn:www-soup-io:1:29202906quote "We learn and grow much faster with relational support than we do alone." <p>"We learn and grow much faster with relational support than we do alone."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:34:32 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29202803/We-learn-and-grow-much-faster-withurn:www-soup-io:1:29202803quote "Coaching is extremely effective at transforming people, because you are alway..." <p>"Coaching is extremely effective at transforming people, because you are always working at the point where your clients are most teachable: the place where they want to change."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:34:05 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29202734/Coaching-is-extremely-effective-at-transforming-peopleurn:www-soup-io:1:29202734quote "Transformation is experiential and relational" <p>"Transformation is experiential and relational"</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:33:21 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29202669/Transformation-is-experiential-and-relationalurn:www-soup-io:1:29202669quote "Fulfilling your destiny is only possible in community." <p>"Fulfilling your destiny is only possible in community."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:20:53 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29201688/Fulfilling-your-destiny-is-only-possible-inurn:www-soup-io:1:29201688quote "Coaching is a relationship" <p>"Coaching is a relationship"</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:20:30 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29201629/Coaching-is-a-relationshipurn:www-soup-io:1:29201629quote "You are not responsible for the client's outcome [on coaching]." <p>"You are not responsible for the client's outcome [on coaching]."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:20:13 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29201620/You-are-not-responsible-for-the-clientsurn:www-soup-io:1:29201620quote "Coaching works through influence, not authority." <p>"Coaching works through influence, not authority."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:19:35 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29201562/Coaching-works-through-influence-not-authorityurn:www-soup-io:1:29201562quote "The Coaching Paradigm: The best way to help you change is to create a structu..." <p>"The Coaching Paradigm: The best way to help you change is to create a structured, supportive relationship that helps you take responsibility for your life and make the changes you want to make."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:18:59 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29201529/The-Coaching-Paradigm-The-best-way-tourn:www-soup-io:1:29201529quote "Change is more a function of motivation than information" <p>"Change is more a function of motivation than information"</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:04:50 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29200137/Change-is-more-a-function-of-motivationurn:www-soup-io:1:29200137quote "Being motivated to make a change is more important than knowing what change t..." <p>"Being motivated to make a change is more important than knowing what change to make."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:01:11 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29199712/Being-motivated-to-make-a-change-isurn:www-soup-io:1:29199712quote "...coaches give very little advice and make few suggestions." <p>"...coaches give very little advice and make few suggestions."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:00:40 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29199664/coaches-give-very-little-advice-and-makeurn:www-soup-io:1:29199664quote "Don't set any goals you aren't going to meet." <p>"Don't set any goals you aren't going to meet."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:00:09 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29199622/Dont-set-any-goals-you-arent-goingurn:www-soup-io:1:29199622quote "In a coaching relationship, we're not meeting just to talk; we have an agenda..." <p>"In a coaching relationship, we're not meeting just to talk; we have an agenda, clear expectations and concrete goals we're shooting for."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:59:38 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29199577/In-a-coaching-relationship-were-not-meetingurn:www-soup-io:1:29199577quote "Coaching is about focusing forward, not about fixing the past." <p>"Coaching is about focusing forward, not about fixing the past."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:59:01 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29199540/Coaching-is-about-focusing-forward-not-abouturn:www-soup-io:1:29199540quote "Coaching is a support structure for change." <p>"Coaching is a support structure for change."</p><p>–Tony Stoltzfus in "Leadership Coaching"</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:58:25 GMThttp://dethier.soup.io/post/29199478/Coaching-is-a-support-structure-for-changeurn:www-soup-io:1:29199478quote