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Your Team Doesn't Fear Failure, They Fear Your Response
Season 3 Episode 8
After seven chapters on personal failure, John Maxwell finally turns the lens outward, and the implications for church leaders are significant. Becau…
10 hours ago
How to Know If Your Failure Was Worth It
Season 3 Episode 7
Not all failures are created equal. The question isn't just did it fail, it's whether it was a good miss or a bad miss. And knowing the difference mi…
1 week ago
Failure isn't the Problem. Skipping the Evaluation Is.
Season 3 Episode 6
In this episode, Jonathan Malm and Jason Young unpack Chapter 6 of How to Get a Return on Failure by John Maxwell, walking through Maxwell's practica…
2 weeks ago
Nobody Signs Up for Difficult, but It's What You Need
Season 3 Episode 5
In this episode, Jonathan Malm and Jason Young dig into Chapter 5 of How to Get a Return on Failure by John Maxwell and get surprisingly personal doi…
4 weeks ago
Building Resilience Through Failure Makes You Irreplaceable
Season 3 Episode 4
Every leader fails. The question isn't whether it'll happen. It's what you do in the moments after. Do you get bitter, or do you get better?
In this e…
1 month ago
Stop Fearing Rejection... Become Unstoppable
Season 1
Failure is hard enough on its own. But when ego gets involved, it can take a setback and turn it into a full identity crisis. This chapter is about g…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Success Can Actually Hurt Your Future
Season 3 Episode 2
We talk a lot about learning from failure. But what about success? It might be quietly doing more damage than you think.
In this episode of the Church…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Are You Planning to Fail?
Season 3 Episode 1
Every leader fails. The question isn't whether it'll happen... it's what you do with it when it does.
In this episode of the Church Staff Book Club, J…
2 months ago
Embrace Endings
Season 2 Episode 9
Most ministry leaders are great at launching new things. But what about ending them? That's where things get messy — and where so much unnecessary pa…
2 months, 1 week ago
We Don't Like to Admit We Have Power
Season 2 Episode 8
Nobody in ministry wants to talk about power. We talk about humility instead. But ignoring your power doesn't make it go away. It just makes it dange…
2 months, 2 weeks ago