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19.08.2014 Opinion

Good Habits Every Leader Should Develop

By Daily Guide
Good Habits Every Leader Should Develop
19.08.2014 LISTEN

1. Read your Bible everyday of your life. In the day of crisis it is that Bible reading that may save you.

2. Have a personal quiet time with God every day. Let NBNB (No Bible, No Breakfast) be a principle that you adopt.

3. Pray for a minimum of one hour everyday of your life. Develop the habit of praying before you eat. Have at least one long prayer time at least once a week.

4. Constantly have a book that you are reading. As soon as you finish one book, immediately begin reading another. This is a very good habit that will unconsciously increase your knowledge and learning.

5. Do a lengthy fast at the beginning of the year to commit the rest of the year into God's hands.

6. Chat with your wife every day. I have discovered that a woman's greatest need is to be talked to, even if it is about 'nothing'. Women are born with a gift of talking. One of their gifts is chatting. Fifteen minutes of chatting would do every woman a lot of good.

7. Play and talk with your children. If you spend half as much money on your children and twice as much time with them, they are likely to turn out better.

8. Have sex regularly with your spouse. You can do this at least every other day or as your strength permits.

9. Rest once a week. I rest on Mondays. I have learned that it is an important day for me. I have discovered that the work never ends.

10. Witness to every unbeliever you meet. Do this, whether you have prayed or not. Do not let an unbeliever get away from your presence without hearing the gospel. This habit will lead to many people being saved without your ever planning a salvation crusade. 11. Do not borrow money. Some people have the habit of borrowing money every time they are in need. You must develop the habit of not borrowing money.

12. Set aside some time to specially wait on God every few months. Whenever I do this, I go away for a few days and spend time with the Lord. This is one of the great secrets of my life.

13. Save a little money every month.
14. Develop the habit of not watching much television. Television takes up the time that would have been spent reading, praying, having a quiet time, talking with God, or chatting with your wife or children. Television can be a bad influence. People get ideas of divorce and other evils from watching television.

15. Pay your tithes every month. Let the first ten per cent of your income be assigned to God.

Do you consider yourself to be a leader? What good habits do you have? Develop a life filled with many good habits. Don't forget that every successful leader has some secret good habits that make him/her lead successfully.

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By Dag Heward-Mills

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