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Hey Everyone!
Can you believe that it is almost Christmas?!
Here at Ignite, we can't believe that it is only 3 months left until the conference!
I hope that you have been keeping up with the blog...unfortunately, we haven't been! We will make that a new year's resolution of ours...
Anyway, today I wanted to post an article written by our very own Pastor Jonathan Meyer. These are principles that each student in the youth leadership team at Grace Church go through. It is called "5Things Leaders Never Say." Let us know what you think!

1. They didn’t get back to me.
Expecting someone to get back to you stops the action. Take the initiative and call them again, or ask again.

2. I thought someone else was taking care of that.
Excuses indicate a roadblock to ownership, responsibility and action. Always ask questions to keep things moving.

3. No one ever told me.
Let a supervisor or a manager at work hear you talk this way very often and you will have made a very clear statement about the way you work. If this is you, you operate in a tunnel, oblivious to everything that is going on around you.

4. I didn’t have time. I was too busy.
If you find yourself saying things like this, you are revealing your priorities as well as sharing with all that you have difficulty scheduling your time.

5. I didn’t think to ask about that.
An inability to see down the road may indicate that you lack the ability to take ownership or responsibility. Failure to see down the road may hinder a relationship as well. These failures may cause conflict and hurt feelings in others.