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Entrepreneur How to be a person of influence By Tom Crenshaw — | www.biblicalleadership.com | Image credit: forbes.com
“Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn’t find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy” (Daniel 6:4).
the choice to stay the course of truth or compromise that truth, what’s inside you will always be squeezed out. Let us dare to be a Daniel, never compromising, always faithful, responsible and trustworthy. If we are, we can be sure of one thing; We will always be a person of influence.
A person of integrity, like Daniel, is a person who is always faithful, responsible, and trustworthy. He is the kind of per- In the words of one of country music’s queens, Tanya Tuckson who earns the trust of others. He is a person of influence er, “It’s never too late to do the right thing now.” because people know he can be trusted. When he says he will do something, you know it will always be done. About the author The Center for Creative Research, in a significant study, “learned that one thing that sounds the death knell for those Tom Crenshaw who aspire to the top rung on the ladder is betraying trust. Tom serves as Connections Pastor of the New Monmouth Virtually anything else can be overcome over a period of Baptist Church (non denominational) where he previously time, but once trust is betrayed, moving to the top of the served as a three year interim.He has been married to Jean ladder is out of the question” (from a John Maxwell Leader- for almost 50 years, and they have four children, all of whom ship Podcast). are teachers.Tom loves perennial gardening, umpiring high school baseball, coaching baseball and football, fishing for It has been said that, “It is always easy to do right when you small mouth bass, rooting for his favorite team, the Cleveknow ahead of time what you stand for.” land Indians, and listening to ‘real’ country music, the classic kind. When you are in a pressure situation and you are faced with
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TT 143 | MAR 8th - 14th | 2022
