And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Hebrews 10:24
As my website has been down for nearly one week, click here to read the posts that I was not able to send via email. Today’s post comes from the El Nido Palawan region of the Philippines where I am enjoying rest and recreation with my wife Jenni, and two other couples: Anjji & Lyn Gabriel and Dean & Bing Ferrez.
This is the sixth in a series of posts in a book I am reading on my Philippines trip. It contains leadership insights from the most victorious team in sports history (winning percentage = 86% as of the writing of the book): The All Blacks, The New Zealand National Rugby Union Team.
“According to Walter Isaacson in his book, Steve Jobs, the Apple founder once told his team: ‘the work fifty people are doing here is going to send a ripple right through the universe.’ He later said, ‘The goal was never to beat the competition or to make a lot of money. It was to do the greatest thing possible, or even a little greater. It was the purpose, the passion, and the products that mattered and made ripples.”
Walter Isaacson as quoted by James Kerr in Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business of Life (London: Constable, 2013) 38.
As Global Trust Partners gets going, I am thankful for 50 people who are collaborating with each other to make a difference through love and good deeds. Together we are making ripples for God in the Philippines and around the world.
These 50 people are board members, regional facilitators, financial supporters, staff members, and others who are giving their lives to a shared purpose. Together, though we only number about 50, we believe we can shape the world for God.
Like Apple transformed technology, I pray we influence how ministry is administrated globally in order to restore trust for God’s glory. As a result of our efforts, we pray that more people will participate in God’s work.