Entries Tagged as 'Leadership'

May 11, 2008

God Loves Speed

By Richard Gazowsky
A while ago I was in Germany speaking with the former president of General Motors. He commented to me about how the German people love speed. He said that the “last piece of freedom” in Germany was the Autobaun. His words made chill bumps run down my back. Soon my [...]

April 28, 2008

Accessing your window of opportunity

by Richard Gazowsky
I have been amazed in my life by how many leaders are totally clueless about windows of opportunity. Since I’m in the Silicon Valley area of San Francisco, I have many times had people come to me with great business ventures. But their idea is just totally out of time. [...]

April 23, 2008

Born Again: DNA and Downloading Possibilities

by Richard Gazowsky
Even though I am a 53 year old fifth generation Pentecostal preacher it wasn’t until almost a year ago that I realized I had not accessed the full power of the born again experience. If you are an intellectual theologian you should probably quit reading this right now because nothing I am [...]

April 13, 2008

Can God remove the cheater from within me?

by Richard Gazowsky
I would like to really open up my heart and talk about the subject of dishonesty. No, not just outright lying, but that little thing that I have done (and maybe some of you have done) to give us an edge on our competition. This followed me through elementary school, high [...]

April 6, 2008

When God Promotes You, He Doesn’t Promote Your Ego

By Richard Gazowsky
It’s quite interesting to see how God handles His promotion process. I was, as the British would say, “Gob-smacked”, when I discovered that as I went through the process of following God, I ran into walls of humility. The only way to get past these walls is to humble yourself, and [...]

March 21, 2008

The Correction of God; Take it Like a Cow, Eat it Like Cud.

by Richard Gazowsky
For the last year and a half, we have had thirty-five people coming to the church to work on a volunteer basis. The funding for our movie had been cut off, and I asked the Lord if I should send the people to find other jobs. The Lord made it very clear, through [...]

March 18, 2008

Dancing In the Streets of San Francisco, and it’s Not a Metaphor

by Richard Gazowsky
If God told you to get out of your car and dance in the middle of a public street, would you do it? If you would have asked me that question just a few months ago, I would not even have dignified your question with an answer but instead, I probably would [...]

March 7, 2008

Wow! I’m so great I don’t have to be under anyone’s authority; only that of Jesus!

by Richard Gazowsky
Hi, everyone. I have a tough subject for this week.
In reading the title of this blog, most of you are saying, “What are you saying, Richard? I’ve already dealt with that subject a long time ago.” I am sure this is true with 99% of you that receive this weekly [...]

February 29, 2008

How to Choose or Lose Friends: A Survival Issue

by Richard Gazowsky
A high school student considers his choice of friends a matter of life or death. But many times a mature adult makes their choice of friends so unimportant that they end up embracing friends that are totally destructive forces in their lives because they feel it is necessary to maintain their status [...]

February 23, 2008

The Hidden Cost of Promotion: A Purifying Fire

by Richard Gazowsky

To my dear friends,
There’s a hidden cost in promotion. The cost can render you either helpless, fearful, excited or full of chutzpah (a Yiddish term for shameless audacity). Most leaders that I know are seeking the high calling in Christ Jesus. Those who aren’t and love mediocrity are just background [...]