By Amber Van Schooneveld
Globally recognized as a leader of leaders, Craig Groeschel is the founding and senior pastor of Life.Church, a three-time Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award recipient. Craig is the host of the top-ranked “Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast” and a New York Times’ bestselling author. He has also been part of the amazing lineup of speakers at the Global Leadership Summit since 2008, and each year he inspires and challenges us deeply.
This year, Craig gave us “permission to obsess.” He challenged us to rethink our negative perception of obsession and instead harness our obsessions to lead with excellence. Here are our favorite quotes from Craig Groeschel from the 2024 Global Leadership Summit!
- “All the forces in society are conditioning you for conformity. And conformity is the quickest path to mediocrity.”
- “When you’re average, everybody’s OK with you. But the moment you start to rise, to dream, to do more, people tend to pull you down, back toward average. Average never changed the world.”
- “God didn’t create you to be average.”
- “People will cheer on your passions, but they will talk you out of your obsessions. I want to give you permission to obsess. Granted: you have permission to obsess.”
- “Press hard into your passion. I invite you, encourage, you, inspire you to obsess about what you were created to do.”
- “If you don’t obsess about something, you’ll never be great at anything.”
- “Where has God given you a little extra? What do you love irrationally? What breaks your heart? What drives you crazy? Makes you righteously angry?”
- “Don’t be afraid to be weird. Last I checked, normal wasn’t working.”
- “Normal is broken. Normal is miserable. Normal is grumpy. Normal is a bad attitude. Normal’s a critical spirit from the guys sitting on the sidelines that don’t know how to play the game. Normal is quiet quitting. Normal is prolific excuses. And that’s why I give you permission to obsess. Refuse to be normal because there is more inside of you.”
- “Strategically obsessed leaders focus relentlessly. Most leaders don’t.”
- “Busy creates the illusion of importance.”
- “Busy leaders don’t change the world. Focused leaders do.”
- “The greatest barrier to productive leadership isn’t a lack of commitment, but overcommitment.”
- “As a leader, our goal is never activity but only productivity.”
- “One of the most spiritual things you can do is say no because the most successful leaders don’t grow with their yeses, they grow with their nos.”
- “Obsess about caring for your people.”
- “You can’t lead people if you don’t love people.”
- “Appreciate people more than you think you should. Then double it. Do it more than feels natural to you.”
- “Some leaders make you think they’re good. A great leader helps you know that you are important.”
- “Apathy makes excuses. Obsession finds a way.”
- “Greatness isn’t found in the middle. It’s born in the extremes.”
We hope these quotes have given you the courage to focus relentlessly on the areas where God has given you a little extra. Still hungry for more Craig Groeschel quotes? Check out some of our favorite Craig Groeschel quotes from 2021.
As powerful as these quotes are, there’s nothing like the challenge and inspiration of hearing Craig speak live. Join us live for the Global Leadership Summit in August to hear directly from Craig, along with a lineup of other world-class leadership experts!
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