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Leading well starts with following well, and the b

Leading well starts with following well, and the best leaders understand that following is a key part of their leadership journey.

Many young and emerging leaders today are overexposed and underdeveloped. These leaders have stopped accepting feedback, listening, learning, reading, or praying. They have forgotten that followership is a part of leadership.

We all want to make it big. To strike that record deal. To make that huge sale. To qualify for that promotion.

But if you are discovered before you are developed, things probably aren't going to go so well.

Think about it like building the second story of a house before the foundation is completed. Sure, the house might look more impressive with a second story on it, but at the first gust of wind or shake of the ground, it's going to collapse. Build the necessary foundations first, THEN add on. Don't be in such a rush to seek out recognition that you forget to develop yourself from the ground-up, and end up in a pile of rubble!

Life isn't about time-management; it's about choic

Life isn't about time-management; it's about choice management. How often are you truly ""too busy"" for something you really, really WANT to do? We can make time for anything we want - we wake up early, stay up late, or make it happen over our lunch break or weekend.

No, it's really an issue of choice management, not time management, and the difficult part is choosing wisely.

The next time you catch yourself making the excuse that you are ""too busy"" to do something, pause, and reflect. Get honest with yourself. How did you just spend the last 24 hours? Do you truly not have enough time, or do you just not want to do it?

Listen for the mic drop from today’s guest on th

Listen for the mic drop from today’s guest on the Montgomery Companies Podcast as preacher, international speaker, author, influencer, host of the Lean In leadership podcast and dad of four Chad Veach joins us for a game-changing episode on leadership, prayer, and how to steward your gifts to double your talents.

Chad is the founder and pastor of Zoe Church in Los Angeles, CA, with more than 20 years of dedicated pastoral experience, and the author of the new release – Worried About Everything, Because I Pray About Nothing. In this episode, Chad offers advice to young and emerging leaders to help them understand that leadership is really about seeing the gold in someone, when all everybody else sees is garbage. Chad walks us through why it’s critical to learn how to pray, why so many of us don’t pray, and how prayer can turn your overwhelming experience of anxiety into an overwhelming experience of peace. For our veteran leaders, Chad discusses the importance of never forgetting where you came from, and why “Better at 70” is his mantra.

Full of energy, grace, encouragement, charisma, and influence, this conversation with Chad Veach is one you won’t want to miss!

If you would like to receive a copy of Chad’s new book, Worried About Everything Because I Pray About Nothing, we are giving away the first 10 books to those that email Ashley Montgomery at ashley@montgomerycompanies.com.

The amount of time that elapsed between when God f

The amount of time that elapsed between when God first appeared to Noah and instructed him to build an ark, to the time that the ark was completed and the flood came, is a subject of debate among Biblical scholars. Some say 40 days, some say 120 days, and some say as many as 300 years elapsed before God's prophecy was fulfilled. Most agree that 120 years before the Flood, Noah specifically planted the trees he would use for wood for the Ark.

Whatever amount of time elapsed, we can guess that Noah looked crazy to everyone else, as he feverishly built a boat in the middle of dry land with not a cloud on the horizon. I can't even imagine what criticisms Noah faced from family, friends, and neighbors. But Noah had a vision in his heart, and he didn't care what everyone else thought; or at least if he did, he didn't let it stop him.

Don't be afraid of looking crazy in the pursuit of your dreams and visions. You never know to what purpose your calling will bring you.

The BEST Holiday weekend with some of our favorite

The BEST Holiday weekend with some of our favorite people! Unfortunately many of them we didn’t get pictures with! The girls are especially thankful for time with their cousin Lydia! @jennyrmontgomery @jay__montgomery @ashleyjmontgomery

@johncmaxwell teaches us that people tend to have

@johncmaxwell teaches us that people tend to have a very difficult time seeing themselves realistically, but a very easy time seeing everyone else.

We're masters at pointing out other people's blind spots, weaknesses, and strengths, but have a pretty difficult time assessing our own.

Self-awareness takes effort. It takes intentionality, energy, and work. But a self-aware leader is a leader that people want to follow, so if you want to have impact, you have to put in the time. "

In his 20 years with the Lakers, Kobe Bryant misse

In his 20 years with the Lakers, Kobe Bryant missed more shots than any other player in basketball history - a total of 14,481 missed shots, to be exact.

And yet Kobe Bryant is undoubtedly regarded as one of the best basketball players of all time, ranking third in the list of NBA all-time scoring leaders and amassing a total of 33,643 points over his career.

Now tell me, do you think Kobe would have been the great basketball player he is famous for being today if he didn't take those 50,000 or so chances?

Do you think he stood with the basketball in his hands, ready to make that game-winning shot, and thought, ""Well, I miss like 30% of the time, so I should probably not take this shot""?

Yeah, I don't think so either 😉

Winners lose more than losers lose, because winners take more chances. The more chances you take, the more you'll fail. But you'll also succeed more, too.

Don't let the fear of losing keep you from making the game-winning shot.

Keep taking chances!

You WILL be mishandled in your life. It is inevita

You WILL be mishandled in your life. It is inevitable that people will use you, and may even abuse you.

Perhaps you have heard the phrase ""your response is your responsibility."" You may not have control over how people treat you, but you absolutely have control over how you respond to them.

Will you respond with anger, resentment, bitterness, and retaliation? Or will you respond with love, compassion, grace, and mercy?

One of your greatest tests in life will be how you handle people who have mishandled you. I am not saying the decision is easy; I am simply saying it's yours to make.

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