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Carey Nieuwhof

Carey Nieuwhof is a Canadian leadership author, speaker, podcaster, and founding pastor of Connexus Church whose work centers on leadership, change, personal growth, and sustainable productivity. He is known for the bestselling books At Your Best and Didn’t See It Coming; his leadership podcast has surpassed 37 million downloads.

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Carey Nieuwhof is a Canadian leadership writer, speaker, podcaster, former attorney, and founding pastor of Connexus Church. He has served in ministry since 1995 and led Connexus as its lead pastor until 2015, while building a parallel body of work focused on leadership, change, and personal growth. His background helps explain the range of that work: he has described growing up in a Christian home, drifting in college, recommitting to faith before law school, and later moving from legal practice into ministry. He also holds degrees in law, theology, and history, a combination that has shaped the analytical and pastoral character of his writing. ((https://connexuschurch.com/our-team/carey-nieuwhof/))

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Whether you lead 2 people or 2000, every leader has to manage it in 24 hours a day
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If you feel like you're too busy to slow down, you're simply too busy
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Action is stunning because so few people actually do it
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The gap between how quickly things change and how quickly you change is called irrelevance
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It is easier to find relief from the pace of leadership than from the weight of leadership
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Solitude is a gift from God. Isolation is a tool of the enemy
-Overcoming The New Leadership Epidemic — Isolation and Loneliness
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If you're winning at work but losing at home, you're losing
-The Affair You Are Most Likely To Have as a Christian Leader
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The mission stays the same, but the methods, by necessity, have to change
-Exactly What NOT to Say When You're Leading People Through Change

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"This is brilliantly illustrated in Carey Nieuwhof’s new book, At Your Best"

Greg McKeown

"Carey Nieuwhof is about to make a lot of workplaces and leaders healthier with the strategies in At Your Best"

Patrick Lencioni

"Carey Nieuwhof is one of my favorite people on the planet for a few reasons"

Mark Batterson

"Clear, concise, and highly practical, the strategies Carey Nieuwhof outlines will help you accomplish far more in far less time"

Nir Eyal

"Carey Nieuwhof candidly addresses seven key life challenges that every leader will face"

Craig Groeschel

"Carey Nieuwhof brilliantly points out the key areas in life and leadership that make or break you"

Jud Wilhite

"Carey Nieuwhof makes a convincing case that burnout is not an inevitable consequence of trying to accomplish big things"

Daniel H. Pink

"In Didn’t See It Coming, Carey Nieuwhof tackles seven life issues that blindside way too many leaders"

Andy Stanley

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