I conducted a keynote address at a Nebraska conference yesterday on leadership, managing people, and being an effective role model.  The key to winning respect and being a person of influence is not so much in what you say as in what you do. I read “Sermons We See,” and the audience loved it as it illustrates the importance of practicing what you preach:

Sermons We See

I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day,
I’d rather one should walk with me than merely show the way.
The eye’s a better pupil and more willing than the ear;
Fine counsel is confusing, but example’s always clear;
And the best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds,
For to see the good in action is what everybody needs.
I can soon learn how to do it if you’ll let me see it done.
I can watch your hands in action, but your tongue too fast may run.
And the lectures you deliver may be very wise and true;
But I’d rather get my lesson by observing what you do.
For I may misunderstand you and the high advice you give,
But there’s no misunderstanding how you act and how you live.
~ Edgar A. Guest
The Light of Faith

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