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Have you ever looked at your week ahead and thought,
“Everything’s in place. I’ve got all the time, energy, and resources I need. This is going to be a breeze”?

No?

Yeah...me neither.

As a pastor and coach, I feel like I live most days just slightly beyond my capacity. And recently, I had a conve...

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The Tension Between Contentment and Ambition (and Why You Need Both) christian leadership contentment faith and ambition gospel-centered leadership motivation for achievers obedience and trust personal growth productivity with peace purpose-driven life spiritual discipline

Have you ever felt guilty for wanting more?

Maybe you’re the kind of person who constantly sees potential—things that could be improved, goals yet to be reached, ideas waiting to be built. You feel the pull to push harder, go bigger, stretch further.

But then you wonder: Shouldn’t I just be conten...

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3 Questions That Help Me Sleep Better and Lead Stronger coaching tools daily habits emotional health faith and focus gabe kolstad coaching high performance habits intentional living leadership growth letting go mental clarity nightly reflection personal leadership resilient leadership self awareness sleep and mindset

We’ve all had those nights — the kind where your mind won’t shut off. You lay in bed thinking about what went right, what went wrong, what you wish you would’ve said, and that random thing from 2008 that somehow popped back into your brain.

That was me last week. I had one of those days and didn’t ...

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What To Do After the Big Day

We all know what it feels like to gear up for a big day.

Maybe it was your company’s product launch.
Maybe it was a home renovation you finally finished.
Maybe, like me, it was Easter weekend—five services over two days, an incredible team, and a ton of heart and hard ...

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The Real Reason You're Stuck (And What Great Leaders Do Instead) christian leadership delegation in leadership how to empower your team how to get unstuck as a leader leadership bottlenecks leadership coaching leadership development leadership strategy session legacy leadership overcome overwhelm set up to step up seth godin linchpin team growth why leaders get stuck

The Real Reason You're Stuck (And What Great Leaders Do Instead)

by Gabe Kolstad | Leadership Coach | gabekolstad.com

Let’s get real for a moment:

You’re not stuck because you’re lazy.
You’re stuck because you’re solving the wrong problem.

Most leaders I work with aren’t struggling with apat...

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10 Last-Minute Easter Ideas That Can Still Make a Big Impact By Gabe Kolstad #churchgrowth #churchleadership #churchmarketing #creativechurch #easter2025 #easterplanning #eastersunday #leadpastorlife #ministryideas #sundaysetup

📅 Easter Sunday is coming—fast. But you’re not too late. 

Maybe you’re a pastor or church leader. Maybe you run a nonprofit or are building something that matters. Regardless of your title, this post is designed to help you leverage a big moment—even with limited time.

Here are 10 rapid-fire Easte...

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Watch Out for Drift: 5 Areas Every Leader Needs to Guard breaking growth barriers church growth strategies effective church leadership high-impact ministry leadership secrets mission alignment personal growth hacks spiritual leadership transformational leadership vision casting

 Have you ever been swimming at the beach, glanced back at the shore, and realized you’ve drifted far away from your spot? You didn’t feel it happening—you just looked up one moment and were nowhere near where you started. Leadership can be exactly like that. If we’re not intentional, we can end up ...

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5 Essentials of Effective Delegation (and Why They Matter More Than Ever) capacity churchgrowth delegation effective delegation empowerment handoff help micromanaging organization overload overworked team team building trust vision workload

Do you ever feel weighed down by a never-ending to-do list? You’ve got projects, meetings, people to lead, and goals you know God has called you to pursue. But there’s only one of you, and you need a strategy to lighten the load and develop those around you. That’s where delegation comes in.

This w...

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Beating Burnout | Enemies of Excellence #3 biblical leadership building without burnout burnout churchgrowth pacing starting over wisdom

Enemies of Excellence #3: Avoiding Burnout

We’ve been talking about the Enemies of Excellence—the pitfalls that can derail our best efforts and keep us from bringing our God-given dreams to life. In this third installment, let’s look at burnout. It often creeps in when we get so consumed with achie...

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Preventing Procrastination | Enemies of Excellence #2 action avoidance beat inaction break the cycle excellence fear impact momentum motion procrastination progress stuck taking action unstuck

Inaction—the silent killer of progress. It shows up as procrastination, blame, or simple avoidance, and if you’re like me, you’ve dealt with it more times than you’d like to admit. It’s like this: an object in motion stays in motion, and an object at rest? Well, it tends to stay at rest. And that is...

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Overcoming Perfectionism | Enemies of Excellence #1 development excellence goals help improvement motivation perfectionism personal growth progress unstuck

Perfectionism has been a relentless adversary in my life. It’s a sneaky enemy that disguises itself as a quest for excellence, but in reality, it’s a fear-driven rigidity that shackles progress. At its core, perfectionism stems from a deep-seated insecurity, leading us to hold the ideal above the re...

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One Great Trait of Fast-Growing Leaders fast growth growth mindset humility leadership growth leadership lessons leadership success personal development stuck unstuck

 Do you ever look around at some of the great leaders in the world and wonder, "How did they get to be like that?" I know I have—probably a gazillion times! There’s something captivating about watching a person operate at such a high level of effectiveness, charisma, and influence. It sparks a desir...

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