Reversal No. 2: From Charisma to Weakness and Limits

About this episode

Pete Scazzero discusses his journey from leading with charisma to embracing his weaknesses and limits after a painful church split.

Pre-Order Pete Scazzero's forthcoming book, Emotionally Healthy Success at www.emotionallyhealthy.org/success For most of my early ministry, I led from my gifts. Teaching, vision-casting, faith, I had those in abundance, and little else. So I built my leadership on them, hid my weaknesses, and made sure no one saw me struggle. Then a painful church split exposed the whole thing. I spiraled into a two-year depression before I hit rock bottom, and found Jesus waiting for me there. In this episo...

People in this episode

Host: Pete Scazzero

Topics covered

• leadership
• spiritual growth
• personal weakness
• faith
• mental health

Keywords

• leadership
• charisma
• weakness
• depression
• faith

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: emotionallyhealthy.org

Products: Emotionally Healthy Success

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