Patience is better than power

Don’t strive to achieve power and status and influence. There’s nothing wrong with those things, but those things alone won’t help you make better decisions.

Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to conquer a city.  (Proverbs 16:32)

Earlier this week I was sharing a little bit about what it’s like being an author and all the background complexities involved in it. I certainly don’t want anyone to think that I’ve mastered all there is to know about writing or publishing, because …