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The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.

Bill Hybels

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Bill Hybels
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 12
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Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Leadership
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