My friend, Russ McGuire, recently had a client ask him, “How do I involve God in my business?” This is a big and important question. There is no single answer that will work for everyone and every business. If you earnestly seek to involve God in your business, it will require prayer, time in His Word, and fellowship with ...
The football game was tied with less than two minutes to go in this year’s Super Bowl when Patrick Mahomes threw a pass to Jerick McKinnon. McKinnon could have scored with the game winning touchdown, but he didn’t. Instead, McKinnon made a split-second decision to stop short of a touchdown. If he had scored the Eagles could have come ...
California’s Governor Newsom recently signed a bill that has the potential of forcing business owners, against their will, to increase their employee wages from $15 to $22 per hour! In addition, this bill will give the commission the right to speak into employee hours and working conditions, without shouldering any of the financial risk that will fall on business ...
Recently, I observed a former CEO struggle as he gave a speech to a business audience. Brad’s presentation style distracted from his message because of his dependence upon his notes. Afterwards, I sensed that Brad sincerely wanted to improve his speaking skills. Although it’s risky to offer up unsolicited advice, I offered a few tips that would enhance his ...
Terry Looper, author of Sacred Pace, shared with our Summit audience that early in his career his desire to please people caused him to sometimes make poor decisions. To make others happy, he occasionally made rash decisions that he would later regret. Eventually, he implemented a simple rule to avoid those bad decisions. He refused to decide until he ...
Many women reach a crossroads when they begin having children. The question that is often asked is whether to stay at home or continue working outside the home? Although some would disagree on both sides of the issue, neither is right or wrong. Instead, I believe God has a unique calling and purpose for each woman. The woman affirmed in ...
As a banker, I had a loan assigned to me that bank examiners had rated as a problem. Soon thereafter, my boss wanted me to loan this customer more money. When I objected, I learned that this customer was my boss’ friend and business partner. My boss had a conflict of interest. By loaning this person more money I would ...
Last month, Ryan Brandt, a waitress in Arkansas, received a tip of $4,400! The customer requested that she split the tip with the other waitress that served this group. Brandt’s manager, however, demanded that she share it with the whole staff, counter to the restaurant’s previous practices. The customer learned of the manager’s demand and asked for his tip back ...
A friend asked me to participate in an intervention years ago. We met with a Christian leader who was threatening to leave his family to run off with someone from his church. Never had I witnessed how easily evil could overtake someone who had previously taught God’s Word. I was amazed when he stated that God wanted him to leave ...
Years ago, I was involved in planning a new school. We had a meeting where our launch team was seeking wisdom from a group of experts about who should be our target customer. Unfortunately, our launch team had our own agenda that significantly differed from the experts. Our team doubted their collective wisdom because of our personal biases. Months later, ...
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