Sooner or later, every sincere Christian wrestles with the question of how you make a sound Christian decision.. We all face turning points in our lives and need to make good decisions. In this podcast, I sort it out and offer several options.
Sooner or later, every sincere Christian wrestles with the question of how you make a sound Christian decision.. We all face turning points in our lives and need to make good decisions. In this post, I sort it out and offer several options. Check out Practical Wisdom podcasts here .
As an educated and experienced practitioner in the profession of helping people change their behavior, I’ve come to the conclusion that our set of preexisting beliefs supplies the largest and most potent set of obstacles to self-improvement and the greater success and fulfillment that comes with it. Human beings naturally make observations and conclusions about our experiences as we grow up and experience life. Eventually, some of these become hardened into beliefs. These beliefs than form our b...
Too many Christian business people look outside their careers and their businesses for a place or a work that allows them to be significant. This search for something outside of themselves keeps them focused in the wrong place. The real source of significance is much closer to home. The XI Community for Christian Business People
Building a successful business requires serious focus on four fundamental components. Those include the three elements of infrastructure: Systems, people and money, and the glue that ties those three together and empowers them to reach their potential: corporate culture. Creating a positive corporate culture is a process, not an event. Here are three essential keys. Check out the XI (Excellence & Influence) On-line Community here....
Throughout the Bible, the people of God who were business people were invariably excellent at their business. Yet, much of our contemporary Christian culture expects mediocrity from Christian organizations. Should a Christian business strive for excellence, and, if so, what does that look like? The XI Community (Excellence & Influence) -- An online community promoting excellence & Influence with content and connections....
Most Christian business people are woefully ignorant of the impact their businesses can have for the Kingdom. God designed business to be a powerful force in the Kingdom. A Christian business is a powerful ministry. Let's dig into the details of this idea. The Good Book on Business The XI Community
There is a pattern for the practices and principles consistently evidenced by Biblical business leaders. Leadership in the Bible often included creating an intense business culture. The right culture binds people together, stimulates them to be the best they can be, and prods the organization to excellence. The Xi Community
Christian-owned businesses have a huge potential to impact their communities. But, ‘business as usual’ will not help you realize that potential. In order to nudge your business in the direction of becoming a Kingdom business, you’ll need to build these three practices into your business routines. Free Biblical Business Assessment. The Biblical Business Course The Good Book on Business Holy Spirit resources: https://www.bennyhinn.org/relationship-with-the-holy-spirit/ https://www.charismamag.com/...
If you want to improve the productivity of your organization, and particularly your sales team, focus first on the structure. When you change the structure, you change the behavior of the people who operate within that structure. Let me explain
In order for an individual or a society to reach its potential, it must continuously grow and develop. That requires consistent, methodical exposure to new ideas. Unfortunately, many people have arrested their development by remaining within their status quos.
It’s more and more popular to blame other people, or some ‘ism’ for your own circumstances. As long as we claim to be a victim we’ll never achieve our potential. As soon as we accept personal responsibility for our own circumstances, we gain the freedom to change them.
Whether you are a small businessperson or a professional salesperson, you can utilize a powerful strategy to take your performance to dramatically higher levels -- leverage. Leverage revolves around the idea of multiplying the effects of some effort to gain more value from it. Leverage will take you to a higher level.
Literally millions of people have been exposed to Christ through our institutional churches. The problem is that what happens there so turns them off that they are lost to Christianity for the rest of their lives. They equate church with Christianity, and find church to be disagreeable, and so reject Christ. It’s like we are vaccinating them from ever considering Christ again. A vaccination is made from dead and powerless organisms, that, when injected into our body prevent us from contacting th...
: The consequences of losing the daily battles to the “evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm” are larger than most of us consider. Let’s look at the impact of spiritual warfare on our businesses, our lives and our careers.
Western business culture is built on fundamental Biblical principles. You do not need to be a Christian to build them into your business or career and achieve greater success and influence. Let’s look at once such principle.
How do you effectively and consistently grow your business? One common mistake is to pursue a strategy I call popcorn, instead of building a solid sales system. See if this describes you.
: In recent years I’ve seen a deeper degradation in the learning potential of the work force fueled by a growing inability to concentrate. I’m afraid that much of the adult population in this country has become so conditioned to sound bites, texts and tweets that they have lost the discipline to “do the work.” Like an unused muscle, their ability to concentrate has atrophied. On the one hand, that is alarming. On the other hand, it is a tremendous opportunity for you.
Can our businesses and careers be subject to attack by the ‘spiritual forces of evil’? And, if so, what does that look like? Can some or much of the obstacles in your path be intentionally implanted by the “spiritual forces of evil”? Let’s dig into this together.
What is it that empowers some people to change smoothly and effortlessly, while getting others to modify their behavior seems like moving a mountain? What is the fundamental building block for individuals which, more than anything else, equips them to successfully implement change? It is something that is becoming increasingly rare -- a motivating sense of personal responsibility.
“How much should I expect God to do, and how much should I do?” I just fielded that question from one of my CBIG members. It wasn’t the first time I’d heard that question, and I have asked it myself dozens of times. I believe it is one of the most asked questions by Christian businesspeople. Let’s dig into it.
Every now and then, almost every professional runs into a situation where he/she is expected to do something that violates their conscience – something unethical. How do you handle that?
For much of my Christian life, I've struggled with a difficult and painful image of myself: I was a second-class Christian. No one ever said that to me in so many words, but the practices of the Christian community made it perfectly clear. Let's take a look at thst idea.
We all have a sense that things are changing rapidly these days. It is more serious than that. We have entered into the Age of Turmoil and our ability to recognize and navigate it will be the single biggest challenge for the rest of our careers. The XI Community. Learn More Here.
Many of us driven by the same motivation – to make a difference. Yet very few of us actually achieve it. Maybe something is missing.
There are, in the world of sales and sales systems, certain practices that have such an enormous impact on the company and the market that they are in a special class of activities that call for executive involvement at the highest levels. One of that handful of activities is the creation of a value-added position (VAP). It often forms the first impression the market forms of your company, and reaches internally to pressure you to be who you say you are.
Do you attempt to add Christian business principles to your career/business? That’s a great start. The next step is to move from principles to practices. Let’s look at the why and how’s of that. Partial list of Christian Business Practices The Excellence & Influence Community Learn More Here
Adhere to certain Biblical principles, whether or not you know they are Biblical, and your career will blossom, and your business will reach more of it’s potential. You don’t need to be a Bible student to discover the principles upon which you can build a successful career, you just need to study the best practices of the best in your business and the two will coincide. In this podcast, I unpack the Biblical principle of integrity. The Xi Community. Learn more here....
Every sensitive business executive faces the conflict between the betterment of the organization, and the responsibility for the care of the people. Success lies in successful navigating the intersection of those two competing responsibilities. The Xi Community Learn more here
Christians are expected to be generous to the poor and needy. But, is that responsibility to help the poor and needy confined to individuals? Does a Christian business have a responsibility to help the poor and needy, separate and apart from that of the individuals who own, run, or work in the business? The Good Book on Business. Learn More.
