Generous Business Owner

Are you asking God about your big decisions in life? Are you talking to Him in both good and hard times?  In this episode, Jeff and Sam discuss:  Lessons learned from life-changing events. Pushing through and finding strength in your purpose and cause. Learning how to trust others and delegate for greater success and influence. Knowing what to invest in and what not to invest in each day.   Key Ta...

Is your quiet time each day serving you?  In this episode, Jeff and Rick discuss:  Principles of business that were learned early in Rick’s life. Staying on track with your family and spirituality amid life’s activities. Living a life of meaning. Finding a cause that guides your actions.    Key Takeaways:  Many young men, between 25 and 45, are significantly underperforming in key areas of life. B...

Is your family set up to govern well for 150 years? In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, Bill, and David discuss: Telling everyone who you are unashamedly. Business as ministry to all it touches. Knowing where you’re giving your money while keeping the most important purpose in mind - Jesus Christ. Maintaining the tree and distributing the fruit of the tree of your legacy.    Key Takeaways: Make it clear...

What is on your heart to do better? What is stopping your heart from turning fully to God? In this episode, Jeff and Kyle discuss:  Seeing the Lord’s hand at work in the twists of our lives. Creating core values that live at the heart of every action you take. Leading your business from a place of giving. Fighting against the worldly mentality of never being enough.    Key Takeaways:  There is som...

How are you stewarding the resources God has given you to help the community around you and around the world?  In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, Tom, and Chelsea discuss:  Supporting sustainable employment to create a larger impact. Deciding where to give. Passing your faith to the next generation - caught, not taught. Collaborative giving.    Key Takeaways:  Sometimes God will call you to a hard place...

What is your Kingdom assignment?  In this episode, Jeff and Matt discuss:  Giving your children a defense for their faith. The difference between being an engineer and a creative engineer. Asking God for wisdom in your field. Be a doer of God’s will.    Key Takeaways:  Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t be something - you can be whatever God has wired you to be. God can prosper you in busine...

Are you willing to ask God for the impossible? In this episode, Jeff and Bobby discuss:  Tapping into the zone with God. Running a company on Biblical principles. The impact of a leader on a business. Having patience as our prayers are answered.    Key Takeaways: When you align with God and His will, you will see miracles happen. Get your kids involved with your ministry and stewardship from the b...

How are you fostering a love for giving and generosity in your heart and home? In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Bob discuss:  The transformative power of the Bible. Transitioning business skills into managing charitable donations. Capping your EBITDA and using additional revenue for generosity. Collaborative giving for a greater impact.    Key Takeaways:  Giving generously starts with a heartfelt...

Where in your business or relationships is the risk due to a lack of communication? In this episode, Jeff and Austin discuss:  Using business to fulfill a higher purpose. Blessings and challenges of taking over a family business.  Intentionally building your family business.  Asking the questions and facilitating communication between generations.    Key Takeaways:  Start with something small and...

What are some ways you can build the Kingdom through your business right at home?  In this episode, Jeff and Jarrod discuss:  Boldly and unashamedly preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. Freedom through obedience. Business to support the ministry. Take care of things at home first.    Key Takeaways:  Growth often needs to happen slowly and deliberately to support the leaders and the development of...

What do you want to be remembered for, not for what you accomplished, but who you were when you're dead and gone? In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Lonnie discuss:  Building God’s Kingdom through business. Leading your family with intentionality. The five dimensions of wealth. Creating your family’s shared values list.    Key Takeaways:  If you have values and a vision stated for your business, but...

In what way are you investing time in others’ success?  In this episode, Jeff and Phil discuss:  We all have a platform to do good work. Lessons learned from 6 years as an Indianapolis Pacers ballboy as a teenager. Preparing in advance and having a plan for your exit. The importance of habits, values, and beliefs.    Key Takeaways:  Prepare early and ahead of time to prepare your legacy and identi...

How are you starting your morning? Are you beginning by talking to God and immersing yourself in His word?   In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Fred discuss:  Meeting God in the periods of darkness in your life. Seeing God’s grace in life’s serendipity. Surround yourself with great men and women of God. Healing for stronger relationships. Finding fulfillment at the intersection of passion, experienc...

How can you care for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of your team, their families, your clients, your vendor suppliers, and your local and global community?   In this episode, Jeff and Brandon discuss:  God’s bigger plan for generous business owners. The six domains of flourishing. The power of doubling down and not giving in to everything. Creating a focus card with your personal mis...

Do you have people whom you can lean on for accountability, encouragement, and exhortation?  In this episode, Jeff and Dougal discuss:  Going all in on spiritual formation in life’s transitions.  How Christ can heal the wounds of our past and use them to lift others. Three life habits: Model, Mentor, Message.  Avoiding isolation.    Key Takeaways:  Advice to high school seniors: When you go off to...

What is my role as a steward, both at home and at work? In this episode, Jeff and Jeff discuss:  Including your spouse in the big decisions of life. Serving the King of all with all our resources. Evolution of generous giving. Seeing God at work in the Middle East.    Key Takeaways:  God will give the things that are best for us, not necessarily the things we think we want or need. Invite people i...

What are the little things that we can start to put into motion to be the hands and the feet of God in our communities? In this episode, Jeff and Ryan discuss:  Having fun while gaining experience.  Learning from those around you with more understanding and greater experience.  Stumbling forward while figuring it out.  Integrating your business life and your faith life.     Key Takeaways:  You don...

What do you want to be known for? How can you create real experiences to build that? In this episode, Jeff and Rusty discuss:  How God works on us in all areas of our lives. Allowing all of your experiences to work for you in any role. Owners and donors in your foundation. Embedding servant leadership into your culture.    Key Takeaways:  God’s kingdom can and will come through your work, no matte...

Have you set your lifestyle limit?  In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Kim discuss:  Giving to God’s causes. Letting God lead you forward with faith. Why God wants us to join in His giving. Embracing and handling obstacles on your journey.    Key Takeaways:  There’s going to be risk - if you wait for 100% certainty, it won’t come. Move forward anyway in faith. Give to whatever passion God puts in yo...

Where do you feel the Lord’s call to give?  In this episode, Jeff and Lamar discuss:  Teaching your kids about debts, saving, and generosity. Shepherding your children’s hearts in what pulls on their hearts. How crises often lead to better things. Unique ways to bless people and organizations.    Key Takeaways:  Invite your children to make the giving decisions. Give them information, let them ear...

Are you building something that matters?  In this episode, Jeff and Shawn discuss:  Taking action when you run into roadblocks. Giving back at every stage of life. Finding a way through creative means to make it work. Creating a brand people believe in.    Key Takeaways:  Just do something. You can’t just have the idea; you have to take action. It is not a one-time thought or one-time event. You c...

How do you bring your faith into your business? In this episode, Jeff and Sean discuss:  From the farm to the C-suite. Asking for help and leading from a place of humility. Turning your fears and troubles over to God. Acting on the promptings Jesus gives you, even if you aren’t sure how it is possible.    Key Takeaways:  When you don’t know the answer, listen carefully, ponder, ask the person for...

Have you looked at ways, beyond the obvious, that you might be able to give to those problems weighing on your heart?  In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Jon discuss:  Loving people in a hard place is like Jesus loved people in a hard place. Obeying the clear calls of God, even when you don’t know the reasons. Giving to the causes God places in your heart. Creative solutions to the problems God puts...

What are your core values? What are you passionate about? Where do those overlap and how can you give in that area? In this episode, Jeff, Alisa, and Leigh Ann discuss:  Working with your spouse and growing in generosity together. Turning to the Lord in times of pruning. Learning in community and learning to listen to God. Spontaneous and purposeful giving. Equipping women to manage their own weal...

Who is coming alongside you on your journey? Do others know you’re on their journey with them?  In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Zac discuss:  Finding God’s grace in the hard seasons of life.  Connecting with your community.  Fighting the shadows of anxiety and depression with God and others. We need PEOPLE in our lives.     Key Takeaways:  Journaling allows you to look back and see God’s hand in...