Generous Business Owner

Are your eyes open to see the needs that are all around you? In this episode, Jeff and Tommy discuss:  Meeting Jesus in the midst of life. The power of good friends. Deeply caring for people through business. Asking “is it worth it” rather than “do I like it.”    Key Takeaways:  Having a friend group that can lift you up and won’t drag you down in high school can be extremely strengthening to one’...

Does your view of God help you to think big and learn to be a visionary? In this episode, Jeff and Kurt discuss:  Making things happen against all odds. Following through on what you promise. Using your skills to teach skills. Allowing God to be big.    Key Takeaways:  See the God stories in your story. He will always be there in your success. Changing behavior takes time - it is a process to teac...

How are you abiding in Christ and seeking God in business and life? In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Randy discuss:  Following through on what you start. Being intentional about your faith in business. Ministering to your employees and your clients. Let God show you your priorities.    Key Takeaways:  Discover how God has made you. The more you can cooperate and develop that, the more the magic wi...

What steps can you take now to start moving in the right direction of what matters most? In this episode, Jeff and Nick discuss:  Trying new, difficult things and bringing value in all areas of business. The power of one-on-one conversations and asking “why”. Praying for guidance and strength in hard times. Picturing your perfect life and taking steps to meet those goals.    Key Takeaways:  When a...

Are you using prayer to build your relationship with God and surrender to Him in business and life?  In this episode, Jeff and Gary discuss:  Using prayer as personal time with your Father in Heaven. Surrendering your all to God. Seeking the mysteries of God’s will. Using business as a movement and a mission.    Key Takeaways:  When you don’t know what’s going to happen, pray. God is in control. H...

What is the wrong you are meant to right in the world?  In this episode, Jeff and Cale discuss:  Understanding the narrative, not just the numbers. Finding joy while giving before you’re gone and disinheriting the IRS. Putting your talents to work for the Kingdom. Living an abundant life.    Key Takeaways:  Take a look inside your family and what you’re called to do. For some, it is disenfranchise...

How do you turn your resources into a tailwind for your kids, not a headwind? In this episode, Jeff and Cale discuss:  Customizing your children’s inheritance to what fits your family.  Inheritance transfer that is led with purpose, not tax mitigation, in mind.  Establishing a committed form of generosity to the Lord. The importance of communication at appropriate ages and stages.     Key Takeaway...

Have you and your spouse thought about and set your financial finish line?  In this episode, Jeff and Cale discuss:  When is enough enough? Being a steward and not an owner of God’s resources.  Orienting your life for abundance today, but also for treasures in heaven.  Taking inventory of what is yours to steward.     Key Takeaways:  Keeping up with the Joneses is not the finish line that brings a...

If you had to write your one paragraph, what would your paragraph say? In this episode, Jeff and Brent discuss:  The structure and benefits of having a B Corp. Why you may want to run a B Corp business. The legal requirement of filing and displaying your public benefit. Finding growth in the process of writing and identifying your purpose.    Key Takeaways:  The public benefit of a B Corp can be e...

Are you planning for the Kingdom or the world?  In this episode, Jeff and Cale discuss:  Thinking about your financial estate plan from a different angle. Planning your giving before you die. Generous giving as a family with a non-traditional framework of giving. The top five questions are frequently asked by generous business owners.    Key Takeaways:  The three key questions: How much is enough...

How are you giving others the opportunity to participate in your journey of generosity?  In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Matt discuss:  Desiring to do more and seeing God’s blessings in life’s challenges. Being willing to take risks and do anything necessary.  Balancing life priorities with growing a business.  Encouraging employees and family to engage in generosity and giving.  Doing the work w...

Are you listening when God speaks? Are you going where He sends you?  In this episode, Jeff and Terry discuss:  Keeping in touch and maintaining lifetime friends. Seeing God’s hand in the paths of our lives. Hearing God’s voice and acting on our promises with Him. Business as a platform for faith.    Key Takeaways:  If you listen and obey, everything God touches will turn to gold. It won’t be thro...

Are you spending quiet time every day in conversation with God?  In this episode, Jeff and Marty discuss:  Working as a cohesive leadership team. Prayer is a secret sauce for success. Stewarding what God has entrusted to us. Living life to honor your parents and prior generations.    Key Takeaways:  You cannot have enough communication. Communication is at the heart of everything we do in life, bu...

Where can you leverage your social capital to serve and grow in a community of God’s love?  In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Michele discuss: Bringing the mountain top experiences back to your everyday life. Finding the moments of connection with all of God’s children. Investing wisely and stewarding God’s resources takes time and practice. Sharing what you know with others. Integrating children i...

What need is calling to your soul? Where are you hungering to serve in God’s Kingdom?  In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, Pat, and Janel discuss:  Surrendering to God’s will and releasing our control.  Keeping your word even when it isn’t easy.  Serving God and His kingdom no matter what industry you are in.  Talking with your family about what is important to you in giving.  The culture differentiator....

How can you support the kids and families in need around you? In this episode, Jeff and Phil discuss:  Building a business with spiritually aligned partners.   Utilizing a leveraged buyout with your employees so everyone has ownership.  Being drawn into foster and orphan care with a Godly heart. Orphan care domestically and internationally.  How God blesses a giving spirit.    Key Takeaways:  Trea...

How do I give my kids a leg up, but not two legs up on the couch? In this episode, Jeff and Kate discuss:  Being all-in for the Kingdom, even when in secular spaces.  Creating positive investing and generosity experiences from a young age.  Avoiding Sudden Wealth Syndrome.  Believing in your children and giving them agency.  Fostering healthy money communication.     Key Takeaways:  God can work i...

How can you start being a better listener within your home and family?   In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Bill discuss:  Finding independence at the age of 12. Careful listening - the key to success. Attention and listening as a form of generosity. Seek first the Kingdom.    Key Takeaways:  True listening is not waiting for your turn to speak. It is trying to see the world through their eyes. The...

How are you taking care of your people at all levels? In this episode, Jeff and Dan discuss:  No act of generosity is too small. Taking care of your people, no matter what their job is. Ensuring a people-first culture. The 7 Cs of good culture.    Key Takeaways:  Enjoy your job, enjoy the product, but most importantly, enjoy the people. In your organization, you’re all on the same team and working...

Have you and your family set your compass - vision, mission, values - for future family success?  In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Bill discuss:  Trusting God’s plan and seeing others’ generosity in those plans. The breaks and acceleration of our money and our generosity.  Successful succession planning in business and family. Making a world view shift in regards to raising our children.    Key Ta...

How are you aligning your money to bring glory to God? In this episode, Jeff, Bill, and Dana discuss:  Start your marriage on the same financial page, and let God lead it. Nothing in life has a sacred and secular divide. Stories of successful stewards. Understanding your finish line and approaching it with joy.     Key Takeaways:  If you want to be a good giver and be most effective, there is work...

How are you helping to crack open hearts and mend the frayed community we live in?    In this episode, Jeff and Kelly discuss:  Kelly’s transformational experience in South Africa in her early 20s.  The beauty of meeting new people and learning from them.  Identifying your superpower.  The need for engaging, values-based entertainment and programming.     Key Takeaways:  We are all different. If y...

What small things can you do to enrich the lives of those around you?    In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Thomas discuss:  Learning to save and give generously from a young age.  Encouraging generosity in our children.  Giving back to our abundant God.  Understanding different giving models.     Key Takeaways:  Involve your kids in your giving, from small gifts to neighbors during the holidays to...

Are you spending time every day with God? In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Jay discuss:  Learning the perils of debt early. Succeeding in real estate without debt leverage. Living intentionally. Pray first, do second.    Key Takeaways:  Grow slowly, invest in portfolios, and work with partners - these are some ways you can continue to grow your business using Biblical principles to stay out of deb...

Where do you need to let your faith trump your fear?  In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Bob discuss:  Growing up with an attitude of abundance and risk-taking. Trusting where the Lord is leading you.  Intersecting faith and business.  The value of mentorship in business, ministry, and marriage.  Listening when the Holy Spirit speaks.    Key Takeaways:  God has been faithful and will always be faith...