Inspired Stewardship

In today's spiritual foundation episode about investing in yourself, I talk with you about the golden rule.  I outline why the real meaning behind this rule is much deeper and becomes what I call the platinum rule.  I also talk about how you need to invest in yourself if you want to begin to learn to follow both.   Show Notes and Resources.

In today's interview with Mark Aho, Mark talks with you about investing in yourself.  Mark and I talk with you about putting your security in God instead of wealth.  Mark shares some of his top keys to invest in yourself. Mark and I also talk with you about how to get your priorities straight, and lots more...   Show Notes and Resources.

In today's episode about impacting the world through stewarding your treasures, I talk with you about why emergency funds are so important.  I share why having an emergency fund automatically cuts your emergencies in half, and actually often cuts them much more than that.  I also share why people often think of the wrong things as their emergency fund and what a true emergency fund is.   Show Note...

In today's episode about impacting the world through stewarding your talent, I talk with you about the difference between working with passion and having passion as a destination.  I share how passion and happiness are more from what you do than what you feel, just like love.  I also share why deliberate practice creates passion through discomfort but discomfort alone isn't anything to strive for....

In today's episode about impacting the world by stewarding your time, I talk with you about what it means to be busy.  I share why busy people have characteristics that keep them from success.  I also share what it means to be productive and why productivity is the key to impact.   Show Notes and Resources.

In today's spiritual foundation episode about impacting the world, I talk with you about how if you want to impact others you must be impacted.  I share the difference between being impacted and being changed in a way that allows you to impact others. I share the difference between being impacted yourself and only seeking to impact others.  I also talk about how what impacted you can become your m...

In today's interview with Seun Adeyemi, Seun talks with you about impacting the world. Seun shares his best advice on believing you have an impact and measuring that impact.  Seun and I also talk with you about some of the top principles he uses to make an impact and what he hopes his legacy will be.   Show Notes and Resources.

In today's episode about developing your influence through stewarding your treasures, I talk with you about the vulnerability of sharing your losses, how that is hard to do but necessary to build influence.  I talk about how you don't have to be perfect to make progress.  I also share why as a coach "it's about progress not perfect" is a mantra for coaching that most coaches share.   Show Notes an...

In today's episode about developing your influence through stewarding your talent, I talk with you about why mindset is the beginning of success, but not the end of it.  I show you how having a growth mindset is important but there is more to it than that.  I also share how beyond a growth mindset visualizing obstacles is vital and it's part of the bigger mindset that allows real success beyond vi...

In today's episode about developing your influence by stewarding your time, I talk with you about how building your influence is like investing money the best way to do it is consistently, slowly, and over time.  I talk about how instead of looking for big wins you should spend time looking for the best things that give you consistent small growth.  I also cover nine specific techniques that allow...

In today's spiritual foundation episode about developing your influence, I talk with you about how important it is to measure yourself against something other than just wealth and accumulation.  Living your calling is more than what you get.  I also share why your calling may not be what you think it is and measuring it isn't as simple as what you do.  I also talk about how calling isn't a destina...

In today's interview with Seun Adeyemi, Seun talks with you about developing your influence. Seun shares with you his definition of leadership and why it's a key to developing influence.  He also shares some of his top tips on developing influence with others including the power of compounding effort.  I also ask Seun about the power of money stories and lots more…   Show Notes and Resources.

In today's episode about investing in others through stewarding your treasures, I talk with you about the internal dialogue that we have around money and how we so often lie to ourselves to justify our behavior and decisions.  I share how these lies we tell ourselves often limit our ability to succeed around money. I also tell you why changing those lies to truths is so important if you want to be...

In today's episode about investing in others through stewarding your talent, I talk with you about finding community when you are in leadership.  I cover some of the challenges including the difference between being friendly and friends.  I also share how dangerous it is to NOT find community when you are a leader. I give you one specific action you can take to create community as a leader.   Show...

In today's episode about investing in others by stewarding your time, I talk with you about what time blocking is and how to use it.  I share why time blocking works for many tasks both focused and "little tasks".  I also share some common mistakes you can make around time blocking and give you tips on how to avoid them.   Show Notes and Resources.

In today's spiritual foundation episode about investing in others, I talk with you about what a tithe really is.  I also share the personal reason why my wife and I tithe as a way of investing in others.  I also explain both the selfish and community reasons why I believe we are called to tithe.   Show Notes and resources.

In today's interview with Seun Adeyemi, Seun talks with you about investing in others.  Seun talks with you about giving responsibly and how to give even if you constantly say you don't have enough to give.  Seun and I also share with you how to avoid the trap of focusing so much on yourself that you don't serve others. We also talk with you about mentorship and how to be a mentor to others.   Sho...

In today's episode about investing in yourself through stewarding your treasures, I talk with you about The three T's of Money that Seun shared; how money is a tool, a test, and a testimony.  I also share how money is always all three T's both when you have money or when you don't.  I also share how to use money without it using you through your mindset and behavior.   Show Notes and Resources.

In today's episode about investing in yourself through stewarding your talent, I talk with you about it true that birds of a feather flock together and it's true that you become what you surround yourself with and why these are different in an important way.  I also talk about how despite being true there has to be balance.  I also share what happens when you are always the smartest person in the...

In today's episode about investing in yourself by stewarding your time, I talk with you about identifying your strengths and weaknesses both by using tools and just by asking old fashioned questions.  I share how to begin to outsource weaknesses in a good way even if you think you can't because of your position or job.  I also talk about remaining as much as possible in your zone of genius to use...

In today's spiritual foundation episode about investing in yourself, I talk with you about 1 Timothy 6:17-19 and Ecclesiastes 5:10 and what those passages mean.  I share with you about how our wealth can be a blessing or a curse and it's not about how much you have or don't have.  I also share how viewing money the right way can help it be the blessing God wants it to be.   Show Notes and Resource...

In today's interview with Seun Adeyemi, Seun talks with you about investing in yourself.  Seun and I talk with you about his best advice as a financial planner for handling your money.  Seun shares how to define your own picture of wealth and success.  He and I also talk with you about some of his top tips on investing in yourself and lots more.   Show Notes and Resources.

In today's episode about impacting the world through stewarding your treasures, I talk with you about how your money reflects who you are and magnifies the truth.  I also talk about how your past beliefs and actions with money can hold you back from the best success with money.  I also share how we all have money biases and how often these biases limit our success with money.   Show Notes and Reso...

In today's episode about impacting the world through stewarding your talent, I talk with you about how you must be aware of your own biases to really grow.  I share how we ALL have biases and limiting beliefs, even you.  I talk about how you often make decisions based not on our real capabilities but based on your past history and how this limits you, even if you are achieving at a high level.  I...

In today's episode about impacting the world by stewarding your time, I talk with you about having a life mission as a filter for decisions. When you are trying to really grow and succeed its more about how you limit your yeses if you want success more than what you say no to.  I also share how sometimes friction is a good thing and others it is bad in decision making.   Show Notes and Resources.