Inspired Stewardship

In today's episode about investing in others by stewarding your time, I talk with you about why your push back against planning that it "lacks flexibility" is wrong.  I share how this is simply an excuse and I've discovered it isn't ever true.  I also share why planning actually GIVES you flexibility rather than taking it away.   Show Notes and Resources.

In today's spiritual foundation episode about investing in others, I talk with you about servant leadership an ancient concept despite the term being coined in the 1970s.   I share with you my views on Mark 10:42-45 as an illustration of servant leadership.  I share how fundamentally this is the calling of all of us, though how you serve it out may vary.   Show Notes and Resources

In today's interview with Mark Aho, Mark talks with you about investing in others.  Mark shares with you his view on Purposeful Wealth and why it's vital to investing in others.  Mark and I talk with you about mentorship and it's value.  As well, Mark shares with you how to avoid focusing only on self-development and lots more.   Show Notes and Resources

In today's episode about investing in yourself through stewarding your treasures, I talk with you about why even when you have it all financial peace is difficult to find.  I also share the real key to learning how to have financial contentment.  I also share with you what TRUE financial richness looks like.   Show Notes and Resources

In today's episode about investing in yourself through stewarding your talent, I talk with you about why leadership is often about leading yourself instead of a formal position of leadership. I share the mindset that allows you to lead yourself no matter what even when you aren't in formal leadership.  I also talk with you about how you can show others that you are leading yourself well.   Show No...

In today's episode about investing in yourself by stewarding your time, I talk with you about how interruptions affect our use of time including why they are so bad but we all seem to allow them.  I also talk about the difference between an interruption and changing your plan.  I share some very specific techniques to actually deal with interruptions.   Show Notes and Resources

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...