Inspired Stewardship

In this episode, I talk with you about how hard it can be to manage your time unless you have the emotional maturity to recognize the way you can self-sabotage and allow others to sabotage your ability to manage your time well. I also talk with you about how resolutions and time management often have a "your eyes are bigger than your stomach" issue. And how emotions are often at the root of our in...

In this episode, I talk with you about how hard it is to really be open to advice. The four types of advice we may seek out and how to identify trusted advisers to give you such advice. I talk with you about How Proverbs 15:22 is really obvious but something we don't really do enough of in our lives. And the four types of advice that you could seek. I also talk with you about how to challenge your...

In this, the second part of a four-part interview with Jeff Brown, I speak with Jeff about Investing in others. We talk about how you can only invest in others after you've invested in yourself. I ask Jeff about how to best go about investing in others and how to believe that you have something worthy of pouring into others. Jeff and I also discuss masterminds and being a mentor. Show notes and Re...

In this episode, we cover how money problems really are more often about outgo than about income.  I talk with you about how even if your income is small you have to focus on action to improve over time.  As well, I talk about how often it's not income that's our downfall but expenses.  Death by 1000 cuts. Full Show Notes and Resources here.

In this episode, we talk about things like how a belief in something bigger than you can motivate you to actions but how a belief inside of you is always too small to move you to action. We talk about identifying your Why and how discovering it and refining it over time is a strong motivator to action.   Show Notes and Resources are here.

In this episode, I talk with you about how you really don't have a time management issue. Instead, you've allowed things to enter your life that really aren't a priority to you. Things that distract you and pull you away from where you SHOULD focus your time. I also talk with you about how the reality of today's complex world helps create that frustrating feelings of have many priorities when in r...

In this episode, we cover the feedback loop that is the framework for the podcast: Invest in Yourself, Invest in Others, Develop Your Influence, and Impact the World. And we relate this to the only partially true idea that you must believe you can do something before you can do it. We talk about some of the different kinds of belief and I give you homework to help you change some of your limiting...

Jeff Brown is a personal mentor and someone I'm honored to call a friend. He's also someone who manages to make me spend WAY too much on books every year...but they are always books worth reading. Join me in this episode as I ask Jeff about investing in yourself and how he'd recommend doing that. I ask Jeff about... Why in the world he does a podcast about reading... How to find mentors, even thos...

In this episode, we take the work you've done in episode 5, episode 10, and episode 15 and begin to create our first spending plan.  I also tell one of the most difficult parables from the Bible, the parable of the "shrewd manager" or "dishonest steward" and try to relate that to budgets. Full Show Notes and Resources here.

In this episode, I share with you my personal mission statement and how you need to create one for yourself. We cover some tips on creating one and ask you to share. We also talk about how the impact of your mission should be big even if the audience is small and how to start even if you think your mission is bigger than you...and why it SHOULD be bigger than you think you can do. Full Show Notes...

In this episode, we talk about how to identify the "blank time" that you have in your day and week and what to do with it.  How to use that time to find even 15 to 30 minutes a day to work on those things that are MOST important for you to be working on.     Full Show Notes and resources here.

In this episode, we discuss many ways that our calling is both the same and different and how calling isn't about what we do but who we are. How easy it is to confuse calling with position, job, or role but they are not the same and how difficult it is to struggle with our call when others seem to have found theirs.   Link to full show notes and resources here.

In today's episode, I ask Matt about: How learning to live a Rich Life helps you make an impact... How identifying your calling is often about a posture, not a position... How everyone has a story that's meaningful... even you... and more...   Full Show Notes here.

In this episode, come join the discussion as we talk with you about accountability.  Have you ever realized that accountability doesn't have to mean punishment or bad things?  Instead, it's about taking personal responsibility for your own actions.  Saying to yourself I will do this and then do it.  We talk about ways to be accountable with money this week.   Full Show Notes Here.

In this episode, we discuss leadership and influence.  How the same actions can be good or ill and knowing how to influence people is a hallmark of a good leader.  But manipulation is using those same skills in a way that is harmful.  Link to full show notes.

In this episode, we discuss how investing your time in influencing others and gratitude tie together and benefit everyone.  Join us as I speak with you about finding time to pour into others. If you really want to use your time well and wisely you'll be careful to do it with gratitude.   Link to Full Show Notes here.

It's not enough to WANT to be a positive influence on others you have to really work at it.  Join in to hear some of the tips to becoming a positive influence, hear me share a little bit about my journey through a period of contemplating suicide and how positive influences helped me out of it.   Link to the full show notes here.

In today's episode, I cover part 3 of the interview with author Matt Ham.  We discuss his  fourth principle of Living Richly "Humble yourself with confidence."  We also discuss some of the ways to develop reminders of humility and influence the people around you in a positive way. Full show notes and resources are here.

In this episode, we discuss how you can be spiritual and successful. The assumption that we make that success comes only from dishonesty is holding us back from achieving success for ourselves and keeps us from really building up others. How having money doesn't make you good or bad. But that as we address our mindset with money we can begin to have a relationship with money that allows us to give...

This episode focuses on investing in others and talent. Join the conversation as we talk about being driven and content and how these things are NOT opposites. We talk with you about faithful success through being driven by contentment. Full Show Notes here.

This is Part 2 of the interview I had with speaker, author, and extraordinary insurance agent Matt Ham back in 2015. In today's episode, I ask Matt about: Putting into practice the 2nd Rich Principle "Invest in Others".... Cultivating Simple Daily Practices of Generosity... How Gratitude is a choice... And More.... Get the full show notes and resources here.

In this episode, we talk about how Stewardship is about more than money.  All our resources are things we are called to Stewards well. This episode also focuses on how our Stewardship is called to care for and help those around us.  We are called to invest in others.  But we have to be careful.  Because this investment can sometimes be done because we are selfishly trying to avoid pain for ourselv...

In this episode, I explore with you some of the ways Fear can hold us back from investing in others. I share how fear held me back for four years from the very podcast you are now listening to. I also share a small thing you can do about fear if it's holding you back. We also explore together some of the ways that you may not realize you have gifts that others really see in you. I challenge you to...

This is part of our Friday Stewardship of Treasures series where we begin to unpack how we relate to money and what we can do to fix our broken money patterns. In this episode, I point out some of the influences on your relationship with Money. I explain some of the half-truths that we often believe that influence how we use and misuse money. I also give you a practical tip and some questions you...

If you are singing Dream a Little Dream now I'll forgive you. In this episode, we try to explore some tools and techniques you can use to begin to identify who you are and what you are called to do. In this episode, I try to share some about how I'm wired and how I've discovered that over the years. I ask you to go through a similar exercise and take some time to figure out who you are and what yo...