Is anyone listening to you when you lead?

The degree to which people will listen to you is determined by the degree to which you have wise council for them. If you want people to listen to you, you yourself must be listening to the right advisor. When Samuel was a boy, he learned to hear the voice of God. (1 Samuel 3) He remained in relationship with God and was able to hear His voice and share what he heard with others.

You can hear His voice through His word. There is no wiser councilor on the earth. He knows your tomorrow and knows what you need in order to fit into it.

If you are in need of this type of council for business or family, do what I did almost nine years ago. Call Dr. Jim A. Talley at (405) 720-8300 or send him an e-mail – drtalley@drtalley.com . His wisdom and his source of wisdom rescued of my marriage and my family.

…and the birth of Alexander Joseph (Our son, our fifth child, would not exist, had my wife and I split up.)

"Oh give me Samuel's ear,
an open ear, oh Lord,
alive and quick to hear
each whisper of thy word.
Like him to answer to thy call
and to obey thee first of all." ---Bill Hybels

Reactive Language vs. Proactive Language

Reactive

1. There’s nothing I can do…
2. That’s just the way I am…
3. He makes me so mad…
4. They won’t allow that…
5. I have to do that…
6. I can’t…
7. I must…
8. If only…

Proactive

1. Let’s look at our alternatives…
2. I can choose a different approach…
3. I control my feelings…
4. I can create an effective presentation…
5. I will choose an appropriate response…
6. I choose…
7. I prefer…
8. I will…

Thank you Stephen Covey

I Have Some Twitterific News for You...

People started asking me about Twitter a few weeks ago.

People I respect Tweet every day. Many do it multiple times a day. I am even beginning to worry about Natalie's kids. Are you watching them at all?

Twitter is another unique social network. In Seth Godin's book "Tribes" he referres to a lady who has built a small real-estate empire using twitter. (Read Tribes... Please.)

Every now and then I stare at my computer screen and try to explain it to you.

Then I found this PDF from John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing. I am off the hook, he splain's stuff beddern' me anyways.

Do I have a word for you today…

When you are leading a company or organization in a challenging economy, progress looks like this: “TWO STEPS FORWARD AND ONE STEP BACK”.

The one step back FEELS like it’s straight down. The truth is, it is not straight down. The enemy tries to influence our feelings and make us FEEL like things are worse than they really are. He tries to make us FEEL like we are not making any progress. Many times, the one step back is sideways. In some cases it’s actually forward, but smaller than your last step, so it FEELS backward.

If this resonates with you, please take courage and share a comment and encourage the discouraged!

It's Time To Narrow My Focus, Good-Bye to Some

My desire is to help Kingdom Business Owners (Christ followers who own and/or operate businesses, organizations, churches...) expand their dominion for the cause of Christ.

I want to spend my time encouraging Kingdom Business Owners to allow the teachings of Jesus to not only permeate their lives on Sunday, but at home and in all areas of business as well.

I believe people are attracted to Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Gentleness, Faithfulness and Self Control.

Greg Grimaud is an example of a Kingdom Business Owner. Saturday afternoon he and his wife Suzanne spent close to four hours with a group of single moms. Greg owns auto repair centers called Precision Tune Auto Care. He taught a car car clinic for these ladies. They learned about basic maintenance and helped them feel empowered in an area they feel very vulnerable.

At the end he asked them all to be mystery shoppers for him by going in, getting a free oil change and then giving him an update on the experience. Getting feedback from the most vulnerable will help insure everyone is being treated well.

1 Thesselonians 5:16-19 MeVersion

No matter what stupid, crazy thing is going on, be joyful or be asking for Joy from your heavenly Father. Stop asking for strength. "The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength"

You are either praying, or you are about to start another prayer.

Receive all God has for you every day with total thankfulness. Even if it appears ugly and painful. Since you belong to Jesus you will immediatly turn it over to Him anyway. Good or Bad and give Him praise!

Open up your heart and mind to the power and voice of the Holy Spirit. If you feel your concience speaking truth, swing that door open widely and let the light of Jesus either grow the truth or kill the desease.

Do not be critical of other bible preachers and teachers. Compare what they are saying to what the Bible says. Write down the good stuff and forget the rest.

Stay away from anything that night be evil or even appear to be evil. Satan knows your weaknesses and he will offer them to you when you least expect it.

Taking advantage of technology at hand...

My friend Dennis is a painter.

Not a painter who paints portraits and landscapes,
he paints houses and businesses. Inside and out.

He is good. What does that mean? It means he's spent a lot of time learning the details of the trade. Whatever an executive chef is to cooking, Dennis is to painting.

I helped him with a job last year. I had no idea how much work went into---doing things the right way. I also had no idea how much life, energy, warmth and value great paint can add to your home.

Like many service businesses, the economy has had an effect. I got an e-mail from him today with a very impressive link added...

"How are you? I'm sending you this video and asking you to send it to your sphere of influence. I'm really slow with work right now and need a little help."

The following YouTube link was attached: CLICK HERE

Impressive.

What can you video and pass around to promote your organization, passion, service or product?

Thank you Gary Brown. God spoke through you today!