Weekly encouragement and practical business wisdom for Christian business men who want to lead well, steward wisely, and build businesses that leave room for life.
The "someday" myth
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Dear Sam
Weekly encouragement and practical business wisdom for Christian business men who want to lead well, steward wisely, and build businesses that leave room for life.
Dear Sam Reader, 1. A quick word from Zach I feel the pull toward bigger, better, faster all the time. But the more I sit with it, the more I’m realizing that not every urgent feeling is a faithful one - and not everything worth building can be rushed. 2. Something worth listening to “Embracing a Generational Strategy” - Church and Family Life This is a fitting companion to this issue because it pushes us to think beyond immediate results and recover a longer horizon. Faithful work is often...
Dear Sam Reader, 1. A quick word from Zach It’s easy to tell yourself you’ll build margin later. But if you don’t intentionally build a business with room for family, church, sickness, emergencies, and the unexpected, you may wake up one day inside a profitable cage of your own making. 2. Something worth listening to This week, check out the EntreLeadership episode, “The Real Reason You’ll Never Grow Your Business.” It’s a fitting companion to this topic because it gets right to the heart of...
Hey Reader, 1. A quick word from Zach This week, I’m wrestling with a question a lot of Christian men in business quietly carry: should you try to grow your business as much as you can, or keep it intentionally small? I don’t think the deepest issue is growth or restraint by itself, but the motive underneath either choice. 2. Something worth reading Read Proverbs 14:23, Proverbs 16:8, Matthew 25:14-30, 1 Timothy 6:6-19, and Matthew 6:19-34 in that order. Together, these passages surface the...