How are you seeing God’s gifts in your life? 

In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Greg discuss: 

• Learning young to show Christian love. 
• The ups and downs of running a family business.  
• Getting involved directly in your giving. 
• Using God’s blessings as a model for the future generations. 

Key Takeaways: 

• The best family businesses often bring in third-party facilitators to help define roles and expectations clearly which can help them run more smoothly. 
• Leave room for God to work within you and through you. 
• Use meal times for good. This is a time when families can come together, build foundations, and follow after Jesus. 
• The more you can cut your ego out of what you do, the better off you will be. Everything we have and everything we are is because of God. He is good and he blesses us.

"Fight any correlation you might have between gifts and worthiness. Go from ‘I am worthy’ to ‘God is good’." —  Greg Holsinger

Episode References: 

• Halftime Institute: https://halftimeinstitute.org/
• Halftime: Moving from Success to Significance by Bob Buford
• Generous Business Owner Episode - Lloyd Reeb: Roadmap to a Joyous, Generous Life
• HOPE Trip: https://www.hopeinternational.org/take-action/trips
• Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

About Greg Holsinger: Greg Holsinger is the former President + CEO of U-GRO Learning Centres. U-GRO celebrates the wonder of childhood by empowering families at 14 community-based and employer-sponsored child daycare facilities. The company employs 350 teaching professionals who serve over 1,900 children daily. U-GRO focuses on child outcomes through innovative education, modern facilities, and high-performing teams and is the premier provider of child daycare and preschool education in South-Central Pennsylvania. 

U-GRO Learning Centres was founded as a single church-based preschool. After joining, Holsinger led and transformed the company into a commercially successful enterprise aimed squarely at school preparedness for preschool children. U-GRO children today achieve superior outcomes resulting in average 94% K-readiness scores. During his tenure, company revenues increased 19-fold and U-GRO ranked among the top 50 childcare organizations, prior to being acquired by the Learning Care Group, Inc., North America’s second-largest for-profit childcare provider. 

Holsinger’s prior professional background includes positions within the consumer packaged goods industry at the following companies: General Foods Corporation (Kraft Heinz Company, NASDAQ: KHC), Helene Curtis Industries (Unilever, NYSE: UL) and Nielsen (Nielsen Holdings plc, NYSE: NLSN). He was a long-standing and award-winning member of Vistage International, the World's Leading Chief Executive Organization. 

Greg Holsinger is a father and husband based in Hershey, PA. He values family, helping others through Christ-focused efforts and enjoys motorcycling, golfing and skiing. In 2017, he concluded his term as Chair, Board of Directors for Luthercare Retirement Communities www.luthercare.org. Previous board service included Linden Hall www.lindenhall.org the nation's oldest independent boarding and day school for girls, and the United Methodist Stewardship Foundation www.umstewardship.org. Holsinger served extended terms as the Treasurer and Council member for his church and earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Elizabethtown College. 

Connect with Greg Holsinger:

Website: https://www.u-gro.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gholsinger/ 

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Podcast: https://www.generousbusinessowner.com/

Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-up

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