John Kaites – Attorney, Entrepreneur, Author, and Minister has worked in a wide range of roles. John shares wisdom from his business and biblical experiences, ranging from a public policy firm, global security company, water, real estate, construction, leader in high technology, energy, and biotech sectors, to helping to establish the Arizona Commerce Authority and gaining a seminary degree. John Kaites also offers the Heed Your Calling community his insight on the core principles of businesses that succeed and ways to keep God at the center of all that you do.

Episode Highlights:

• How does John define having a calling?
• John explains how he implements his calling.
• How did John begin his calling journey?
• What does Johns' book "Fear Not" provide readers with?
• When did John know that he was designed to be an entrepreneur?
• What are the three types of businesses in the world?
• What are the four core principles of a successful business?
• John shares a prayer that guided him towards doing work to benefit others
• Faith requires taking action.
• Pursue activities that are good, biblically-based, and are not all about you…but are about helping others.
• What are the benefits of planting seeds that will live beyond you?
• What are the three non-negotiable pieces of wisdom that John would pass on to future generations?

3 Key Points & Quotes:

1. Our brains are made with 300 trillion synaptic nerves that make up all of our thoughts. They either can come from the confidence of God's love or fear.
2. The three tools God gives us to operate our lives with our love, forgiveness, and gratitude.
3. Core principles of a successful business are a great product or service, efficient administration of the development and distribution to create margins, as well as executing sales and marketing.
4. "My job is to be transformative in the lives of everybody I come into contact with." – John Kaites
5. "Our job is not to close the deals, as much as we want to be deal-closers in the business world. Our job is to plant the seeds." – John Kaites
6. "Faith is not passive. Faith is active." – John Kaites

Resources Mentioned:

• John Kaites: Twitter
• Book: "Fear Not" by John Kaites
• HeedYourCalling.com