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I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

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Know your why.

You hear that advice in the business community over and over these days. And there’s good reason for it. It’s an important concept that every business leader needs to understand.

The focus on finding and knowing your “why” comes primarily from a great book by Simon Sinek, “Start With Why.” His premise is that every leader or business owner needs to be clear on WHY they are building their business or leading their cause. If they aren’t, they’ll be missing one of the key components that fuels a successful business and team culture.

But I don’t believe that’s the most important question YOU - a Christ-follower who wants to start a business - should be asking.

• [0:14] My intro to this episode - and why I’m casting a vision for Christ-followers with an entrepreneurial bent.
• [1:27] Start with Why: And evaluating similar arguments through a Christian filter.
• [3:55] Why your “why” is NOT the most important thing.
• [6:07] Your business will only be as strong as the “WHO” that you build your life (and business) on.
• [10:53] What about businesses that don’t honor Christ and are incredibly successful?
• [12:08] How you can be sure that your WHO is more important than your WHY.
• [14:42] A personal story of what happens when you run on your own steam (ignore the WHO behind your life).
• [19:33] The hard question you MUST ask yourself as you build a business - and a Call To Action for you from this episode.

Please don’t misunderstand, knowing the WHY behind what you’re doing in business truly a thing of vital importance. But if it’s the main thing you focus on you’re going to miss the boat as a Christ-follower. For you, it’s much more important that you KNOW YOUR WHO before you know your WHY.

This episode of LIVE BUILD CHANGE is a challenge for you to dig deeper than you might be used to digging in order to discover what really lies at the heart of your desire to build a business. I want you to come away from this episode with a deep conviction that your relationship with Jesus Christ is the most powerful and sustaining fuel for you as a business owner and as a result, for your business itself.

You need to hear this challenge. If only as an affirmation that you’re on the right track. But potentially as a much-needed course correction that can save you loads of grief, missteps, and mistakes as you walk your business path.

Get out a journal and write your thoughts about this question:

• Am I a committed follower of Christ who demonstrates by my actions that He means more to me than anything else?

Once you’re done writing out everything that comes to mind in response to that question, draw a line across the paper and write…

What I am going to do to take my relationship with Christ to the next level is…

Then fill in the blanks. Then share it with your spouse. Share it with a close friend. Or share it with the Live Build Change community. Or email me with your statement of commitment (carey(at)LiveBuildChange.com)

• Start With Why by Simon Sinek
• www.PodcastFastTrack.com/why - My current business “why” statement
• Apple’s why statement
• Southwest Airlines why statement
• The ZERO episode of this podcast
• www.LiveBuildChange.com/2 - episode #2

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Most people who hang around the entrepreneurial space on the internet (which is where I assume you came across this little post) have asked the question at one time or another. And it’s not an easy question to answer.

Behind it is the assumption that there really IS a “should” or “should not” to the issue. In other words, God Himself has an opinion about whether you should be getting into business or not. I think that’s true. No, I KNOW it’s true. God indeed DOES have an opinion on the subject and I have no doubt that one of the most important things you can do is work to discover what His opinion is.

In my journey as a Christ-follower (over 44 years at this point), I’ve discovered that not only does God have an opinion about things like that - He also delights to make His opinion known to us. But it doesn’t come through a heavenly megaphone or bullhorn.

There’s no Bat-phone equivalent (a burning bush, maybe?) that He uses to give us marching orders.

But there IS a surefire way to know if God wants you to go into business. It’s very simple. But it’s not easy.

I hope you’ll take the time to understand how a very simple principle I cover on this episode can open up all kinds of doors to you when it comes to knowing exactly what God wants you to do.

• [0:14] My invitation to you to listen to the ZERO episode - it’s important!
• [0:42] What does it mean for a Christ-follower to open for business?
• [2:56] What our wisest decisions in life depend on.
• [3:53] The foolproof way to know if God is leading you into business (it’s simple, but not easy).
• [9:29] What Christian disciplines are meant to do and how it impacts your life direction.
• [14:23] Why you need to relax and rest while trying to answer this important question.

And He wants you to know it. But you’re going to have to seek it. No - even more than seeking the answer you’re going to need to seek HIM. And there’s a world of difference between those two things.

Do you realize that? God isn’t a Genie or vending machine who spits out what you want when you put in your quarter of faith. He’s a Person, THE Person who holds the universe in His hand, the most important person in your life.

You may say, “Sure, I know God.” And it may be true. But the most important part of knowing God is that you know His heart, His desires, His will - and that you delight in them. It’s that delight, that glad submission to what God is up to that enables you to understand what He wants for YOU to do, specifically.

I unpack the idea from the scriptures on this episode of the podcast - aimed at helping you understand if you should start a business of your own. I hope you listen. :)

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You hear all the time that you need to follow your dreams, that you need to find your dream job.

But I think that’s one of the WORST pieces of advice for most people to follow.

That’s because I don’t think there IS such a thing as a dream job for the majority of us. Now hear me carefully - that doesn’t mean I think we’re all just average schmucks who exist to serve the will of others.

No way. What it means is that I think you and I may be designed for something a bit broader, something more far-reaching than what is possible if we are narrowly focused on one specific niche or calling.

Curious what I mean? This episode about following your dreams - or not - is for you!

• [0:15] Thanks for listening, what you can hear on this episode of the podcast.
• [1:33] What is your DREAM job? Is there really such a thing?
• [4:10] What would you do even if you weren’t paid for it?
• [8:50] Maybe your dream job is not as specific as you feel it should be (like me). Is that OK?
• [12:25] Will you run out of steam if you don’t follow your passion?
• [15:30] Why your dream job simply may not exist - and what you should do instead of chasing it.
• Following your dreams is not a bad thing - but what if you don’t have THOSE kind of dreams.

We all experience the temptation to view the way things should be through the lens of what we experience. Said another way, we think the way we see things is the way things are.

So the people you hear championing the idea of following your dreams are the people who God has given specific dreams. And the fact that THEY have specific dreams makes them think that everyone has specific dreams/calling/vision for their lives.

But it’s simply not true.

I think that’s a much more practical question to answer than “What IS the dream I should follow?” And it’s an easier question to answer because GOD has given all of us certain marching orders that we are to follow - no matter if we have a specific calling or not.

On this episode of Live - Build - Change I’m going to tell you how I think you should think about this “follow your dreams” stuff in light of the likelihood that most people simply don’t HAVE a specific dream they are meant to follow.

• www.ChristianHomeandFamily.com - my marriage and family website
• www.PodcastFastTrack.com - my podcast production and show notes company
• Wycliffe Bible Translators
• www.Dare2Share.org - Greg Stier’s dream :)

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You CAN change the world. Really, you can.

I know you hear a lot of that kind of stuff on the internet in this day and age - and there’s a reason you do: because it’s TRUE!

This podcast and the website that hosts it is dedicated to helping you learn HOW to change your world through building a business that can fund the kind of change God puts on your heart.

Yes, this is one of THOSE kinds of podcasts, one that talks about God - but not in the “you are god” or “god is what you imagine Him to be” ways.

This podcast is carefully and clearly aimed at helping radically Christ-following people discern how God wants to use them to bring amazing changes to their world through building a small but growing business.

Keep reading (and listening) to find out more about how the Live Build Change podcast is aimed at doing that.

• [0:15] What the HECK do I mean by “LIVE your faith, BUILD your business, CHANGE your world?”
• [2:39] Why I LEFT a 20 year ministry career with nothing to fall back on.
• [3:55] My first SUCCESSFUL online thing: a “pay what you want” video course.
• [5:50] The day I discovered that a normal J-O-B was not going to work for me (whew!).
• [8:40] How my online successes translated into causes BIGGER than just making a living.
• [11:00] The variety of ways YOU can change your world through building a business.
• [13:27] The FOUNDATIONAL issue: living your faith out practically.
• [16:54] What you can expect from the format of this podcast in the future.
• [19:05] Subscribe to get the “Morning Mindset” edition - 7 days a week.
• [20:53] 3 ways you can join me on the Live Build Change quest.

Really, take a couple of minutes to think about what it practically, honestly takes to see significant changes happen in the world. It’s not just about big things, world-wide things - it’s about individual people whose lives are changed in significant ways.

When you think of it like that it seems a ton more possible to be or become a world-changer. And as a Christ-follower you have a leg up on everyone else - because you have the Holy Spirit of God in you to help you do that changing.

Well, it’s not ME who’s going to make you into a person who changes the world, it’s God Himself - but I believe He’s going to use my experience, the things He’s done in my life, to encourage, equip, and position you so that you can actually become a person who He uses to change the world.

This is the ZERO EPISODE - the one where I tell you what this podcast is about and what you can expect to hear on it in the future.

I ask you to give me at least one chance, one opportunity right now to speak into your earbuds, to share the vision and dream God has given me for how we can band together to change the world - through authentic lives of faith - through small but growing business - by generously funding causes, campaigns, and benevolent gifts that change people one at a time.

Go ahead, push the play button and give this zero episode a listen. And thanks!

• Pat Flynn - Smart Passive Income
• www.ChristianHomeandFamily.com - my marriage and family site
• www.PasstheSafeExam.com - my online video study methods course
• www.PodcastFastTrack.com - my primary business - podcast production & show notes
• www.AudacityForPodcasting.com - my online audio editing course
• Wycliffe Bible Translators
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