WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.340 And good morning, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, depending on when you are watching 2 00:00:07.340 --> 00:00:08.860 this. 3 00:00:08.860 --> 00:00:14.100 Happy Thursday, happy Build Like Jesus Day. 4 00:00:14.100 --> 00:00:20.020 We are actually, even though this is our third week, I did two introductory weeks, so if 5 00:00:20.020 --> 00:00:22.000 you missed those, you can go back. 6 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:25.400 This is actually pillar number one. 7 00:00:25.400 --> 00:00:34.440 So we are starting the 12 weeks today as we, I just think this is such an exciting experiment, 8 00:00:34.440 --> 00:00:41.100 adventure, whatever you want to call it, what can your business be like? 9 00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:49.280 What can happen in your business if over the next 12 weeks and thereafter, we're not stopping, 10 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:54.840 but I mean, just in our businesses, if we truly just back up for a second, look at 11 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:58.360 every dimension of our business, right? 12 00:00:58.360 --> 00:01:08.400 Every step of it, if we built it like Jesus, imagine within the peace and the focus and 13 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:13.160 the joy and imagine what the fruit is. 14 00:01:13.160 --> 00:01:21.320 So I'm super excited about these 12 weeks and this whole idea that we get to build like 15 00:01:21.320 --> 00:01:22.320 Jesus. 16 00:01:22.320 --> 00:01:24.760 So welcome, welcome, welcome. 17 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:34.720 And Father God, we just invite you, Holy Spirit, Jesus, we just invite you, open our spiritual 18 00:01:34.720 --> 00:01:48.840 senses to hear what we need to hear today to fully live out the life, the service, the 19 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:54.440 relationships, the business you've called us to live. 20 00:01:54.440 --> 00:01:59.600 May the words of my mouth, the meditations of my heart be pleasing at your sight. 21 00:01:59.600 --> 00:02:02.760 We love you, Jesus name, amen. 22 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:05.440 Amen, amen, amen. 23 00:02:05.440 --> 00:02:13.880 Okay, so most of you were here yesterday, but if you were not, of course, Wednesday's 24 00:02:13.880 --> 00:02:22.240 power hour, I dedicate the entire hour to laying the spiritual foundation for what we're 25 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:26.080 covering on Thursdays during the build like Jesus. 26 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:32.160 So I'll do a quick, quick snapshot review, but we always lay the foundation and it was 27 00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:35.280 very powerful yesterday. 28 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:42.880 And so today, of course, this is where we just dive in and actually start applying it. 29 00:02:42.880 --> 00:02:45.200 It's immersive, it's practical. 30 00:02:45.200 --> 00:02:48.680 It's like we get in and we do it. 31 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:50.700 And so I'd sent you an email. 32 00:02:50.700 --> 00:02:52.280 You want to have your Bible? 33 00:02:52.280 --> 00:03:02.400 You want to have your notebook or your calendar or your prosper daily planner, your calendar. 34 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:09.600 And then of course, have your phone, if you're not using it for looking up stuff, have other 35 00:03:09.600 --> 00:03:15.160 all distractions kind of shut so that we can actually, at the end of this time, actually 36 00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:19.000 have done something and move forward. 37 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:29.000 So the principle today that we're building upon is we looked at Jesus life and we saw, 38 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:40.000 if we're going to build like him, that his private connection with the father, private 39 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:46.800 connection determined his public direction. 40 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:56.400 Private connection determined his public direction, but direction also needs to be 41 00:03:56.400 --> 00:04:02.320 right action to produce fruit. 42 00:04:02.320 --> 00:04:13.960 So what we're talking about is a, a rhythm of your life, a, a rhythm of your business. 43 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:20.360 You know, if you've been with me any length of time, we're not building from pressure. 44 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:24.080 We're building from presence. 45 00:04:24.080 --> 00:04:29.600 And to do that, we have a rhythm. 46 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:36.280 Everything is either fear based, which is also lack based or love based, which is also 47 00:04:36.280 --> 00:04:37.960 faith based. 48 00:04:37.960 --> 00:04:39.000 There's two tracks. 49 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:44.800 It's like, it's like those monorails or whatever, and they split and you always have that choice. 50 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:53.320 You can go into fear, lack, and it builds and produces a different fruit or love and 51 00:04:53.320 --> 00:04:55.520 faith and it produces a different fruit. 52 00:04:55.520 --> 00:04:59.240 And this is a constant check yourself. 53 00:04:59.240 --> 00:04:59.960 Like honestly. 54 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.400 Like as I prepare these lessons, it's not like I'm above them. 55 00:05:04.400 --> 00:05:06.080 I promise. 56 00:05:06.080 --> 00:05:08.960 Like I was going over the lesson again this morning 57 00:05:08.960 --> 00:05:12.880 that I had prepared, and I was looking and highlighting, 58 00:05:12.880 --> 00:05:15.680 and it was like, oh, Lord. 59 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:20.640 You know, like just convict myself on these areas. 60 00:05:20.640 --> 00:05:25.640 So this is a constant re-evaluation. 61 00:05:25.640 --> 00:05:28.440 Natalie, you got your hand raised, sister? 62 00:05:28.440 --> 00:05:33.760 Yeah, because just a quick testimony 63 00:05:33.760 --> 00:05:36.160 about what you just said. 64 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:38.640 So remember a couple of months ago, 65 00:05:38.640 --> 00:05:41.200 I told you about this contract that I was taking on? 66 00:05:41.200 --> 00:05:42.240 Yes. 67 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:48.520 And you said, girl, are you sure you want to do that? 68 00:05:48.520 --> 00:05:51.680 And I said, yeah, it's just a little contract. 69 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:55.720 It's a little contract, and it was a friend. 70 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:58.520 I call it an associated friend. 71 00:05:58.520 --> 00:06:00.640 I say it like that. 72 00:06:00.640 --> 00:06:04.840 And I took on the contract, and it was just a little contract 73 00:06:04.840 --> 00:06:09.240 in proportion to all the other contracts that I had. 74 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:16.440 But there was so much mental turmoil with this one contract 75 00:06:16.440 --> 00:06:21.480 that it literally impeded my ability to do my other work. 76 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:25.200 It actually disrupted my peace. 77 00:06:25.200 --> 00:06:26.000 Wow. 78 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:30.680 It had me thinking that I was incompetent. 79 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:35.040 Because a couple of things, and all I could hear 80 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:38.520 was you saying, why are you taking this? 81 00:06:38.520 --> 00:06:40.720 You asked me a couple of questions. 82 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:43.400 And I just said, you know, because then I 83 00:06:43.400 --> 00:06:46.520 was trying to figure out, well, I'm in it, 84 00:06:46.520 --> 00:06:50.440 so I need to finish it. 85 00:06:50.440 --> 00:06:53.960 But I also didn't want to leave her hanging. 86 00:06:53.960 --> 00:06:56.440 And so I asked the Lord. 87 00:06:56.440 --> 00:06:59.360 I said, Lord, I don't know what to do. 88 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:03.200 And so yesterday morning, we were 89 00:07:03.200 --> 00:07:06.960 supposed to travel to another city within Minneapolis. 90 00:07:06.960 --> 00:07:09.760 And she was going to do one of the things 91 00:07:09.760 --> 00:07:11.360 that I'm actually planning to do. 92 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:14.320 And I could see the model of it in action and stuff like that. 93 00:07:14.320 --> 00:07:16.960 And she called me that morning, and she said, hey. 94 00:07:16.960 --> 00:07:17.840 She texted me. 95 00:07:17.840 --> 00:07:18.600 She said, call me when you get a chance. 96 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:19.400 I said, OK, fine. 97 00:07:19.400 --> 00:07:20.160 So she called me. 98 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:24.520 She said, hey, you remember in the Monday morning meeting 99 00:07:24.520 --> 00:07:26.840 when my developer was talking, my fund developer 100 00:07:26.840 --> 00:07:29.240 was talking about, you know, we have grants coming in. 101 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:30.960 We have a lot still coming in. 102 00:07:30.960 --> 00:07:33.560 But the ones that are coming in are coming in at like half 103 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:37.400 the appropriate, I mean, half of what we applied for. 104 00:07:37.400 --> 00:07:38.200 And I said, yeah. 105 00:07:38.200 --> 00:07:41.320 She said, well, girl, with all of those changes, 106 00:07:41.320 --> 00:07:44.080 I'm unable to afford you. 107 00:07:44.080 --> 00:07:46.760 I put the phone on mute. 108 00:07:46.840 --> 00:07:51.880 And I was like, thank you, Jesus. 109 00:07:51.880 --> 00:07:55.560 I was so excited and thankful. 110 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:57.720 And then I had to, you know, I had to get back on 111 00:07:57.720 --> 00:08:00.120 with my composure and just ask her, like, 112 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:02.280 what kind of help she needed for me to close my part out 113 00:08:02.280 --> 00:08:05.040 and pass it on to somebody and all that kind of stuff. 114 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.600 But I'm going to tell you what that lesson was. 115 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:12.160 Because there was a, you verbalized it, 116 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:15.400 but I had an ink not to do it. 117 00:08:15.400 --> 00:08:17.800 But I was saying, oh, I can recoup some of the money 118 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:20.320 I spent, that's what I was thinking about 119 00:08:20.320 --> 00:08:22.160 instead of following my piece. 120 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:25.720 And my piece was not telling me to go ahead and do it. 121 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:30.720 So what you're teaching, if I, because like I said, 122 00:08:31.320 --> 00:08:34.720 because of that one contract, which was much smaller 123 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:39.720 than all of my contracts, it impeded my ability 124 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:42.919 to fully execute the ones that were making me 125 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:44.920 a lot more money. 126 00:08:44.920 --> 00:08:47.280 Yesterday, after I got released, 127 00:08:47.280 --> 00:08:50.160 I was able to breeze through all the stuff 128 00:08:50.160 --> 00:08:53.800 that I had kind of delayed from my other contracts. 129 00:08:53.800 --> 00:08:55.480 So I just wanted to share that testimony. 130 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:57.680 Thank you, thank you for sharing that. 131 00:08:57.680 --> 00:09:00.280 I just want to affirm your teaching. 132 00:09:00.280 --> 00:09:05.280 And it fits so well with what I shared yesterday. 133 00:09:06.880 --> 00:09:09.200 And I don't, I don't, were you, were you there yesterday? 134 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:10.040 I can't remember. 135 00:09:10.040 --> 00:09:10.880 I don't think so. 136 00:09:10.880 --> 00:09:13.840 No, I was on the phone with her telling her she was there. 137 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:14.760 That's what I was thinking. 138 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:16.960 I didn't remember seeing you. 139 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:21.960 And here's the thing, what we showed as the background, 140 00:09:23.160 --> 00:09:25.600 we were in Mark chapter one. 141 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:28.960 And what you just shared lays a perfect foundation 142 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:31.880 because Jesus was in this situation 143 00:09:31.880 --> 00:09:33.560 like what you're talking about. 144 00:09:33.560 --> 00:09:38.400 So it opens and at the end of Mark chapter one, 145 00:09:38.400 --> 00:09:41.080 Jesus has a full night. 146 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:45.680 It says that the entire town like came to his door 147 00:09:45.680 --> 00:09:48.680 and he was healing and ministering 148 00:09:48.680 --> 00:09:51.800 and doing all of this, right? 149 00:09:51.800 --> 00:09:56.480 And then it says that the next morning, 150 00:09:56.480 --> 00:10:00.280 even after that full night, it says he went away. 151 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:05.000 to be with God, to be with his father and pray. 152 00:10:05.500 --> 00:10:10.500 And the disciples find him and they say to him, 153 00:10:12.560 --> 00:10:15.300 everybody is looking for you. 154 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:18.620 And so yesterday we talked about, 155 00:10:18.620 --> 00:10:22.280 there's these demands, these calls, it's an offer. 156 00:10:22.280 --> 00:10:27.280 And from a business standpoint, he had full momentum, right? 157 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:29.800 Like everybody was at his door. 158 00:10:29.800 --> 00:10:32.520 He was recognized, they wanted more. 159 00:10:32.520 --> 00:10:34.280 It was like business momentum. 160 00:10:34.280 --> 00:10:37.880 We would naturally go back to the business momentum. 161 00:10:38.920 --> 00:10:41.040 He had gotten done praying. 162 00:10:41.040 --> 00:10:43.520 They said, everybody's looking for you. 163 00:10:43.520 --> 00:10:48.520 And Jesus said, today we go to this other town. 164 00:10:48.560 --> 00:10:51.060 For that reason, I have come here. 165 00:10:51.060 --> 00:10:56.060 And he did not let demand determine his direction. 166 00:10:57.520 --> 00:11:00.320 It was his time with the father 167 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:02.100 that gave the yes or the no. 168 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:04.520 And it's like, no, I served them last night. 169 00:11:04.520 --> 00:11:06.440 I came to all these other cities. 170 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:09.480 This is why, this is my purpose. 171 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:14.480 And it was such a great foundation we laid yesterday 172 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:20.120 because we tend to be driven by demand. 173 00:11:20.800 --> 00:11:25.800 We try to be driven and especially demand is working, right? 174 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:32.280 And so I'm so thankful you gave a very real example. 175 00:11:32.280 --> 00:11:34.760 So there's always these two tracks. 176 00:11:34.760 --> 00:11:38.960 And this is why God says that, 177 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:42.040 out of the heart flow the issues of life, right? 178 00:11:42.040 --> 00:11:45.080 And out of the heart flows the fruit 179 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:50.080 because if we're being driven by lack or fear, 180 00:11:50.160 --> 00:11:53.240 that fruit is not gonna be pretty like you experienced. 181 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:55.160 And it steals all the other fruit 182 00:11:55.160 --> 00:11:58.000 and it steals the greatest fruit, which is your peace. 183 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:01.120 If it's driven by absolute love, 184 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:06.120 like when we open talking about the 14th anniversary, 185 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:11.800 today's Prosperversary, which you guys can watch emails. 186 00:12:11.800 --> 00:12:13.800 I'm gonna make some announcements later. 187 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:22.440 I could easily not do an early morning on Thursday morning. 188 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:27.000 I could have not scheduled Build Like Jesus. 189 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:31.080 And we could have been done from pressure to partnership. 190 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:33.680 And I would have opened up that eight o'clock slot 191 00:12:33.680 --> 00:12:37.520 because truth be told, I dance on Wednesday nights. 192 00:12:37.520 --> 00:12:41.240 I dance in the Bay Area, it's a two hour drive. 193 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:46.240 I get home late and I could like not, but love drives me. 194 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:48.360 Love drives me. 195 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:50.720 God said, build like Jesus. 196 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:54.760 And because love is driving me, I have peace this morning. 197 00:12:54.760 --> 00:12:56.880 I have energy this morning. 198 00:12:56.880 --> 00:12:59.360 I'm excited to be here. 199 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:02.040 I'm excited 14 years, right? 200 00:13:02.040 --> 00:13:05.240 And so it's the fruit that comes from that. 201 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:10.240 So I love God's grace and I love that you shared that. 202 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:12.840 And so it's super important 203 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.240 that we start to have this healthy rhythm 204 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:18.280 that I want to talk about. 205 00:13:18.280 --> 00:13:22.040 So if you remember in the intro last week, 206 00:13:22.040 --> 00:13:24.600 we identified the sheep that were called to serve. 207 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:25.600 That's foundational. 208 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:29.320 Who first the vision and who am I called to serve? 209 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:31.000 What's the problem? 210 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:32.400 They want help solving. 211 00:13:32.400 --> 00:13:36.080 We were learning to listen and not put our stuff on them. 212 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:40.040 And what's the pathway, the quickest pathway to get them 213 00:13:40.040 --> 00:13:42.360 to where they're trying to get. 214 00:13:42.400 --> 00:13:47.400 But even clarity about people will not produce fruit 215 00:13:48.520 --> 00:13:53.520 if you don't have a rhythm for consistently reaching, 216 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:57.320 listening and serving them. 217 00:13:57.320 --> 00:14:00.880 You have to have a consistency rhythm, 218 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:06.320 a consistency now for highly creative people, 219 00:14:06.520 --> 00:14:10.520 people, multi-passionate people, 220 00:14:10.520 --> 00:14:14.960 that consistency can be hard because, 221 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:19.960 and so it has to be done enough that it becomes habit. 222 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:23.400 So habit is running you because for many of you, 223 00:14:23.400 --> 00:14:26.600 it'll be against your nature because you're very excited. 224 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:29.080 You got a new idea and now you're going to try this 225 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:31.680 and forget that that didn't work and I want to try this. 226 00:14:31.680 --> 00:14:34.560 And it's really easy to be bouncing all over 227 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:36.440 a ping pong ball, right? 228 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:41.440 And so what I'm teaching today is a consistency habit 229 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:44.600 that will produce fruit. 230 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:48.520 When we saw Jesus go away there in Mark, 231 00:14:48.520 --> 00:14:53.040 we see several other verses that I think it's in Luke 232 00:14:53.040 --> 00:14:57.320 that says that he often did this. 233 00:14:57.320 --> 00:14:59.560 And so the bigger the demand gets, 234 00:14:59.560 --> 00:15:00.400 the bigger. 235 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:03.360 your business gets the more what I'm teaching today. 236 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:06.200 I chose this as pillar number one 237 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:09.820 because without this, it's not sustainable. 238 00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:14.520 Your energy, your business, it will not be sustainable 239 00:15:14.520 --> 00:15:17.020 without what I'm teaching today. 240 00:15:17.020 --> 00:15:19.700 And we have to remember this. 241 00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:23.200 I was teaching my daughter this a couple of days ago 242 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:26.600 because she's an all out, she'll get a new job 243 00:15:26.640 --> 00:15:30.200 and she will just like do 10 times more than everybody else. 244 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:35.200 And she'll just like, and then she'll just crash and burn. 245 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.760 Right, and I said, you've got to learn 246 00:15:39.760 --> 00:15:43.080 that this is not a sprint, it's a marathon. 247 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:47.280 And if you take sprint energy into a marathon, 248 00:15:47.280 --> 00:15:49.200 you're not gonna make it mile two 249 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:51.940 and you still got 28 miles to go. 250 00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:53.640 And it's the same in business. 251 00:15:53.660 --> 00:15:57.100 We get excited and we put this sprint energy 252 00:15:57.100 --> 00:16:00.060 and we don't build this consistency muscle. 253 00:16:00.060 --> 00:16:01.140 Does that make sense? 254 00:16:01.140 --> 00:16:05.340 And so Jesus had this rhythm as we build like Jesus, 255 00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:07.380 we're gonna see how he had that. 256 00:16:07.380 --> 00:16:10.380 And so he would receive from the father first, 257 00:16:10.380 --> 00:16:14.300 you always see this, and then he would move. 258 00:16:14.300 --> 00:16:17.180 He would pray and then he would act. 259 00:16:17.180 --> 00:16:20.720 He would withdraw and then he would return. 260 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:22.920 So his private connection 261 00:16:22.920 --> 00:16:26.740 produced the visible fruitful action. 262 00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:29.460 So I want you to look at your business real quick right now 263 00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:34.220 and your life, and I want you to just answer this privately. 264 00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:38.700 Which describes your business most accurately right now? 265 00:16:40.660 --> 00:16:41.860 Four choices. 266 00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:45.700 Number one, I spend time with God, 267 00:16:45.700 --> 00:16:48.620 but I struggle to turn what I hear 268 00:16:48.640 --> 00:16:51.040 into consistent business action. 269 00:16:51.040 --> 00:16:54.680 Number one, I spend time with God, 270 00:16:54.680 --> 00:16:56.480 but I struggle to turn what I hear 271 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:59.840 into consistent business action. 272 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:04.480 Number two, I take plenty of action, 273 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:08.140 but I often feel pressured and scattered or depleted. 274 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:12.520 So number one, I spend time with God, 275 00:17:12.520 --> 00:17:14.440 but I don't turn it into action. 276 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:17.760 Number two, I take lots of action, 277 00:17:17.760 --> 00:17:20.900 but I'm pressured, I'm scattered, I'm depleted. 278 00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:25.680 Number three, I kind of move between both extremes. 279 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:31.940 And number four, I have a healthy rhythm, 280 00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:35.540 but I need to make it more consistent and fruitful. 281 00:17:35.540 --> 00:17:38.700 So the idea here is not to judge your answer 282 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:40.340 or beat yourself up. 283 00:17:40.340 --> 00:17:43.060 We need an honest starting point. 284 00:17:44.040 --> 00:17:46.480 Brenda, can you repeat those again? 285 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:47.640 Sure. 286 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.480 Yeah, sure. 287 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:53.400 Number one, I'm spending time with God. 288 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:55.240 So I got that going, 289 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:57.040 but I really struggle to turn that 290 00:17:57.040 --> 00:17:59.360 into consistent business action. 291 00:17:59.360 --> 00:18:01.080 It's not going, my time with God 292 00:18:01.080 --> 00:18:04.160 is not going into my business, okay? 293 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:08.040 Number two, I take lots of action. 294 00:18:08.040 --> 00:18:12.320 I'm a doer, I'm a getter done, check the boxes. 295 00:18:12.340 --> 00:18:17.340 But internally, I feel pressured, I'll feel scattered, 296 00:18:18.020 --> 00:18:19.860 I'll feel often depleted. 297 00:18:21.300 --> 00:18:24.100 When you're doing the Lord's work, 298 00:18:24.100 --> 00:18:25.820 you should not feel depleted. 299 00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:30.340 The Lord didn't come to just suck you dry. 300 00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:34.200 Number three, we get tired, we're humans. 301 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:36.580 If you put in a lot of hours, you need rest, okay? 302 00:18:36.580 --> 00:18:39.600 I'm not saying we don't get tired, we're not human doings. 303 00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:44.300 But that depleted soul tired, soul sucking tired, 304 00:18:44.300 --> 00:18:46.100 that's not of the Lord. 305 00:18:46.100 --> 00:18:47.340 Something's off. 306 00:18:47.340 --> 00:18:49.820 Number three, I go back and forth. 307 00:18:49.820 --> 00:18:52.260 I spend time with God and don't take action, 308 00:18:52.260 --> 00:18:54.160 and I take tons of action, 309 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:56.180 but it's from a place of pressure. 310 00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:58.780 So I'm kind of back and forth. 311 00:18:58.780 --> 00:19:03.460 Number four, I have a healthy rhythm, 312 00:19:05.020 --> 00:19:07.860 but I need to make it more consistent and fruitful. 313 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:10.840 I'm doing pretty good, time with God, action. 314 00:19:10.840 --> 00:19:14.320 Now, I just wanna make it like a habit, 315 00:19:14.320 --> 00:19:17.160 consistent, fruitful. 316 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:18.260 So we're not judging it, 317 00:19:18.260 --> 00:19:20.620 we're just looking for a starting point 318 00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:24.500 so that we can build a rhythm that works. 319 00:19:30.140 --> 00:19:33.480 So like I said, when we look at yesterday, 320 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:38.240 you know, I mean, it says the whole town 321 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:39.640 was gathered at his door. 322 00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:41.680 It says he was working till late at night, 323 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:43.080 he was taking action. 324 00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:45.520 But early in the morning, he withdrew to pray. 325 00:19:45.520 --> 00:19:49.560 This is Mark 1, 32 to 38. 326 00:19:49.560 --> 00:19:51.560 In case you didn't get it, you wanna go back, 327 00:19:51.560 --> 00:19:53.900 Mark 1, 32 to 38. 328 00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:55.680 So the disciples find him and say, 329 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:57.640 everybody's looking for you. 330 00:19:57.640 --> 00:20:00.280 But what I want you to get from this is Jesus. 331 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:05.000 didn't automatically jump and go back to yesterday's success. 332 00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:08.860 Because there was demand, didn't mean, 333 00:20:08.860 --> 00:20:11.260 okay, all right, let's go. 334 00:20:11.260 --> 00:20:13.000 Time to go back, let's go do it. 335 00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:16.620 That's such an amazing thought. 336 00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:17.620 Can you imagine? 337 00:20:17.620 --> 00:20:20.540 You've got incredible momentum. 338 00:20:20.540 --> 00:20:23.740 Your inbox is full of offers. 339 00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:27.200 Your social media is blowing up. 340 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:28.700 People wanna talk to you. 341 00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:31.400 You are in full on momentum. 342 00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:35.460 And of course we steward what God brings us, 343 00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:37.700 but Jesus didn't automatically go there. 344 00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:40.180 And he could only not do that 345 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:44.300 because he had gotten his marching orders from the Lord. 346 00:20:44.300 --> 00:20:47.140 And so he moved the direction of his assignment, 347 00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:49.300 very counterintuitive. 348 00:20:49.300 --> 00:20:52.540 We would almost think he's being irresponsible. 349 00:20:52.540 --> 00:20:55.180 But he didn't let the tail wag the dog. 350 00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:59.700 He didn't let the people's demand determine his actions. 351 00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:02.940 This is a really important distinction. 352 00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:04.620 If you've ever been in momentum, 353 00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:08.060 I remember being a founder, network marketing company, 354 00:21:08.060 --> 00:21:11.140 and we were like hockey stick. 355 00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:16.140 We were on fire and the demand was unbelievable. 356 00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:21.580 And the pressure is you drop everything 357 00:21:21.580 --> 00:21:24.140 and you dedicate 24 hours a day to that, 358 00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:26.020 to keep up with the demand. 359 00:21:26.020 --> 00:21:27.580 So Jesus had that demand, 360 00:21:27.580 --> 00:21:28.980 but he didn't allow the crowd 361 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:31.220 to determine what he would do next. 362 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:34.260 Such an important one we're building like Jesus. 363 00:21:34.260 --> 00:21:37.380 And so prayer did more for him 364 00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:40.500 than just restore his energy, I'm sure. 365 00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:42.260 After a late night of ministry, 366 00:21:42.260 --> 00:21:43.900 I'm sure his time with the father 367 00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:47.380 was like so healing and so regenerating. 368 00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:50.340 But what we get from this, we can deduce from this, 369 00:21:50.340 --> 00:21:52.700 is it did more than just give him energy. 370 00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:54.780 It clarified his direction. 371 00:21:57.060 --> 00:22:00.260 He was going on marching orders, right? 372 00:22:00.260 --> 00:22:03.660 And so yesterday we went through all the promises 373 00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:06.460 of God promising to lead, to guide, 374 00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:09.140 to show us the way, to give us wisdom, 375 00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:12.700 to seek him first, that everything else will follow. 376 00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:17.580 And so we know that we're not called to build alone. 377 00:22:17.580 --> 00:22:20.580 He's promised to give us wisdom, to lead, to guide, 378 00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:23.180 to show us which way to go. 379 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:25.340 So today, what I wanna talk about 380 00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:27.980 to bring us up to speed here, 381 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:31.260 is when we talk about going online 382 00:22:31.260 --> 00:22:35.420 or going into ministry, however you do it, live or online, 383 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:38.420 we don't go to get filled. 384 00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:42.060 We go already filled. 385 00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:46.380 We don't go to get, 386 00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:49.980 we go to give rivers of living water 387 00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:51.820 flowing out of our belly. 388 00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:53.060 Does that make sense? 389 00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:58.260 And yet, being filled is not where the process ends. 390 00:22:58.260 --> 00:23:00.620 Like you can spend time with God and you're just so full 391 00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:02.820 and it was such a rich, 392 00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:07.380 but the fullness is meant to become overflow. 393 00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:09.980 That fullness, we're supposed to serve. 394 00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:12.900 And I've shared this because it impacted me 395 00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:16.940 so much early in my ministry, in my twenties, 396 00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:19.140 that I had a very wise older woman 397 00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:20.460 and we were sitting at dinner. 398 00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.980 I remember it so vividly, 399 00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:24.700 the white tablecloth and the cups, 400 00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:26.940 and there was a pitcher of water. 401 00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:31.180 And I remember her grabbing the pitcher of water to my cup 402 00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:34.380 and pouring and I'm watching her like, what is she doing? 403 00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:37.780 And she's pouring and the water's overflowing 404 00:23:37.780 --> 00:23:40.380 from the cup into the saucer. 405 00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:43.580 And she says, this is how God wants you to minister. 406 00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:46.300 Remember this, he wants you ministering 407 00:23:46.300 --> 00:23:50.260 from a place of overflow, not from an empty cup. 408 00:23:50.260 --> 00:23:54.700 That has stayed with me, you know, 30 years, right? 409 00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:58.540 It's such a powerful metaphor. 410 00:23:58.540 --> 00:24:03.300 And so we see in Luke, you can make a note, 411 00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:07.220 Luke 5, 15 and 16, this was a habit. 412 00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:10.660 It says, Jesus would often slip away 413 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.900 to the wilderness and pray. 414 00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:14.180 This was not a one-time thing. 415 00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:16.220 And the larger the crowds became, 416 00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:19.300 the more necessary Jesus rhythm. 417 00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:22.780 So he didn't wait until he was depleted. 418 00:24:22.780 --> 00:24:26.940 Like so many women, like they get so depleted 419 00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:29.580 and they're like, either they got sick 420 00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:32.860 or they're like, I just have to like rest. 421 00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:35.940 I'm completely, there's nothing left of me. 422 00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:37.500 That's too late. 423 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.620 What we're talking about, 424 00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:40.620 Jesus didn't wait till he was depleted 425 00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:45.140 or confused or resentful, right? 426 00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:50.140 Before reconnecting, he often withdrew, often. 427 00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:53.340 His solitary time was not separate 428 00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:54.700 from his public fruitfulness. 429 00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:57.260 We've got to, you've got to see the connection. 430 00:24:57.260 --> 00:25:00.220 These two went together hand in hand. 431 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:03.400 and connection and fruit. 432 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:07.960 And if you remember, in the past, in Power Hour, 433 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:10.800 we studied John 15, one of our promises. 434 00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:13.200 And I keep coming back to this because it's 435 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:16.640 such a real and visual. 436 00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:24.080 John 15 says, remain in me, and I will remain in you. 437 00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:26.600 For a branch cannot produce fruit 438 00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:28.480 if it's severed from the vine. 439 00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:30.400 He gave them something they understand. 440 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:32.000 They're looking at the vineyard. 441 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.320 You see that? 442 00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:35.680 If a branch is cut off from the vine, 443 00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:38.160 it's not going to bear fruit. 444 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:43.080 And then he looks at them, and it says, and you. 445 00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:44.840 He goes from the vine. 446 00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:50.360 He says, and you cannot be fruitful 447 00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:54.460 unless you remain in me. 448 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:57.400 That is John 15, 4 and 5. 449 00:25:57.400 --> 00:26:02.500 I read from the NLT, New Living Translation. 450 00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:12.180 You cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. 451 00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.880 But I'm going to repeat it one more time. 452 00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:15.020 I want you to get this. 453 00:26:15.020 --> 00:26:20.500 You cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. 454 00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:23.580 He didn't say the branch might struggle harder 455 00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:25.820 to manufacture fruit. 456 00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:30.160 Fruit grows through connection. 457 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:34.000 Fruit grows through connection. 458 00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:36.440 Abiding is not inactivity. 459 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:38.960 I've had people tell me, I don't have time in the morning. 460 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:40.200 I've got to blah, blah, blah. 461 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:42.160 I can't be with the Lord in the morning. 462 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.880 I'm not a morning person. 463 00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:45.240 I'm too tired. 464 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:48.400 My first appointment, I get all of the excuses. 465 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:50.600 Abiding is not inactivity. 466 00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:55.780 It's the life that produces the fruit that you want. 467 00:26:55.780 --> 00:26:59.460 So there's a couple places that this rhythm breaks down. 468 00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:03.140 Let's see in your business where you are. 469 00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:06.700 There's two places that this rhythm can break down. 470 00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:14.420 Number one, overflow without connection. 471 00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:17.540 Overflow without connection. 472 00:27:17.540 --> 00:27:20.500 What does that look like? 473 00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:26.000 I get up and I open social media before I'm grounded. 474 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:31.200 I allow my notifications to determine my day. 475 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:36.280 My email box starts giving me more marching orders. 476 00:27:36.280 --> 00:27:39.520 I start posting from fear because sales are slow 477 00:27:39.520 --> 00:27:40.320 and I'm in a panic. 478 00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:45.800 I'm consuming other people's content. 479 00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:50.340 I'm lost in the scroll before I even 480 00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:53.420 question my own direction. 481 00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:56.420 I'm sending out messages because I need. 482 00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:59.380 I'm back over here in this fear, this lack. 483 00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:01.620 I need someone to buy. 484 00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:07.140 I'm working longer and I'm becoming less focused. 485 00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:08.020 That's number one. 486 00:28:08.020 --> 00:28:09.320 I have this overflow. 487 00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:11.060 I'm doing. 488 00:28:11.060 --> 00:28:12.180 I'm going. 489 00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:14.460 But it's outside of connection. 490 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:17.360 This number one produces activity. 491 00:28:17.360 --> 00:28:21.400 There's lots of activity, but not necessarily fruit. 492 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:23.200 I want you to hear the distinction 493 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:26.640 between activity and fruit. 494 00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:31.480 There's a difference between activity and fruit. 495 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:36.840 The second breakdown is where we have connection, 496 00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:40.600 but without action, without consistent action. 497 00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:44.440 We have connection, but we don't have consistent action. 498 00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:50.900 That, in real life, looks like I pray repeatedly 499 00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:55.100 about something God has already told me to do. 500 00:28:55.100 --> 00:28:58.580 I remember, what's it been, a year now? 501 00:28:58.580 --> 00:29:01.540 Since my book, two years? 502 00:29:01.540 --> 00:29:04.460 God would consistently, I would journal and I would say, 503 00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.860 God, what do you want me to know? 504 00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.980 What do you want me to do? 505 00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.260 What do you? 506 00:29:07.260 --> 00:29:08.300 And he would say, write. 507 00:29:08.300 --> 00:29:10.540 I want you to write your book. 508 00:29:10.540 --> 00:29:12.100 Did I write it? 509 00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:13.720 No. 510 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:17.980 This went on and on and on. 511 00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:21.940 If I look back over my journals, like I do, and I'm like, 512 00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:23.580 God's been telling me this forever. 513 00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:26.180 He told me what to do. 514 00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:28.740 And it wasn't, so it was like, OK. 515 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:31.380 OK, we're going to shut down the distractions. 516 00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:33.100 LinkedIn, gone. 517 00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:34.940 OK, there you go. 518 00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:36.300 Lead generation, gone. 519 00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:37.540 There, you don't have me. 520 00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:39.220 Now you're going to do what I asked you, 521 00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:42.180 and you're going to write your book? 522 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:44.120 So we pray about stuff. 523 00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:46.520 Keep asking God, God, what do you want me to do? 524 00:29:46.520 --> 00:29:50.600 I already told you what I want you to do, right? 525 00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:53.880 So that's connection without obedience. 526 00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:58.800 Journaling about visibility and still hiding. 527 00:29:58.800 --> 00:30:01.240 God, please help me to show. 528 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:04.320 But more, please help me to die, and I'm still hiding. 529 00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:06.440 Here's another big one. 530 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:10.640 Asking for clients, but you're still not 531 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:13.880 initiating conversations. 532 00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:15.760 They'll say, I really need clients. 533 00:30:15.760 --> 00:30:17.920 If I don't get some cash flow, I can't stay. 534 00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:19.240 I'm going to have to get a job. 535 00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.440 I really need clients. 536 00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:22.840 And I'll go, OK, how many conversations 537 00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:24.440 did you have today? 538 00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.080 None. 539 00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:28.360 How many real conversations did you have this week? 540 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:31.760 I'm not talking talking at people that you're posting. 541 00:30:31.760 --> 00:30:35.480 How many real conversations did you have? 542 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.000 None. 543 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:38.840 So you want clients without any conversations. 544 00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:40.560 We already talked about knowing sheep. 545 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:45.920 But we just keep doing that. 546 00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:49.440 Or waiting until I feel completely confident 547 00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:51.600 before I make an invitation. 548 00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:53.520 I call that getting ready to get ready, 549 00:30:53.520 --> 00:30:55.480 getting ready to get ready. 550 00:30:55.480 --> 00:31:00.120 Many people stuck on the landing for the plane, 551 00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:02.480 just stuck on the runway getting ready to get ready 552 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:04.080 to get ready. 553 00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:06.960 And the Bible says, if you wait till conditions are perfect, 554 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:09.360 you'll never plant. 555 00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:12.200 You're not going to be ready. 556 00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:14.040 I have a military friend. 557 00:31:14.040 --> 00:31:16.080 And in the military, they would always say, 558 00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:17.360 and he was a firefighter. 559 00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:19.480 And they'd say, sir, we're not ready. 560 00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:22.200 You're ready enough. 561 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:26.880 Any time they said, we're not ready, you're ready enough. 562 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:29.640 You're going to get ready and learn as you're going. 563 00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:32.520 Yes, you're going to make mistakes. 564 00:31:32.520 --> 00:31:35.600 But you're in motion, and that's where the action is happening. 565 00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:36.800 You're ready enough. 566 00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:42.720 Or calling the delayed discernment. 567 00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:44.000 I'm just waiting on God. 568 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.600 I'm just waiting. 569 00:31:44.600 --> 00:31:46.600 They've been waiting on God and waiting on God. 570 00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:48.000 It's like God's waiting on them. 571 00:31:48.800 --> 00:31:51.280 So this can feel spiritual. 572 00:31:51.280 --> 00:31:57.200 And let me tell you, it's often spiritualized avoidance. 573 00:31:57.200 --> 00:32:01.040 Spiritualized avoidance. 574 00:32:01.040 --> 00:32:08.600 James 1.22 says, do not merely listen to the word, 575 00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:11.600 and so deceive yourself. 576 00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:13.720 Look at this, deception. 577 00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.400 Deception. 578 00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:18.440 Do not merely listen to the word. 579 00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:22.120 How many people just go to church, or listen to audio, 580 00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:24.880 or another sermon, or another, and they're 581 00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:26.360 listening to the word? 582 00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:32.200 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourself. 583 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:33.920 Do what it says. 584 00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:36.760 I'd rather you read one sentence, 585 00:32:36.760 --> 00:32:39.040 say, Lord, help me live that today, 586 00:32:39.040 --> 00:32:41.360 than I read through the Bible in a day, 587 00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:43.320 but I still haven't taken an ear in a year, 588 00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:46.400 and I still haven't taken any action. 589 00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:51.880 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourself. 590 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:53.760 Do what it says. 591 00:32:53.760 --> 00:32:58.200 OK, here is the build like Jesus rhythm. 592 00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:01.160 I'm going to give you five things. 593 00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:03.680 Here's the build like Jesus rhythm. 594 00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:07.120 Number one, connection. 595 00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:09.000 Connection. 596 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.480 You receive from the Father. 597 00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.960 You're connected to the vine. 598 00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:14.800 Number one, connection. 599 00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:18.480 Number two, clarity. 600 00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.080 Clarity. 601 00:33:19.080 --> 00:33:21.680 You receive your present assignment. 602 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:23.760 You do and act. 603 00:33:23.760 --> 00:33:26.440 You don't know the whole path. 604 00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:29.520 Like, many of us, we want to know all of it, 605 00:33:29.520 --> 00:33:30.280 how to get there. 606 00:33:30.280 --> 00:33:30.920 You don't. 607 00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:33.600 Usually, you know the next step. 608 00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:38.120 When you take that step, God will show you the next step. 609 00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:41.680 Building companies, it's never that I go, oh, OK, 610 00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.760 this is how I get there. 611 00:33:42.760 --> 00:33:43.600 No. 612 00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:45.560 What's the next right action? 613 00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:47.320 What's the next right action? 614 00:33:47.320 --> 00:33:48.080 What's the next? 615 00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:49.160 So clarity. 616 00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:51.400 Recognize your present assignment. 617 00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:55.080 Number three, contribution. 618 00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:57.880 This is so important. 619 00:33:57.880 --> 00:34:00.440 This is often the missing link. 620 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:02.520 Serve visibly. 621 00:34:02.520 --> 00:34:04.240 Meet real needs. 622 00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:06.840 We've been talking about know your sheep. 623 00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:08.400 Know their now problem. 624 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:11.760 It was so beautiful in the past week 625 00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:14.880 and when I did the founder deep dive, the Prosper Founder 626 00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:19.120 deep dive, and the way that in the deep dive, 627 00:34:19.120 --> 00:34:24.760 Rhonda discovered, number one, wow, she's been at it 20 years. 628 00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:26.679 It's easy to just keep going. 629 00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:29.520 I'm disconnected from really knowing my sheep. 630 00:34:29.520 --> 00:34:33.639 But number two, she wrote in her testimony, 631 00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:35.880 I thought I knew what I needed, but I 632 00:34:36.560 --> 00:34:38.239 thought I knew what I needed. 633 00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:42.440 But being in this proximity and the questions and the things 634 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:45.040 I was doing in the founder meeting, she goes, 635 00:34:45.040 --> 00:34:49.639 I thought I knew what I needed, but actually, I 636 00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:53.280 needed something totally different. 637 00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:58.280 So that comes from being in the process of knowing, 638 00:34:58.280 --> 00:35:01.080 having that clarity, and serving. 639 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:04.400 and meeting real needs. As soon as she changed that, I guarantee she's going to explode. 640 00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:13.120 She's traveling to DC right now. Conversation, then. This is where we've got to engage. I'll 641 00:35:13.120 --> 00:35:20.720 tell you, all of my business comes, all of it, from asking lots of questions and asking questions 642 00:35:21.520 --> 00:35:26.320 and then maybe sharing a little something, asking questions and saying, hey, does it make sense for 643 00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:33.040 us to have a conversation? And it might start with just a 15-minute connect call, which is more 644 00:35:33.040 --> 00:35:39.200 asking questions and discovering the need. And I've taught you guys that have been around, 645 00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:47.840 we don't have the right to make an offer to them until we know their needs, until they've told you 646 00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:53.360 I'm struggling with this, I really need help with this. Until they've told you that, 647 00:35:53.840 --> 00:36:00.720 you're not in the place to make an offer. Remember, I shared with you the mountain, the sales mountain. 648 00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:06.880 Until you've identified the true need, not what you think they need, what they're telling you they 649 00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:12.880 need, you shouldn't be making an offer. You're just throwing spaghetti on the wall. All of that 650 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:18.400 happens with conversation. So number one, connection. Number two, clarity. Number three, 651 00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:25.360 contribution. Number four, conversation. Number five, completion. 652 00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:36.160 Completion, meaning finish that, take the next action, rather than staying in preparation all the time. 653 00:36:38.720 --> 00:36:47.920 A good business rhythm is always finishing something and then starting the next, not leaving 654 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:52.880 everything unfinished and I'm still preparing. Well, let me go tweak this, let me go 655 00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:59.760 back and tweak this, let me redo this. Redoing their offer 15 times, redoing their social media 656 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:09.280 15 times, redoing. They're not finishing anything. Finish it. This is the rhythm that we're building. 657 00:37:10.240 --> 00:37:16.960 So the core principle I want you to get from this, then I want to do an exercise. 658 00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:25.920 The core principle is a God-led rhythm. It's not a rigid routine that controls you, okay? 659 00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:32.720 We're not talking about being rigid, okay? We're talking about a structure, 660 00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:42.080 a boundary. The Bible is absolutely full of boundaries, all the way from creation, when he 661 00:37:42.080 --> 00:37:50.480 divided the land from the water and said, it is good. There's boundaries all over the place, okay? 662 00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:58.160 So what we're talking about is a boundary, a healthy structure that protects that connection 663 00:37:58.160 --> 00:38:04.000 with the Father, which is number one. Without that, we don't bear fruit. We're a disconnected branch. 664 00:38:04.080 --> 00:38:11.920 So we're creating a structure in your life that protects that connection and supports fruit. 665 00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:20.480 You all want fruit, right? Does that make sense? So let's practically kind of put this into action here, 666 00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:29.840 okay? So I've taught you two phases, the golden hour and the overflow. The golden hour and the 667 00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:36.000 overflow. So part one is the golden hour. This is where it starts. This is the connection. 668 00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:44.080 This is the space where you receive from God before you produce. Now, this doesn't have to be massive, 669 00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:52.480 okay? It can be 15 minutes, but you have protected even 15 minutes golden hour. 670 00:38:53.120 --> 00:38:59.040 It'll expand. I promise you, you'll love it. It'll feel so good. It'll likely expand, 671 00:38:59.040 --> 00:39:04.240 but it can be 15 minutes. It can be 60 minutes, depending on your season. You got a bunch of kids 672 00:39:04.240 --> 00:39:09.840 and you got all kinds of stuff. You're lucky to steal away 15 minutes. You're, you know, like me, 673 00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:16.000 I'm single. I got the house to myself. I can more leisurely, right? So we're in different seasons 674 00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:24.480 in our life, okay? But it doesn't matter. You're still protecting that 15 minutes or 60. So, 675 00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:31.760 you know, I put the golden hour in the Prosper Daily Planner. That's one way to just kind of 676 00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:39.360 check off what's included. You can make a note for yourself. The first thing is presence. 677 00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:46.400 It's presence. The Bible says, be still and know that I am God. It's stillness. 678 00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:53.440 It can be one minute of just quiet, just coming before the Lord. I've taught you, 679 00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:59.840 like Yahweh, breathing to get centered. I've taught you I'm in you, you're in me. 680 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:06.280 We are wise like let's just get present right now. I'm in the presence of the Lord. I'm inviting his presence 681 00:40:06.520 --> 00:40:11.960 That's the first thing we've got to do. It can be worship. It can be gratitude. It can be breathing 682 00:40:12.120 --> 00:40:16.280 But it is becoming aware of God's presence 683 00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:22.400 We're not just like running through a checklist, right? This is not a work to do list 684 00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:28.000 The reason we're taking this time is to come into his presence 685 00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:34.240 That's where transformation happens then after presence I call it promise 686 00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:40.480 It's when we're getting into the word the written word and the Rhema word 687 00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:48.000 Okay, so if I read a text in the Bible, for example 688 00:40:49.200 --> 00:40:54.240 I'm not just like reading mindlessly and moving on. I'm going deep God show me 689 00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:56.360 What is this reveal about you I 690 00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:59.840 Want to know you teach me teach me 691 00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:03.200 What is this promise I stand on here? 692 00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:07.360 What's what's the truth here that I need to build my life on? 693 00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:15.680 What pressure does this replace right so we're putting the word into action 694 00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:18.800 Okay, and then 695 00:41:19.600 --> 00:41:21.600 Next is partnership 696 00:41:21.600 --> 00:41:26.400 That's the P in the prosperous system partnership. This is where I'm 697 00:41:27.120 --> 00:41:33.440 Asking God and this is the so I mean, it's also rich. I love being in his presence, right? 698 00:41:33.680 --> 00:41:35.920 I love that. I love his word 699 00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:44.320 And I love this this partnership. It's the habit of asking God about your life and about your business 700 00:41:45.520 --> 00:41:47.520 This is so beautiful 701 00:41:47.520 --> 00:41:52.800 And you all have a different way of asking God the way that has landed for me 702 00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:55.760 over the past decade or two 703 00:41:56.560 --> 00:41:58.560 Is that I ask? 704 00:41:58.700 --> 00:42:04.480 Journaling and I've taught you I have two pens. I have a pink gel pen 705 00:42:05.600 --> 00:42:08.480 Okay, and in my pink gel pen 706 00:42:09.600 --> 00:42:14.960 There's Linda holding hers. I asked God questions. She's got she's got a pink gel pen 707 00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:22.000 I asked God questions. She's got she's got it right there. She's hold up. She knows the purple's next. Okay, my pink gel pen 708 00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:28.960 I all the women i've taught that do this tell me it has completely changed their life and it's certainly changed mine 709 00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:32.000 So I write my question to God 710 00:42:32.720 --> 00:42:34.720 And then I change pens 711 00:42:35.520 --> 00:42:42.000 And i'm in this prayerful receptive like holy spirit right through my hands right now like speak I want to know 712 00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:48.800 And I just allow what comes through and I just write I don't judge it I don't pause I don't keep going back 713 00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:51.440 I don't correct it. I just I just flow 714 00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:54.480 God, what do you see here? 715 00:42:56.320 --> 00:43:03.380 I will often ask God what do you want me to know in this situation? What do you want me to do in this situation? 716 00:43:04.240 --> 00:43:06.240 Right and you can be asking them 717 00:43:07.120 --> 00:43:12.320 Who what conversation needs to happen today, what what do you want me to do today? 718 00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:19.120 Jesus knew it wasn't what he thought it was counterintuitive. The father wanted him doing something else 719 00:43:21.600 --> 00:43:24.100 And then finally number four priority 720 00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:32.400 What is the next right action? What is the next right action? 721 00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:34.480 Action 722 00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:38.720 Okay, I want you to write this down in your journal right now 723 00:43:40.560 --> 00:43:42.560 I want you to answer this 724 00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:49.280 Finish this sentence finish this sentence the most important action 725 00:43:50.560 --> 00:43:54.080 God and I will take in my business today 726 00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:56.800 is 727 00:43:57.600 --> 00:44:00.000 The most important action 728 00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:05.920 God and I will take in my business today is 729 00:44:08.640 --> 00:44:12.480 And I want you to know that this can look very differently 730 00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:17.440 For different people the most important action 731 00:44:18.400 --> 00:44:22.560 God, and I will take in my business today 732 00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:25.440 is 733 00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:32.880 You 734 00:44:35.600 --> 00:44:37.600 The most important action 735 00:44:42.080 --> 00:44:44.080 This looks very different 736 00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:49.520 I have one woman the important action right now is getting rid of clutter 737 00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:53.200 She's like i'm going to fill three trash bags and take it to 738 00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:55.840 give away 739 00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:59.600 That's the action right now I got to get clutter out so 740 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:02.200 but can not be chaotic. 741 00:45:02.200 --> 00:45:04.560 It might be, I've got to follow up. 742 00:45:04.560 --> 00:45:08.000 I have many people that I have not followed up with. 743 00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:12.680 It may be, I'm going to show up live. 744 00:45:12.680 --> 00:45:14.280 It may be, I'm going to make an offer. 745 00:45:18.040 --> 00:45:21.800 It may be, I'm going to spend quality time with my kids 746 00:45:21.800 --> 00:45:22.360 today. 747 00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:27.160 It may be, I'm going to rest today. 748 00:45:27.160 --> 00:45:31.920 Rest is an action, OK? 749 00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:39.320 So if we have this golden hour, even if it's 15 minutes, 750 00:45:39.320 --> 00:45:42.440 I want to show you what it could look like even in 15 minutes. 751 00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:45.520 One minute, or let's say three minutes, 752 00:45:45.520 --> 00:45:48.800 three minutes of becoming present. 753 00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:50.360 We're going to do this in 15 minutes. 754 00:45:50.360 --> 00:45:53.560 Three minutes of becoming present. 755 00:45:53.560 --> 00:45:55.960 Five minutes, one promise. 756 00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:59.440 Just grabbing one promise, one word. 757 00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:03.640 Five minutes listening and journaling. 758 00:46:03.640 --> 00:46:06.480 Two minutes choosing the next right action. 759 00:46:06.480 --> 00:46:07.640 This is not complicated. 760 00:46:07.640 --> 00:46:09.200 It's not rocket science. 761 00:46:09.200 --> 00:46:11.160 Three minutes being present. 762 00:46:11.160 --> 00:46:13.960 Five minutes receiving a promise. 763 00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:17.000 Five minutes listening and journaling. 764 00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:20.680 Two minutes doing the next right action. 765 00:46:20.680 --> 00:46:24.040 Now really, in 24 hours that God has given you, 766 00:46:24.040 --> 00:46:28.880 you cannot consistently do 15 minutes like that. 767 00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:29.400 Really? 768 00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:35.720 So wherever you need to start, there's no judgment. 769 00:46:35.720 --> 00:46:39.000 If it's 15 minutes, do consistent 15 minutes 770 00:46:39.000 --> 00:46:40.320 until that becomes habit. 771 00:46:43.200 --> 00:46:47.520 So that is the golden hour. 772 00:46:47.520 --> 00:46:52.280 That is the vine connecting to the branch, 773 00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:54.920 connecting to the vine so you can bear fruit. 774 00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:57.160 Jesus told you, if you're not doing that, 775 00:46:57.160 --> 00:46:58.840 you're not bearing fruit. 776 00:46:58.840 --> 00:47:01.320 It's not fruit that lasts. 777 00:47:01.320 --> 00:47:03.080 And it's fruit with a big price. 778 00:47:03.080 --> 00:47:05.440 If you're not connected and you're bearing fruit 779 00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:10.080 or trying to bear fruit, then you get depletion, sickness, 780 00:47:10.080 --> 00:47:12.000 crash and burn, all of that. 781 00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:14.080 Part two is the overflow hour. 782 00:47:14.080 --> 00:47:16.720 So now I've had the golden hour. 783 00:47:16.720 --> 00:47:21.040 Now I overflow from that fullness. 784 00:47:21.040 --> 00:47:23.800 So you set a timer. 785 00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:29.160 This is 60 minutes, not more, not less, that is set. 786 00:47:29.160 --> 00:47:33.040 This is the most important thing you do in your business. 787 00:47:33.040 --> 00:47:35.240 This is the thing that will guarantee. 788 00:47:35.240 --> 00:47:39.160 I've watched eight-figure companies be born on this hour. 789 00:47:39.160 --> 00:47:41.480 I've watched seven-figure companies, six-figure, 790 00:47:41.520 --> 00:47:46.800 five-figure born with this consistent hour. 791 00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:48.400 This is the one thing you can do 792 00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:49.960 that your business is gonna grow. 793 00:47:49.960 --> 00:47:53.080 You set the timer for an hour. 794 00:47:53.080 --> 00:47:56.440 You choose one primary platform, 795 00:47:58.080 --> 00:48:02.240 Facebook, Substack, whatever's working for you. 796 00:48:02.240 --> 00:48:04.840 One primary platform. 797 00:48:04.840 --> 00:48:07.480 You stay out of passive scrolling. 798 00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:08.440 There's no scrolling. 799 00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:12.000 When this timer's going, there's no scrolling. 800 00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:16.120 You've got five minutes to prepare and get yourself ready. 801 00:48:16.120 --> 00:48:18.760 First five minutes, you're just getting yourself grounded. 802 00:48:18.760 --> 00:48:21.840 For me, if I was getting myself grounded, 803 00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:26.840 I would pull out my warm leads 804 00:48:27.120 --> 00:48:29.960 that I've been keeping track of every time 805 00:48:29.960 --> 00:48:32.040 so that I know where I'm gonna go back. 806 00:48:32.040 --> 00:48:33.280 You could do this on the computer. 807 00:48:33.280 --> 00:48:34.400 You could do it by hand. 808 00:48:34.400 --> 00:48:35.480 I'm old school. 809 00:48:35.480 --> 00:48:37.080 I do it both, okay? 810 00:48:37.080 --> 00:48:39.160 So five minutes is about 811 00:48:39.160 --> 00:48:41.400 what's your priority during this hour? 812 00:48:42.520 --> 00:48:44.480 One clear outcome. 813 00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:48.400 Open only the tools you need. 814 00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:53.360 If you're using ChatGPT or Cloud or whatever, I open that. 815 00:48:53.360 --> 00:48:56.760 If you need any links or calendar, 816 00:48:56.760 --> 00:49:01.480 if you're posting something about that, and the platform. 817 00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:02.720 Just the tools. 818 00:49:02.720 --> 00:49:04.880 Everything else gets shut down. 819 00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:07.600 You've gotta shut down all notifications 820 00:49:07.600 --> 00:49:09.400 because your brain can't constantly. 821 00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:10.440 It takes energy. 822 00:49:10.440 --> 00:49:12.080 Every time you get distracted 823 00:49:12.080 --> 00:49:14.640 and you come back, it pulls energy. 824 00:49:14.640 --> 00:49:18.480 So everything during this hour gets shut down, okay? 825 00:49:18.480 --> 00:49:21.200 So number one, you prepare five minutes. 826 00:49:21.200 --> 00:49:23.320 Number two, you're gonna publish. 827 00:49:23.320 --> 00:49:25.640 You're gonna post for 10 minutes. 828 00:49:26.760 --> 00:49:29.800 You're gonna post for 10 minutes. 829 00:49:29.800 --> 00:49:33.520 One useful, I didn't say perfect. 830 00:49:33.560 --> 00:49:37.480 I didn't say spend hours, Madison Avenue. 831 00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:41.280 One useful, relevant message 832 00:49:41.280 --> 00:49:44.040 connected to the people you serve. 833 00:49:44.040 --> 00:49:48.640 So I've taught you, you can go between inspiration. 834 00:49:48.640 --> 00:49:51.080 You can go between a conviction 835 00:49:51.080 --> 00:49:53.800 about like something that God's really talking 836 00:49:53.800 --> 00:49:56.240 to you about right now. 837 00:49:56.240 --> 00:49:59.880 You can do a practical tip or a help. 838 00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:03.200 you can share a personal story, 839 00:50:03.200 --> 00:50:07.880 you can do a client result or social proof, 840 00:50:07.880 --> 00:50:11.440 and you give, give, give, ask, 841 00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:13.440 you can do a clear invitation. 842 00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:15.000 You rotate amongst these. 843 00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:17.160 So I might show up with something that just 844 00:50:17.160 --> 00:50:20.360 inspires from your life, from others, something you read. 845 00:50:20.360 --> 00:50:21.840 It might be a conviction. 846 00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:23.120 This is what I'm seeing, 847 00:50:23.120 --> 00:50:25.400 and if we don't stop doing this, 848 00:50:25.400 --> 00:50:28.400 blah, blah, blah, conviction that distinguishes you. 849 00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:30.080 It can be practical help. 850 00:50:30.080 --> 00:50:33.280 Here's five, five ways for you to detox 851 00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:35.240 on a gentle daily basis. 852 00:50:35.240 --> 00:50:38.120 Can be a personal story, okay? 853 00:50:38.120 --> 00:50:40.200 So 10 minutes you're publishing. 854 00:50:41.960 --> 00:50:43.600 Just a quick side note. 855 00:50:44.680 --> 00:50:48.120 I was meeting with my son and my son's pretty brilliant 856 00:50:48.120 --> 00:50:51.760 on social media and advertising. 857 00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:54.200 He'll get a hundred million views. 858 00:50:54.200 --> 00:50:57.760 He will have a 4X ad spend. 859 00:50:57.760 --> 00:51:02.760 I mean, he'll spend $300 a day 860 00:51:03.200 --> 00:51:07.000 and make $1,200 at least, $1,600. 861 00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:08.480 So he'll invest. 862 00:51:08.480 --> 00:51:11.080 He showed me, invest $100,000. 863 00:51:11.080 --> 00:51:13.720 Not all at once, just little, little consistently. 864 00:51:13.720 --> 00:51:18.720 He'll invest $100,000 and show me how it made $400,000. 865 00:51:19.160 --> 00:51:21.800 ROAS, return on ad spend, right? 866 00:51:21.800 --> 00:51:23.400 And he showed me. 867 00:51:23.400 --> 00:51:26.520 Everybody else is trying to be fancy and beautiful. 868 00:51:26.520 --> 00:51:31.520 He has a streetwear design, okay, company. 869 00:51:32.000 --> 00:51:36.360 So he'll design a t-shirt and he goes, let me show you. 870 00:51:36.360 --> 00:51:40.480 And he'll have it all fancy Madison Avenue on a hanger, 871 00:51:40.480 --> 00:51:43.320 beautiful background, perfect print. 872 00:51:43.320 --> 00:51:46.280 Like, I'm just making up something. 873 00:51:46.280 --> 00:51:47.400 Let's say a hundred likes. 874 00:51:47.400 --> 00:51:48.880 I'm just making up a number. 875 00:51:48.880 --> 00:51:51.000 He'll throw the t-shirt on the ground 876 00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:53.680 and take a picture of it on the ground, 877 00:51:53.680 --> 00:51:56.040 like on a piece of cement. 878 00:51:56.040 --> 00:51:59.680 And it'll have like 300 likes. 879 00:51:59.680 --> 00:52:01.840 People are not going for perfect. 880 00:52:01.840 --> 00:52:04.680 So stop trying to be perfect. 881 00:52:04.680 --> 00:52:07.160 People are not going for perfect. 882 00:52:07.160 --> 00:52:08.920 The more perfect you are out there, 883 00:52:08.920 --> 00:52:10.680 the less results you're gonna get. 884 00:52:10.680 --> 00:52:15.280 Show up real, show up raw, do it messy, just do it. 885 00:52:15.280 --> 00:52:17.320 Okay, so number two, publish. 886 00:52:17.320 --> 00:52:20.660 Number three, connect. 887 00:52:20.660 --> 00:52:22.000 This is the key. 888 00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:23.300 This is the core. 889 00:52:23.920 --> 00:52:26.460 You're strengthening some relationships. 890 00:52:26.460 --> 00:52:31.000 So it might be some friend or connection requests. 891 00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:36.000 It might be welcoming new subscribers or followers, okay? 892 00:52:36.500 --> 00:52:39.900 I got over 50 subscribers in my sub stack 893 00:52:39.900 --> 00:52:44.900 in the first three weeks and taking the time by hand, 894 00:52:45.820 --> 00:52:50.820 welcoming them, loving to hear and learn about them. 895 00:52:51.660 --> 00:52:55.820 Okay, that's a great use of this, I'm connecting. 896 00:52:55.820 --> 00:52:58.140 And these connections are ending up going 897 00:52:58.140 --> 00:53:01.640 to some very big places because I'm just genuine. 898 00:53:01.640 --> 00:53:03.500 They're leading them to phone calls 899 00:53:03.500 --> 00:53:06.000 and conversations, right? 900 00:53:06.000 --> 00:53:08.360 Reconnecting with someone you met, 901 00:53:08.360 --> 00:53:12.380 thanking someone who shared, maybe they restocked you 902 00:53:12.380 --> 00:53:16.780 or they posted your work or whatever. 903 00:53:16.780 --> 00:53:19.260 And identifying the people that need to go 904 00:53:19.260 --> 00:53:20.980 on your Dream 1000 list. 905 00:53:20.980 --> 00:53:25.980 This is in your Prosper Portal, Linda created these. 906 00:53:26.040 --> 00:53:28.440 You've got a place for your dream list in there. 907 00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:29.900 Everything's there for you. 908 00:53:29.900 --> 00:53:30.980 Okay, so are you getting this? 909 00:53:30.980 --> 00:53:34.700 Prepare, publish, connect, 10 minutes. 910 00:53:34.700 --> 00:53:37.740 So you got your timer set, prepare five minutes, 911 00:53:37.740 --> 00:53:40.720 publish 10 minutes, connect 10 minutes. 912 00:53:40.720 --> 00:53:43.880 Here's the most important, look how I gave it 15 minutes. 913 00:53:43.880 --> 00:53:47.980 Engage 15 minutes, engage. 914 00:53:47.980 --> 00:53:51.020 If you're just posting and then leaving, 915 00:53:53.300 --> 00:53:55.180 you're talking at people. 916 00:53:55.180 --> 00:53:59.180 There's zero connection, zero relationship. 917 00:53:59.180 --> 00:54:03.940 I post every day, I post, but there's no engagement. 918 00:54:03.940 --> 00:54:08.100 Okay, so engage meaningfully, respond to comments, 919 00:54:08.100 --> 00:54:11.560 comment thoroughly on other people's stuff, 920 00:54:11.560 --> 00:54:15.140 answer a question, celebrate someone's win, 921 00:54:15.140 --> 00:54:17.140 celebrate someone's birthday. 922 00:54:17.140 --> 00:54:21.060 Notice what people are talking and the words they use. 923 00:54:21.060 --> 00:54:24.200 This is listening to your sheep. 924 00:54:25.340 --> 00:54:30.340 Okay, so 15 minutes engage and then 20 minutes converse. 925 00:54:33.900 --> 00:54:38.900 20 minutes converse, initiate or continue 926 00:54:38.960 --> 00:54:43.140 warm, genuine connections. 927 00:54:43.140 --> 00:54:46.160 Follow up with someone who expressed interest. 928 00:54:46.160 --> 00:54:48.000 Check in with a past client. 929 00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:50.000 I do this all the time. 930 00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:52.840 Check in with a past client. 931 00:54:52.840 --> 00:54:56.080 Continue a conversation from a comment. 932 00:54:56.080 --> 00:55:00.080 Ask a thoughtful question, send information people. 933 00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:11.920 requested. Invite a person to a call or invite them to the next step. So remember, relationship 934 00:55:11.920 --> 00:55:18.080 comes before invitation. Don't just start making your offers and you've had no relationship, 935 00:55:18.080 --> 00:55:22.640 you haven't read their stuff, you haven't commented, you haven't engaged, you haven't 936 00:55:22.640 --> 00:55:30.880 DM'd and had a wonderful conversation. I end every DM with a question. I end it. 937 00:55:32.240 --> 00:55:37.360 What's most important to you in this season? What's God showing you right now? 938 00:55:39.280 --> 00:55:42.400 Like, what are you working on that really has you excited? 939 00:55:43.680 --> 00:55:49.920 What do you see for the rest? How did 2026 shape up? What do you see for the rest? 940 00:55:50.000 --> 00:55:57.920 Open-ended, genuine questions, okay? And relationship comes before invitation, 941 00:55:58.960 --> 00:56:04.720 but relationship has to be given somewhere to go. So once you've built a relationship, 942 00:56:04.720 --> 00:56:11.040 you're not just sitting chatting for six months. It's leading to a call. It's leading to an offer. 943 00:56:11.040 --> 00:56:16.560 The relationship has to go somewhere, okay? Some of you are just chatty Cathy's, that doesn't, 944 00:56:16.560 --> 00:56:23.200 it's not enough. So that's an important boundary. When the timer goes off, 60 minutes is done, 945 00:56:23.840 --> 00:56:30.000 shut it down until tomorrow. Now you can check back in, like I'll check in during lunch, 946 00:56:30.000 --> 00:56:34.400 I'll check in in the evening, just make sure there's not a little something. But when my 947 00:56:34.400 --> 00:56:38.320 hour's done, I'm not going to spend all day on social media because you could easily get involved 948 00:56:38.320 --> 00:56:44.000 three hours doing this. So no, the timer goes off, you're done, okay? 949 00:56:46.320 --> 00:56:52.160 So when we come over to office hours, I'm going to give you a couple more just really practical 950 00:56:52.160 --> 00:57:02.000 applications to really like land this. But right now, did you leave with something very clear that 951 00:57:02.080 --> 00:57:09.120 you're like, wow, that was for me, put me in the chat. Like, wow, that was for me. I got something 952 00:57:09.120 --> 00:57:16.080 very clear. And if you want to speak it to bless everyone, cool. Okay. Amanda says helpful, 953 00:57:16.080 --> 00:57:23.440 thankful. Okay. Cause this is not just about me talking or teaching the importance of build like 954 00:57:23.440 --> 00:57:29.520 Jesus is that you're going to do something different as a result of today. So what landed, 955 00:57:30.160 --> 00:57:37.760 what's going to be different as a result of today? And we'll go deeper in office hours. 956 00:57:38.400 --> 00:57:46.240 Okay. I only see one chat. I have a question, but I can, um, I can keep it for office hours 957 00:57:46.240 --> 00:57:51.600 if you want me to. Okay. Perfect. Sounds good. Okay. Anybody else I've only heard. Okay. 958 00:57:52.560 --> 00:57:56.640 Appreciate the clear steps. Which step are you going to take and apply? 959 00:57:57.600 --> 00:58:04.320 We're not just note-taking here. Okay. Make sure. Okay. I've only heard from two of you. 960 00:58:04.320 --> 00:58:09.200 Let's keep it. No, this was good. No, this was good. And I like the breakdown of the time. 961 00:58:10.000 --> 00:58:16.000 Okay. Yeah. So what are you going to do differently as a result of today? 962 00:58:18.400 --> 00:58:21.520 I'm going to try to implement. No, I'm not going to try to implement this. I'm going to start 963 00:58:22.480 --> 00:58:28.320 implementing this and get better at it each day. I've got a military friend. He always says to me, 964 00:58:28.320 --> 00:58:33.200 don't try, just do it. Yeah, I know. I don't, I say the same thing. You don't try to lift your 965 00:58:33.200 --> 00:58:39.520 leg. You either do it or you don't. Don't try just do it. Okay. Okay. Good. All right. Now, 966 00:58:39.520 --> 00:58:45.520 now it's coming in fast. Perfect. Okay. Um, setting the timer. Good. Okay. 967 00:58:46.080 --> 00:58:50.560 Choosing my platform and start posting again. I've been really quiet for months. Okay. Good. 968 00:58:50.560 --> 00:58:55.200 Congratulations. Appreciate that. Again, no judgment. This is just awareness. I love your, 969 00:58:55.200 --> 00:59:03.520 your being honest. Okay. Implement the overflow. Okay. Seek guidance. Good. All right. Okay. We're 970 00:59:03.520 --> 00:59:08.000 going to take a 10 minute break and then we're going to come back to office hours and go even 971 00:59:08.000 --> 00:59:12.240 deeper. Okay. See you there.