WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.440 All right, good evening, ladies, prosper leader members, those of you that are present and 2 00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:14.080 those of you that are going to listen to the recording, you'll miss a lot, you'll miss 3 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:19.360 the mastermind, but I'm glad at least I'm recording the teaching part to share with 4 00:00:19.360 --> 00:00:20.720 you. 5 00:00:20.720 --> 00:00:26.520 So I'm super excited, God put a word on my heart to share tonight that I think it's going 6 00:00:26.520 --> 00:00:31.200 to be very important for your business and your personal life. 7 00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:32.560 So I'm excited to share it. 8 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:35.280 I'm excited to talk about it afterwards. 9 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:40.840 So I'm going to, I'm going to let some people come in. 10 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:43.680 So there we go. 11 00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:44.680 All right. 12 00:00:44.680 --> 00:00:46.840 So let's start with prayer. 13 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:54.800 And then I'm going to dive right in, Father, I just give thanks for this day, for the gift 14 00:00:54.800 --> 00:01:03.920 of life for this season, whatever season you have each one of us in as well as collectively. 15 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:11.960 Lord, you've said that the sons of Issachar understood the times and the seasons and they 16 00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:15.280 knew what to do. 17 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:22.680 I ask that you will give us supernatural wisdom, discernment, clarity, understanding for our 18 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:29.000 lives, for our business, to understand the season you have us in and what you have us 19 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:30.160 do. 20 00:01:30.160 --> 00:01:34.640 And I ask that in Jesus mighty name. 21 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:39.440 So excited to share with you tonight. 22 00:01:39.440 --> 00:01:45.560 So what came to me and let me ask you, you could just, this is don't have to answer, 23 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:51.160 just think about this and it'll lead into our mastermind afterwards. 24 00:01:51.160 --> 00:01:57.280 But have you felt shifting happening in your business? 25 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:03.440 For example, did things work really well and all of a sudden they're not working? 26 00:02:03.440 --> 00:02:10.120 Did you change like maybe you were really active and all of a sudden it just like it 27 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:18.440 dried up or maybe it dried up and all of a sudden it's super active and things aren't 28 00:02:18.440 --> 00:02:20.400 just really changing. 29 00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:28.600 Now for me, in real time, we just passed the beginning of the Jewish holidays, Rosh Hashanah, 30 00:02:28.600 --> 00:02:35.600 the Jewish New Year's and well, ancestry.com says I've got a lot of Jewish in me and that 31 00:02:35.600 --> 00:02:44.040 might explain whenever I get near these holidays, something in me just lights up. 32 00:02:44.040 --> 00:02:51.760 Like my world, just lots of change, some not so exciting, but lots of growth, lots 33 00:02:51.760 --> 00:02:54.680 of expansion, lots of possibility. 34 00:02:54.680 --> 00:03:00.960 And so this has been fresh on my mind that we're entering into a new season and I'm seeing 35 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:02.320 it in my business. 36 00:03:02.320 --> 00:03:09.560 I'm seeing it in all of the thought leaders that I'm around and exposed to and they are 37 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:14.080 regrouping, they're doing things different, they're looking at things fresh. 38 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:17.120 Of course, all kinds of changes in business, right? 39 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:18.320 We've all changed. 40 00:03:18.320 --> 00:03:24.840 We've gone through a pandemic and now we're going through a technology revolution with 41 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:31.040 AI, which is completely changing how business is done in so many ways. 42 00:03:31.040 --> 00:03:32.480 So lots and lots of changes. 43 00:03:32.480 --> 00:03:35.200 So have you felt that? 44 00:03:35.200 --> 00:03:45.640 And the truth is that on a regular basis, we're growing and we're changing as individuals 45 00:03:45.640 --> 00:03:48.040 and as a society. 46 00:03:48.040 --> 00:03:56.720 And so to keep doing the same thing, you will find it becomes ineffective. 47 00:03:56.720 --> 00:04:02.760 And so the true thought leaders, the true people that are the disruptors and not the 48 00:04:02.760 --> 00:04:06.560 ones being disrupted are staying ahead of this. 49 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:12.440 And they're being mindful with God about seasons. 50 00:04:12.440 --> 00:04:18.600 And like the sons of Issachar, they are knowing the season and not only knowing the season, 51 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:22.280 but knowing what to do. 52 00:04:22.280 --> 00:04:28.480 And there's quite a few verses I loved in Daniel 221, where it says that God changes 53 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:30.540 the times and the seasons. 54 00:04:30.540 --> 00:04:32.040 He disposes kings. 55 00:04:32.320 --> 00:04:36.240 He raises others and he gives wisdom. 56 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:42.240 And so I love that, that there's changes of season, but we have access to the God of wisdom, 57 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:43.960 which is so powerful. 58 00:04:43.960 --> 00:04:48.800 So I'm going to talk afterwards how to apply this, but I'm going to share a story when 59 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:56.920 it comes to changing of seasons and knowing your season and how to respond to your season. 60 00:04:56.920 --> 00:05:00.280 So I'm going to start in 1 Kings. 61 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.400 And it's the story of Elijah. 62 00:05:02.400 --> 00:05:07.440 And many of you know the story that Elijah was by the brook. 63 00:05:07.440 --> 00:05:09.680 And the brook's name was Cherith, 64 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:11.240 which I always look up names. 65 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:12.840 It has a lot of significance. 66 00:05:12.840 --> 00:05:14.320 He was by the brook. 67 00:05:14.320 --> 00:05:16.120 He was drinking from the brook. 68 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:18.680 The ravens were feeding him. 69 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:24.480 And then the story says that one day the brook dried up. 70 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:25.960 The brook dried up. 71 00:05:25.960 --> 00:05:27.160 And so I looked up. 72 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:29.720 I thought, huh, curious minds want to know. 73 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:31.520 What does the word Cherith mean? 74 00:05:31.520 --> 00:05:33.560 He was by the brook Cherith. 75 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:35.560 What does Cherith mean? 76 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:37.240 Curious minds want to know. 77 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:40.040 So it's the place. 78 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:43.360 Listen to this carefully and see if you can relate to this. 79 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:47.240 It's the place God hides you. 80 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:49.600 And he holds you back. 81 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:51.520 Cherith is the place he hides you. 82 00:05:51.520 --> 00:05:55.520 He holds you back from what you want to do. 83 00:05:55.520 --> 00:05:57.920 So you've got ants in your pants. 84 00:05:57.920 --> 00:05:58.560 You're excited. 85 00:05:58.560 --> 00:05:59.200 You want to go. 86 00:05:59.200 --> 00:05:59.920 You want to build. 87 00:05:59.920 --> 00:06:01.120 You want to do this. 88 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:04.880 And Cherith, the brook, is the place that God says, 89 00:06:04.880 --> 00:06:07.840 uh-uh, hold you back. 90 00:06:07.840 --> 00:06:10.640 And you actually go into a period of hiding. 91 00:06:10.640 --> 00:06:13.120 Elijah was in a period of hiding. 92 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:15.280 Now, sometimes we beat ourselves up and I go, 93 00:06:15.280 --> 00:06:16.320 I got to stop hiding. 94 00:06:16.320 --> 00:06:17.480 I got to stop hiding. 95 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:21.280 But sometimes God has you purposefully 96 00:06:21.280 --> 00:06:23.000 hiding for a season. 97 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:24.480 Now, you don't stay there forever, 98 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:26.200 but he has you hiding. 99 00:06:26.200 --> 00:06:28.240 And we see that all the way through scriptures. 100 00:06:28.640 --> 00:06:31.440 Joseph hid in prison before he launched 101 00:06:31.440 --> 00:06:36.000 as the second in command to the largest world power. 102 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:39.880 Moses hid in the desert before he led the multitude 103 00:06:39.880 --> 00:06:41.600 to the promised land. 104 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:42.600 And it goes on and on. 105 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:45.120 David, even Paul, hid in Arabia. 106 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:48.720 So there is this period of hiding. 107 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:52.960 And during this period, you're really fed by God. 108 00:06:52.960 --> 00:06:56.920 There's this period of divine provision. 109 00:06:57.000 --> 00:07:00.560 There's this period of divine solitude. 110 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:04.880 And God is preparing you for the next season. 111 00:07:04.880 --> 00:07:08.320 And I think for a lot of us that went through the pandemic, 112 00:07:08.320 --> 00:07:10.920 we were at the river Cherith. 113 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:15.280 And what happens in this time of hiding and solitude 114 00:07:15.280 --> 00:07:19.520 and depending on God is that we go back 115 00:07:19.520 --> 00:07:21.800 and we say, what really matters? 116 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:23.960 And this is the place where you go back 117 00:07:23.960 --> 00:07:26.800 and you look at your values, okay? 118 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:30.440 I've done exercises with you because our values drive us. 119 00:07:30.440 --> 00:07:32.400 So our values are what's important 120 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:36.720 and it's what makes us do what's really important to us. 121 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:41.000 And if we have a value conflict, there's a challenge. 122 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:44.080 So if you go back during this time of Cherith 123 00:07:44.080 --> 00:07:47.160 and you look at what really matters, 124 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:48.320 what's really important. 125 00:07:48.320 --> 00:07:50.960 And a lot of us did that during the pandemic. 126 00:07:50.960 --> 00:07:53.760 It's a place of restoring your vision 127 00:07:53.760 --> 00:07:56.640 and looking back and what is that vision 128 00:07:57.480 --> 00:07:58.680 and does it still light you up? 129 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:00.440 Is it still true today? 130 00:08:00.440 --> 00:08:03.880 Are you still desiring that vision? 131 00:08:03.880 --> 00:08:05.520 Fresh word, fresh manna. 132 00:08:05.520 --> 00:08:10.360 What is God saying to you as you're there in hiding? 133 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:13.800 It's a time for God to reveal more of who you are 134 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:15.360 and what he's calling you to do. 135 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:18.560 And so what is God saying to you? 136 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:20.880 And so part of what you can look at 137 00:08:20.880 --> 00:08:23.160 is if you've been in that season 138 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:25.480 and even not, if you're going through changes 139 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:29.560 is say, how have I changed? 140 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:33.280 Because unless you've just been stagnant, 141 00:08:33.280 --> 00:08:36.559 there's chances that you've really gone through experiences. 142 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:37.760 You've gone through lessons. 143 00:08:37.760 --> 00:08:39.360 Maybe some of them are really challenging. 144 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:41.919 Maybe some of them are a huge blessing. 145 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:43.679 I mean, they're all meant to be a blessing. 146 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:46.240 God is working everything together for good. 147 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:49.880 So what's changed in you? 148 00:08:49.880 --> 00:08:54.160 And the worst thing you can do is keep living this past life 149 00:08:54.160 --> 00:08:56.640 when you're completely different. 150 00:08:56.640 --> 00:08:59.960 Every cell in your body has changed, right? 151 00:08:59.960 --> 00:09:02.120 You're a completely different being. 152 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:04.360 And if your mind is being renewed, 153 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:06.920 your way of thinking has changed. 154 00:09:06.920 --> 00:09:09.360 Your skill sets may have changed. 155 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:12.600 Your circumstance, like all things have changed. 156 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:15.560 And so what has changed? 157 00:09:15.560 --> 00:09:17.840 And here's the big one. 158 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:19.640 What have you learned? 159 00:09:19.640 --> 00:09:22.320 So what's the blessing that you can be grateful for? 160 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:24.200 But what have you learned? 161 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:27.920 Because those nuggets are so important to share. 162 00:09:27.920 --> 00:09:30.640 You're gonna take that, what you've got, 163 00:09:30.640 --> 00:09:32.880 into the next season. 164 00:09:32.880 --> 00:09:34.880 And here's another really big one. 165 00:09:34.880 --> 00:09:38.160 How have your clients changed? 166 00:09:38.160 --> 00:09:41.200 Are you still talking to your clients of today 167 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:44.000 the way you talked five years and 10 years ago? 168 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:45.200 When it comes to marketing, 169 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:48.800 I can tell you that doesn't even work anymore, okay? 170 00:09:48.800 --> 00:09:52.760 It's just a completely different conversation 171 00:09:52.760 --> 00:09:54.960 in the marketplace. 172 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.800 And so how have your clients changed? 173 00:09:57.800 --> 00:09:59.240 Are you even aware? 174 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:00.080 How are their- 175 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:01.800 needs different right now? 176 00:10:01.800 --> 00:10:05.560 And what are the gaps that this is creating? 177 00:10:05.560 --> 00:10:08.880 And are you one that is filling those gaps? 178 00:10:08.880 --> 00:10:12.760 Are you relevant for this season? 179 00:10:12.760 --> 00:10:18.000 So all of this, as Elijah is by that river, 180 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.200 chariot that he's in hiding, and the ravens 181 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:22.740 are coming and feeding him. 182 00:10:22.740 --> 00:10:25.920 So maybe there's just provision that's just been coming. 183 00:10:25.920 --> 00:10:28.640 And the water, he's drinking fresh water. 184 00:10:28.640 --> 00:10:29.800 There's provision coming. 185 00:10:29.800 --> 00:10:34.000 And then one day, boom, the river dries up. 186 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:36.640 And I'll tell you, even the largest coaches, 187 00:10:36.640 --> 00:10:39.560 many coaches are really experiencing that right now. 188 00:10:39.560 --> 00:10:43.760 And what people are saying about a recession, 189 00:10:43.760 --> 00:10:46.760 I don't think in God's kingdom we have to have a recession. 190 00:10:46.760 --> 00:10:48.520 I think we can prosper in all seasons. 191 00:10:48.520 --> 00:10:50.000 Scripture's clear on that. 192 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:53.720 But I do think that many people are being affected by that. 193 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:55.040 And so the river dries up. 194 00:10:55.040 --> 00:10:56.000 And so what happens? 195 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:58.880 Finally, he has to get up and move. 196 00:10:58.880 --> 00:11:01.600 He has to come out of hiding. 197 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:04.200 So maybe you've been happy in hiding for a while. 198 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:07.040 You love the birdies feeding you and the water feeding you. 199 00:11:07.040 --> 00:11:08.960 And maybe you've been really happy in hiding. 200 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:11.360 And now God's going, no, no. 201 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:13.320 Time for you to show up now. 202 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:14.760 Time for you to show up. 203 00:11:14.760 --> 00:11:19.400 And so Elijah goes to Zarephath, Zarephath. 204 00:11:19.400 --> 00:11:22.440 And that's in 1 Kings 17. 205 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:26.040 And so curious minds want to know, what is Zarephath? 206 00:11:26.040 --> 00:11:28.200 And this is powerful. 207 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:31.560 This was a place of refinement and purification. 208 00:11:31.560 --> 00:11:33.800 Actually, there was metal working and fire 209 00:11:33.800 --> 00:11:35.160 and purifying silver. 210 00:11:35.160 --> 00:11:37.960 So there was a literal thing happening in that town, 211 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:40.560 purification by fire. 212 00:11:40.560 --> 00:11:43.440 But this, if you look at Elijah, there's 213 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:46.680 something really beautiful that happens at Zarephath. 214 00:11:46.680 --> 00:11:50.520 And that's where he meets the widow. 215 00:11:50.520 --> 00:11:52.560 And the widow is desperate. 216 00:11:52.560 --> 00:11:58.720 She's on her last oil or her last flower, her last grain. 217 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:00.720 Elijah is now coming. 218 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:02.240 He's hungry. 219 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:06.240 And this is where there's connection in the body, 220 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:10.040 where in the body, we meet each other's needs. 221 00:12:10.040 --> 00:12:14.120 And so Elijah brings miracles to the widow's life 222 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:17.120 and the miracle of multiplication. 223 00:12:17.160 --> 00:12:20.560 And the widow brings literal food. 224 00:12:20.560 --> 00:12:26.520 And so Zarephath is this place of reconnecting with the body. 225 00:12:26.520 --> 00:12:28.880 And God has really been speaking to me 226 00:12:28.880 --> 00:12:34.600 a lot about that, about the need for us to super connect. 227 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:37.440 It's the purpose of the Prosper Leader membership. 228 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:42.120 I've seen arms just linking and crossing the finish line. 229 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:44.200 I spoke at an event. 230 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:46.960 And at the end, I was just shocked. 231 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:48.240 They linked arms. 232 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:49.760 And I thought, I've seen this. 233 00:12:49.760 --> 00:12:50.680 I've been saying this. 234 00:12:50.680 --> 00:12:52.040 I've been saying this. 235 00:12:52.040 --> 00:12:55.120 And it's representative of what God is calling. 236 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:57.560 And you're going to see a lot of that happening right now. 237 00:12:57.560 --> 00:12:59.880 There's a new sense of community. 238 00:12:59.880 --> 00:13:02.960 It's a season of understanding the body. 239 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:05.920 And so it's a place of unexpected blessings 240 00:13:05.920 --> 00:13:08.400 and a place of divine appointments, 241 00:13:08.400 --> 00:13:13.640 a lot of divine positioning where you unexpectedly meet. 242 00:13:13.640 --> 00:13:16.080 For me, I'm suddenly being asked to speak. 243 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:17.880 I'm suddenly on a lot of podcasts. 244 00:13:17.880 --> 00:13:20.840 I'm suddenly in a lot of communities 245 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:24.080 where God says, OK, that's done. 246 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:27.000 Now, this is the time for the body. 247 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:29.160 And so he has that beautiful season 248 00:13:29.160 --> 00:13:31.560 of interacting and unexpected blessings 249 00:13:31.560 --> 00:13:32.600 and divine appointments. 250 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:35.400 And then he goes to Mount Carmel. 251 00:13:35.400 --> 00:13:38.080 And that's in 1 Kings 18. 252 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:42.240 And this, of course, if you remember the story, 253 00:13:42.280 --> 00:13:46.560 is where he really triumphs over the false, 254 00:13:46.560 --> 00:13:48.800 the false prophets, over evil. 255 00:13:48.800 --> 00:13:53.560 This is the time where your faith triumphs, 256 00:13:53.560 --> 00:13:57.520 where good overtakes evil. 257 00:13:57.520 --> 00:14:01.120 This is the time where you fully step in 258 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:02.880 from the power of God. 259 00:14:02.880 --> 00:14:06.680 And then we see him go to Horeb. 260 00:14:06.680 --> 00:14:10.240 He goes to Horeb, which is also Mount Sinai. 261 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:12.720 And so Elijah goes to Horeb. 262 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:16.560 And if you remember that story, you Bible scholars, 263 00:14:16.560 --> 00:14:20.960 that's where he encounters a God in a totally different way. 264 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:25.160 So over on Carmel, there was fire 265 00:14:25.160 --> 00:14:27.760 and all that was happening there. 266 00:14:27.760 --> 00:14:32.360 And in Horeb, it says he couldn't find God in the fire. 267 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:34.480 He couldn't find God in the wind. 268 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:36.680 He couldn't find God in the drama. 269 00:14:36.680 --> 00:14:39.560 He was looking for the drama God. 270 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:44.720 And he found God in the still, small voice. 271 00:14:44.800 --> 00:14:47.040 He found God in the still, small voice. 272 00:14:47.040 --> 00:14:50.520 So Horeb or Mount Sinai, 273 00:14:50.520 --> 00:14:55.520 this is the season in your business for divine revelation. 274 00:14:57.280 --> 00:15:00.320 This is where you're really getting the download. 275 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:05.000 and experiencing divine revelation from God, okay? 276 00:15:06.760 --> 00:15:09.720 And then, so we're looking at these seasons 277 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:11.120 that our business goes through. 278 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:14.200 So maybe it was the first season with Cherith 279 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:17.720 and God's got you in this season of hiding. 280 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:19.480 And then maybe you're in Zarephath 281 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:22.560 where you're being refined, you're being purified 282 00:15:22.560 --> 00:15:26.400 and you're relying on others and you're forming community 283 00:15:26.400 --> 00:15:28.840 and you're understanding the importance of that. 284 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:31.680 Maybe you're in Mount Carmel 285 00:15:31.680 --> 00:15:35.040 where your faith has to triumph now, 286 00:15:35.040 --> 00:15:40.040 where you're gonna go boldly and you're not going to hide. 287 00:15:40.160 --> 00:15:42.040 Or maybe you're at Sinai 288 00:15:42.040 --> 00:15:44.520 where God just starts giving you downloads 289 00:15:44.520 --> 00:15:48.380 and you're coming from a place of divine revelation. 290 00:15:48.380 --> 00:15:52.440 And then he goes to Damascus if you follow the story. 291 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:54.340 Go ahead and mute your sound, please. 292 00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:56.500 It's okay, it's okay. 293 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:59.100 I need you to mute, please. 294 00:15:59.100 --> 00:16:02.380 So then he goes to Damascus. 295 00:16:02.380 --> 00:16:06.700 He goes to Damascus, which is the capital of Syria, okay? 296 00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:09.900 And this is now the season. 297 00:16:09.900 --> 00:16:11.940 And if you just think about this in your life, 298 00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:15.100 where did God have me just in hiding? 299 00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:17.900 Where was I just being fed by God, 300 00:16:17.900 --> 00:16:21.220 figuring out who I am, what I'm called to do, 301 00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:24.700 what's my vision, what's my values, what's my skills, 302 00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:26.340 where was I in hiding? 303 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:29.700 And then where did he put me through some trials 304 00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:32.820 and where did I have to really refine my skills? 305 00:16:32.820 --> 00:16:36.660 I had to refine my speaking skills, how I showed up, 306 00:16:36.660 --> 00:16:41.020 refine my confidence, refine my sales skills, 307 00:16:41.020 --> 00:16:43.900 refine maybe my technology skills. 308 00:16:43.900 --> 00:16:45.780 So there's all this refining. 309 00:16:45.780 --> 00:16:49.100 And also where did I learn to collaborate? 310 00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:50.500 Where did I learn to collaborate 311 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:52.900 and operate as a body, okay? 312 00:16:52.900 --> 00:16:56.860 And then where did I just have to walk by faith 313 00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:58.500 and not by sight? 314 00:16:58.500 --> 00:17:02.220 And now where do I just encounter God 315 00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:05.220 and I'm following his voice and I'm listening to his voice 316 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:10.140 and now Damascus, this is where now your work, 317 00:17:10.140 --> 00:17:13.819 God's work extends past borders. 318 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:18.700 You get out of your little community, you cross cultures, 319 00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:20.980 you cross all kinds of things. 320 00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:24.339 I think for me and probably for many of you, 321 00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:25.900 before the pandemic, 322 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:28.940 I was primarily in the United States and Canada 323 00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:30.940 and a lot of local. 324 00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:35.180 And after the pandemic, I've got clients all over the world 325 00:17:35.180 --> 00:17:38.100 and I've got clients from so many faiths 326 00:17:38.100 --> 00:17:40.180 and in so many parts of the world. 327 00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:42.580 And so this is where Damascus, 328 00:17:42.580 --> 00:17:45.020 where God starts expanding your message 329 00:17:45.020 --> 00:17:47.340 to go beyond just that small. 330 00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:50.700 And then of course, finally, the whirlwind 331 00:17:50.700 --> 00:17:55.580 where he is taken up in the chariots of fire 332 00:17:55.580 --> 00:18:00.580 and he passes on the mantle of leadership, right? 333 00:18:01.580 --> 00:18:04.900 And from Elijah to Elisha. 334 00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:07.300 And this is super important to think about 335 00:18:07.300 --> 00:18:11.420 the season in your business, are you prepared? 336 00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:14.740 Are you building something that is bigger than you? 337 00:18:14.780 --> 00:18:19.780 Are you building a legacy that will go further than you? 338 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:24.020 Are you preparing a transition leadership? 339 00:18:24.020 --> 00:18:27.540 Are you able to pass on the mantle? 340 00:18:27.540 --> 00:18:31.460 Are you mentoring the next generation 341 00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:35.780 so that what you're doing goes far beyond you? 342 00:18:35.780 --> 00:18:40.100 And so that's what we saw there. 343 00:18:40.100 --> 00:18:45.100 And so I really want you to consider and be mindful. 344 00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:48.100 So here we are in real time, 345 00:18:48.100 --> 00:18:50.980 we're in the last few months of the year 346 00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:53.700 and we're in the Jewish new year. 347 00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:58.020 I find this season incredibly important. 348 00:18:58.020 --> 00:19:01.540 It's what you do in these few months 349 00:19:01.540 --> 00:19:05.180 that is going to position yourself for the new year. 350 00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:09.100 Many people wait for the new year, it's too late, okay? 351 00:19:09.100 --> 00:19:11.980 This, what you're doing right now. 352 00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:15.620 And so part of what you're doing right now 353 00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:19.660 is to go back and reinvestigate. 354 00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:24.660 Is this time to rebrand, relaunch, reinvent yourself? 355 00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:31.340 For many, many of you, the answer is yes. 356 00:19:31.340 --> 00:19:34.740 I'm in a very high-end coaching program 357 00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:37.900 for reinvention and relaunching, 358 00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:41.780 because I just found from where I started, 359 00:19:43.020 --> 00:19:46.820 things have changed so much over the 11 years. 360 00:19:46.820 --> 00:19:49.380 And I suspect that's true for you. 361 00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:54.380 So knowing what season that your business is in 362 00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:57.860 and like the sons of Issachar, 363 00:19:57.860 --> 00:20:00.860 go ahead and turn your camera off for just a second, Tammy. 364 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:09.600 So, like the sons of Issachar, knowing, understanding the seasons and knowing what to do. 365 00:20:09.600 --> 00:20:17.240 So, this is where you look very carefully, okay, are you in alignment with your values? 366 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:20.360 This is super important, some questions to ask yourself. 367 00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:23.440 Are you in alignment with your values? 368 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:26.720 If you're not, why not? 369 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:33.640 And what do you need to do to get back into alignment with your values, okay? 370 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:40.200 Does your business, does it represent those things that you're so passionate about, that 371 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:47.040 you believe in so much, that God has called you to, or are you just working for money? 372 00:20:47.040 --> 00:20:49.840 Which is the worst reason, you'll burn out, okay? 373 00:20:49.840 --> 00:20:55.680 So, during the season, go back and do the values clarification, any of you that need 374 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:59.400 that again, I'll make it available to you, okay? 375 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:04.200 And your vision, when's the last time you put your vision in writing, okay? 376 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:10.920 Habakkuk 2.2 says, write the vision and make it plain that those who see it may run with 377 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.920 it. 378 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:14.680 The first person to see the vision is you. 379 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:19.960 So, if you don't have a vision that when you look at it, like I've had some clients say, 380 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:24.000 I've just lost my spark, I'm just burned out, I don't know if I want to do this anymore. 381 00:21:24.320 --> 00:21:28.600 And that's happening a lot, coaches are dropping like flies right now, because they're using 382 00:21:28.600 --> 00:21:33.920 old strategies that are out of alignment with their value, they're not catching up with 383 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:39.360 the time, they're not relaunching, rebranding, they're not, they've changed, but they're 384 00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:41.840 not changing their business, okay? 385 00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:45.400 And they're not on fire anymore, they've lost that fire. 386 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:50.200 And so, are you still on fire when you look at your vision, does it light you up? 387 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:55.000 For a lot of clients, once we look at that vision and refine it, like they get giggly, 388 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:59.560 they actually get all excited again, they get giggly looking at their vision. 389 00:21:59.560 --> 00:22:04.960 And that's what we want, it should inspire you, it should inspire your clients. 390 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:08.040 People will follow a vision more than a person. 391 00:22:08.040 --> 00:22:10.800 Do you communicate your vision? 392 00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:16.200 And finally, those people that will support you, there's people that all they want to 393 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:20.760 do, they're called to be helpers, they're called to support, people will donate more 394 00:22:20.760 --> 00:22:24.240 toward a vision, they will donate their time, their services. 395 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:29.200 I've had people just drop six figures and say, this is for the vision, okay? 396 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:34.000 And so, it's very important that that motivates you, motivates your clients, and motivates 397 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:38.200 those people that are called to serve and come alongside of you, because it aligns with 398 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:40.280 their vision, okay? 399 00:22:40.280 --> 00:22:44.680 And so, as you're going through these changes, you've got to look at, are you in alignment 400 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.680 with your values? 401 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:48.240 Are you in alignment with your vision? 402 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:51.040 And are you in alignment with the times? 403 00:22:51.040 --> 00:22:53.640 Are you up to date, okay? 404 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:55.360 And are you teaching current? 405 00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:57.920 Are you marketing current? 406 00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:01.920 Is your business current, or is your brand old and stale? 407 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:05.040 Is your teaching old and stale? 408 00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:10.600 And so, this is a beautiful season, as we wrap up one year, we enter a Jewish New Year, 409 00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:17.640 and we wrap up one year, this is the season that can be the springboard so that you launch 410 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:25.240 into the new year, and I'll be teaching more about that, but today, it's more about awareness. 411 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:29.640 Awareness is the first step of transformation, so how have you changed? 412 00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:32.240 What are you doing that you didn't used to do? 413 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:35.120 What are you thinking that you didn't used to think? 414 00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:38.480 What are you not doing that you used to do? 415 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:40.880 Are you teaching those things? 416 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:42.680 How are your clients changing? 417 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:45.080 What are they doing that they didn't used to do? 418 00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:47.320 What have they stopped doing? 419 00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:55.840 And being aware of that, and even being mindful, like a very powerful thing to do is to talk 420 00:23:55.840 --> 00:24:02.240 to some of your ideal clients, so I just spoke at a large, at the Unstoppable Conference, 421 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:07.400 and there was a lot of my ideal clients in the room, and I asked them, and I asked them 422 00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:13.480 to put it in writing for some, I said, could you do me a favor and tell me what is really 423 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:15.160 important to you right now? 424 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:17.160 Obviously, I'm a coach. 425 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:19.800 What is really important to you right now? 426 00:24:19.800 --> 00:24:24.440 What do you most need support, help, what really matters to you right now? 427 00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:29.600 And the answer was really powerful, and you start looking at what's the same. 428 00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:36.200 Now, this will allow you to stay relevant, you see, so that your message is coming from 429 00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:42.400 your market and not from your mind, so that's always another really powerful thing. 430 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:46.600 So lessons from Elijah about knowing your season. 431 00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:48.440 I hope this has gotten you thinking. 432 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:53.240 Let's get together in the mastermind and talk about it, all right?