“Know why your business matters.” – Bob Briner, The Management Methods of Jesus If you are in business, you need to know why your business matters. In fact, you need to know why your business matters to God. You need to see how your business fits into God’s plan. Think back. Let your mind run [...]
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Rethink Your Business
Posted in business, ideas, innovations, start-up on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
>Discover Your Discovery Zone
Posted in ideas, methods on June 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
>You need more than a idea. You need ideas that go further than the other guys- the competition. You need enough ideas that can drive traffic to your site and attendees to your trainings and workshops. You need plenty of ideas. You need some great ideas that will get you ahead of the competition by [...]
Scale Down to Start Up
Posted in books, business, change, entrepreneurship, humility, ideas, management, methods, planning, small groups, strategies, visualize, wisdom, tagged community, daily, faith, help, prayer, work on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
> “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.”- Zig Ziglar Starting up a business may require you to scale down your big dream. Don’t read into that. I did not say it may require you to drop or dump your dream entirely. I just [...]
>E is for Experimentation
Posted in business, entrepreneurship, ideas, innovations on February 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
> “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison Entrepreneurs are masters of experimentation. Every entrepreneur must go beyond dabbling in it. The entrepreneur must become an expert at experimentation. Have you got a new idea? Test it out. Have you exhausted every means of your product or [...]
Discover Your Gold Mine
Posted in business, growth, ideas, strategies on January 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ask someone in Northern California, typically called the “Gold Country,” and you will discover some unique history about California’s Gold Rush. You will learn about Eureka, the original Forty-Niners (not Steve Young, Jerry Rice and those Super Bowl winners) and early settlers like the Mormons. Gold brought about a lot of changes for what was [...]
Makeover for Mondays
Posted in activities, business, ideas, meetings, tips on January 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Got a case of the Mondays? Much like the lead character played by Ron Livingston in Office Space, you may find yourself in such a predicament. You may dread getting ready and going in to work. That may be your issue with Mondays. Change that malfunction into a makeover. Approach Mondays with a new freshness. Try [...]
Environmental Control
Posted in business, church, ideas on January 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Do you have an environment where people feel welcome? You need to ensure that you put in place some environmental controls so that people do feel invited to come in and get comfortable. For businesses, it makes a whole lot of sense. For churches, it definitely makes sense, too. How long will people stick around [...]
Early Bird Specials
Posted in business, events, ideas, multimedia, sites, strategies on December 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.amazon.com/Roadmap-Success-Building-Your-Business/dp/B003D7JZXA?ie=UTF8&tag=ministrioc-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969 “The early bird gets the worm.”- Anonymous When you plan your events for 2011, think about adding some special offers or discounts for those who register or purchase tickets early. If someone pre-orders your latest book, offer them access to a coded one-time viewing of the site houses the opening chapter to your next [...]
Children of Darkness or Light
Posted in change, church, fruit, ideas, perception on October 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
And it is true that the children of this world are more shrewd in dealing with the world around them than are the children of the light.- Luke 16:8 (NLT) I think about the recent terror scare regarding explosives discovered in packages destined for Jewish houses of worship. It’s sent the world into a [...]
Open Opportunities
Posted in blogs, ideas, innovations, methods, multimedia, sites, writers on October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Opportunity exists where you find it.” – John C. Maxwell Find your own opportunities. Don’t wait on someone else. They won’t knock on your door. They won’t yell out and beckon you unto them. You’ll have to search and seek them out. Some will be obvious. They’ll be right before your face. They may be [...]