B4T Blog
Greg M, Patrick Lai, and guest bloggers write about the joys, challenges, and rewards that come with taking the Gospel to the least reached through real business.
FAITH AT WORK
Often, the best opportunities to model and/or share our faith come during the hard times, not the good times. The following is from an OPEN worker. It not only encouraged me, but is an example of being sensitive to His leading. I've been praying often for...
AN UNEXPECTED (UNWANTED) GIFT
Many of you know my mentor, Jerry. I enjoy Jerry’s fellowship and mentoring because he’s consistent, intense, and cuts the crap. The following is on his blog this week. (www.gameoncoach.com) With his permission I wish to share it here, as I believe many B4Ters...
THE FIRST QUESTION TO ASK IN PLANNING
Years ago, Keith Webb gave a seminar on planning. Since his points stuck with me, they must be worth passing on. We all know that it is not how you start, but how you finish that matters. Many of us process new business or outreach ideas on a weekly or even hourly...
MAXIMIZE YOUR WORK TIME=MAXIMIZING GLORIFYING HIS NAME
It was 1am and my wife was still working at the computer. I wanted to shout “GET TO BED” but I also knew she was working on an important OPEN project and most importantly I know she’s a night owl. Most people have a time of day when they're most productive, which...
5 SKILLS ESSENTIAL TO B4T SUCCESS
In Michael Gerber's book, The Power Point, he states that there are five essential skills every entrepreneur must have in order to create a great business. Whether we are working in Tampa or Timbuktu, every entrepreneur does these things to some extent in their...
JUST BELIEVE: THE RED SEA VERSION
The Red Sea lies before us, it stretches far and wide standing in our way. We'd been celebrating moments before. God had moved mightily removing obstacle after obstacle from our path. He had gone above and beyond, giving us more than we had even asked for and yet here...
JUST BELIEVE
The situation was this. Jesus arrived into town and immediately a large crowd formed. Seeing this, Jairus the leader of the synagogue came and asked Jesus to come quickly, his daughter was dying. So Jesus and the crowd headed for Jarius’ home, but along the way Jesus...
SALES–BE NARROW AND DEEP
The most important thing an early-stage startup should know about marketing is that sales is more important than marketing. Sales and marketing are two ends of a stick. At the sales end your outreach is narrow and deep. At the marketing end it is wide and shallow. New...
WE ARE ALL UNIQUE
For those of you who could not make it, the following is part of my message at the OPEN Connect tonight. This illustration was taken from a talk given by Malcolm Gladwell. Howard Moskowitz is a PhD from Harvard in Psychophysics, which means Howard is very interested...
HOW TO MOTIVATE YOUR EMPLOYEES
Feedback is one of the most vital stepping stones of our journey to success. Yet, in our minds, the word “feedback” often carries a negative connotation. The reason is because most of our experiences with it focus around criticism rather than positive, reinforcing...
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