I have been asked by a few different people recently what makes me a success. To be honest I haven't thought of myself as arriving at success, or being successful. I have done some things that are successful and continue, but there are failures along the way. So, in light of the question being arisen as I was on a road trip today I was reflecting, once again, on being 30 in a few days. So in short here are the things that I have done to start, run and maintain a successful business.
1. I am a steward of this business, I don't see it as mine. I am successful because I have lined myself up with a great partner, Father God.
2. I came to a position about a year ago that If I fail then that means that God failed, and we all know that God can't fail... so I trust God. No matter what I see.
3. I am diligent, I do whatever it takes to get the job done weather that means that I sacrifice time with family for a season, or work overtime for no pay. Or take a hit on a job to see that it is done right, and my name is good with a customer.
4.There is just Grace and Favor on me at times, because I have no natural born talents, or letters after my name.
5. I am faithful with the little things, and love what I do.
6. I have surrounded myself with Godly council and I use it often.
7. I have done things at cheaper prices so I can build a loyal customer base.
8 My confession is daily on the promises of God reminding myself and building myself up.
9. I pay employees better than others would.
10. I never Go against my values when making business decisions.
So, there are ten things that I believe have contributed to my success.
I am not arrogant and am by no means bragging, but thought that these things might help someone or one's.
I have not arrived at where I want to be as a business and will continue to grow and expand.
Oh, and I take a shower every day whether I need one or not, because my goal is to work smart more than I work hard.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
eastland revival
Yesterday started off really really early for a Monday. I was up and at'em at 6:00Am. I had a good meeting with my friend Cole, CEO of 2 companies. Then it was a mad dash to the office to test a new software that I am looking at to purchase for resale that could boost annual revenue by 50%. Everything went wrong. The scanner isn't regonized by the SCSI card and on and on. So I had ordered a card on Friday, it came in and was the wrong one. I call the software company and am on hold for 24 minutes while they research. They gave me a great answer. I call the scanner company to make sure that everything was compatible on this end. It wasn't, call the software company again, again on hold for 17 minutes. They give me a great answer. The card, they tell me, that will fix my problem is $1700. Call scanner company again. Call software company again. Finally find a card that will work with both software and scanner for $33.00. I did get to listen to a couple of oldies tunes for hour and a half i was on hold all day today. The card should be here tomorrow.
Rush to lunch with a friend and then rush to Albany to meet with an attorney. The road is closed due to high water. I just laugh. Just then a Semi goes for it. So me and a few other cars follow close behind, his wake is enough for us to get by. The attorney won't see me. Says he called to cancel and no one answered. B.S. I apologize for "our" mistake and leave. Now there are officials at the high water crossing telling everyone to go back and go through Anson. NOT going to happen another semi saves the day.
Enter phone call from Erica: Meet at church at 5:45 to go to Eastland. So I show up. After the day I had I didn't want to be going to Eastland. I just wanted go home and wrestle the boys and eat and kiss my pregnant wife.
When I get there I am very uncomfortable being in a foreign place, wondering why the HOly spirit has me here. It took everything in me to not be in usher and protective mode. I saw all kinds of stuff that needed to be addressed. I should write a book about how to handle things in the house.
So I am just sitting there praying and waring quietly and all of a sudden as plane as day the Holy spirit says, I am about to pour out everything on you that you have been believing for over the years, (which is a blog in itself). I say wow! that is a lot of stuff God, are you sure?
Enter Jenny Hawk. Within minutes of this conversation with Father, Jenny says, in a very matter of fact and serious tone, "I just see God being so happy with you, You have a unique ministry and he is pleased with you, He is just so happy with you and is about to pour out all that you have been believing for."
While she is saying this I am hearing thoughts- Don't listen to her, you don't even like her. How can anyone not like Jenny? Immediately I began to search my soul. Why would I have this thought? I told her that there was a wall between us and I think it was from several years ago and she immediately knew what it was. I was in charge of staffing the nursery and I asked her to work it and she didn't want to and we butted heads about it and never resolved our attitudes towards each other, until yesterday. That is just the start.
Then Brandon asked me to help with ministry time, so I did. Feeling very inadequate in the flesh to do so I read, with the help of the Holy Spirit, 3 people's "mail" and was right on, then saw a vision over a guys head and told him about it and it was right on. I was also deeply moved and blessed by Brandi's testimony.
I feel like I have been given a breath of fresh air by the Holy Spirit. It feels so good to "right" relationships. My personality tends to offend people and I tend to not care, in the moment, so I can get the job done. Please don't be offended by me, I am really a nice, sweet, loving guy, but tend to be driven to hard and hurt people along the way. I have to learn to show love along the way, not just say the words.
Then, last night I had 2 dreams. One was a woman in our church that was doing something very wild and weird and the dream means that she will do things that she has said that she will never be able to do and people will watch and be amazed. Still haven't delivered this one yet.
Anoter was that Our church people were eating in at Luby's. In the dream I asked God why we were all eating at luby's and he said to watch the people so I did. He said, Do the ones that are further back in the line get upset with the ones who already have their food. I said, No. He said, exactly! It's not their turn yet. It would be foolish to get mad and make a scene and be offended by the ones already through th e line, because you know without even thinking about it that your turn is coming without a doubt. I have been guilty of having "why not me" thoughts. How foolish is that.?
Rush to lunch with a friend and then rush to Albany to meet with an attorney. The road is closed due to high water. I just laugh. Just then a Semi goes for it. So me and a few other cars follow close behind, his wake is enough for us to get by. The attorney won't see me. Says he called to cancel and no one answered. B.S. I apologize for "our" mistake and leave. Now there are officials at the high water crossing telling everyone to go back and go through Anson. NOT going to happen another semi saves the day.
Enter phone call from Erica: Meet at church at 5:45 to go to Eastland. So I show up. After the day I had I didn't want to be going to Eastland. I just wanted go home and wrestle the boys and eat and kiss my pregnant wife.
When I get there I am very uncomfortable being in a foreign place, wondering why the HOly spirit has me here. It took everything in me to not be in usher and protective mode. I saw all kinds of stuff that needed to be addressed. I should write a book about how to handle things in the house.
So I am just sitting there praying and waring quietly and all of a sudden as plane as day the Holy spirit says, I am about to pour out everything on you that you have been believing for over the years, (which is a blog in itself). I say wow! that is a lot of stuff God, are you sure?
Enter Jenny Hawk. Within minutes of this conversation with Father, Jenny says, in a very matter of fact and serious tone, "I just see God being so happy with you, You have a unique ministry and he is pleased with you, He is just so happy with you and is about to pour out all that you have been believing for."
While she is saying this I am hearing thoughts- Don't listen to her, you don't even like her. How can anyone not like Jenny? Immediately I began to search my soul. Why would I have this thought? I told her that there was a wall between us and I think it was from several years ago and she immediately knew what it was. I was in charge of staffing the nursery and I asked her to work it and she didn't want to and we butted heads about it and never resolved our attitudes towards each other, until yesterday. That is just the start.
Then Brandon asked me to help with ministry time, so I did. Feeling very inadequate in the flesh to do so I read, with the help of the Holy Spirit, 3 people's "mail" and was right on, then saw a vision over a guys head and told him about it and it was right on. I was also deeply moved and blessed by Brandi's testimony.
I feel like I have been given a breath of fresh air by the Holy Spirit. It feels so good to "right" relationships. My personality tends to offend people and I tend to not care, in the moment, so I can get the job done. Please don't be offended by me, I am really a nice, sweet, loving guy, but tend to be driven to hard and hurt people along the way. I have to learn to show love along the way, not just say the words.
Then, last night I had 2 dreams. One was a woman in our church that was doing something very wild and weird and the dream means that she will do things that she has said that she will never be able to do and people will watch and be amazed. Still haven't delivered this one yet.
Anoter was that Our church people were eating in at Luby's. In the dream I asked God why we were all eating at luby's and he said to watch the people so I did. He said, Do the ones that are further back in the line get upset with the ones who already have their food. I said, No. He said, exactly! It's not their turn yet. It would be foolish to get mad and make a scene and be offended by the ones already through th e line, because you know without even thinking about it that your turn is coming without a doubt. I have been guilty of having "why not me" thoughts. How foolish is that.?
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Wisdom revealed!
So it is such a weird experience when the answer is right in front of me and I couldn't see it, until it was revealed. I am now offering another service to my clients as a reseller for a software for scanning documents. It should be good.
I am patiently waiting for 3 new accounts to let me start on them. I will need some hired help when I start them. Please help me speak these needs into existence.
I am patiently waiting for 3 new accounts to let me start on them. I will need some hired help when I start them. Please help me speak these needs into existence.
Monday, June 18, 2007
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR REP! STOP FEDERALLY FUNDED ABORTIONS!
CLICK THE TITLE TO FIND YOUR REP! WE HAVE TO LET OUR VOICE BE HEARD!
Refer a Friend | June 11, 2007
311 Million Reasons to Contact Your Leaders
Hoping to lure more Republicans to support the upcoming appropriations bill, House Democrats surprised everyone by voting to increase the amount of abstinence-education funding from the $137 million that President Bush requested to $141 million. Although the measure still faces debate in the full House, the growing support for the Community Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) program looks promising. Unfortunately, the compromise over abstinence funding comes at a price. In exchange for boosting the CBAE funds, Democrats want tens of millions more in Title X "family planning services." Last week, committee members voted to raise the Title X from $283 million to $311 million! According to a new report by one of the biggest recipients of those dollars, Planned Parenthood, the increased funds would almost certainly work hand in neoprene glove with the organization's booming abortion services. The 2005-2006 Planned Parenthood Annual Report shows that the organization performed a record 264,943 abortions in 2005 yet did not record a single adoption referral. With assets totaling more than $839 million, Planned Parenthood hardly needs a government handout. Contact your representatives and ask them to invest your tax dollars in the one form of pregnancy and disease prevention that never fails--abstinence.
Take Action Now
Congressional Directory
War of the Worldviews
For all of liberals' interest in science, their attention to medical risks and consequences is increasingly selective. This tendency is obvious in their pursuit of funds for research that requires the destruction of human embryos. The same is true in their criticism of physicians who speak truthfully about the health risks of homosexuality. President Bush's nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. James Holsinger, has been harshly condemned for a 1991 paper in which he outlined the medical risks posed by homosexual behavior. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) lashed out at the administration for nominating Holsinger, saying, "...The [U.S.] Surgeon General's office is no place for bigotry...that would trump sound science." However, "sound science" is on Holsinger's side. The CDC reports that homosexuals make up the single largest category of the more than 600,000 males with AIDS in the United States. Other diseases such as hepatitis, cancer, gonorrhea, and syphilis are increasingly prevalent in the homosexual community. While politicians may be willing to whitewash these medical facts, groups like the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association take the concerns seriously--even going so far as to outline these same health risks on their website. Dr. Holsinger is being vilified not for compromising the facts, but for bringing them to light. The same can be said of Gen. Peter Pace, who defended the ban on homosexuals in the military. He wasn't nominated to a second term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff because the White House said it would be "contentious." It hardly seems fair we are asking our military to fight on foreign shores when the administration is unwilling to fight for our military leaders on Capitol Hill.
Additional Resources
The Negative Health Effects of Homosexuality
Getting It Straight
Is "Family" the Next Four-Letter Word?
Although broadcast profanity was recently deemed free speech by the courts, it remains to be seen whether the same will apply to another "f-word"--family. The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether employers have the authority to ban words like "natural family" and "marriage" in the workplace. In response to "National Coming-Out Day," a group of conservative co-workers decided to host a forum on faith and contemporary issues. A lesbian colleague saw the flier on the company bulletin board and complained, saying she felt "targeted" and "excluded." The court sided with her, ruling that the words held "anti-homosexual import." The case has been litigated since 2003. Now it's up to the Supreme Court to decide if employees' freedom of speech should take a back seat to employers' "administrative interests." There is growing evidence that when freedom of speech collides with "homosexual rights," the former almost always loses.
Refer a Friend | June 11, 2007
311 Million Reasons to Contact Your Leaders
Hoping to lure more Republicans to support the upcoming appropriations bill, House Democrats surprised everyone by voting to increase the amount of abstinence-education funding from the $137 million that President Bush requested to $141 million. Although the measure still faces debate in the full House, the growing support for the Community Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) program looks promising. Unfortunately, the compromise over abstinence funding comes at a price. In exchange for boosting the CBAE funds, Democrats want tens of millions more in Title X "family planning services." Last week, committee members voted to raise the Title X from $283 million to $311 million! According to a new report by one of the biggest recipients of those dollars, Planned Parenthood, the increased funds would almost certainly work hand in neoprene glove with the organization's booming abortion services. The 2005-2006 Planned Parenthood Annual Report shows that the organization performed a record 264,943 abortions in 2005 yet did not record a single adoption referral. With assets totaling more than $839 million, Planned Parenthood hardly needs a government handout. Contact your representatives and ask them to invest your tax dollars in the one form of pregnancy and disease prevention that never fails--abstinence.
Take Action Now
Congressional Directory
War of the Worldviews
For all of liberals' interest in science, their attention to medical risks and consequences is increasingly selective. This tendency is obvious in their pursuit of funds for research that requires the destruction of human embryos. The same is true in their criticism of physicians who speak truthfully about the health risks of homosexuality. President Bush's nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. James Holsinger, has been harshly condemned for a 1991 paper in which he outlined the medical risks posed by homosexual behavior. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) lashed out at the administration for nominating Holsinger, saying, "...The [U.S.] Surgeon General's office is no place for bigotry...that would trump sound science." However, "sound science" is on Holsinger's side. The CDC reports that homosexuals make up the single largest category of the more than 600,000 males with AIDS in the United States. Other diseases such as hepatitis, cancer, gonorrhea, and syphilis are increasingly prevalent in the homosexual community. While politicians may be willing to whitewash these medical facts, groups like the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association take the concerns seriously--even going so far as to outline these same health risks on their website. Dr. Holsinger is being vilified not for compromising the facts, but for bringing them to light. The same can be said of Gen. Peter Pace, who defended the ban on homosexuals in the military. He wasn't nominated to a second term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff because the White House said it would be "contentious." It hardly seems fair we are asking our military to fight on foreign shores when the administration is unwilling to fight for our military leaders on Capitol Hill.
Additional Resources
The Negative Health Effects of Homosexuality
Getting It Straight
Is "Family" the Next Four-Letter Word?
Although broadcast profanity was recently deemed free speech by the courts, it remains to be seen whether the same will apply to another "f-word"--family. The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether employers have the authority to ban words like "natural family" and "marriage" in the workplace. In response to "National Coming-Out Day," a group of conservative co-workers decided to host a forum on faith and contemporary issues. A lesbian colleague saw the flier on the company bulletin board and complained, saying she felt "targeted" and "excluded." The court sided with her, ruling that the words held "anti-homosexual import." The case has been litigated since 2003. Now it's up to the Supreme Court to decide if employees' freedom of speech should take a back seat to employers' "administrative interests." There is growing evidence that when freedom of speech collides with "homosexual rights," the former almost always loses.
my sleep vacation
My vacation was a vacation from sleep. I didn't sleep much on this vacation. Whether it was the horrible mattress or just restless. It's now 2:30 in the morning on Monday and I haven't slept a wink tonight. I am not tired at all and don't understand why. The vacation was good, fun, and refreshing, but I didn't sleep good when I did sleep. I have prayed and listened to sermon after sermon on IPOD tonight and still can't sleep. I feel like I am a bionic man.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
I just need a little wisdom
An issue has been "on the table" for a few weeks at my business. I need wisdom from God to solve the issue. This thing has created, wrestles nights, fear, and a battle field in my mind of what if scenarios. The hardest thing for me is being a solo business owner, making decisions and knowing that they are the right ones. I need to make the right decision and fast. Please pray for me. I know prayer works and I need a clear answer. I know what the most logical answer is, but it is also the most expensive by far, it will cost my business more now than in the long run, but boy it's a bunch of money right now. I wish I could tell you more, but can't. I will be glad to talk about it offline.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
The theme lately....Waiting & dreams
(presently, Waiting on Jesse to get back with my truck so I can run some errands.)So the last couple of weeks have been steady. Waiting on a few things to take shape. Waiting on a few things I have ordered to come in. Waiting on a few potential clients to call me back. Waiting for vacation to get here. In the midst of all the waiting there have been things to do that have been neglected. In this short season of waiting I have had some interesting dreams. The one I had last night is similar to a dream that I had after 9/11.
9/11 dream. I was at my grand parents ranch in Southeast colorado and we were out checking fence when we came across a capsule. It was the presidents capsule form his plane. We opened it and it was W. We couldn't believe it and he told us what had happened at that enemy jets would be looking for him, so we took him to the house and stached him in the basement. There is a lot more details to that dream, but that will give you enough to tell about this recent dream.
It was the same type of dream. I was W's personal security agent and we were going, him and I, to a personal "yacht" submarine that was stealth and couldn't be picked up by sonar. It had a year of food and supplies and somehow could stay under water that long. It was amazing. Him and I... He told me that I was the only one he could trust and he knew God put me in his life for such a time as this. He couldn't even trust his family any more. He told me all sorts of stuff that I don't know how I would have known any other way. I don't remember why we were going to this sub or what was going on in the world. (some of this is Biblical for the times we are living in) Family turning against each other etc)
The sum: I think it means that my prayers for the president are more critical than I can even imagine. I think that he desperately needs people he can trust mainly Godly kingdom men. A lot of times I pray and don't know what my prayers are doing. I never hear of a victory or a change. I just need to learn to believe that my prayers are working even if I personally never see the results.
I have had 2 prophicies in the past about me being meeting with president of the US and even being friends with him.
There have been other dreams that I can't share right now, but this is sure an amazing time in my life spiritually.
9/11 dream. I was at my grand parents ranch in Southeast colorado and we were out checking fence when we came across a capsule. It was the presidents capsule form his plane. We opened it and it was W. We couldn't believe it and he told us what had happened at that enemy jets would be looking for him, so we took him to the house and stached him in the basement. There is a lot more details to that dream, but that will give you enough to tell about this recent dream.
It was the same type of dream. I was W's personal security agent and we were going, him and I, to a personal "yacht" submarine that was stealth and couldn't be picked up by sonar. It had a year of food and supplies and somehow could stay under water that long. It was amazing. Him and I... He told me that I was the only one he could trust and he knew God put me in his life for such a time as this. He couldn't even trust his family any more. He told me all sorts of stuff that I don't know how I would have known any other way. I don't remember why we were going to this sub or what was going on in the world. (some of this is Biblical for the times we are living in) Family turning against each other etc)
The sum: I think it means that my prayers for the president are more critical than I can even imagine. I think that he desperately needs people he can trust mainly Godly kingdom men. A lot of times I pray and don't know what my prayers are doing. I never hear of a victory or a change. I just need to learn to believe that my prayers are working even if I personally never see the results.
I have had 2 prophicies in the past about me being meeting with president of the US and even being friends with him.
There have been other dreams that I can't share right now, but this is sure an amazing time in my life spiritually.
Friday, June 1, 2007
update: my head
Last night I was dealing with my infectious cyst on my head and it popped out. Gross I know, I called Trish and she took care of it. NO MORE CYST!!!! NO MORE INFECTION!!! Just like that it is healed. So if you are waiting on something, like I waited for 9 weeks for this silly little infection to be healed, then in an instant when you least expect it BOOM! it will pop out!
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