Practice Business Lessons from Jesus :
I’ve been reading Jesus CEO, and it contained a great deal of wisdom that its taken probably 12 months or more to really learn. However, it proves true both in spiritual and business realms (although I believe the attempt to separate the two is misguided). Laurie Beth Jones recounts the following story:
Recently I met an engineer who developed a product that coiuld help many people. He had not release it yet because he cannot come up with the perfect logo for his company. He feels that he has to do the logo, the brochure, the product development, and the marketing, too. No doubt he will paint his own building and grow his own corn, as well.
I am not mocking this man’s individualism. I just wonder how far he can go with this particular belief system. The truth is that good ideas, noble intentions, brilliant inventions, and miraculous discoveries go nowhere unless somebody forms a team to act on them. Whoever forms a team to carry out the best ideas wins.
Jesus formed a team.
As a practice matter, It can sometimes take a long time to learn a given task, whether that’s you’re gift as an individual.
80/20 Focus for Christian Small Business and Organizations
Focus on the core tasks of business and outsourcing the rest to others is critical to our spiritual sanity and our home/life balance. Attempting to perform any and all tasks around a business is bound to drive us crazy. Especially with all the tasks of a business startup, its critcial that you focus on the ones you know best and are best suited to perform based on your other
Its important to find others who complement our strengths to do the things we can’t, so we can focus on our business, family, and spiritual lives.
Ultimately, strategic and smart outsourcing (or even exchanging services) in places where we lack strengths, aptitudes, and gifts takes time to learn—but is a lesson thats
