How can you keep score without being defined by the scoreboard?

In this episode, Jeff and Cary discuss:

• Lessons learned during the first year with no profit in a family company.
• Stewardship versus entitlement - understanding the paradigm that God owns it all.
• Doing what God calls you to do as the next right thing.
• Riding the elevator of business, both up and down.

Key Takeaways:

• God is always teaching us lessons, even if it takes until we meet Him again to understand fully.
• Marriage is a partnership, and in a good partnership, when things go well, they're twice as good because you get to share them. And when things go bad, they're half as bad because you've got somebody else to carry the weight.
• When we start to see God’s blessings as entitlements, it is going to suck the joy out of life.
• Find somebody whose life you respect, take them to lunch, talk to them, and ask them how they navigated some of these questions of stewardship and entitlement.

"I don't know if this is right for everybody else, but my conclusion is, God always wants me to struggle with it. He always wants me to be asking the question, ‘Is this becoming about me and my lifestyle or the stewardship of what I entrusted to you?’" — Cary Brown

Episode References:

• Kingdom Giving Fund: https://www.kingdomgivingfund.com/

About Cary Brown: Cary Brown is a co-founder of The Moriah Group. He is an entrepreneur who has grown businesses in oil and gas, real estate, software, specialty finance, and several other industries. He took the oil and gas company public in 2007, serving as its Chairman and CEO until his retirement in 2015.

Today, he focuses on running the Family Office and helping various Kingdom-focused nonprofits. He serves as Chairman of the First Priority of America Board (an evangelism ministry focused on USA public schools) and Board member of Faith Tech (a ministry focused on networking and supporting Christians in the tech industry).

Connect with Cary Brown:

Website: https://www.moriahgroup.net/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-brown-285502152/

Connect with Jeff Thomas:

Website: https://www.arkosglobal.com/

Podcast: https://www.generousbusinessowner.com/

Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-up

Email: jeff.thomas@arkosglobal.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArkosGlobalAdv

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arkosglobal/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkosglobaladvisors

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLUYpPwkHH7JrP6PrbHeBxw