Where can you leverage your social capital to serve and grow in a community of God’s love?

In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Michele discuss:

• Bringing the mountain top experiences back to your everyday life.
• Finding the moments of connection with all of God’s children.
• Investing wisely and stewarding God’s resources takes time and practice.
• Sharing what you know with others.
• Integrating children in the Lord’s work.

Key Takeaways:

• There is magic in working with people and talking. Social capital has power.
• You don’t have to invest in the way the world invests. There is more to investing than just the stock market.
• Women like to be engaged. Most are not satisfied with just writing a check.
• Be generous with more than money. You can be generous with your resources, time, contacts, knowledge, and more.

"One thing that's been really important for me, and why I continue to go on these trips and also connect in my local community, is just being proximate to people who have different lived experiences than me." — Michele Dudley

Episode References:

• BraveWorks: https://www.braveworks.org/
• Women Doing Well: https://womendoingwell.org/
• Restoration Residences: https://resorationresidences.wordpress.com/
• Praxis Capital Fellowship: https://www.praxis.co/capital-fellowship
• Entrepreneur’s Organization: https://eonetwork.org/

About Michele Dudley: Michele is a serial social entrepreneur passionate about empowering transformation.

She founded BraveWorks (formerly Fashion & Compassion), Restoration Residences and the Ignite Justice Conference, led Seeds of Hope and supported the launch of the Blessing School for the Visually Impaired in Rwanda. Michele served as the interim Chief Advancement Officer at Mesa Global (formerly United World Mission) and has directed her family’s foundation for more than 25 years. Michele began her career as a CPA with KPMG and Bank of America and is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Michele lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA with her husband and fellow entrepreneur, Eric. Together they have 4 young adult children.

Michele actively serves on boards including Mesa Global, Women Doing Well, Thrive Global Project, Be the Bridge, The Gathering, and Deeper Roots Soul Care.

When Michele isn’t with her family or following her passion to empower transformation, she can be found exercising, practicing yoga, or dancing.

Connect with Michele Dudley:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michele-dudley-14997437/

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/

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

What need is calling to your soul? Where are you hungering to serve in God’s Kingdom?

In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, Pat, and Janel discuss:

• Surrendering to God’s will and releasing our control.
• Keeping your word even when it isn’t easy.
• Serving God and His kingdom no matter what industry you are in.
• Talking with your family about what is important to you in giving.
• The culture differentiator.

Key Takeaways:

• God gives us the desires of our heart, we can listen to them and still be following Him.
• Everything we have belongs to the Lord. As we make choices, we need to honor Him as it all belongs to Him.
• Now more than ever, people are separated from what they eat. If you have questions, ask them.
• Pass along wisdom to your family, not just assets. Build and invest in the next generation.
• Be mindful and present. If you don’t slow down, you won’t be able to hear where He is directing you.

"We're just trying to take that platform that God has given us and provided us, and trying to steward it the best way we know how." — Pat Hord

Episode References:

• Jim Gaffigan - “BACON!” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqFi0cZ4p1E
• National Christian Foundation: https://www.ncfgiving.com/

About Pat & Janel Hord: Pat and Janel Hord are the owners of Hord Family Farms in Ohio.

Connect with Pat & Janel Hord:

Website: https://www.hordlivestock.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hord-livestock-company/

X: http://www.x.com/hordfamilyfarms

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hordfamilyfarms

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/

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

How can you support the kids and families in need around you?

In this episode, Jeff and Phil discuss:

• Building a business with spiritually aligned partners.
• Utilizing a leveraged buyout with your employees so everyone has ownership.
• Being drawn into foster and orphan care with a Godly heart.
• Orphan care domestically and internationally.
• How God blesses a giving spirit.

Key Takeaways:

• Treat your employees generously. Your assets are your people. Treat people generously in a way that they would never want to leave.
• Take your skills and talents and apply them to kingdom work. It may be within business, it may be in advocacy. People have a need for your skills.
• Everybody can do something to help support kids in need.
• Making giving a priority - God keeps His promises and will care for you if you give in faith.

"We've been redeemed. And we're in the business of redemption. Foster care and adoption and caring for the moms and dads and the families is really a deep part of that." — Phil Goad

Episode References:

• Family Life: https://www.familylife.com/
• Every Child Arkansas: https://everychildarkansas.org/
• Restore Hope: https://www.restorehope.io/
• 100 Families Initiative: https://www.restorehope.io/100families

About Phil Goad: Dr. Goad and his wife, Starla, have three children and 10 grandchildren. Phil is a Court Appointed Special Advocate in the foster care program in Pulaski and Perry Counties, Arkansas. Dr. Goad also serves as Chair of the Every Child Arkansas (ECA) Executive Leadership Council. ECA is a state-wide network of advocates, agencies and other organizations working together in trust-building collaboration to fill the biggest gaps in foster care and adoption in Arkansas. Phil and Starla serve with organizations involved in care of orphans and vulnerable children in the US and around the world. They are actively involved in their church and love to teach and mentor others who share a desire to follow in the steps of Jesus Christ. They have a passion for marriage ministry and are long-time supporters of FamilyLife, previously headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2021, Dr. Goad retired from CTEH, LLC, an environmental and public health consulting firm, where he served as Co-Founder, CEO and Principal Toxicologist. CTEH is a national leader in helping governments, businesses and communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural and man-made disasters. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas (1977) and a Ph.D. degree in Interdisciplinary Toxicology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (1982). Starla received a bachelor’s degree in Home Economics from Harding College (1976).

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/

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