Shortly after our sale of our company, I suffered post-business LOST syndrome: Lack of Stressful Transactions. After the first five consecutive stay-at-home weekends of my life, I began to feel like a failure. I thought there was something wrong with me. I realized that these feelings were the result of the absence of deal-making in […]
Episode 151: Pathways with Stuart and Dean Kruse
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GATE
When it comes to your career, you want to make sure that your GATE is unlocked and open for ministry right where you are. You can categorize four key components of your life using the acronym GATE: G: Gifts A: Abilities T: Talent E: Experiences Gifts include your spiritual gifts. Abilities are your learned skills. […]
Episode 150: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of Wise Confrontation
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The Restorative Change Equation
Are you contemplating a job or career change? Restorative change places the value of the process over the results. When I was discerning what I had believed was God’s prompting to become a direct carrier of His message of restoration, I became aware of the following change equation: Dissatisfaction with the present state (DPS) plus […]
Episode 149: Auction Stories 2 with Dean and Stuart Kruse
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Community
eBay’s publicly traded stock had skyrocketed onto the market. Their unprecedented escalation stemmed from their 95 percent share in the Internet auction business. In my first meeting with them to discuss their acquisition of our company, I asked, “What keeps a company like Microsoft from flicking you off the map?” I made a gesture at […]
Episode 148: 12 Words to the Wise, Learning
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“God, Open or Close the Door”
After years of being in the auction business and never being approached by a prospective buyer for our company, suddenly suitors pursued us when “auction” became the biggest buzzword on the Internet. I began the due diligence process with an investment banker who was enthusiastic about the prospect of taking our high-profile company public. He […]
Episode 147: Listening Amidst the Noise with Curtis Smith
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The Master ABC Encourager
Sonny and Cathy Gandee were friends who bought and sold hundreds of muscle cars at our auctions over the years. I had invited them to fly with us to an auction in the southern United States. Just before takeoff from Auburn, I asked Sonny where he got his name. “My dad. He played for the […]
Episode 146: 12 Words to the Wise, Knowledge
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ABC Encourager: Comforter
Chris Schenkel, the ABC Sportscaster and Encourager, not only was aware of those he encountered whom he built up; he was also a comforter. Comfort literally means “to call alongside.” It comes from the Latin, com meaning “together” and fortis which is translated “strong.” Consequently, comfort means that we come alongside someone in order to […]
Episode 145: 12 Words to the Wise, Discipline
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ABC Encourager: Builder
Chris Schenkel, the ABC Encourager, was a builder. I remember many times when he built me up. However, one occasion stands out above all the others. Many years ago, I shared with Chris that I had been thinking about moving away from the business. He stopped me in mid-sentence, something he had rarely done. “No […]
Episode 144: Fireproof with Chief Mike Vanzile
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ABC Encourager: Aware
Can you think of a person who has encouraged you? Now think of someone who discouraged you. Which one most resembles you? Encouragement is a catalyst for each of us to journey forward on Restoration Road. Cor is Latin for “heart.” Therefore, “encouragement” means “to restore another’s heart.” Encouragement breathes life into the heart; whereas, […]
Theology Proper – The Study of Man
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Episode 143: 12 Words to the Wise, Wise Counsel
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Episode 142: Refined by Fire with Matt Crenshaw
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