Hey there..
I've spent more than years making money from what I know.
Along the way, I've been fortunate to encounter some extraordinary teachers.
And looking back....
I can identify three ideas that fundamentally changed how I think about what I do.
Interestingly, none of them was primarily about making money.
But together, they gave me a way of thinking about creating value that has influenced almost everything I've done since.
Let me tell you about them.
The first came from Pastor Tony of Calabar City Church
Pastor Tony helped me understand something fascinating about churches.
A church isn't simply a place where someone stands up every week and delivers a sermon.
If you think about it...
It's a community of people who have bought into a particular vision of the future.
They share beliefs.
They develop relationships.
They contribute resources.
They take responsibility.
They invite others.
They create institutions.
And over time, something remarkable happens.
The community becomes capable of accomplishing things that none of its individual members could have accomplished alone.
Working closely with Pastor Tony helped me see that the principles behind building a church could also be applied to building other kinds of tribes and movements.