The Strategic Living Podcast with Brian Holmes

SLP146 - Monday Mastery Edition : Personal Mastery (The 3M Leadership Formula)

In this episode, I explore The 3M Leadership Formula: Personal Mastery.

SLP145 - Look Inward, Trust Your Passions, and Find Convergence : An Interview with Dan Miller

Have you ever felt stuck? Have you ever felt discontent? That’s what we’re looking at today in my interview with my dear friend and colleague, Dan Miller.

So many leaders today are discontent and feeling as if they’re not fulfilling their purpose. It seems as though it’s an epidemic. Today, Dan I are talking about why, and what to do if you find yourself feeling that way. This is an episode you will NOT want to miss.

About Dan

I met Dan originally in Atlanta in May of 2012. Since that time, I have been reading his books and blogs, listening to his podcast, and participating in his 48Days Community on a regular basis. He is one of the most genuine people I know, and I have come to respect him a great deal.

Dan Miller, President of 48 Days LLC, specializes in creative thinking for increased personal and business success. He believes that meaningful work blends our natural skills and abilities, our unique personality traits and our dreams and passions. Dan is active in helping individuals redirect careers, evaluate new income sources, and achieve balanced living. He believes that a clear sense of direction can help us become all that God designed us to be.

Dan is the author of the widely acclaimed 48 Days To The Work You Love, No More Dreaded Mondays and Wisdom Meets Passion.

Over 130,000 people have subscribed to his weekly newsletter, his 48 Days Podcast consistently ranks in the top 3 under Careers on iTunes, and the 48Days.net business community is viewed as an example around the world for those seeking to find – or create – work they love. Committed to personal priorities, Dan and his wife Joanne are approaching their 45th anniversary and have three world-changing children and 12 amazing grandchildren.

Want more information on Dan’s Coaching With Excellence and Innovate programs?

Your Life Experience Has Value.

So how can you make a shift from status quo to “whoa!”?

1. Look Inward. Have confidence in your direction, and take a fresh look at how God has gifted you.
2. Trust Your Passion. Resist the tendency to only be realistic and practical.
3. Find the Convergence of Passion, Talent, and Money. It’s a three-legged stool. It needs all three legs to stand!

What are your skills and talents? If you’re having trouble identifying them or identifying your passions, ask those close to you to help you see them.

Take an intentional approach to determining how to spend your future!

Don’t stay stuck.

SLP144 - Monday Mastery Edition : The 3M Leadership Formula

In this episode, I explore The 3M Leadership Formula: An Introduction.

SLP143 - Secular Vs. Sacred

Many people believe there are two very distinct and separate arenas: Sacred and Secular. Religion has propagated this idea for centuries, and others have rallied for its sustention. Many believe there is no place for spiritual input in the practical world, and vice versa.

Today, I want to challenge that way of thinking. My hope is to convince you to consider we were never created to live separate, compartmentalized lives.

Let’s take a deeper look at Secular Vs. Sacred. Is It Really An Either/Or Proposition?

Thesis:

If we continue to segment our lives into secular and sacred compartments, we diminish our ability to be salt and light, and we abdicate our leadership responsibilities in culture.

• If we are not inserted into the areas needing our leadership, how can we lead?
• If salt is not applied, how can the environment be changed?

Defining Secular:

1: Of or relating to the worldly or temporal (secular concerns) b: not overtly or specifically religious (secular music) c: not ecclesiastical or clerical (secular courts; secular landowners)

2: Not bound by monastic vows or rules; specifically: of, relating to, or forming clergy not belonging to a religious order or congregation (a secular priest)

3: Denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.

Separation Origination:

In their book, Your Work Matters To God, authors Doug Sherman and William Hendricks state the following regarding holy versus unholy vocations:

This whole idea of secular versus religious is a Greek idea. These Greek ideas, clothed in biblical language, have for the most part, been passed down unchallenged to succeeding generations of Christians. As a result, most of us today bring assumptions to the biblical text, assumptions based on a worldview articulated by Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and other Greek thinkers. Likewise, if you have been around much Christian teaching, you’ve undoubtedly been influenced by at least some Greek ideas. Nothing overtly or purely pagan. But I suggest that Christianity in our culture has absorbed from its tradition a number of subtle beliefs that trace back to Greek philosophy. Now I am not ‘down’ on philosophy. Nor am I ‘down’ on the Greek philosophers, for they have provided us with many insights into philosophical questions. Nevertheless, reading the Bible through their eyes – through Greek glasses – can severely distort the truth of God’s Word. We will think that the Bible says things it does not say, and overlook important things it does say. The result will be a distorted view of life. And a distorted view of work. Wearing Greek glasses, one would tend to ignore or disparage everyday work. This is how work looks when viewed through these lenses.

Dualism:

As Christianity grew outside Jerusalem, believers became influenced by a wide array of philosophies. Early Greek scholars like Plato introduced dualism, which says life is divided into two compartments: the spiritual or eternal, and the temporal realm of the physical.

Plato’s dualism entered the church through many of the church fathers that were Greek philosophers who had converted to Christianity. They attempted to reconcile Greek thought with Christianity.

For years, we have presented a theology that promotes literal separation and isolation, even though the Bible teaches us to …

• Go
• Infiltrate wolves
• Be wise and harmless
• Be salt and light
• Bring heaven on earth
• Stand for righteousness and truth

So how do we reconcile the “be ye separate” and the “salt and light” idea?

Is it an EITHER/OR, or is it a BOTH/AND?

Closing Thoughts:

• Stop trying to keep your spiritual life and your daily life separated.

• Understand that WHO you are, and WHAT you have to offer are needed.

• You highest service to God is to take the God in you into the field where you are called.

• Serve, lead, work, build.

SLP142 - Monday Mastery Edition : The Seed of Friendship

In this episode, I explore The Seed of Friendship.

SLP141 - The L3 Philosophy : Live Big, Love Deep, and Lead Well

Philosophy is not often talked about in the context of day-to-day living, or even in leadership. I consider this so unfortunate! Having a baseline philosophy is imperative if you are headed to success.

What I’m sharing today may not be an exhaustive comprehensive foundation, but it is absolutely a starting point to stabilize your priorities and what you want to build on. It’s a simple, yet profound framework I’m calling The L3 Philosophy.

The L3 Philosophy

There are three components to this framework:

1. Live Big
2. Love Deep
3. Lead Well

1. Live Big:

PRINCIPLE #1: The possibilities will only be realized when you increase the size and volume of your containers.

PRINCIPLE #2: Grow your capacity and the solutions show up in your life.

What does living big look like?

• Dream Big
• Think Big
• Believe Big
• Work Big
• Have Big Goals

2. Love Deep:

• Choose to love, and love deep.
• Choose to receive love.
• Choose to let the walls down and entrust your heart to others.

3. Lead Well:

• If you’re going to do anything in life, do it well.
• Whatever you put your hands to, do it with all your might.
• Lead – and do – with excellence!

Closing Thoughts:

• What is your guiding philosophy of life and leadership?
• Have you “smalled up” yourself?
• Have you scaled down your potential to meet the size of a faulty or limiting container?
• Are you able to receive God’s love, or the love others have for you?
• Are you able to give love?
• Are you giving your all as it relates to leadership?

SLP140 - Monday Mastery Edition : The Seed of Mentoring

In this episode, I explore The Seed of Mentoring.

SLP139 - One of the Best Investments A Leader Can Make : 10 Reasons Why ’Me’ Time and ’We’ Time Is Vitally Important

As leaders, we are compelled to serve others. We always pour personal investments into other people. That said, however, we must remember we cannot give what we do not have, and serving while on empty creates incredible challenges for us personally. Leadership burnout is a real problem!

Whether you’re the CEO, a pastor, or a solo-preneur, taking care of YOU is paramount to the success of your leadership calling. But how can you make sure your account stays full? Why should Me-Time and We-Time be a priority in your life?

Today, we’re talking about One of the Best Investments A Leader Can Make: 10 Reasons Why “Me” Time & “We” Time Are Vitally Important.

The Root

Most leaders find themselves working non-stop, always engaged in some way. No doubt several have experienced high levels of success due to this drive, but at what cost?

How many people arrive at the pinnacle of their career only to look back on their life and see a trail of carnage, especially of relationships lost along the way?

The 21^st century culture is so success/results driven, we often sacrifice the things that matter the most on the altar of status or accolade.

We invest in the wrong things for the wrong reasons, forgetting how important it is to invest in ourselves, and those we love.

10 Reasons Why “Me” Time & “We” Time Are Vitally Important:

1. Rest
2. Recovery
3. Regained Perspective
4. Restored Hope
5. Renewed Vision
6. Recreation
7. Relationship Triage
8. Relationship Deposits
9. Growth & Development
10. Rediscover Your Why

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SLP138 - Monday Mastery Edition : The Seed of Honor

In this episode, I explore The Seed of Honor.

SLP137 - What You Say Is What You Get

You’ve heard “what you see is what you get,” but the same rings true for the words we speak. We greatly influence and control the course of our life by what we say. Our thoughts and beliefs form what we speak, and we may not realize just what kind of power our words wield.

Have you ever intentionally turned up the volume to raise your awareness of what’s coming out of your mouth? You might be shocked if you recorded and played back how you spoke each day.

What affirmations (or curses) are you speaking into your life? What destinies are you creating with your words? Today I want to unpack the power of our words and share with you: What You Say Is What You Get.

Biblical Principle:

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

James 3:5-6, 9-10

So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.

It Starts With Belief

• As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
• We act in accordance with the truth as we believe it to be. (Lou Tice)
• We have to align ourselves with the Truth as God sees it, which means challenging our limiting/paralyzing beliefs.

Bridle the Tongue

• We must become more aware of our self-talk.
• We have to hold captive whatever limiting or destructive things we’re saying.
• Turn up our own volume to become more aware of our talk.

The Way Forward

1. Listen
2. Call out (identify) the words that are life taking
3. Repent
4. Receive Truth – What does God know to be true?
5. Replace – Create statements of confession/affirmation that, over time, will take command of your creative power.

 

Closing Thoughts:

• Pay attention to your words.
• Are you speaking life, or are you projecting an undesirable outcome?
• Are you speaking the truth as God sees it, or are you perpetuating an untruth based on circumstance?