“Entrepreneurs: The only people who work 80-hour weeks to avoid working 40-hour weeks.” – Lori Greiner But somehow, the life of an entrepreneur seems so glamorous that people want to be one…possibly because of the whole “highlight reel” social media sharing phenomenon (but that’s another blog). And while entrepreneurship is awesome for the right person with the right gift set, it’s truly not for everyone. I can guarantee you one thing: if you try to build a business without the right mindset, you will be miserable. So are you a true entrepreneur or just a wantrepreneur? Evaluate yourself honestly with these five statements. Wantrepreneurs talk. Entrepreneurs do. Having a plan is great. But having a plan without actually doing anything to execute the plan is worthless. Plans require knowledge, but the execution of our plans is what contributes to wisdom. Why? Because real faith leads us to action, and faith is the source of our wisdom. So if everything you’ve planned stays in your head, but never moves to your heart or your hands, you might not be ready for entrepreneurship. Wantrepreneurs seek shortcuts. Entrepreneurs are patient for success. Thomas Edison put it this way: “Opportunity is missed by [...]

Do you ever stop to think about you never used to know how many people were “following” someone else? You went about your daily life and regular tasks. You got excited about the work you saw God doing in you and through you in others. You saw what others were doing, but probably didn’t give much thought to their influence vs. your influence. After all, they had their assignment, and you had yours. But now, it’s all changed. Because we can all be present on the same “platform,” we’ve somehow leveled the playing field to believe our influence, our impact, our worth, and our importance can be quantified. Specifically, we’ve falsely correlated our number of social media followers with the importance of God’s call on our lives. Listen, I’m not hating on social media. It’s is a great tool that can be used for a lot of good. But it’s also created unnecessary comparison + inadequacy. Now, instead of being content and reserving our energy to serve Him well in the sweet spot our Savior has positioned us, too many of us waste that time and energy striving and “competing” for something that might not even be relevant to [...]