A Business Leadership Presentation
(The following talk was given to more than 6,000 people in Kansas City.)"FRAMING YOUR BUSINESS WITH PURPOSE,
MISSION, VISION AND VALUES"
— BILL STEWARTI RECENTLY CONDUCTED A NON-SCIENTIFIC SURVEY BY RANDOMLY ASKING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE OPPOSITE OF SUCCESS WAS.
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE I SURVEYED SAID , "FAILURE IS THE OPPOSITE OF SUCCESS."---MOST OF YOU WOULD PROBABLY SAY THE SAME THING.
I DON'T THINK SO, BECAUSE SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE HAVE USUALLY FAILED MANY MORE TIMES THAN UNSUCCESSFUL PEOPLE, THEY JUST DIDN'T QUIT.
I BELIEVE THE OPPOSITE OF SUCCESS IS NOT FAILURE, BUT SETTLING! THAT'S RIGHT SETTLING!
SETTLING FOR WHO YOU ARE , RATHER THAN WHO YOU CAN BECOME!
SETTLING FOR WHERE YOU ARE, RATHER THAN WHERE YOU CAN GO!
SETTLING FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, RATHER THAN WHAT YOU COULD HAVE!
TODAY IS ABOUT NOT SETTLING!!!
TODAY IS ABOUT BELIEVING YOU CAN BE MORE, BELIEVING YOU CAN GO FARTHER, BELIEVING YOU CAN REACH HIGHER, TODAY IS ABOUT YOUR LIFE, YOUR FUTURE.
TODAY IS NOT ONLY ABOUT BUILDING A BUSINESS, IT IS ALSO ABOUT BUILDING A LIFE. IT'S ABOUT YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS, YOUR SPOUSE, YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOUR PARENTS.
YOUR BUSINESS IS A VEHICLE TO HELP TAKE YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD NOT BE YOUR LIFE---YOUR BUSINESS IS THE VEHICLE TO HELP YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE THE WAY YOU WANT TO.
IN HIS BOOK, "EVEN EAGLES NEED A PUSH" DAVID McNALLY SAYS,"WE WERE BORN, I BELIEVE, TO BE THOROUGHLY USED UP WHEN WE DIE. THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT WE EXHAUST OURSELVES, FRANTICALLY FILLING OUR DAYS WITH MEANINGLESS ACTIVITIES. RATHER, IT MEANS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE CREATED TO FULFILL A PURPOSE AND IT IS THAT PURPOSE THAT EMPOWERS, INSPIRES, AND GIVES MEANING TO OUR LIVES."
KNOWING WHY YOU ARE IN YOUR BUSINESS IS PERHAPS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN KNOW. YOUR BUSINESS CAN BE EXHILARATING, THE THRILL OF HELPING FAMILIES, GIVING PEOPLE HOPE, THE EXCITEMENT OF WATCHING YOUR TEAMMATES GROW AND EXPERIENCE SUCCESS THEY NEVER DREAMED OF, THIS BUSINESS IS SO AWESOME, SO MUCH FUN THAT IT CAN BE DANGEROUS. . .
DANGEROUS IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET SO CAUGHT UP IN DOING THE BUSINESS, THAT YOU NEVER GET AROUND TO DOING WHAT YOU GOT IN THE BUSINESS TO ENABLE YOURSELF TO DO.
YES, YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD AND PAY A TREMENDOUS PRICE TO ACHIEVE THE FINANCIAL SUCCESS AND THE FREEDOM THAT YOUR BUSINESS CAN OFFER, BUT IF YOU LOSE SIGHT OF "YOUR WHY" YOU ARE IN DANGER OF FALLING VICTIM TO BURN OUT, DISAPPOINTMENT, DISCOURAGEMENT, AND DESPAIR.
MY WIFE SARAH AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL SUCCESS BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS, WE ARE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT, WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST AND STRONGEST ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMPANY.
GREAT LEADERS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY GREAT PEOPLE---STRONG PEOPLE AND STRONG INDEPENDENT LEADERS LIKE DOUG AND BERTI HARTMAN, MIKE AND MARYNA SHARPE, HECTOR AND JAN LAMARQUE, RICK AND MICHELLE SUSIE, MARK AND SUE YOUNGER, CHRIS AND SUSAN HOWARD, DAVID AND JILL LANDRUM, MIKE AND AMY LANDRUM, GLENN AND MADELYN PLATE AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
WITH THIS LEVEL OF SUCCESS AND LEADERS LIKE THIS WHY DO WE STAY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS? WHY DO WE MAINTAIN A BASE SHOP, WHY HAVE WE PROMOTED 2 DIRECT RVPS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, WHY HAVE I PERSONALLY CONDUCTED MORE THAN 40 ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS IN THE LAST 30 DAYS?
BECAUSE I KNOW MY "WHY." BECAUSE I CAN'T RETIRE FROM A PURPOSE. I HAVE A LIFE MISSION STATEMENT. MY MISSION IS TO SHARE TRUTH THAT SETS PEOPLE FREE, SPIRITUALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY.
WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR WHY, YOU CAN BUILD YOUR BUSINESS AS BIG AS YOU ARE WILLING TO--- TODAY AND AT OTHER EVENTS LIKE THIS YOU WILL LEARN INCREDIBLE PRINCIPLES, STRATEGIES, IDEAS AND BUILDING BLOCKS. LIKE A GIANT JIGSAW PUZZLE, YOU WILL FIND SOME OF THE PIECES YOU NEED TO MOVE YOUR BUSINESS TO NEW HEIGHTS.
MORE IMPORTANTLY ON DAYS LIKE THIS YOU GET TO LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE BOX, YOU GET TO SEE WHAT THE PICTURE WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE PUT YOUR PUZZLE TOGETHER PROPERLY. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO PUT A PUZZLE TOGETHER WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE PICTURE ON THE BOX, OF COURSE NOT, YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
EVENTS LIKE THIS ALLOW YOU TO KEEP YOUR MIND SET ON WHAT THE COMPLETED PICTURE LOOKS LIKE.
TO MAKE SURE YOUR BUSINESS PICTURE IS THERE FOR YOU, TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T COME APART AFTER YOU HAVE POURED YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO IT, TO MAKE SURE IT IS THERE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!..MAKE SURE IT IS PROPERLY FRAMED.
I HAVE FRAMED MY DREAM PICTURE WITH PURPOSE, MISSION , VISION AND VALUES. (FRAME ILLUSTRATION)
A PURPOSE THAT GIVES MEANING TO YOUR LIFE!
A MISSION THAT GIVES DIRECTION TO YOUR LIFE!
A VISION THAT GIVES HOPE TO YOUR LIFE!
VALUES THAT GIVE STRENGTH TO YOUR LIFE!
IN HIS BOOK, "IN THE PURSUIT OF PURPOSE" MILES MUNROE SAYS, "PURPOSE IS THE MASTER OF MOTIVATION AND THE MOTHER OF COMMITMENT. IT IS THE SOURCE OF ENTHUSIASM AND THE WOMB OF PERSEVERANCE. PURPOSE GIVES BIRTH TO HOPE AND INSTILLS PASSION TO ACT."
PURPOSE: WHY AM I HERE? NOT JUST IN BUSINESS, BUT WHY AM I ALIVE AND ON THIS PLANET. MY PURPOSE? "TO HONOR AND GLORIFY GOD BY TOUCHING OTHER LIVES." I CAN TOUCH MORE LIVES THROUGH THIS BUSINESS AND BECAUSE OF THIS BUSINESS THAN I COULD ANYWHERE ELSE.
MISSION: WHAT AM I ABOUT EVERYDAY THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE FULFILLMENT OF MY PURPOSE. I AM ABOUT MY MISSION. SHARING TRUTH THAT SETS PEOPLE FREE SPIRITUALLY , EMOTIONALLY, AND FINANCIALLY.
WHY SPIRITUALLY?-- BECAUSE WHEN I WAS EIGHTEEN, THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF BILLY GRAHAM I FOUND THE WAY TO SPIRITUAL FREEDOM IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH CHRIST.
WHY EMOTIONALLY---BECAUSE I WAS RAISED IN A VIOLENT ALCOHOLIC FAMILY AND I SHUT DOWN EMOTIONALLY AS A CHILD. WHEN I MARRIED AND HAD A FAMILY I WAS NOT ABLE TO RELATE TO THEM EMOTIONALLY. BECAUSE OF CHUCK BOND A FRIEND IN OUR BUSINESS, I FOUND A WAY TO EMOTIONAL FREEDOM. NOW I AM SO EMOTIONALLY FREE, I CRY WHEN THEY SAY GOODNIGHT ON THE TEN O'CLOCK NEWS.
WHY FINANCIALLY--BECAUSE WHEN I WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD WITH NO COLLEGE DEGREE AND NO TECHNICAL TRAINING WITH A TOTAL FAMILY INCOME OF $900 A MONTH, MIKE TUTTLE, INTRODUCED ME TO THIS BUSINESS AND THE FINANCIAL CONCEPTS THAT SET MY FAMILY FREE FINANCIALLY.
VISION: WHAT DO I SEE MY LIFE AND BUSINESS BEING WHEN I LOOK TO THE FUTURE WITH MY MINDS EYE. I SEE MY BUSINESS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE MULTIPLYING LEADERS IMPACTING THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES.
I SEE CHILDREN SLEEPING SAFELY, EATING HEALTHY, GROWING UP WITH LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT, GRADUATING FROM BIBLE COLLEGE AND NURSING SCHOOL, MAKING AN IMPACT ON THEIR COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE ORPHANAGE IN INDIA, NOW HOUSING 800 CHILDREN, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD BECAUSE OF OUR BUSINESS.
I SEE COUNTLESS PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOINED US IN THIS BUSINESS GROWING, MATURING AND DEVELOPING AS MULTIPLYING LEADERS, ONE DAY BUILDING A STRONG BUSINESS OF THEIR OWN AFFECTING THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
(PUT VISUAL ON SCREEN) I GREW UP WORKING ON OTHER PEOPLES FARMS AND RANCHES. I ALWAYS DREAMED OF HAVING MY OWN. I SEE MY SON SAM AND HIS WIFE MONICA DEVELOPING A GROWING CATTLE OPERATION ON THE 2000 PLUS ACRE RANCH THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF OUR BUSINESS. SAM HAS A DEGREE IN RANCH MANAGEMENT.
(PUT VISUAL ON SCREEN) I SEE OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN (CURRENTLY NINE), OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS SPENDING TIME AS A FAMILY AT OUR BEACH HOUSE WE PURCHASED TWO WEEKS AGO BECAUSE OF OF THIS BUSINESS.
VALUES: THOSE LIFE FOUNDATION BUILDING BLOCKS OF TRUTH, HONESTY, INTEGRITY, LOVE, COMPASSION, LOYALTY, AND COMMITMENT---VALUES I WILL NOT SACRIFICE TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING, BECAUSE ANYTHING ACCOMPLISHED AT THE PRICE OF VIOLATING MY VALUES SIMPLE COST TOO MUCH.
DOES FRAMING YOUR BUSINESS PICTURE LIKE THIS LIMIT YOUR POTENTIAL?
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!
YOU HAVE NO LIMITS IF YOU HAVE...
POWER IN YOUR PURPOSE!
MAGNITUDE IN YOUR MISSION!
VASTNESS IN YOUR VISION!
VERACITY IN YOUR VALUES!IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MY PERSPECTIVE ON PURPOSE, MISSION, VISION AND VALUES AS WELL AS RESOURCES THAT HELP ME STAY FOCUSED IN THESE AREAS, YOU CAN VISIT MY PERSONAL WEB SITE AT SHARETRUTH.COM
YOUR BUSINESS IS YOUR VEHICLE, BUT THIS IS YOUR LIFE, YOUR FUTURE. I CHALLENGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONFIDENT EXPECTATION OF SUCCESS GUIDED BY YOUR PURPOSE, MISSION, VISION AND VALUES.
