Matthew D. Miglin-Christian Business Coach & Publisher

Our mission is to advance the Kingdom by enhancing the values proposition of the businesses whose owners are of like mind and embrace their responsibilities as stewards in service of the Lord.

These ideas will help us, and I hope the thread prevails. It ties into our “Values Assessment” vehicle that strives to guide our business owners to the ultimate achievement of the Word.

I am a member of a Christian business leaders organization called Fellowship of Companies for Christ International (www.fcci.org) and one of the key foundational principles of this 30+ year old ministry is that God owns our business, not us. As such, we are to be responsible stewards of what God has provided us. FCCI has wonderful teaching about this principle. In fact, at a recent local FCCI meeting here in South Carolina where I live, a new member was commenting how powerful that lesson was to her, as the “owner” of her business.

Thanks R. E. for this discussion thread – it is so important for the business leader community.

Chick-fil-A, the company that I am blessed to be a part of, has taken hold of this concept of good stewardship. Interesting story – in 1982, facing a financial crisis after borrowing a large sum of money to finance the construction of our corporate headquarters in Atlanta, GA, our founder Truett Cathy organized an executive leadership retreat to discuss the future of the business. At a crucial time in the company’s existence, Dan Cathy, Truett’s oldest son and current president, stood up in front of the executive committe and asked a simple yet profound question: “Why are we in business?” The answer has become the Chick-fil-A Corporate Purpose: “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us, and to have a positive impact on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.” One sentence is now the cornerstone of how we do business. Needless to say, this was not the response to our financial crisis that franchise owners and corporate staff were expecting!

Your point of doing business by anticipating customer’s needs and catering to them with creative, personalized marketing doesn’t make much sense to the everyday businessperson. It seems much more cost-effective to use the 2-step marketing approach rather than the 4-step plan you outlined. But results speak for themselves in customer loyalty and referrals received by going above and beyond the call of duty! It’s the Matthew 5:41 principle that is key to customer service in our organization: “If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.”

Thank you for an insightful article on an important topic, and here’s hoping this discussion will continue.

In saying all of that, financial freedom apparently is sourced to multiple streams of income. I’ve found network marketing to be very reviving in my feelings of being down in life. I feel really good helping people to help themselves. One of my favorite things about restarting my network marketing career is the fact of helping people to improve their planning, public speaking, and management skills.. That in itself helps me to improve myself.

P.S. Looking forward to your book! I want it personally signed! Not printed… Ink smudges and everything…..

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Jamie!

He knows in which fields He needs us to labor, and sometimes entrepreneurs are given large and rocky fields that are difficult to cultivate. Some of us wonder where we got the idea to join this endeavor or that company; being an entrepreneur forces us to bring to the forefront the talents and intelligence our Creator gave us. Does your entrepreneurial enterprise serve others? Is “serving others” your job description? If it is, then good for you! You’ve gotten the message.