Its time to start looking forward into 2019. To change the results of 2018 you can’t keep doing the same thing.

But where do you need to make a difference? Is it your business results? Have you been so busy fighting fires or chasing monthly results that you have failed to invest strategically in the company. Have you thought through what training and support your staff needs? What about your succession and backup plans? Will the company keep running if you are incapacitated for an extended period of time?

Or maybe you are missing the opportunity to speak into the life of your child? I’ve come to the conclusion that, as parents, we only have the first 10-12 years to really influence what our children will become. Are you wasting that time or delegating it to someone or something else? What about your marriage, does it need some strategic investment rather than running on past injections of emotional support.

How about your spiritual stewardship of the company? Are you giving any thought to where God wants to take the company from an eternal perspective? How He wants to use the company to make a difference in the lives of those that engage with the company every day?

Sometimes its hard to ask yourself the hard questions. Go ahead, you have my permission to squirm a little. But don’t put off asking the question that makes you most uncomfortable, whatever that is. I promise it won’t get any easier to wait until next month.

These issues and their complex inter-relationships are the kind of issues we grapple with every month in a NMCBL Christian Business Council (CBC) Group. Business is important, but it isn’t the only thing we deal with. Having a group of experienced, trusted advisers is more valuable than you can imagine if you haven’t experienced it yet.

Until next time

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