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Is this the time to start over? You may choose to, or circumstances have made starting over your only option. Either way, take this as a positive and move forward. | | | | | |
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We started the year looking at not making resolutions but actually setting goals. We also talked about the path to being burned out, whether it was because we were on the grind and not seeing any success or we were doing something because it was our job. In both cases, we were not being fulfilled for our lives. This month we are going to look at starting over. Explore the idea you can start over. It does not matter where you are, how old you are, what
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You may think you have to stay on the hamster wheel, continuing to do what you have always done. You don’t. Rita Mae Brown states in her book Sudden Death, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Have you evaluated your life, your business, your ministry, and determined you are not where you want to be or should be? If so, take on the attitude of Hannie Lou Hammer and be sick and tired of being sick and tired. Then do something. Here are some reasons you should make a change: 1. You see the possibility of a new you Again, this is not a New Year’s resolution to do something different this year. You can choose any time of year to start over. Your new year begins with you and the changes you make. You may have started over on January 1st. However, you can also choose any day, even today, and get started. 2. It is time Maybe something that you were doing ended. Not all endings are bad. Finishing high school and starting over as a college student, leaving your current job for a promotion, buying a bigger house because your family has grown, etc. These are examples of positive reasons to start over. You could probably add to the list. While you may feel some sadness at leaving your old life, positive reasons for starting over are opportunities to learn, grow, and achieve more. To successfully manage positive changes, hold on to your wonderful memories, and be prepared to make new ones. 3. You Must Sometimes, starting over isn’t your choice. A divorce or the death of a spouse, losing a parent or child, being fired from your job, and other reasons like these, force you to change how you’ve been living and start over. When you experience a loss, starting over includes Stage of Grief. Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross had 5. I added a few of my own. As you start over, you may experience: • Shock • Denial • Pain and Guilt • Anger • Bargaining • Depression • Reflection and Loneliness • The Upward Turn • Acceptance • Reconstruction and Working Through Grieving is associated with death because you have lost someone. However, grief is about loss, whether or not death is involved. Grieving can make starting over complicated, which is why you need to be gentle with yourself. You also need to grieve completely. Make it through each stage of the grief process. Don’t stop before you finish, or the effects of the loss will last longer and impact you more deeply. While it may feel like your life has changed in an instant, it will take time to develop new habits, new joys, and fresh memories. ( If you are interested in going through the Grief Program, click on the title and send me an email). 4. You want to grow When you commit to start over, you are committing to growth, learning, and change. Feeling stuck in life, wanting more, or feeling burned out, are excellent reasons to start. Those emotions are indicators that it’s time for a change. Changing will require you to grow, see your life beyond where it is now, be open to learning new ways of doing things, stepping outside of your comfort zone, and ultimately identifying a way to be who you are. 5. You want to live the best life you can Are you living your best life? Are you who you want to be? Another reason for starting over in life is to become balanced and peaceful. Many studies show that gratitude, volunteering, and self-esteem all play a part in living your best life. If you are ready to improve yourself and your life, start over. Whatever change or challenge you are facing, starting over is your opportunity to learn and grow. Don’t let past mistakes or fear be a reason that you don’t start over in life. The rest of the newsletter will give you some steps to start over.
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Business Application
If you have determined that you need to start your business over, you need a plan. A plan will get you on the right track. However, that is not the only step you need to take. This decision, like when you started the first time, will take mental and emotional strength, as well as a willingness to stay the course. Because your business did not take off the way you wanted it to the first time around, make
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Ministry Application
“Relaunch” is a word widely used today to describe trying to “start over” and get a declining church/ministry on the right path to health and growth. This is an opportunity to start fresh, design things from scratch, eliminate fear, and create DNA. Keep in mind, one of the biggest problems for existing churches is having existing DNA that you have to alter. Are any of these true for your
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Personal Application
Each day is a new chapter for anyone. Are you feeling stuck in your life? Do you want to start over and make some changes? Do you feel like Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day, where you relive the same day over and over again? Starting over can be scary, but you can have the life you want. When starting over, begin by letting go of who you used to be and what no longer serves your higher
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* Business Start-up Checklist You may have seen this before. Just look at it with fresh eyes. Don’t let fear take the reins. Use this sheet to do some careful planning to help you succeed.
* Time Grid Do you think that you're ready for change? You might be. However, there may
* Do I Need a Restart? If you are not sure if you need a restart, take this quiz. It will help you find out if you’re still on track or whether you need to give yourself a bit of a reboot.
* What kind of restart do I need? Do you feel you need to make adjustments, but you’re not sure where to begin? You can take this test to decide which area to focus on.
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sure you don’t: · Become predisposed to seeing disaster in every potential setback. · Overreact to situations that could be a part of normal operations anywhere else. To make sure you are prepared for normal business issues and to be successful, here are some steps to take as you are about to restart your business. 1. DON’T LET FEAR CONTROL YOU Starting something over that you were unsuccessful at the first time can be frightening. What if it fails again? Use fear as a motivator. Once you recognize your fear, you can overcome it. Failure is a part of success; this is a vital thing to tell yourself. 2. IDENTIFY YOUR LIMITING BELIEFS You become what you focus on, and energy follows focus. When you think about how this will fail more than you think about how you can succeed, failure often invites itself in. What are some limiting beliefs when you have to start over? · I will not pull this off. · If it did not work the first time, what would make me think it will work this time? · It’s clear that I don’t know what I’m doing.
Change these statements to empowering beliefs: · The only thing that will stop me is me. · If I did not believe in this, I would not start over. · I learned what not do to. · I will be successful because I will work hard. Understand that success doesn’t just come to certain people. You must make a conscious decision to overcome limiting beliefs and change your state. When you focus mind, your energy will follow. 3. CULTIVATE A GROWTH MINDSET Identifying your limiting beliefs is the first step to cultivating a growth mindset. You must believe that you can develop your most basic abilities through dedication and hard work. Brains and talent are just the starting point. If you can embrace this, you will create a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishments (i.e. restarting your business). Stop believing that successful people are just lucky, or you can only be successful if you are born with the right skills or gifts. You won’t succeed with your restart if you believe your success is based on innate qualities you simply don’t possess. Restarting says you believe that with determination, success is just a matter of time. 4. GET IN CONTROL OF YOUR EMOTIONS Failure of any sort brings powerful emotions with it. You may be fearful while restarting your business. Besides fear, feelings like sadness, anger and shame may accompany it. These types of feelings can spin out of control when things get tough, which can hinder the success of your restart. Ask yourself, “Am I in control of my emotions?” You don’t want to make poor business decisions because you feel lingering anger or even guilt from when you first started your business. Learn to master your emotions in order to make rational decisions and build the relationships you’ll need to restart your business. Your emotions aren’t wrong or bad. However, when you gain control of them, negative experiences become something you can learn from instead of being hurtful reminders. 5. TURN YOUR “SHOULD DOs” INTO “MUST DOs” When working your plan, you must give yourself no other option. When you raise your standards and turn your “should do” into “must do,” many things become possible. Highly successful people are driven not only by the belief that they want success, they also believe they can have it. When you leave yourself no method of retreat, the only thing you can do is to scale the castle wall. 6. ASK YOURSELF THE RIGHT QUESTIONS Overcoming your limiting beliefs and changing your state of mind are essential to restarting your business. There is still the matter of why you feel you need to restart. Have you analyzed the original business? Get together with a small group, whether it’s your business partner, life coach, or a mentor. Spend some minutes writing honest and revealing questions about how and why your business is not succeeding. You can even spend some time asking questions of yourself. You’ll come away with meaningful insights that will help you focus your energy in the right direction. The first two questions to ask are “Did I have a business plan?” and “Did I follow the business plan?” 7. MAKE A BETTER PLAN When you think about the need to restart your business, make sure that decision is a result and not a reflection of your character. You can break down how and why you need to restart into facts and look at them objectively. This is how successful people use letdowns as learning experiences. Once you’ve asked the right questions, you can: · Make a business plan if you did not have one. · Determine if you followed the plan if you had one. · Revamp the original plan if you had one and followed it (plan/do/review). Make a new/revised business plan that incorporates everything you’ve learned. Take responsibility and use your experiences. Even minor changes have big results when you put them all together. Make sure this plan has the strategy for success that a business plan should have. A good business plan not only helps you focus on the specific steps necessary to make your business ideas succeed, it also helps you achieve short-term and long-term objectives.
The secret of success is not a secret at all. It’s about developing your mindset, believing in yourself and cultivating inner strength.
| | | | MORE From Ministry Development church/ministry: stagnant, apathetic, dry, unexciting, unconcerned, indifferent, stuck, lethargic, lazy, boring, dead? If so, it is time to reset, reimagine and restart. How you would restart is based on where your church/ministry currently is. There are three levels. However, every church/ministry is unique and has a different starting place. A. I will use three conditions or starting points that will help direct you to the model you may need to think about. 1. Flat–no movement up or down If your church/ministry is just spinning its wheels, not seeing any growth, is just maintaining, and people are just “content,” you probably can start with Restart Level 1. 2. Failing–you are seeing a noticeable decline If your church/ministry’s attendance is less this year than it was last year and the year before, people are unsettled/wondering what is going to happen, you might need to look at Restart Level 2. 3. Folding–you don’t see a positive future Attendance is a handful of people and most of them have given up hope. You are thinking it is only a matter of time before you would consider closing or merging with another church/ministry. Most people are content with just “us four and no more” you probably need to look at Restart Level 3, the most drastic model. 4. Every stage will include the steps for Restart Level 1. Restart Level 2 will include some additional steps and Restart Level 3 even more. All models begin with and require continual prayer.
B. Flat Stage: Restart Level 1 1. Waiting and hearing from God- God wants your church/ministry to be healthy, reach people, and grow. Trust Him to lead you. Begin developing the broad strokes. Many people struggle when working through this step. As you are praying the Lord will give it to you, refinement of it can be done with your staff or a consultant.
2. Vision statement (what will you ultimately look like as a church/ministry)
a. Don’t say, “We know what our vision is. We don’t need to write it out.” Yes, you do, Habakkuk 2:2. It would not hurt to put it in your bulletin, hang it on a plaque in the foyer, and remind your people of it continually. Your vision statement is your path to a healthy church/ministry.
b. Your vision statement should be a short sentence that speaks to the ultimate place God has called you as a church/ministry that every member of your congregation can memorize and communicate quickly and easily.
We serve, submit, and surpass by the spirit, will, and power of God.
3. Mission statement (how will we fulfill the vision)
a. Your mission statement(s) explains how you are going to accomplish the vision (see it come to pass). It can be several sentences that are milestones where you can measure the progress.
b. As a matter of course, use Matthew 28:19-20 in some way.
The mission of the XYZ church/ministry is to:
• Provide the understanding of the purpose, process and product of salvation.
• Provide instructions on the steps to becoming a disciple.
4. Core Values (why we work, how we do)
a. Core values are very important. If you don’t have any written, write them. If you have them written, review them.
b. It is not enough to say our core values are the Word of God. Be specific about what you believe about the following areas:
c. You are welcome to add to or take away from this list.
d. Determining your core values and communicating them to the congregation is an important step in setting the direction for your church/ministry.
5. Move at the speed God gives.
6. Leadership Area - building your team (this can be simple or complex. It may be something you would bring in a consultant to help you with. )
a. Bringing leaders on board.
b. Assessing your current leaders.
c. Making sure the right people are in the right ministry area.
d. Spreading key ministry and leadership roles. One of the most common mistakes churches/ministries make is putting all the leadership in the hands of a few people. This creates a leadership bubble that is difficult to break, which creates a sense of entitlement and territory.
a. Leading others to see the need for change.
· The vision must be clear.
· Prioritize and decide what is most important.
C. Failing Stage: Restart Level 2 1. Complete all the steps Restart Level 1 plus…
2. Develop a deeper evaluation of key areas:
· If you don’t have a measuring tool to track visitors, identify one.
· If you do, dig deeper: How many first time, second time, third time visitors, etc.
b. Create an evangelism/marketing plan to bring more first-time visitors.
c. Deeper look into the warmth and welcoming factor the church/ministry provides.
d. How is the parking, building condition, etc.?
e. Emphasis on reaching the community.
· It may be true that the members are growing spiritually, even if you are not growing in number. However, how are the lost being found with that reasoning?
· Ask yourself if you use that as an excuse for not doing more, or planning a way to do more.
· Keep in mind that most stagnate or declining churches have members who are stagnate.
· Don’t let excuses or the hard truth keep you from facing this issue head on.
3. Track statistics and compare to the past numbers.
4. When you compare the visitor numbers along with actual attendance numbers of years past, you can determine the direction your church/ministry is going.
5. Organizational Development–Do you have written plans for:
D. Folding Stage: Restart Level 3 1. This stage requires a different starting place.
a. You must do an honest evaluation of the viability and possibility of long-term success.
b. There is the possibility that you won’t be able to restart the church/ministry.
2. If you decide the work is not viable for long-term success and health because of a lack of population, locations, etc., decide how you will to continue the legacy of the work.
3. If you determine the work viable, include everything from Restart Level and 2.
4. Next, you must realize you are starting over.
a. You must build a team both inside and outside of your congregation to restart the church/ministry.
b. This requires full dedication from someone who is not the pastor.
c. If you evaluate your situation and decide this is where your church/ministry is, you need to consult with someone outside to help you. I would love to be that help. However, there are also options you can explore.
After reading this, if you made it through to the end, you might be feeling overwhelmed and/or a little discouraged. I hope you will feel encouraged after you’ve had time to process this a bit and think about the possibilities of the future. It is more likely that your church/ministry has the possibility to turn around and see many people won to Christ. However, take a hard look and be honest with yourself and the members of our congregation. Can you say, “Our church/ministry is doing fine. We are healthy and growing” If so, that is great. I give God praise! I pray you will be available to encourage others. Not only is this serious business, it is also a fulfillment of the heart of God (His will that none should perish). We must take it seriously with much prayer, fasting, constant evaluation, and ongoing learning. If I can ever be of any help to any of you, please don’t hesitate to call me. | | | | MORE From Personal Development
purpose. Make space for the new identity waiting to emerge. You don’t want to erase your history. You want to keep it from being a tether to the past and allow it to be the stepping stone for your future. What matters now is who you choose to become. Here are some techniques that will help you reconsider your life, start fresh, and move forward. 1. Accept the past. You can’t start over in your life if you’re still holding onto the past. Whether that be a relationship, job, family or other situation, you need to accept what has happened. Acceptance is the first step. It doesn’t mean you forgive or understand, it just means you realize something has happened; you acknowledge it; and you are ready to move on from it. Remember that pain and suffering aren’t the same thing. You will feel pain and hurt when your life isn’t going in the direction you want. The pain you feel does not have to last forever. However, you don’t have to suffer. Suffering is a choice. Acknowledge the pain, experience it, and move on from it. Don’t center your life around the hurt and the failures. Get out of that story and avoid the drama (e.g., “I will never find love again” or “I can never get another job”). · Pain is a physical sensation or signal indicating an event within the body.
o Example:, my knee is hurting and swelling.
· Suffering is the interpretation of that event and involves thoughts, beliefs, or judgments.
o I can’t believe you pushed me and I fell because you were not paying attention.
2. Remember that things happen for a reason. Not that you are powerless, and things are just “fated” to happen to/with/about you. The point is, you give the meaning to any incident/circumstance/situation in your life. It’s up to you to make every event, incident, and moment in your life empowering or disempowering. All the lessons you learn won’t be obvious. Instead, discover what your life is telling you. · Example: What if the company asked you to step down from a position in your career because your ideas for the business are too big or you are taking things in a different direction than what management envisions for the company? Instead of reading this as a failure on your part, think of it as confirmation that you and your boss have fundamentally different visions and that perhaps it’s time to part ways so you can realize your vision elsewhere.
3. Take stock of your failures and successes. You can’t “quit life”. Instead of getting down when things aren’t working out as planned, ask yourself, “What is or was working in my situation or circumstance?” Write it all down. Keep notes to yourself about your successes, even the small ones. Write every night about something that went well that day. Focusing on the positive helps attract more of it! If you pray, pray about how you can promote what is or was working for you even more ( If you don’t pray, meditate). · Example: You could realize you are great at talking with customers. Maybe the location wasn’t right for your business and that you need to change venues to an area with more foot traffic. Think about what works or worked for you and how you could improve on that even further.
4. Don’t announce that you are starting over. Just do it. You don’t need to validate your choices to change your life. You don’t need to tell other people or ask them what they think you should do. Often when we feel insecure, we consult others who will help us feel better about our plan or to prepare them for the transformation. Your life is your life. Move on and people will grow with you. Those that don’t are doing you a favor by no longer being in your life (harsh and probably true at the same time). · Example: You could decide to stop apologizing for who you are. Those that see the change will either tell you how much they like the new you or will comment negatively. You can figure out what to do from there.
Your next steps in life aren’t about anyone else but you. Ignore what everyone else says. A lot of their resistance will be about them and not you, because it makes them question their own lives. Remember that only you need to feel comfortable with your choices and decisions. 5. Discover your purpose. Think about the meaning of your life. This is one of the first major steps toward making big changes (Again this is a time for prayer or meditation whichever you do). Answer these what questions. What: · Are you passionate about?
Answering these questions will help you figure out what will give you a fulfilling life. I stray away from “what will make your happy”. That changes with the time of day. You want to be fulfilled no matter if you are emotionally happy at the moment. · Example: Do you love dancing and exercise? Are you the one who has taken Zumba and other exercise classes 3-4 times a week for as long as you can remember? Do you encourage everyone else in class? Are you the one the teacher asks to step in and lead? Maybe it’s not your hobby, but your passion! Maybe you’d like to shift from being the student to the teacher. Think about what truly satisfies your life and makes you feel you are making a difference. Make that the core of your new life.
Life is only worth living if you are really living. If you’ve always wanted to teach, why not go for it? You get one life, so make sure you are doing the right things with it. Don’t wait to live your life the way you want. 6. Set goals. If you have been reading my newsletter for any period of time, you know goal setting was going to be one of the steps. Set goals and make decisions. Once you have determined your general purpose and big life goals, decide specifically how you will reach these goals and make the needed changes. Here are some questions you want to address in your goals. Are you going to? · Break up with your current partner? · Go to or back to school?
Set short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals for yourself. Write them down and put them somewhere where you can see them daily (e.g., a refrigerator door or stuck to your bedroom mirror). Organize your life. You need to manage the changes and measure completion. You can not do that if you are unorganized. Once you know exactly what change you want to effect and what goals you want to reach, you can plan to make the changes. · Example: How do you spend your free time? Most people would say they don’t have any. It is because they don’t have a picture of how they spend their time. Take a week and write all that you do in the week, including eating, sleeping and working (I have attached a time grid in the Freebie Section). At the end of the week, you can organize your life because you will find time you thought you did not have.
7. Take a new route. Do something different or the same thing differently and surprise yourself. You’ll probably learn something you didn’t know about who you are and what you can do. One of the best ways to jolt yourself out of a life you’re not satisfied with is to do something completely different. Trying something new mentally and physically challenges us and also gives us a fresh excitement for life as we can see the endless possibilities of the next day. · Example: Go on a trip to some place you’ve never been. Start learning a language. Take up a new sport or exercise, whether it be gymnastics, kick boxing or cycling. Even if you think you might be terrible at it, give something new a try.
Yes, the unknown is scary, but it is also equally scary to do what you know and continue down a disappointing and unsatisfying path. You might feel nervous or insecure about starting over. However, you need to think about whether this is worse than the disappointment and lack of fulfillment you feel in your life as it stands. 8. Do what needs to be done today. Yes, we have goals. However, you can only do what you can do today, today. Take your life one day at a time and live in the day’s moment. Give what you are doing your full attention. It’s your reality. And when that moment is over, move to the next moment. Are you still breathing? If the answer is yes, consider that moment handled successfully! Move on to the next moment that will bring you one step closer to engaging in your life. · Example: I have to get the newsletter written, close out my month and prepare my prayer line lesson. I may give my full attention for 2 hours to each task. When my day is over, I celebrate what I have done and refuse to lament over what I did not get done.
Take one day at a time. Yes, I know you know the cliché. It doesn’t make it less true. Do what needs to be done TODAY—not tomorrow, not next week. If you take on this mindset, a restart is manageable. Trying to face the next 365 days can seem impossible. Facing today is possible! 9. Get over yourself. You don’t know everything. You make mistakes. Knowing how to change your own oil, cook a fancy French dinner, or understand the ins-and-outs of macro-economics does not make you a better person. It just makes you more knowledgeable about some things. Is it knowledge you desire or the ability to prove something to others? Ask yourself why it matters. If the answer is no, stop it! You can’t do everything and you don’t have to. · Example: If you’re interested in learning how to sew because you believe you will like it, go for it! If you are going to learn how to sew because you want to prove to someone you can do it or that you’re all that, don’t do it. You’re enough in and of yourself. You don’t need to prove anything to anyone.
10. Rely on others. Ask for help. Once you are comfortable with the idea of not needing to know everything, look at what you’re doing that’s not your expertise, skill set or something that you simply have no interest in doing. Ask for help. Don’t decide the person is busy. Pay someone to do the task that you don’t know how to do. Don’t get caught up in pride because you think you should know how to do it. Decide how you want to spend your time and what you can afford to do. · Example: Ask for help when you need it and rely on those with expertise in a certain area when you’re unsure of how to do something. The internet is full of examples of people trying to do something they didn’t know how to do. Is it really funny?
Needing, asking for and getting help doesn’t make you weak. Instead, it makes you smart and resourceful. Everyone has unique skills, and no man is an island. 11. Prepare for moments of weakness. Sometimes you will feel like your new plan is not working and you will want to revert to your old life. These emotions are coming. Plan for them.
o Delete the numbers of people you call or text when you’re down and need validation.
o Don’t buy junk food for the house if you know you’re a stress eater.
o Avoid the people who are still actively doing things you have decided you don’t want to do anymore.
o Get an accountability partner.
Having moments of weakness is common. We all stumble and vacillate between what is best for us in the future and what is simple right now. Challenge your “now” and replace it with your vision for your life in the long term. 12. Celebrate your progress. Remember to acknowledge all progress toward your new goal. Some of your milestones might be in the very long term and sometimes you can lose sight of what you’re working towards. Instead, remember that the long run is a bunch of shorter runs and celebrate your successes along the way. · Example: You want to get your doctorate degree. Celebrate the bachelor’s, the master’s and the first course you finish toward your doctorate.
Feel good about each step you take towards that new life, whether it be ending a relationship with a toxic person, sending out resumes, or joining a class in something you’ve never tried before. These small pieces are helping you create and realize the new life you’ve imagined for yourself. Life is always developing and so should you. Stopping to smell the roses and embrace the moment is one thing. However, you cannot simply stop and stand still. This restart reflects you evaluating and making a choice to do more/different. You don’t want your life to become stagnant again. There are always new people, new opportunities, and new experiences waiting for you and you should seek them out!
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- $10.00/hr. more depending on experience
- More information can be found in the position description.
- If you want to apply, click here.
- If you know someone who is looking to work, please forward this information. You can also contact me, and I will reach out.
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