BEING A CHRISTIAN BUSINESS MAN & FAMILY MAN AT THE SAME TIME WOUTER DROPPERS
Agenda Integrated life Time and priorities Life challenges and demands Practical tips WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 2
Integrated life WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 3
The right balance? work sick mother family hobby ME personal development charity politics God association Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 4
The right balance? God Family Work Church Neighbour Yourself Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 5
The right balance? Bible and equal relationships Work Church Charity Leisure Hobby.. all serve these relationships Me God Neighbour Household & Family Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 6
Small group talk Is this a view which you can adapt in your daily life and work? What will change, if so? What is the meaning of your daily work for: - God? - Family? What does a good relationship look like, with: - God? - Yourself? Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 7
Time and priorities WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 8
Quote The purpose of time management is not to do more, but to improve the quality of life Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 9
Do more in less time, ends once More important, than managing your time, is to manage your calling: Do the things you are good in Your calling is an extension of your abilities God has not called you to do things, for which you were not created Make choices and know your own limits Let the community functioning as intended Keep focus! Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 10
Do more in less time, ends once Time is our servant and limited. It is about the focus on God's plan and not on time. God knows the bigger picture, so things come in their own time The blessing comes from God and does not depend on our efforts Which idols hinder us to achieve God's goals? Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 11
What is most important? Key matters are: Matters that, if you lose them, affect and change your entire life forever. What gets most of your attention and why? Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 12
Small group talk What are your priorities in life? How much time do you granted them? Is time, a relational currency, a way to measure importance? If God is important to you: - What is your way to keep related? - What is your way to honour and enjoy him? Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 13
Life challenges and demands WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 14
Internal pressure (worldview)? Live your life on the max. - Deliver to your highest possible standard and possibilities - Be the best. - Become the highest in the hierarchy - Happiness as the meaning of life. WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 15
Internal pressure (identity)? Identity, naturalistic life (transactions) Rewards Security Recognition Praise Money Status Self esteem Beloved or Punishment Neglected. Identity Choices, will, motivation, drivers, character, emotions Competences, talents, skills Behaviour Culture, people: peers, family, church, media, friends, colleague. WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 16
Internal pressure (identity)? Identity, God s way God Holy Spirit Identity Free of the demands Choices, will, motivation, drivers, character, emotions Competences, talents, skills Behaviour Culture, people: peers, family, church, media, friends, colleague. Influence life, instead of being influenced WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 17
External pressure? Change and stability? I'm only afraid of one thing and that is that my company gets too slow. We cannot afford to remain a half year to the point where we find ourselves, nor to develop ourselves too slowly, because it can determine whether we survive or not. (Bill Gates) Stability in: - Focus and goals - Thoughts and convictions WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 18
External pressure? Demands and deliverance? - Input is not output (psl. 127) - Alternative ways if results count (Daniel) - Healthy people are more beneficial Rhythm in the day, week and life WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 19
Your Professional life Student -> Professional -> Master -> Artist (each step 5.000 h) Artist is about quality and passion Live as an artist No work of art has greater meaning than the life of man (according to Paul Donders) The life of man should be something real and beautiful, in the midst of a lost and desperate world (according to Francis Schaeffer) Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 20
Small group talk What is your life about? How do you justify the meaning of your existence? What is the difference in, identity by doing and identity in being? What are ways for change if necessary? Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 21
Practical tips WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 22
Reflections on your life Organize assessments and appraisals with yourself, your partner and/or a good friend Retire in a retreat-like setting once a year Celebrate, consider and use key moments in your life Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 23
Your agenda Look back in your diary and see how this reflects your life values. Is your agenda a means to organize your life, or did your agenda determine your life? Keep space in the agenda for the unexpected and tempo changes. Plan free space for family, leisure and God, first. Make sure your partner is not a priority in your agenda Love him/her out of love and commitment. Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 24
Life from a beneficial rhythm Start on time Do things on the right times Stop on time, take breaks Posture is focused on the work itself and not on finishing it Be open and friendly Bless in your thinking, speaking and working Take the seasons of life into account Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 25
New ways of working Opportunities to lighten your workload: Another job with less stress Working from home flexible hours Part-time work Portfolio work Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 26
Small group talk Which tip will help you? Share your own experience and lessons learned Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 27
Love language Garry Chapman Positive words Together Receiving presents Serve Physical contact This not only giving them to your partner, but adopt them in your live and support your partner in these talks. WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 28
Personalities DISC Dominance Influence Steadiness Conscientiousness Colours (Dutch) - red - yellow - green -blue WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 29
End conclusion/challenge WHAT IS ABOUT 02.06.2015 30
Life is not about, living out your potential, but to lead a fulfilled life with unfulfilled desires Connecting businesspeople to Christ 02.06.2015 31
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