Become a Good Manager. Live Financially Free

Dear High Performer,

It's not what you don't have that limits you.

It's what you have but don't know how to use.' - Steve Harris ?

"I'm actually having fun managing my own money! ?

I am financially free and know I always will be... ?

Because I have a Millionaire Mind." ?

- Deborah Chamitoff to T. Harv Eker (Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker) ?

The secrets of men are in their stories. ?

These days I'm learning to pay closer attention to the things I read because sometimes... ?

That one word you overlook or trivialize may just be the key to your breakthrough. ?

The word I want to focus on here is the word - manage. ?

Maybe it's because of the way I was raised, ?

I would never have imagined the words manage and freedom being mentioned in the same breath. ?

As kids, the word manage is the word you heard after asking for that expensive toy or special treat. ?

We've come to associate 'manage' with with words like... ?

Lack.

Not enough.

Just getting by.

Surviving.

Being broke. ?

Subconsciously we have come to associate 'manage' with the situation where a person is restricted and constrained. ?

Suffering but smiling. ?

Things will get better someday just not today. ?

Because of this background, some of us have come to hate that word, manage. ?

Is it any wonder then that we struggle in our finances or any area of life? ?

If we hate the very thing that sets the pace for our freedom, then what hope is there? ?

Because that's exactly what management is; freedom. ?

To manage, is to be free. ? ?

Mindset of Freedom ?

It's all about thinking differently. ?

Freedom happens in the mind. ?

Freedom happens when we change the way we think about the concept of management. ?

Most of the world agrees that the crisis in our world today is because of fear and greed. ?

The interesting thing is that greed is the mismanagement of resources. ?

So, if we are going to make progress then we must practice sound management.

We need to start thinking like managers to get ahead in our finances and other areas of life. ?

Where management is absent, struggle is the result. ?

Without management, there can be no growth, progress or development. ? ?

What is Management? ?

Contrary to what some of us were conditioned to believe growing up... ?

To manage means: ? The efficient, effective, correct and timely use of another person's property and resources...

For the purpose for which they were delegated...

With a view to producing the expected added value back to the person. ?

That's Myles Munroe's definition of management. ?

In case you're like me and you would like something less textbooky, ?

To manage means, ?

To get the maximum out of the minimum. ?

To get the most out of the least. ?

To add value to your gift. ?

Management can best be summed up with this quote: ?

It's not what you don't have that limits you, ?

It's what you have but don't know how to use. - Steve Harris ?

So to manage isn't about focusing on what you don't have... ?

It's about recognizing what you do have, and embracing it's value to the point that you use it... ?

And not just use it, but make it more valuable than it currently is. ?

Characteristics of a Manager ?

Managers are Accountable ?

Managers are answerable to someone other than themselves. ?

The mindset of a Manager is - what I have is not my own. ?

It's a gift, given to me in trust. ?

Your gifts, talents, wisdom, relationships, body, time and money, are really not yours. ?

They are gift from God and how you use them is your gift back to him. ?

This is the reason why struggle sometimes in certain areas of our lives... ?

Because we think it's all about us. ?

What I have is mine, so I can do what I please... ?

When I please... ?

How I please. ?

But when we know it's not about us... ?

But it's about who owns everything we have in the first place... ?

And who expects us to increase the value of anything he has given us... ?

Then our perspective changes. ?

We let go of the excuses and get busy doing the things we know we should be doing. ?

God hates waste and maintaining the status quo. ?

As good managers our responsibility is to take an inventory of everything he has given us... ?

And ask ourselves how can I invest what I have been given so that I can increase it's value? ?

Am I investing my time, energy, and resources into activities that add value to my life? ? ?

Managers are Disciplined ?

Discipline is the willingness to endure temporary, present pain for future gain. ?

This is how Managers think. ?

It's not like that they don't feel the pain but they are future-focused. ?

They are able to see the gain coming in the future clearly...

And that's why they act differently from everyone in the present. ?

People may call them crazy or drab... ?

The thing is they don't see what they see. ?

It is this mindset or picture that helps them not to take what doesn't belong to them. ?

It is discipline that makes us not consume what God has given us... ?

But rather invest it in what will bring greater value. ?

Because we know the future reward is coming. ?

This doesn't just apply to money, it's a life principle. ?

Take your body for example. ?

It is discipline that makes us endure the present pain...

Because we can see clearly the future rewards of a healthier and fitter body. ?

To be free in our finances and every aspect of life... ?

We need to manage. ?

To manage is to be disciplined. ? ?

Managers are Honest ?

I can never forget the day I heard my mentor say - ?

Integrity is not about being perfect, ?

It's about being perfectly honest with yourself. ?

If we can't be honest with ourselves, how can we be honest with God and other people. ?

When we try or focus on keeping up appearances, we only end up entrapping ourselves... ?

The opposite of what we really want. ?

The truth sets free. ?

That truth may be messy, disconcerting, but it will set us free. ?

Until we are willing to be honest and admit that we've been foolish in the past... ?

We can't access the wisdom that God has prepared for us. ?

The willingness to accept that we don't know but we are willing to learn... ?

That's our first step towards becoming good managers. ?

It's time to stop the pretense. ?

It's time to get to the root of the issues we are dealing with. ?

There's a reason why you are afraid, angry, or insecure... ?

When it comes to money or any area of life... ?

Take out time to find out why. ?

And be sincere enough to admit it to God. ?

That's the only way the healing, growth and change can happen. ? ?

Managers are Diligent ?

The other day, I was reading the story of how at the age of 12,

Jesus stayed back in the temple in Jerusalem even though the rest of his family had gone back home. ?

And then it hit me - ?

That's the picture of diligence right there. ?

The question we need to ask ourselves as managers is are we willing to 'stay behind' in our work. ?

World class performers like Cristiano Ronaldo are classic examples of great managers... ?

Because they stay behind to continue training even when training is over or ?

They arrive earlier than others. ?

When we pray to God for money, ?

God won't rain down money, he gives us ideas... ?

But most people don't recognize them because they come dressed as work... ?

They want the fruit instead of doing the work to plant the seeds...

Water them and take care of the plants until they can produce the fruit... ?

This is why managers are different from others. ?

While other people see the process of diligence and hardwork as a cage... ?

Managers view diligence differently. ?

Diligence is freedom. ?

The freedom to become who God created you to be. ?

It takes diligence to package your ideas that you could have given out for free... ?

In a way that people find it valuable and pay for it. ?

The process will take a lot of work, but it will never leave you the same. ? ?

Managers are Faithful ?

To be faithful is to be consistent. ?

I bet you've watched that speech by Denzel Washington where he talked about consistency. ?

'Without commitment you'll never start. ?

But without consistency you'll never finish." ?

It's not about where you start, ?

It's about where and how you finish. ?

Just because you start small, doesn't mean you have to end small. ?

Consistency is the difference maker. ?

Consistency is magic. ?

Because it's consistency that takes that small thing you have now and multiplies it several times over. ?

Consistency doesn't add, ?

Consistency multiplies. ?

It is a multiplier. ?

Stop envying what other people have. ?

If you had what they had, it wouldn't help you... ?

It would only hinder you. ?

To be faithful is to full of faith in what you have been given... ?

To the point that you are investing it consistently. ?

You are not moved by how you feel, you are moved by faith. ?

Managers are not random. ?

Managers don't do what they need to do once in a while, only when they feel like it... ?

Or only when it looks like they can see the proofs of their investment. ?

Managers are steady. ?

In and out of season... ?

They stay consistent. ?

They are constant. ?

You are on the verge of a breakthrough. ?

My encouragement is don't get tired now. ?

Whatever you have been doing, keep doing it. ?

People may not acknowledge you, but God sees you. ?

The positive habits you have been putting into practice may not seem to be working now... ?

But I promise you the results are coming. ? ?

Managers are Trustworthy ?

God wants to give you more on every area of your life. ?

But the question is - ?

Can he trust you? ?

The answer to that question cannot be found in our words and best intentions... ?

But in our actions. ?

God decides we are ready for more on the basis of how we handle the little. ?

We can pray and fast for more... ?

But God doesn't give us what we ask for... ?

He gives us what we can manage. ?

This is why management is so important. ?

How we manage little is how we manage much. ?

So, don't ask for much, manage the little and then the much comes. ?

So, instead focusing all our energies on asking God for the much... ?

Let's direct some of that energy into becoming better managers. ?

It's like Dr. David Oyedepo says, ?

You don't grow big to manage well, ?

You manage well to grow big. ?

Becoming a Good

Manager

Whatever you fail to manage, you lose. ?

As we work on ourselves to be better managers... ?

As we learn to be more -

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Accountable ?

To see God as the owner of everything we have and how we use and invest it as our gift to him. ? ?

Disciplined ?

To see that the gains in the future are greater than any temporary pain. ?

Honest ?

To take off the mask and be willing to admit the areas we need help so we can change and grow. ?

Diligent ?

To change our perspective towards work.

To go the extra mile to serve with excellence. ?

Faithful ?

To be consistent in and out of season.

To start well and better still, to ensure we finish well. ?

As we learn to be and more importantly, do these things... ?

Even with the little have... ?

God trusts us with more.

YOUR GREATNESS IS VERY SURE.

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