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Marketplace Proverbs and Coffee with Ernie™. · Marketplace Proverbs and Coffee with Ernie-A Proverb Per Day Keeps Stinking Thinking At Bay

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  SPEAKER_00: Well, good morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's Proverbs 3.
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  SPEAKER_00: Start with your wall.
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  Hi,
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  I'm Ernie Lansford,
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  and this is Marketplace Proverbs and Coffee with Ernie.
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  SPEAKER_00: A proverb each day keeps stinking thinking away.
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  This podcast is about bringing timeless biblical wisdom into
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  the marketplace,
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  SPEAKER_00: where influence is real,
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  SPEAKER_00: choices are constant,
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  SPEAKER_00: and relationships matter more than results.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, grab your coffee, tea, latte, soda, or water, and let's get started.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today, I am reading from chapter 3.
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  SPEAKER_00: of Marketplace Proverbs Volume 3,
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  SPEAKER_00: Ego,
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  SPEAKER_00: Humility,
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  SPEAKER_00: and the KPI That Matters the Most,
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  SPEAKER_00: that I published earlier this year.
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  So,
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  let's start with Proverbs 3,
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  verses 32 through 35,
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  using the NIV translation.
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  Quote,
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  "...for the Lord detests the perverse,
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  but takes the upright into his confidence.
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  The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked,
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  but he blesses the home of the righteous.
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  SPEAKER_00: He mocks proud mockers, but shows favor to the humble and oppressed."
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  SPEAKER_00: The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame, end quote.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's Proverbs 3, verses 32 through 35 from the NIV translation.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know,
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  we often look at the condition of the marketplace or the world
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  or our community for
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  SPEAKER_00: that matter,
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  SPEAKER_00: and sometimes we can feel overwhelmed.
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  SPEAKER_00: morally, spiritually, economically, and relationally.
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  SPEAKER_00: It seems like everything could be in disrepair at times.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are walls that are broken down,
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  SPEAKER_00: and trust is eroded,
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  SPEAKER_00: and relationships are,
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  SPEAKER_00: frankly,
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  SPEAKER_00: replaced with the click-and-ship transaction mindset.
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  I was studying the book of Nehemiah with a group of friends
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  that I lead using the
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  SPEAKER_00: YouVers and Bible app recently.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the book of Nehemiah focuses on leadership.
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  Nehemiah led a group of Israelites in rebuilding the wall
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  around their city.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now,
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  SPEAKER_00: most of us might be tempted to analyze the entire wall,
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  SPEAKER_00: the problem,
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  SPEAKER_00: and then freeze,
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  SPEAKER_00: which in my previous corporate speak is known as analysis paralysis.
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  SPEAKER_00: However, Nehemiah offers us a different perspective.
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  He didn't call a meeting to assign a committee to map out the
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  whole city.
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  Instead,
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  each person was tasked with rebuilding the wall directly in
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  front of their house.
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  The priest,
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  the workers,
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  the people,
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  each focused on their own section of responsibilities.
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  Reading Nehemiah 3.28,
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  quote,
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  the priest made repairs,
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  each in front of his own house.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what happened?
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  SPEAKER_00: In just 52 days,
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  SPEAKER_00: the entire wall was rebuilt,
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  SPEAKER_00: not out of ego,
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  SPEAKER_00: not due to strategy slide decks,
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  SPEAKER_00: but because of humility,
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  SPEAKER_00: personal ownership,
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  SPEAKER_00: and faithful action,
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  SPEAKER_00: one section at a time.
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  SPEAKER_00: By the way,
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  SPEAKER_00: when I said not out of ego,
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  SPEAKER_00: that prompted me to insert something I read the other day,
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  SPEAKER_00: that there is an acronym for ego.
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  SPEAKER_00: Edging God out.
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  SPEAKER_00: And wow, does that really sum it up?
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  SPEAKER_00: But let's continue.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's similar to what Nehemiah did.
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  We don't fix the brokenness in our corner of our marketplace or
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  culture by shouting
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  SPEAKER_00: about it or complaining about it.
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  or going on social media and saying woe is me instead we do so
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  by starting with our
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  part of the wall our relationships our conversations our
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  presentations and
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  SPEAKER_00: attitudes toward customers co-workers and even our competitors
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  Sometimes we break down more barriers by building with a single
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  brick of trust
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  SPEAKER_00: through a simple partnership than by sending out a thousand messages.
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  SPEAKER_00: The KPI that matters most isn't public applause.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's private integrity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Frank Laubach,
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  a missionary who helped 60 million people learn to read through
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  the each one teach
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  SPEAKER_00: one concept,
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  He understood that he didn't attempt to reach the entire world
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  in a single day.
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  Instead,
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  he partnered with one person and challenged them to partner
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  with another.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's how we rebuild walls.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's how we rebuild trust.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let me ask you this question.
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  SPEAKER_00: What is your section of the wall?
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  SPEAKER_00: Start there.
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  That is where stewardship begins,
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  and that is where partner relationships are born.
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  Our customer success code for the day is you influence the
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  marketplace for God by
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  SPEAKER_00: beginning with your section of the wall fruitfully,
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  SPEAKER_00: humbly,
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  SPEAKER_00: and one relationship at a time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's your action points for today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Identify your wall.
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  SPEAKER_00: What's directly in front of you that needs repair?
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  SPEAKER_00: Trust, communication, consistency, attitude, relationships?
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  SPEAKER_00: Action point number two is focus small.
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  SPEAKER_00: Stay faithful.
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  Who is one customer,
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  one team member,
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  or one neighbor you can serve better today?
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  SPEAKER_00: And then...
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  SPEAKER_00: Personalize Nehemiah's prayer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord, strengthen my hands.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then build what is yours to build.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then reframe your KPI.
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  Today's success isn't measured by volume,
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  but by values and significance added to others.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord Jesus, thank you for this time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for the opportunity for me to share my
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  My thoughts that you have given me over the years and the ideas
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  and the fact that I
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  SPEAKER_00: can share these here in a country that has freedom of speech.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we can do this without fear of the authorities.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord, give me, give the listeners the courage to begin, to rebuild.
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  SPEAKER_00: the walls that are right in front of us,
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  SPEAKER_00: whatever they may be,
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  SPEAKER_00: break down the barriers and rebuild trust,
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  SPEAKER_00: rebuild relationships,
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  SPEAKER_00: rebuild consistency,
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  SPEAKER_00: rebuild our approach to customer success mastery.
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  SPEAKER_00: We thank you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  Well,
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  thanks for joining me for today's episode of Marketplace
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  Proverbs and Coffee with Ernie.
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  SPEAKER_00: If this message has encouraged you, please share it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember, success is temporal, but significance is infinite.
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  SPEAKER_00: See you tomorrow.