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Jesus My Passion, Real Estate My Mission · Christian Business Growth Podcast

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  and welcome to oh Christian Growth Podcast.
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  My name is Lyle.
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  I'm here with Deanna Ramirez.
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  She's a real estate agent near Fort Worth.
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  She's kind of on the far side of Fort Worth.
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  She'll tell you more about that.
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  So Deanna, tell us about your story.
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  How did you go from being a worker into being in your own business?
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  Yeah, so it started about nine years ago.
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  I was working in a telecom in the telecom industry in sales and it got to the point where I just couldn't grow anymore in that particular uh position that I was in.
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  And I was looking for something with a little bit more freedom and you they
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  talk a lot about having freedom when you do real estate and you're owning your own business.
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  But I think that's a myth because as all of us business owners know, uh it is like your baby, right?
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  And so you are always working, growing, improving or whatever.
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  So uh yeah, so I started part-time doing real estate.
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  And like you mentioned, I am here in Fort Worth.
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  However, I...
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  literally tell everybody this that I go where the opportunities take me.
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  So I'm not exclusive to Fort Worth.
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  uh It really is uh where I can serve and help others in my business.
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  And ah it doesn't really even matter the ah volume or the price point, if you will, because again, it's about serving.
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  ah And so I started doing it part time.
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  And then it started interfering with my full-time job, which is great.
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  um And at the time, I had not yet given my life to Christ.
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  And so it was going really well.
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  And so I uh quit my uh telecom job.
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  And I was married at the time.
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  And it got to the point where
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  uh My work was being put first before everything else and it Unfortunately had my marriage in my other relationships suffer and so I got to the point where like something's got to
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  give right and It was more um of my pride where I was like, you know some somebody else has got to give not me right and so I I winded up just um
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  going to a church that I say I had been eyeballing, but literally I think the Lord had been after me because I'd been eyeballing it for years.
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  And I volunteered there just to kind of check it out.
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  I really liked it.
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  And then I started going to see if maybe I could change the situation that I was in.
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  like how I was feeling and ah where I thought, you know, I was gonna be the one who could change everybody else.
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  And, you know, of course the Lord humbled me and I was able to recognize ah that when you're obedient to the Lord, the blessings upon blessings start coming through.
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  So that was about nine years ago.
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  So I've been doing real estate uh full-time.
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  since then.
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  And one of the things that I absolutely love is just one, my growth, you my maturity.
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  And of course that not only, you know, comes with reading the Bible, but it also comes in being, you know, being in community with other believers.
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  And of course your prayer time, right?
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  And so those are things that I've incorporated
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  you know, throughout all these years.
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  And it's just, it's nice because eh when you have your own business, you're able to literally do what you want and not have to worry about getting in trouble for talking
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  about your faith or, you know, praying over situations in front of people.
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  um And so that's something that, you know, in talking about growth and maturity is something that I've come a long way where as a matter of fact, last night I had a buyer
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  consultation.
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  was virtual.
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  um they're first time home buyers and they were just talking about how um
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  anxious they were about it.
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  It's a big deal for them.
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  And I just asked them if I could pray for them.
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  And they said, absolutely, please.
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  And so I did.
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  when it was all said and done, I know you can tangibly feel the Lord's presence, right?
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  But when they get a sense of just the peace um that comes with um that, they were ready to um one, move forward, but they were in a place, almost in a position of just being
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  comforted and knowing that us together, if we're grounded in the Lord,
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  we're going to take the steps that are the right ones, right?
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  And um even at the end of the day, if it turns out that, know, buying a house is, you know, not in the cards for them, right?
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  It's still a sense of peace knowing that, you know, the Lord is with us through it and we're starting off on the right track, if you will, just kind of just praying, you know,
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  so.
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  That's one of the things that I really, um know, I'm just grateful for that I can actually do that and you can, right, when you own your own business.
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  And so that's one of the things that I, you know, I tell a lot of people is that um Jesus is my passion and real estate is my platform.
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  And I say that not just like, okay, that's gonna be a um
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  you know, a little catchy thing, but I really, I really do believe it.
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  And I feel it, you know, with every ounce in my body.
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  um And then I, you know, I spoke with another real estate agent last week and, and he was sending me a client, like a referral and, and talking with him, he said that he had looked
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  at my um
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  social media profile.
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  And on my social media profile, do a lot of, uh I do have a business page, but I'll incorporate some business on my personal page, but for the most part, the personal page is
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  all I use.
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  And um it does say when you just look in the about information, and this is, I did this a long time ago, so.
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  It does say that I am pretty much on fire for Jesus.
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  And let me know how I can pray for you kind of thing.
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  I forgot about, but it's on my Facebook profile and I'm pretty sure that was like nine years ago or whatever.
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  But he was like, I knew that this was gonna be a perfect match.
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  because of your faith.
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  And so it's that kind of stuff that I know, you know, I think within, you know, this year, we're starting to see more and more people be more vocal about their faith, you know,
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  which I absolutely love.
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  And I think like, before I got into real estate, you know, it even though I wasn't, I hadn't given my life to Christ, I was a believer.
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  And I just could sense that I couldn't really talk about my faith.
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  And so I wouldn't.
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  And now that's completely changed.
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  And again, I give all the glory to God because that really is just on fire for the Lord and everything that I do.
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  And yeah.
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  sharing that.
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  Tell me, I want to go back a little bit because you talked about, you know, that struggle of balance between work and personal life and everything, and you said Jesus was part of
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  that process.
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  Do you find that it kind of explained if somebody is dealing with that balance of work life and they're like, I know Jesus fits in my life, but I'm so busy I can't fit him in my
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  life?
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  Kind of talk to that a little bit.
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  How would somebody help pull Jesus more into their business life and help
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  get a balance in their personal life based on your experience.
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  Sure.
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  And so one of the things that, and this is helpful for anybody, I don't know if you've ever uh read the book Atomic Habits, have you ever read that?
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  Okay.
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  And so uh there was a point in my real estate business and I've read that many times and it's not a fact, it's on my audible right now that I'm in the middle of, but it literally
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  teaches you how to create habits and do it to where, uh
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  you know, when you're going to do that particular habit, how you're going to do it.
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  And, know, so you're setting yourself up for success so that you can create a habit out of that.
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  And so I essentially did that with my Bible time.
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  And and so I got to a place where, you know, it's every morning at this particular time.
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  And so I attribute that to that book, but I also was at a place where uh
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  if I didn't do it in my morning time, instead of, I would kind of get a little anxious that, you know, I didn't do it on that, at that time, okay, but tomorrow's gonna, I'm
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  gonna do it at this time, right?
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  And so I would do it, but it set me up for not being flexible, and you can be, you know?
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  So say I can't do it, you know, this morning, I can surely do it tonight.
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  It does not have to be at that specific time.
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  that was a little bit of growth that I needed to do.
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  But I use my calendar and I tell everybody that as an entrepreneur or somebody who owns their own business, you may not have an actual physical boss, but your calendar should be
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  your boss.
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  And I say that in with regard to oh being purposeful.
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  You know, my calendar shows my my Bible time, but it also shows the time that I have a listing appointment or consultation where ah if I have other things that come up and maybe
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  they are important, I know that I need to put that particular appointment, if you will.
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  around the times that I've already got established.
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  And so I think that really helped me recognize how to kind of balance, you know, my schedule is to be able to be okay putting almost like if, if I get to a point because I'm
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  very, I'm a very structured person with my schedule and I follow it and
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  Um, if somebody like, you know, wants to, change it, change the schedule that we've, we've got, right.
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  Then I may have to rearrange and might get me flustered or whatever.
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  But the good thing about it is that you have the ability to be flexible with your schedule.
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  And if you're like that, like me and just curious, I'm not curious, I guess it's not the word, but.
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  maybe concerned um if you may not have time to like even do laundry, right?
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  You can put that on your calendar as an actual appointment.
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  And I've done that where I tell people, I'm not going to be able to do that at this time, but I've got this time and this time, which one would work best for you, right?
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  And so, and when you do that and you make that intentional and a habit,
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  you actually can um have an essential balance in your schedule, including when you go on vacation, you are gonna put that time on your calendar.
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  So just as you do a priority of a vacation, do it as a priority of time, whether it's, uh like my husband and I, we read at night.
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  um When you want to be intentional with that, that's what you do.
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  You put it on your calendar.
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  So when somebody says, hey, you know, I do have some um first responders.
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  there, when I do have to schedule appointments, it is going to have to be at times where it typically would be my family time.
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  But again, you know, if there is like uh a set thing that you have, you can modify it and just move it.
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  Right.
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  And
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  I was at a place where I didn't really, you know, do that at first, but again, just, you know, learning and failing forward, if you will, and recognizing, okay, you can move these
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  appointments around.
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  So I would just encourage people to, um if you're, if you're at a place where, you know, you're like me so structured that, you know, you put something there and you got to abide
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  by it, go ahead and put some almost like white noise time.
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  where you don't have anything going on, put it there so that you can use it as a filler and uh I don't know, look at your um finances or ah maybe you want to meal prep so you can
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  get your ah recipe together or whatever for dinner later that evening.
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  So anyways, that's just a little bit of how I kind of do some balancing.
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  Yeah, that's smart.
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  I've seen people, they say meeting with CEO, well, that's their time with God.
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  And so they dictated in their calendar.
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  And I think if you don't have that balance, don't put it, if you don't schedule time for God, God's going to get scheduled out of your calendar.
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  And so I love that.
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  See me personally, I do the opposite.
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  I can't do my Bible studies in the morning.
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  I've got to do them in the evening.
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  Because if I do them in the morning, my brain just doesn't work well.
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  It's totally a process.
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  m
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  But in the evening time, I can slow down and just really set in the presence of God, you know?
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  So that's my personal.
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  So if what somebody else is doing doesn't work for you, work it for yourself.
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  And remember, and I love that you said this, and I'm gonna kind of reword it a little bit, but your calendar is your guide.
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  It's not set in stone.
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  So don't let it guide you too much.
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  Okay, so we're gonna shift our gears a little bit to what's a business tip that you might give somebody who may be a Christian in business or trying to figure out how to grow their
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  business?
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  .
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  So I think when we talk about growth, I think growth comes from the challenges that you kind of come across.
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  And if you're comfortable, you're typically not grown.
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  And I know there's that scripture verse, I don't know uh verbatim, but where you consider joy when you go through trials.
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  right?
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  And um you do, that's intentional, right?
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  Because you will come out of it more mature and steadfast, right?
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  And, and more knowledgeable and have that discernment for the next time you come across something.
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  So the tip that I have, and it can be um in various
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  times of the day.
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  It doesn't need to be overt.
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  It doesn't need to be obvious on what you're going through in your business.
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  It can be super subtle, but it's to be able to recognize if you're starting to get anxious or if you're starting to get worried, you know, whether it's you don't have anything in
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  your pipeline or somebody didn't like, you know, maybe you're a contractor and didn't like the
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  the work that you did, I would just encourage uh anybody listening to this to recognize that that trial is intentional, right?
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  And we could go one of two ways.
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  We can go towards the distraction that the enemy wants, or we can go and be obedient and take it to the Lord.
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  And when we do that, uh
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  we really are setting ourselves up for success because if we can just go back at all the times where we were frustrated or angry about something maybe somebody said or a challenge
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  that we had where we were able to overcome it, we can see that the Lord was, you know, was with us in that.
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  um And we know that the Father of Wives wants us to be focused on the problem and not the solution.
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  Right.
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  And so
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  Um, just a tip is just recognizing that those instances, one, they don't have to be overt and, um, it's not like maybe once a week.
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  can be multiple times in a day, whether it's you're driving to the next appointment and, um, somebody in front of you is going really slow.
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  and you were trying to be a little extra early or whatever the case may be, there's opportunities for us to really just seek the Lord in those moments.
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  And when we do, I mean, regardless whether it's business or in our personal life, we should reflect a Christ character at all times, no matter what.
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  And when we do, like I was saying, we're just gonna...
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  reap the benefits that the Lord has to offer.
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  So that's just my one tip is we can get so stuck on the things in the here and now and the stresses and work-life balance and that kind of thing that when we do just breathe a
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  little and uh seek the Lord in those particular moments, even as mundane as some of them may seem, uh it's purposeful.
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  And He hears us and He'll see it.
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  Cool, thank you.
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  Well, Miss Deanna, how can someone get in touch with you?
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  Sure, you can call me 469-766-5809.
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  My email ah is also dienna.remirez at gmail.com.
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  So that's pretty simple as well.
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  Yeah, and then of course you can find me on all social media platforms.
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  Good deal.
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  And what's one little bit of wisdom you want to leave us with?
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  You've already dropped some major wisdom bombs, so it's great.
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  I mean, really one of the things that that one of the things that I think is very valuable is something like this, like you and I, right, just coming into conversations, fellow
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  shipping, we're brothers and sisters in Christ, and we're called to create a kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven.
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  And so I just a little bit of wisdom is enemy wants us distracted.
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  And when we are in community, um
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  He struggles in that distraction and that's what we need.
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  So I would just encourage people to constantly be in community with other believers.
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  Great, thank you for that.
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  great hearing a little more of your story and I look forward to meeting you.
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  We're gonna meet soon, next week, aren't we?
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  Yeah, yeah, well, I appreciate you having me on here.
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  So thank you.
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  All right.