Readwise Highlights

Affect (influence) vs. effect (accomplish)

• Compliment (praise) vs. complement (go well with)

• Discreet (careful) vs. discrete (distinct)

• Its (possessive) vs. it’s (it + is)

• Principle (rule) vs. principal (authority figure)

• They’re (they + are) vs. their (possessive) vs. there (adverb of place)

• Venomous (having a toxic bite or sting) vs.

Work is not some post-fall aberration. Work is a blessing (1:28). Work is a gift. And work is intrinsic to the human creature because it is intrinsic to the Creator himself.

God works, and it follows that because we are made in his image (Genesis 1:26-27), we work too.

Take a moment and think about how you are focusing your time and attention in your business. What is the breakdown of your time on different business activities? How much time are you spending on product development, customer service, fulfillment, education, networking, marketing and sales?

Often entrepreneurs don’t spend enough time on revenue

DS: Here’s my simple framework for judging ideas:

1. Potential: If it worked, how big could it be?




2. Probability: What are the chances it’ll work?




3. Proximity: How close is this to things I care about, know about, or am passionate about?

The weights will be different based on your situation. For example, early in my career, “probability” was important. I

Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Focus on the IRR, not the margins. Margins are an output, not an input.

There is a great lesson here for us. Sometimes God will deal with you directly, strengthening your faith alone in the wee hours of the morning when everyone else is asleep. But most of the time (we might say ten-elevenths of the time) God strengthens our faith through another person.

God sends us some Simon Peter who brings just the word of grace we

Doing our work to the best of our ability, with the highest quality and deepest integrity, gets us into contention.