I wrote this book because entrepreneurship has a way of exposing what we are asking achievement to do for us. I have watched gifted people build strong companies while becoming increasingly fragile inside. I have also recognized that pressure in myself. A good month can make you feel secure. A difficult month can make you question your worth.
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Faith in Entrepreneurship · Volume 1 of 7 · Catalog 43025
Identity Before Income
Who You Are Matters More Than What You Make
A Christ-centered entrepreneurship book for leaders who want to build responsibly without allowing revenue, titles, ambition, or performance to define their worth.
Bourne Again Living Library · Catalog 43025
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A Christ-centered entrepreneurship book for leaders who want to build responsibly without allowing revenue, titles, ambition, or performance to define their worth. It brings spiritual formation into conversation with the practical pressures of overwork, staffing, pricing, family cost, governance, failure, repair, and succession—helping leaders read the numbers without asking the market to declare their personhood.
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