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Just mow the grass!

13 Friday Feb 2009

Posted by Lowell Lane in business, customer Service, goal setting, leadership, Life, management, sales, time-management, Uncategorized

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business, leadership, management, mowing, mowing the grass, results, sales, time-management

I am taking the Master Gardner class this year. We learned all about lawns last night. I was not expecting to learn that there is one thing that you can do to make a huge difference in the results of your grass.

mowingMOWING- higher mowing heights encourage greater root growth of grasses and better competition against weeds. If you mow 1-2 times a week at 3-4 inches in height, you can reduce weed growth by 80%.

WOW!

If we consider just this one simple thing it can make a huge difference.

What is the one thing in your business that can greatly effect your results?

I heard someone the other day say, you need to be more effective than efficient. Do you spend more time on the computer updating records and organizing, or do you spend more time out talking to potential customers.

Let’s use this example to be more effective in our businesses.

JUST MOW THE GRASS!

Do God and Business go together?

02 Monday Feb 2009

Posted by Lowell Lane in business, Kingdom Business, Life, Marketplace Ministry - International, Religion, Uncategorized

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business, Business Consulting, business owner, Christian, Christian Business Consulting, christianity, Coaching, Faith, God, Home Based business, Kingdom Business, Life, management, Marketplace Ministry, Mentoring, Ministry in the Marketplace, Religion, small business, success, work

I am Co-Founder of Kingdom Business Journal, http://www.KingdomBusinessJournal.com .

We are dedicated to teaching Kingdom principles for Success and Ministry in the marketplace.

Let’s look at the question of, “Do God and Business go together”?

Genesis 1:1 – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

God created it. God created us. God gave us wisdom. God gave us knowledge. God gave us thought process.

God gave us the ability to think through a process in order to create. God gave us the ability to create by using our hands.

God gave us the ability to have and create our businesses. You may have done the work, but God started the process.

My full time job is working for The Shepherds Guide Christian Yellow pages. We have a statement of failth that the owner of the business (or advertiser) has signed.

“I have received Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and my desire is to live my life for His Glory. I have been born again, according to John 3:3 which states, “…except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
I pledge to hold the hightest Biblical code of ethics in my business transactions. It is my ambition to treat my clients with the utmost respect and integrity.”

I agree with this statement of faith and that is why I represent The Shepherds Guide.

I want to encourage you today to think about this. If you are a Christian and agree with this statement of faith, then the answer to the question above is, “YES”.

Now, I am not saying that you need to go to work and start preaching to your employees and customers.

What I am saying is, we need to live by this statement of faith and be an example. Your life and the way you conduct your business is the best form of witnessing you could possibly do. Employee’s and customers are watching everything you do and if you are doing things according to biblical principles, it will have ETERNAL benefits.

YES, GOD AND BUSINESS GO TOGETHER!

Want to learn more about Kingdom principles for Success and Ministry in the Marketplace, CLICK HERE.

MEMBERSHIP IS FREE, THE BENEFITS ARE ETERNAL.

Ready for 2009!

15 Thursday Jan 2009

Posted by Lowell Lane in business, customer Service, Education, family, Finance, goal setting, Kingdom Business, leadership, Leads Group, Life, management, marketing, Marketplace Ministry - International, Networking, Religion, sales, time-management, Uncategorized

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business, Business Consulting, business owner, Carthage Missouri, Christian, Christian Business Consulting, Christian Business Journal, christianity, Coaching, consulting, customer Service, encouragement, Faith, Finance, FREE, freedom, Kingdom Business Principles, leadership, Life, management, Mentoring, Religion, small business, success, time managment, work

The holiday season was so busy, and the new year has not slowed down much. I am sorry I have just not been in a blogging mood. I am now ready to get back at it. I have been working on my plans for the year and setting goals. My goal is to blog every other day.

I have been having some great things happening lately and some divine meetings. I met today with a new contact and had a great time. I met last week with several new folks and had awesome visits with them. The really good news is that each of these meetings are going to produce something great.
I am pumped and ready for 2009!

Comment and let me know how your 2009 has started.

If you need a little boost then join us Thursday night January 15, 2009 with our special guest, Randy Mayes from The Success Coach Network.

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For more information CLICK HERE!

Blessings!

Lowell Lane

6 Core Business Principles

11 Monday Aug 2008

Posted by Lowell Lane in business, customer Service, family, Finance, goal setting, Kingdom Business, leadership, Leads Group, Life, management, marketing, Marketplace Ministry - International, Networking, Religion, sales, time-management, Uncategorized

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Budgeting, customer Service, Finance, leadership, management, marketing, Marketplace Ministy, sales

Are you a business owner or manager?  As a business owner or manager there are many issues that have to be dealt with, but there are 6 core business principles.

1. Leadership/Management

2. Sales

3. Finance

4. Marketing

5. Customer Service

6. Marketplace Ministry

KBJ teaches Kingdom principles for SUCCESS and MINISTRY in the MARKETPLACE by sharing about these 6 core business principles.

Were you a part of the JOSEPH PROJECT? 

We did a series of Tele-Seminars called the Joseph Project… Dreams to Destiny.  We did a total of 18 Tele-Seminars each dealing with these 6 core business principles.

We interviewed many experts in their fields and Godly people.  They were awesome!

If you missed out, KBJ will be offering this series again in a format called KBJ University. 

KBJ University will utilize these Tele-Seminars and offer a worksheet and other resources to help you study and apply these 6 core business principles. 

If you are interested in this and don’t want to miss out on KBJ University then go to: http://kingdombusinessjournal.net

SIGN UP AND WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON THE LIST.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Business Success

17 Thursday Jul 2008

Posted by Lowell Lane in business, customer Service, family, goal setting, Kingdom Business, leadership, Life, management, Religion, Uncategorized

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business, family, management, Marketplace Ministry, Ministry in the Marketplace, success

Is your business a success? 

What is your definition of success?

Let me share with you an idea of success.  I starting working with a gentlemen who has a ministry/business.  He has been working it for 6 years and he did not buy the business because he wanted to, it was a God thing.  I have just started getting to know him and it is apparent that his success in the business is not from his sales or his checkbook.  I see the excitement as he talks about his customers and the opportunities he has had to minister.  The opportunities he has had to listen to someone who needs someone to talk to.  Being able to pray with someone when they are hurting. 

My friend told me a story that really blessed me.  He used to be in the car rental business and had a large organization with many locations.  He said one day he was standing in one of his parking lots talking to his manager. A man and his family pulled up in an old station wagon full of kids.  They had run out of gas. The man approached my friend and asked if he could get some gas.  He told the guy to go see his shop manager and see if he had some work to earn the gas.  The man went to work detailing cars and whatever else needed to be done.   A little later the my friend went to see where this guy was, and nobody could find him.  His wife and kids were out back, but he was no where to be found.  My friend went back to the office and on the way the guy came out of the bathroom.  My friend went into the bathroom and to his amazement the bathroom was spotless.  My friend immediately went and asked the guy if he had cleaned the bathroom, and he had. My friend hired him that day.  He worked for my friend and eventually my friend promoted him to a manager.  Years later my friend landed at a large airport.  The guy was the General Manager of the entire airport with a staff of over 300 people. 

Being in business need to be profitable and you need to be able to generate income… but money is not eternal…

Lowell

Today was the day the Lord hath made!

16 Friday May 2008

Posted by Lowell Lane in family, leadership, management, Religion, Uncategorized

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Today was one of the most blessed days I have had in a long time. I had a plan for the day and stuck with it.  I got most of what I wanted to do accomplished, but I was not ready for the blessings God had in store.

This morning my partner and I planned a conference call to talk about acquiring an existing website. God was definitely on the call and guiding it all.  We were blessed beyond measure to acquire the website which will allow the KBJ to market in our local area more effectively.

We have had a series of Tele-Seminars and today was the day to do two calls.  The call this morning with Larry Ingracia and it was an anointed and a real blessing.

Tonight we had a Tele-Seminar with John Garfield about marketplace ministry.  It was an awesome call and we were able to address some issues that millions can benefit from.

To listen to these calls I encourage you to go to:  http://kingdombusinessjournal.net/v

Have a blessed day Friday.  I am tired and I am going to bed.

 

Lowell Lane

 

 

K I S S – Keep it simple stupid

15 Thursday May 2008

Posted by Lowell Lane in family, leadership, management, Religion, sales, Uncategorized

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Coaching, evaluations, leadership, management, Priorities, scheduling, self-evaluations, Self-Help, time-management

Sometimes being in business gets very confusing.  There seems to always be things that need to be done, but not time to do it.  Are we making business too hard?  Are we managing our time well?  Do we need to delegate more?

These are all questions of evaluation.  When was the last time you evaluated yourself and your business.

Maybe it is time to implement the KISS method of Business.

I want to recommend a book that helped me in my life.  The On-Purpose Person. 

Kevin McCarthy shows you how to discover and accomplish what’s most important to you. My favorite part about his program is the tournament sheet.

Download a Want List and Tournament Sheet — free! This is a great prioritization tool in a “tennis tournament” format that focuses your key wants on what’s really important to you.

I hope you enjoy it,

Being On-Purpose

Lowell Lane

 

Accountant or Truck Driver?

12 Monday May 2008

Posted by Lowell Lane in customer Service, family, Finance, leadership, management, marketing, Religion, sales, Uncategorized

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Accountant, business, Career, career path, career planning, corporate world, franchise, giftings, Kingdom Business, leadership, legacy, management, passion, retirement, sales, second half, skills, talents, Truck Driver, work ethic, work you love, workaholic

My father in-law is going to retire this month.  He will be 67 years old and has been in accounting all of his professional career. He worked for a company for over 25 years, but one year before he was available to retire, they let him go so they would not have to pay his retirement.  They replaced him with 3, fresh out of school workers and paid them nothing.  The company saved a few bucks, but lost a very good, loyal, and hard worker. 

At the age of almost 60, it was hard finding work, but he was hired by a company who offered him much less than he was used to, and took advantage of the situation by about working him to death.  He was working from 4 am to sometimes 7 pm. This company has put unbelievable pressure on him for the last several years.  It started when they needed him to cover for someone who was leaving,  but they never replaced them.  Then they asked him to pick up the slack for someone else, but they did not replace them either.  He was doing 3 peoples work and for the same pay.  The reason for his retirement is because they asked him to take on the work for a 4th person, so he told them it was time to retire. 

My father-in-law’s dad was known as, “Pepsi-Joe”.  His dad was a Pepsi delivery man for 40 years, therefore, my father-in-law grew up on the back of a Pepsi truck.  His father was a hard worker and gave him a good work ethic.  He wanted to become a truck driver, but instead he went to college and went to work in the corporate world. 

This is a very common occurrence.  We grow up with life experiences and then when we grow up we do what is expected, not what we have a passion for, or what we want to do. 

I want my children to grow up learning that they should follow there passions, gifting, and talents and find the work they love.  I grew up in a family of Entrepreneurs and I guess that was always in my blood.  I wanted to have my own business also, but I did what was expected and went to school, and started a career in selling, and then sales management.  The whole time I wanted to have my own business.  I wanted the American dream, so I stepped out and did it.  At the age of 40 I quit the corporate world and purchased a Franchise business, that is another story!

I have regrets about choices I made and how things in my life have turned out, but hopefully I have been successful in teaching my children to go for it.  I want my children to have the confidence and knowledge that when they are of age, they have opportunities.   

A life-time of work, for what?

After my life working I want to be able to answer  this question like this, “I loved God, my wife, and children.  I built a legacy and made a difference in someones life and the world around me.

How are you going to answer?

 

 

Lowell Lane

Leadership and Management Tele-Seminar

08 Thursday May 2008

Posted by Lowell Lane in customer Service, family, Finance, leadership, management, Marketplace Ministry - International, Uncategorized

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business, Business Consutling, Character, Christian Business Consulting, Coaching, leadership, Leadership Training, management, Marketplace Ministry, Mentoring, Professional, sales, success, Success Coach, Training

 

Randy Mayes is a successful business person. He went from cleaning toilets to running a multi-million dollar company.  After the sale of his business he became a Success Coach and formed The Success Coach Network.  Randy helps people take their businesses and careers to the next level. 

In this Tele-Seminar Randy speaks about Leadership and Management.  We will discuss what the character traits of a good leader are, and offer some practical tips to become a leader.

Will you do me a favor?  If you have been listening to these Tele-Seminars or reading this blog, will you please send me some comments?

I appreciate comments and would like to know if anyone is benefiting from this message.

CLICK HERE to listen to Randy Mayes – Leadership and Management

Blessings

Lowell Lane

 

 

Sales – Larry Ingracia Story

07 Wednesday May 2008

Posted by Lowell Lane in leadership, management, marketing, sales, Uncategorized

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Business Consulting, business owner, Christian Business Consulting, coching, Leader, leadership, life skills, management, Manager, Mentoring, sales, Sales Management, Sales Stratagies, Sales tactics, small business

I hope you enjoyed the first Tele-Seminar about Leadership from Rich Forster.  We have another Tele-seminar from Larry Ingracia.  Larry is a cabinet importer and runs a company in Springfield, Mo. I believe you are in for a real treat.

Click HERE to listen.

  Next time, we will feature a local success coach, Randy Mayes talking about Leadership.  Randy Mayes – The Success Coach Network 

FACT 1: He is a very successful business coach/trainer…

 

FACT 2: He is a small business owner…

         FACT 3: He has been in management and ownership roles
     over 20 years…               

     FACT 4: He currently teaches at the Missouri State University
     Business Center

     

     FACT 5: He teaches small business leadership and management
     courses, as well as, individual success coaching.

     

     FACT 6: He’s is currently training to run in a Marathon, too! 🙂

Blessings,

Lowell Lane

 

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