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Stakeholders — how to get the best out of your team
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Latino entrepreneurs! Arepas el Chamo in San Fernando Valley
They demonstrate the entrepreneurial spirit, not to be held back by rules and expenses. Yummy Venezuelan food.
Posted in business, business man, businesswoman, Christians Get Rich, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, get rich, growth mindset, Latino entrepreneurs, millionaire mindset, mindset, overcomers mindset, positive mindset, riches, success mindset, think and grow rich, wealth mindset, winning mindset
Strengths and weaknesses
Don’t worry about your perceived shortcomings, that you don’t seem to have talents or charisma that others have. Here’s why…
He fought cancer while building a business

When Adelso Lemus was expanding his business and felt pressured to cover ballooning expenses with sales, he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer.
“The doctor was gently telling us that they were going to see what they could do,” Adelso told God Reports. “I didn’t want to do chemo because the last time I had cancer it jacked me up.”
From his hospital bed, he watched his family huddle.
They weren’t weeping; they were strategizing. Who would do what to cover Dad’s extensive responsibilities in the business? Adelso and his family sought what they always wanted in times of trial: a turnaround, for good to come out of the bad.

“I wasn’t thinking I was going to die,” he says. “I just needed to work this through and get back to the business.”
Adelso miraculously survived the cancer. His 10-year-old business of specialty tres leches cakes now grosses $1 million in revenue.
He shares his life philosophy on a radio podcast “The Flipside” which encourages listeners to not despair but to find how “all things work together for the good,” as the Bible says.
Adelso, 54, lives in San Antonio, Texas. He got saved as a youth in Albuquerque when he saw a formerly “fried” pothead” all cleaned up and alive.” It was an unexpected surprise, and the young man invited Adelso to church. He didn’t want to go, but his friend hounded him and he broke down. Of course, Adelso ended up receiving Jesus and transformation.
He grew zealous for the things of God and even prepared himself to enter ministry. He was part of the church-planting mission that emphasized evangelism and discipleship and not Bible school degrees.
He and new-convert Veronica got married “Jesus people style,” the way the hippies did in the Jesus Movement of the 70s, without expensive ballroom-like details and during the Sunday morning service. They were in love with each other and considered the fact that Jesus didn’t have any money.
Adelso and Veronica marched off to Panama, where they were missionaries for nine years. It was a wild time of scrambling to make ends meet. Adelso became very resourceful as he adeptly negotiated equipment and building rentals without having enough money to do so. Navigating financial hardship with resourcefulness became a skill he carried forward in life and it became the hallmark of his business.
“It hardened my hide to be able to go through what I’ve gone through in the business,” he says.
When his 25th wedding anniversary approached, he was on staff at John Hagee’s Cornerstone Church. He decided to save as much money he could every week to honor his wife with a big bash to renew their wedding vows. He wanted to make up for the skimpy beginnings of married life.
How would he cobble together the money for the event? His sister gave him a secret recipe, a tres leches cake with a non-traditional flourish, pineapple. It was off the radar, but when he took samples to some local restaurants they were curious.
“Tres leches with pineapple?” one proprietor said. “That’s weird.”
He tasted it.
“The way they responded in the restaurant was really positive,” Adelso explains. “I wanted them to taste it to see if it had any potential. They really liked it. I just chased the dream because of the reaction that I got. It was a genuine surprised reaction. I thought, Wow, they really liked it. It made me realize that this was something I could possibly do on the side.”
He started at home, but you can’t cook at home for commercial ventures for long.
The preparation for a wedding renewal turned into a full-time business. He needed to rent space at a bakery. At a cooking conference where he impressed with free samples, an acquaintance tipped him off to a 2,000-square-foot San Antonio bakery that could rent him space in the evenings.
The only problem was that she wanted $800 a month and all he could offer was $350. Read the rest: Adelso Lemus fought cancer while running a growing business
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Tagged adelso lemus, church planting, evangelism, God, inspiration, inspirational, Jesus, Jesus wedding, panama, pineapple tres leches, the flipside, tres leches, veronica lemus
Hone your people skills to get rich
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Before you quit…
Posted in ambition, American Dream, business, business man, businesswoman, christian business, Christian entrepreneur, Christianity and riches, Christians Get Rich, don't quit, dreams, dreams and goals, driven for success, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, formula for success, get rich, goals, God and riches, keys to success, life vision, riches, secrets of success, success, vision
Comfort was killing me
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Get IN the way of the blessing
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Would you work for free?
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Two business models
Questions about the right financial plan? Reach out to Mike Ashcraft California financial professional
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Hire yourself!
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Stop wasting money
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Balance
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Get out of the hole
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Tagged self improvement
Fight on!
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Stuck in a loser’s mentality? The Israelites teach us the dangers…
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3 Reasons Why Christians Biblically Should Get Rich
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3 Reason Non-Christians Succeed More than Christians (sometimes)
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3 Reasons Why Christians DON’T Get Rich
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3 Reasons Christians Should Get Rich
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Get rich SLOW
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Nebuchadnezzar’s statue: Prosper for people not to show off
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Fear not (in business)
Posted in American Dream, anxiety, business, business man, christian business, Christian entrepreneur, Christians Get Rich, dreams, dreams and goals, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, faith over fear, fear, formula for success, get rich, keys to success, secrets of success, success, success driving, think and grow rich, thought life, thoughts
The Beauty of Being in Business is…
You can start a side hustle and make money. Let’s talk.
Streams in the desert
God brings streams into the desert. Let’s talk about how God can bless you.
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Entrepreneurs WATCH for opportunities
Interested in an opportuniaty to learn and work in finance? Let’s talk.
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You want to win? Prepare yourself to lose.
If you don’t risk, you can’t win. Find out other investment strategies.
The role of PURPOSE in success
Hint: It’s gotta be bigger than you just making a lot of money.
Live a purpose-driven life. Start today. Click that link and set up an appointment. We’ll talk.
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Breaking the cycles of losing
Grit, more important than talent
Develop grit. Here’s how to become a financial professional. Set up an appointment with me!
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Frugal: How penny-pinching can help you retire comfortably
Stop wasting. Start investing. Find out more. You set the appointment. You talk to me.
4 daily habits to put your mind onto success
Your story
Your affirmations
Your why
Your vision board
Dare to dream. Let’s talk, set an appointment at this link Christian financial professional in Calif.
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Edwin Arroyave and Real Wives of Beverly Hills’ Teddi Mellencamp unashamed to tout Jesus
Just two weeks after he arrived from Colombia as a child and was taken to a luxurious home in Glendora, CA, little Edwin Arroyave watched his home raided because his father was under suspicion for drug trafficking.
Both mom and dad were hauled away, and Edwin and his two siblings saw their dream-like landing in America turn into nightmare as they went into foster care.
“After that, our home would get raided once a year,” he told Ed Mylett on a YouTube video. “It’s exactly like you see in the movies, probably worse. They just come in and turn that house upside down. The first three times they raided, my dad wasn’t there. I could hear the helicopter flying overhead looking for him.”
On the fourth raid, federal agents arrested and convicted Edwin’s dad. The family moved into poverty-stricken Huntington Park.
“Son, you need to be the man of house now,” his dad managed to tell him before being locked away “for a long time.”
“That was a blow to me because my dad was my hero,” Edwin says. “I was 10. Even though I didn’t know what he did for a living, I admired that he took care of everyone. He showed me a lot of love. It was a big blow.”
Mom and the kids were so poor they had to rent two of the rooms in the 3-bedroom apartment to make rent. Eight people lived in the apartment. “It was very cramped,” he says. “I remember roaches waking me up every night.”
Through the chaos of their lives, mom prayed over him and built up his self-esteem. Edwin came to accept Jesus into his heart.
“You have greatness in you,” mom told him.
He dreamed of fulfilling the American Dream.
Because his sister’s boyfriend made $100,000 a year, Edwin decided he would earn that amount too.
He ditched high school classes and went to a posh Rodeo Drive upscale shopping district to window-shop and then tour the priciest neighborhoods of Beverly Hills and Hollywood Hills to see the mansions.
“One day, I’m going to be here,” he announced dreamily.
At 15 he got his first job. It was tele-marketing.
“I was just so grateful to get a job,” he says. “I was the youngest guy they hired. I just worked my butt off.”
At 16, he was promoted to supervisor of five employees. At 18, he was made manager of 40 employees. He was making $1,000 a week and became the right hand of the vice president of sales.
A short time later, the VP resigned and invited Edwin to help him found an alarm system company. Edwin would have to quit his $60,000 a year job and had no guarantee of success at the startup.
Today, that startup is Skyline Security, a $34 million giant in the domain of home security systems.
“A lot of success comes from common sense. I thought, ‘This guy is making 250 grand a year, he’s risking everything for it. He must be pretty serious.’”
“I took a risk to follow my dreams,” he says. “Everyone told me, ‘There’s no way you’re going to leave another $70,000 a year job for the unknown.’ But if you’re going to make it big, you have to go all in.”
He married Teddi Mellencamp, daughter of rocker John Mellencamp, who launched a weight loss program after she got her own fluctuating weight under control. They have three kids together and attend Mosaic Church, a hipster magnet, in Hollywood.
Teddi is also featured in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reality show.
“Faith is huge for both of us,” Edwin says. “Before we went on the show, I had fear of the unknown. But we prayed about it and felt that God was putting this opportunity before us to show our faith and give Him glory.” Read the rest: Edwin Arroyave and Teddi Mellencamp Christian.
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Tagged American Dream, Beverly Hills, Colombia, drugs, Ed Mylett, Edwin Arroyave, Glendora, Hollywood, Hollywood Hills, Mosaic Church, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Skyline Security, Teddi Mellencamp
Woman who led Trump to Christ had a hard childhood
In the summer of 2016 when Donald Trump was losing by double digit polling numbers a presidential campaign against Hillary Clinton, he called in pastor/evangelist Paula White for a personal Bible study and wound up accepting Jesus into his heart
Trump “holds his faith close to his chest and is not as open about it as some people,” Paul says.
Paula, who pastors megachurch The New Destiny Church Center in Apopka, Florida, has a knack for getting celebrities and famous people saved. She has ministered to pop icon Michael Jackson, talk show host Tyra Banks and baseball stars Darryl Strawberry and Gary Sheffield.
Paula Michelle Furr grew up in poverty in Tupelo, Mississippi, after her father committed suicide when she was 5. Her mom worked and struggled with alcoholism. Meanwhile care-givers took advantage of Paula through physical and sexual abuse.
When she was 9, her mom married a 2-star admiral of the U.S. Navy and family moved to Washington D.C., where they lived in better circumstances, but she struggled with emotional baggage from the past.
“There were the eating disorders: bulimia, anorexia, sleeping with different people, thinking this is how you find love,” she told CBN. “There was such a fear in me that men would never come back so do whatever you have to — hit me, beat me, call me a dog, do whatever, just don’t leave.”
In 1984, while living in Maryland, she converted to Christianity at the Damascus Church of God and received a heavenly vision instructing her to preach the gospel.
“The Lord gave me a vision that every time I opened my mouth and declared the Word of the Lord, there was a manifestation of His Spirit where people were either healed, delivered, or saved,” she says in Holy Mavericks. “When I shut my mouth, they fell off into utter darkness and God spoke to me and said ‘I called you to preach the gospel.'”
Accordingly, the young lady skipped college and began ministering in the inner-city of Washington D.C. in the late 1980s. After Los Angeles’ Rodney King riots, she moved to L.A. to minister to needy people, whose neighborhoods had been burned and decimated.
Paula started rising up in ministry and led large churches. She started Paula White Ministries, a global media ministry that has touched the lives of hundreds of millions of people. It included her television program Paula White Today, which apparently was how Trump became aware of her and asked for private Bible studies in 2002.
At the time time, Trump was an international businessman and probably hadn’t even entertained the idea of running for president as the tough-talking dark horse candidate.
“He genuinely listened to us,” Paula remembers. “He genuinely cared.”
Paula was then co-pastor with her husband Randy White the multicultural Without Walls Church in Tampa, which ministered up to 15,000 people at a time. She appealed to people of many ethnicities and her program was featured on Black Entertainment Television and either other networks.
“You know you’re on to something new and significant when the most popular woman preacher on the Black Entertainment Network is a white woman,” Ebony magazine said of her at the time. Read the rest of Paula White.
Posted in business man, Christian, Christian living, Christian marriage, Christian testimony, Christianity, Christianity in action, Christianity in politics, Jesus, paula white, trump
Tagged anorexia, Apopka, bulimia, conversion, Damascas Church of God, Darryl Strawberry, divorce, florida, Gary Sheffield, Los Angeles, marriage, Maryland, Michael Jackson, Mississippi, New Destiny Church, Paula White Ministries, Paula White Today, presidential inauguration, Randy White, rape, Rodney King Riots, sexual abuse, tampa, Tupelo, Tyra Banks, US Navy, Washington DC