Page 12 - July 2023 INET Magazine

By Jase Souder

As I write this, my wife Betsy and I just had an He makes the point that God tells us to love
argument and as I sit here and think about it, I our fellow man, and that when we’re serving
realize there’s a part of me that thinks our people we’re loving our fellow man, and
working life is easier than our personal life. thereby keeping God’s orders and serving
His children, which is a form of worship.
It’s made me look at what makes our work life
work so well, and how can I apply that to our Our goal in life is to help people’s lives get
home life. better. We both live and work to see God’s
Kingdom expand and to see His love spread
Betsy, and I own World Class Speaker Academy,
where we train coaches, authors and speakers to more people.
to be World Class Speakers who make a As our business is just an extension of us,
massive impact, raving fans, and a rush of new our business is about helping our client’s
clients with every presentation. lives get better - and their client’s lives get
better - and to have more people experience
More important than what we do, though, is why God’s love.
we do it. Our why: we believe you have a God-
given mission, that only you can do, and it can be Our business is an access to fulfilling our
funded and fulfilled through your business. mission in life. Therefore, it’s easier to give
more, love more, serve more and have a big
Here’s some of what allows us to succeed
working together. desire to grow the business.
As it’s our mission and not just a job, it
FAITH, MISSION AND WHY catalyzes us to do what we need to do to

When Shawn asked me to write this article I keep a place of growth, love and focus on
turned to Betsy and asked her what she thought the mission.
allows us to successfully work together. She Our mission is bigger than us, either of us.
immediately replied, “If we didn’t share similar
‘Why’s’, it wouldn’t work at all.” Being mission oriented helps us put aside
our egos in pursuit of making a difference.
I got to thinking about it and it became clear to
me that foundational to our success as a couple, WE HAVE FUN AT WORK WHEN WE
and as a couple in business are two main things: TRAVEL
our Faith, meaning our belief in, dependance on,
and desire to serve God, and our Why. We travel a fair bit for work. Before we
married, I’d travel on my own and it could get
In his book Thou Shall Prosper, Rabbi Daniel Lapin lonely. Now, my best friend and the person I
equates business to worship and serving God. love having fun with is by my side as I travel.

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