WHAT ARE YOUR RESOURCES?

FACT 1: Resources refer to everything you possess that has potential to grow (time, energy, money, materials, people)

DEFINITION: A “resource” is the time, money, material, and people that you have to build your ministry

DEFINITION: A “resource” is the time, energy, money, material, property, and people that you have to build your ministry

FACT 2: How do you invest your limited resources to get the best results

FACT 2: Most leaders want to spend their resources, but the best leaders want to invest their resources

FACT 3: The goal is to invest your resources to get the best possible results

HOW NOT TO INVEST YOUR RESOURCES

1) Remaining Static

PROBLEM: We keep doing the same things with our resources and expect a different result

SOLUTION: Move resources away from what is not working, and move resources towards what is working

2) Under Resourcing

PROBLEM: We don’t put our resources towards what has the potential for growth

SOLUTION: Take a risk on something that has potential for results

3) Over Resourcing

PROBLEM: You can spend too much time and money on what brings little results

SOLUTION: Make the difficult but necessary decisions

4) Staying Safe

PROBLEM:

HOW TO INVEST YOUR RESOURCES

1) Define your Win

PROBLEM: You cannot accomplish what you don’t define

SOLUTION: If you know the win, you can invest all of your resources to accomplish it

FACT: Defining the win directs your daily actions

2) Take Inventory

PROBLEM: We usually focus on what we don’t have

SOLUTION: Look carefully at what you do have

FACT: Focus on the highest potential for results

APPLICATION

QUESTION 1: What are your three biggest wins?

QUESTION 2: What current project, opportunity, or activity has the highest potential for growth?

QUESTION 3: What idea, dream, or vision do you have that could be a game-changer?