Thriving After 50: An Interview with Carrie E. Pierce
Release Date: 10/26/2023
Christian Biz Owners On Fire
Handling Business Setbacks/Challenges Facing Small Business Enterprises Businesses improve society and our quality of life by solving important problems that people have effectively and efficiently. The daily life of a business owner is solving the problems of our clients and ourselves. Setbacks and challenges are an everyday reality for growing small business owners. When as the visionary in your company, you value growth in your personal and spiritual life as well as your profession, the interplay of all of those challenges can be complex. For over two decades, as a...
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Manifesting Positively: Christ-centered Manifesting Many Christians hear the word, “manifesting” and associate it with the New Age movement. If you take your faith seriously, you should be leery of going down a potentially pagan path in the pursuit of fulfilling your deepest desires. But is it necessary to throw out popular tools that might help reach your Holy Spirit-inspired vision? Like many other concepts, “manifesting” was our thing first. The Incarnation was a manifestation. The Resurrection was a manifestation. These are things, created...
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Leisure Care: Healthy Leisure for Business Owners When you have a never-ending to-do list in your business and love what you do, taking time away for rest and downtime can get pushed to the side. But if you do that for too long, you can develop bad habits, and health problems, and block your ability to implement your vision creatively. As my own boss in various businesses for over thirty years, I know firsthand how your engine can get revved up and stay up without breaks for recreation and rest. I’ve seen the mental, emotional, and spiritual dangers of...
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Business Challenges: Why Doesn’t Your Business Work So it’s a new year, and everyone is starting to come out of their holiday cave. You might have entered your hibernation period back at Halloween and are just now kicking on the steam engine after a hard stop. Or you might have just come off of a one to two-week break or no break at all. Everyone has a happy face and maybe a few extra pounds ready to dive into all of the New Year’s resolutions, including your best year in business and life. But what if you fell short of hitting your goals last...
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When it comes to qualities like sacrifice, strength, and empathy, few groups exemplify them better than military veterans. These individuals, having faced the challenges of military life, possess a special set of traits that align remarkably well with the demands of ministry. Moving from a life of duty in the armed forces to one focused on spiritual service might not seem like an obvious transition, but as we look closer, the connections become clear. Veterans, shaped by their dedication to a greater purpose and their encounters with human struggles, have qualities that make them...
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In the ever-shifting landscape of commerce and industry, one word stands as a beacon of assurance amid the chaos: predictability. It is a concept that transcends sectors and sizes, a fundamental cornerstone of business strategy that has garnered increasing attention in recent years. But why is predictability in business so crucial, and what lies behind its undeniable importance? Our guest in this episode talks about how you have control over your organization’s predictability and how that’s a measure of success. Luis Scott is a respected attorney and consultant. He was the...
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If you are among the 2.5 million employees working in sales in the United States, you understand the challenges that come with converting potential leads into closed sales, even for the most talented salespeople. Regardless of the industry you're in, it requires a diverse set of skills and knowledge to convince prospective customers that your solution is the ideal fit for their specific problem. Our guest in this episode comes from an industry that many may not realize to be a niche that you drive sales into. Dr David Pearce started and owned a...
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When a machine breaks down, it's clear that there's a flaw in its mechanics or system, which can be identified and fixed to make the machine work again. However, dealing with complex living systems like families, workplaces, or the natural environment, success systems are not so straightforward. These systems are dynamic, lacking a simple baseline to restore, and they often overlap and interconnect with other systems. As a result, successful systems can be illusive, and implementing simple solutions can easily backfire. A Systems Thinking mindset...
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The Bible says, “To everything, there is a season. A time to be born, and a time to die … a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance” (Ecclesiastes 3:1–2, 4). Coping with loss may require grief help and eventually grief healing. Grief comes in waves and grief unresolved can impact every area of your life. Knowing that death and grieving are necessary may not soften the pain, but it can make happiness sweeter in its season. Our guest in this grief podcast is a parent who lost her child and experienced the mental and physical pain of grief....
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Many faith-based or spiritual business owners don’t always like the idea of labeling other businesses who provide similar services as “competitors”. We don’t want to be in the competitive analysis business. Being abundant thinkers, we believe there are more than enough clients, revenue, etc., for all of us. Many of us have not given much thought to our company competitive advantage. While that is true. When we better understand our competitors and their strengths and weaknesses relative to ours, we can better position ourselves better. Your business...
info_outlineOur guest in this episode Carrie E. Pierce has written professionally for over twenty years, building a solid international reputation. During that time, Carrie discovered there was a real need for wholesome, quality children’s literature that could also be enjoyed by parents and grandparents as they read aloud. She understood the concern parents and grandparents felt as they struggled to find children’s stories they could trust and feel good about sharing with the young ones in their lives. Because of that realization, Carrie understands how important it is to keep storytime safe.
Eager to fill this niche, she began prayerfully crafting quality stories from the heart that contain important life lessons; written in a style that doesn’t talk ‘down’ to children.
Carrie’s stories always contain age-appropriate themes - free of agendas and teach wholesome, important life lessons.
Having experienced heartbreak and tragedy firsthand and seeing many of her dreams come true, Carrie speaks with a rich insight into the human heart and an honest voice holding nothing back.