Marketplace to Ministry
or Success to Significance
Presented by Nelson Malwitz,
Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
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A Founding Purpose:
 Give ideas and tools to have each person
engage in an authentic search toward
enhancing their life assignment, by faith.
 Why now?
 Turn of last century, life expectancy < 50
 Fifty is now halfway through our adult years
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Mid-Point Crisis
 Fear of Aging
 Narrowing of Interests
 Closed; Withdrawn from others
 Fatigue and depression
 Reactive; Responding to life
 Rebellion against others setting our agenda
 Security a high value
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Halftime–Strategic Thinking
 Look forward to the future
 Expanding Interests; a renaissance
 Open and engaged with others
 Filled with anticipation
 Proactive; strategic about the future
 Setting our agenda in presence of God
 Security is a myth
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 It’s a journey …
Beginning
Investigating
Deciding
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 When all the dust settles what is
going to last?
 Is there life after work?
 Is there life after success?
 What can I give my life to that will
ignite me?
 How much is enough?
 What is my real purpose on earth?
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 What are my strengths?
 How am I uniquely designed?
 What are my interests, passions,
core values?
 Who can help me decide what I
am prepared for?
 How do I prepare myself and my
family?
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 How do I choose from
among all the good options?
 How can I make the choice
work?
 How will I do this—abruptly
or over time?
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 Begin by understanding
yourself
 Evaluate last year
 Evaluate current trajectory for
year, for life
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 Prepare or revisit for your life a
Vision
Mission Statement
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 Prepare or revisit for your life a
Core Values
Goals
Immediate
Long term
Action plan
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 Interact with the Lord
 Open up Margin
Time
Tasks
Finances
 Must do the research
 Must take initiative
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 A focus on what is missing;
lack of knowledge
 Not taking responsibility
 Listening to naysayers
 Wrong mindset
 Disappointment
 Fear
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 What will be finished?
 Who gets to participate?
 Why me?
 Where to I start?
 When do I start the process?
 How do I get there?
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 There is an element of risk
 Joining God always requires
elements of faith.
 What is the biggest fear you face?
 Abraham, Moses, Joshua,
Jeremiah others had to believe
that God would be with them.
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 If you are going to walk on water …
… you have to get out of the boat.
 He works in us and through us …
…for His good pleasure/purpose.
Phil 2:13
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 Choose between a life of leisure or running
with perseverance—engaged with God
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 Open the door wide …
… for the Lord to direct in the
next life stage
 Those that go down to the sea
in ships …
… see the wonders of the deep.
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 Low risk, low reward
 Reward expected to be a motivation
 Lay up treasures in Heaven Jesus
 Reward –
 Gold,
 Silver,
 Precious stones, or …
 Wood, Hay, Stubble?
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Focus on Margin
 Time
 Finances
 Taking inventory of
Values
Passions
Skills
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To those that fear Him …
Righteousness [the Lord] goes before
him and prepares a path for his steps.
Ps
85:9a,13
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