This is a bit awkward to say from someone who has been telling people to use their gifts to live their purpose for so many years, but here we go.
Money doesn’t come from your gifts. It doesn’t come from your purpose either. It comes from God, often from unexpected sources.
If you make money from your gifts, it means a few things.
First, you’re trading your time for money. It’s an approach that is not very scalable.
Second, you may be unconsciously restricting your income sources to your purpose.
If you put Purpose ahead of Money, then it constrains your income and constrains your impact.
Furthermore, it places your purpose in service to your clients first and in service to God second, if at all.
It ties your purpose to money.
You definitely should be rewarded for the value you give to others, but what if your purpose was untainted by money?
What would you do differently?
Purpose ahead of money often becomes a money-driven purpose.
Is that starting to feel wrong?
Since you need money to survive and are often struggling financially, money affects and limits most of your decisions and your overall path.
Be careful not to get lost in the means of achieving your mission!
Someone also pointed out that by placing purpose ahead of money, since he didn’t know his purpose, he got stuck and did nothing.
Let me suggest a different approach.
Place God first, Money second and Purpose third, in that very specific order.
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