As The Leader Grows with Ken Joslin
As The Leader Grows with Ken Joslin
Coaching with Ken | Embracing Stillness
Ever wondered how stillness can unlock the doors to extraordinary success? Join Ken Joslin as he shares his personal story of transformation, revealing how embracing moments of quiet reflection has propelled him into an incredible season of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Ken invites you to explore the core five areas of focus that have become central to his journey—faith, health, relationships, business, and finances. At our live events and masterminds, entrepreneurs learn to harness these principles, connect with God, and articulate their divine visions, unlocking the supernatural ability to dream ambitiously and achieve remarkable results.
In this heartfelt episode, Ken opens up about the trials of trusting and committing to God’s plans, even when the path seems uncertain. Personal anecdotes provide a compelling backdrop, from heartbreak during pivotal ministry moments to a vision-inspired weight loss journey. Through these challenges, Ken underscores the importance of surrendering control and aligning every aspect of life with divine purpose. Discover how commitment to God’s guidance can lead to profound personal and spiritual growth, and learn to let go, embrace stillness, and transform your dreams into reality.
Welcome to the ATLG podcast I am your host Ken Joslin, former pastor turned coach & host of CREATE, the #1 Faith-based Entrepreneur conference in America. My mission is to help faith-based entrepreneurs become the best version of themselves by growing in our Core 5: Faith, Health, Relationships, Business & Finances. You can get more information as well as join our FREE Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/676347099851525
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Hey guys, welcome to another episode of as the Leader Grows. I am your host, ken Jocelyn. I'm super excited to be with you today as I'm going to share for the first time ever in the history of this podcast. I've never really came out with just something directly that I felt like God had given me for my individual life, which is normally what you get. You get either and people say this Ken, you have a lot of wisdom. This gray hair, this gray salt and pepper beard doesn't come without a little bit of pain and a few mistakes in my life. But today I want to share with you something that I believe that God has given me over this past two or three weeks for this season of my life. I'm in probably one of the greatest seasons I've ever been in In our core five areas faith, health, relationships, business and finances. I don't know that I've ever been in a space that I'm in right now. I just came off of 120 day period where I think I was on keto and no alcohol for about 110 of those days. Physically, I feel amazing. Mentally I feel amazing In my relationship with Jesus, probably as good as it's ever been, and that's why I'm going to share with you what I'm going to share today. In business and in finances, we are at a level we've never been at before. We have so many amazing things on the horizon. So if you're a faith-based entrepreneur, you're going to get what I'm talking about today, because one of the things that we do in all of our live events we do four live events throughout the year. We've got Create Conference every January. This year January of 2025, we'll be back in Atlanta with good friends like Dr John Maxwell, my good friends Sage and Gary Brekka Gary is the number one biohacker in the world we're going to be spending three days together going through those core five areas and at the end of each of those areas, just like we do in our three quarterly masterminds In the springtime we're in Puerto Rico, in the summertime we're back here in Atlanta, where I live, in Alpharetta, and then in the fall in Alpharetta and then in the fall we're in Sundance, utah. So create large event five 600 people. Mastermind between 45 to 72 is what we had in Atlanta this past summer, but we do the same format faith, health, relationship, business and finances. And at the end of each of those segments, where I bring in some of my friends and some of the biggest experts in the world when it comes to those core five areas.
Speaker 1:What I ask every entrepreneur to do, which is what I'm going to share with you today, is this how many of you guys this is the question I ask how many of you guys love to be still? Traumatic pause no entrepreneur loves to be still. Entrepreneurs are like dude, what are you talking about? Like that's, like, I'm not even. I'm wired the complete opposite way, which I understand. But let me tell you and share with you today about the power of being still. Psalms 46.10 says Be still and know that I am God, so at Create.
Speaker 1:At the end of each of our core five areas, our worship team comes up and leads for about seven to ten minutes in worship, and I'm kind of giving instructions throughout that time to do three things. This is what I ask every entrepreneur to do. It's what I'm going to ask you to do today on this podcast, especially if you're watching this on video. I want you to be still, I want you to hear God and I want you to write the vision down. Listen, there is a supernatural principle that happens when you dream. God has created you with the same ability to be able to dream as he has, with the same ability to be able to dream as he has. Ephesians, chapter one.
Speaker 1:Paul says the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives on the inside of you If you're a person of faith and you're a Christ follower. The same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives on the inside of you. Like Ken, how have you done what you've done for four and a half in four and a half years? How have you built this to the done in four and a half years? How have you built this to the number one faith-based movement in the world for entrepreneurs? Same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives on the inside of me. How have you grown a business from zero, invested almost six figures just with Grant himself, and then you grew that in three years to a seven figure revenue business like $1.18 million our third year. How did you do that? Same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives on the inside of me.
Speaker 1:So I'm going to walk you through what we do at our Create Conference, all three of our masterminds as we be still, as we hear God, just listen and then write down the vision. Those are the three steps. And so I want to share with you today out of Psalms 37, because even in these quarterly events, we do, we're out of those come what we call our next 60 goals. So, at Create and at each one of our masterminds, I help you navigate through. Okay, number one, I've got to be still. How do I still my spirit, my soul, my mind, my will and emotions? Because, as entrepreneurs, that's like the flip side of the coin for us, it's the antithesis of what makes us successful and able to do the things that we do for kingdom purposes. It's because God's put this drive on the inside of us to do things that most people look and go I have no idea how you did that. There are times, guys, listen, I look and I'm like I have no idea how we did that. There are times when I look, even in the future, at all the unbelievable things we have going on and I'm going, hey, god, do we have enough? Do I have enough? Am I good enough to pull this off? The same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives on the inside of me. So I want to share this in Psalms 37, because the hard part is as we come out of each of those quarterly events and we set next 60 goals. Where do I want my faith to be in 60 days? Where do I want my health to be in 60 days? Where do I want my relationships to be? And we're putting actionable goals for 60 days.
Speaker 1:Again, I just mentioned I just came off of 120 days of next 60 days. I had a gap between. So out of the last 120 to 130 days, some of my health goals were no alcohol, peptides and keto. I physically feel better than I have in 30 plus years. Easy, my weight's down.
Speaker 1:I literally got up to go to I'm recording this on a Sunday. I got up to go to church today and I put a brand new jacket on that I just had made and brand new jeans on that I just had made from my tailor and I put them on and they both were like loose. I had to tighten my belt, loop up another loop today. Why? Because I've locked in and focused on be still hear God, write the vision down. So I want to walk you through this today and I want to walk you through Psalms 37.
Speaker 1:I know I've mentioned it three times, but I want to walk you through Psalms 37 and just reassure you and encourage you straight from God's word. Here's what it says Psalms 37 says trust in the Lord and do good, then you will live safely in the land and prosper, and he will give you your heart's desire. Listen to this. Commit everything you do to the Lord. So if you're taking notes today, I want you to write a couple of words down the very first verse trust. The next verse in verse five commit Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him and he will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn Sidebar. I wasn't even planning he would go in here at all.
Speaker 1:Do you know how hard it is sometimes? Because, if you've seen any of my ads on Facebook hey guys, are you a faith-based entrepreneur in the Atlanta area? Hey, listen, you don't want to miss. You've seen it right. You're like oh, I recognize that. Or anywhere around the country that we're doing events. Hey, are you a faith-based entrepreneur in the Salt Lake City area? Listen, my name is Ken Johnson and I have the honor of hosting Create. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and I just go in. There's B-Roll with me and John Maxwell and Ed Milet and Brendan Burchard.
Speaker 1:I freaking get hammered by people on social media and I'll be honest with you, I don't know that if it didn't bother you, if you wouldn't be human. It's the flip side of the coin of being empathetic and having a heart to be able to help people is your heart really is open. And, as my good friend Nate says, dude, you lead with your heart and everything that you do, but I love this scripture. This wasn't even a part of my podcast or my notes. Your heart and everything that you do, but I love this scripture. This wasn't even a part of my podcast or my notes. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.
Speaker 1:I can be a little quick-witted with people. I've even had people come on and go you know this isn't of God and quote scripture and I'll just pop on and go. Hey, here's my cell phone number and here's my. Here's a link to schedule 15 minutes with you. I would love with me, I'd love to donate a ticket to you to create, just to get in the room. So, anyway, let me get back to the non. Let me get back to the leadership side and not the human side of how difficult it can be sometimes. So we've got trust, we've got commit and, in verse seven, be still in the presence of the Lord and wait patiently for him to act. Now here, guys, this is a. This can be a difficult process and I want to break these three things down for you real quick.
Speaker 1:Number one we, four and a half years ago, five years ago today, this week, I was in Miami at a thing called 10X Boot Camp with a guy named Grant Cardone that I literally had just met through a social media post. Two weeks before that hopped on a webinar 90 minutes on mentorship. I was one of the first people to sign up for Grant's mentorship program. Then I was one of the first people to sign up for a 10X bootcamp. Then I was one of the first people to pay 25K to become a licensee. Like I said, I spent $31,000 with Grant inside of 30 days. Now I turned that 31 into 150 in about six weeks because I took action on what he asked me to do. But in four and a half to five years we've grown this movement. You've helped grow this movement of faith-based entrepreneurs who are committed to becoming the best version of themselves in their faith, health, relationship, business and finances.
Speaker 1:But here, these three things here trust, commit and be still. I want to break these down for the next couple minutes. Number one trust in the Lord and do good. It's hard sometimes because what makes us great leaders is we have a confidence in ourselves and we have a confidence in what God's called us to do. My good friend John Maxwell, who again will open up Create Again this year in Atlanta in January, john always says and I heard him say this 25 years ago whatever your greatest strength is, it's also, on the flip side of that coin, your greatest weakness. Trust in the Lord and do good, like sometimes, because we're so good at making things happen. I mentioned Grant earlier and I talked about one of the things I learned from him early was taking massive action. Learned from him early was taking massive action.
Speaker 1:Sometimes, because we're so good at taking action and so good at making things happen, it's hard to trust God when things that we think should happen don't happen. I'm going to be really honest with you. I don't care whether that be in your faith walk, in your health journey, especially in your relationships. You give, you love, you serve, you do those kind of things, and then what happens is sometimes you're returned or paid back with betrayal. Sometimes you're paid back with character and integrity that's not very kind or Christ-like. And listen, we all do that.
Speaker 1:But trusting in God, trusting in God with your business, trusting in God with your finances, like when things don't happen at the speed that you think they should happen, are you okay? I have to ask myself this all the time. Guys, am I okay, trusting God? Listen to this, trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Now listen when I say prosper. I don't need all the comments on this. I don't mean so you can run around and buy another watch or buy another car or buy another home or buy another plane. All of those things are fine. But God gives us the ability to create wealth and to prosper for one sole purpose and that is to fund the kingdom and to make sure people hear about and receive the love of Jesus. Sole purpose. So trust in number one. Do you trust him? What do you do when it's hard to trust? And can I say this to you, guys God is not offended by your questions. God is not offended when you have to go to him and go God, this doesn't make any sense to me, like I don't understand.
Speaker 1:I was just sharing with somebody this weekend, about 26 years ago, 27 years ago, in the middle of my 28-year-old who has my precious eight-month-old grandbaby, who you've seen pictures of everywhere my 28-year-old Holly and my 25-year-old Sir Beth I was in the middle Christy and I, the girl's mom, were in the middle of a pregnancy with twin sons. Now you guys know I have four daughters. She was about six months pregnant. Not only are we in the middle of about to have two twin sons, who today would be 26, 27 years old, but we're also in the middle of building one of the most unbelievable movements of God that I've ever seen and one of the largest youth ministries in the country. And right in the middle of that.
Speaker 1:At just a normal doctor's visit we go in. And I'll never forget when Regina said she looked at us and Christy because my wife worked in labor and delivery at the time. She worked there for 13 years. I knew something was wrong. She knew something was wrong. Regina said hey, I need to go get Dr Cox, who's our OBGYN. Dr Cox comes in and he goes guys listen, he messed around with the ultrasound for a minute. He goes. Guys, listen, I don't have a heartbeat on either one of the twins. It was the most unbelievable, painful moment that I've ever been through in my life still to this day the most unbelievable.
Speaker 1:I'm like God. Why, god? We're right in the middle of doing everything you've asked us to do. Trust in the Lord and do good. Sometimes it doesn't make sense. Sometimes you may not get the answer. You want this side of heaven. Sometimes it may be on the other side.
Speaker 1:Verse five of Psalms 37, commit everything you do to the Lord. Have you said, god? Everything that I do, from my faith, obviously, to my health, to my relationships, to my business and to my finances, god, I commit these things to you. God, you're the one when we say be still, hear God and write the vision down. God, you're the one that puts breath into my lungs. God, you're the one that puts vision in my heart. Guys, can I say this? There is no more powerful force in the universe than when God enlightens a dream in your heart. There is nothing more powerful.
Speaker 1:I don't care if it's where I was at four and a half or five years ago when I came back from a SEC ACC umpire camp and I had a great camp and they said, dude, you did great, you reported the coaches and players good, I'm trying to become a Division I umpire. And they looked at me and said, dude, we were surprised. He said you've got to lose weight. We were surprised that you moved as good as you did. I had to come home and get on the scale to face reality. I had to come home and get on the scale to face reality. I had to commit the process. But I had a dream and I had a vision of what Ken could look like, minus a hundred pounds.
Speaker 1:Commit everything you do to the Lord, trust him and he will help you. Guys, as entrepreneurs, it's super easy to try to do this on our own. I'm telling you it is so easy because, listen, you would not be an entrepreneur. You're a high D, probably a high I at some level. You are probably an ENFJ, like I am on the Myers-Briggs. Your strength finders is, you're probably an activator and a creator. Listen, that's like 3% of everybody who walks the face of the planet.
Speaker 1:But if you're an entrepreneur, especially a faith based entrepreneur, and you're listening to this today, commit everything that you do to the Lord. God I give you this week, god, I give you the relationships that I have and God, I'm going to trust you. And then, in verse seven, be still in the presence of the Lord. Be still in the presence of the Lord and wait patiently for him to act. I'll never forget I have two really good friends of mine him to act. I'll never forget. I have two really good friends of mine, and her name is Patience and they were the first two people when I planted my church, some of the first two people. She was the first person I brought on staff as an executive assistant and I'll never forget the first time, patience and Devin and I sat down to eat lunch at my favorite restaurant right down the street, la Paria, my favorite restaurant in Flowery Branch, where I'm from. And we sat down and Patience was introducing herself and she said, hey, my name's Patience, but I'm not very. And I laughed and I'm like me neither. But listen to this be still in the presence of the Lord and wait patiently for him to act.
Speaker 1:Guys, the hardest thing in the world for me is to be still. The hardest thing for me sometimes is in all these concepts and this framework that I give you over the past five years, from incremental, not To great leaders. Want something for people, not from people. To Sunday's five R's rest, relax, replenish, review and refocus. Like all of these frameworks and all of these systems that I've created come out of my own experience in my own life. So here's what I want to ask you today Trust, commit and be still. Trust in the Lord and do good. Then my prosper isn't up to whether or not I prosper, isn't up to me. Whether or not I prosper is up to God. Commit everything, trust him Again, here's the word trust and he will help you.
Speaker 1:I don't know about you guys, but if I'm going to go after a massive vision like we have here at GSD, to build the number one faith-based entrepreneur movement the world has ever seen and to impact 1 million faith-based entrepreneurs in the next five years to become the best version of themselves in their faith, health, relationship, business and finances man, I got to commit and trust because this dream and vision is so big and I'm sure you've heard this before. I've said it it's almost like a cheesy preacher line. Now, if you set a goal or a dream, if you set the right size goal and dream, the only way you'll be able to do it if God's in the middle of it and if you can't, or if you can accomplish it by yourself. It's not a God-sized dream or a God-sized vision. It's a vision that you can accomplish on your own. My good friend Ron Luce and mentor for years, that you can accomplish on your own. My good friend Ron Luce and mentor for years. 25 years ago, ron taught me it's better to aim for the moon and make it halfway than aim next door and make it. How big is your dream? How big is the vision that you have?
Speaker 1:My good friend, josh Porter. Him and his wife are in Chattanooga, tennessee. They have we're about to have five Optimize you franchises. They're killing it. Josh is a physician's assistant. They work with hormone replacement therapy and peptides and red light and all this stuff that is really the rage now in all of the new science that's helping people with their longevity and their functional medicine. And we're having a conversation with Josh just about his growth. And when they started their company three years ago, they set a goal of 1,200 individuals to be monthly recurring partners with Optimize you franchise. And he said, man, when I said it, 1,200 seemed there's no way we can accomplish it. And he said the closer I got to the 1200, the more I realized it wasn't big enough. Which leads me to my favorite Jim Rohn quote speed increases focus.
Speaker 1:The more you move in the direction of what God's put in your heart, the more clear things are going to become Trust, commit. And then the third thing be still. And if you say, ken, today, listen, I don't really have a massive vision, I don't really have a million faith-based entrepreneur movement in the next five years, helping a million entrepreneurs become the best version of themselves in their core five areas, dude, that's huge. You better believe it is. But it took me three years to even to get to that point where I could go okay, god, I can believe you for this. So I want to encourage you today Trust, trust in the Lord and do good, commit everything that you have to Commit the vision. Like guys, listen you know me, admit the vision. Like guys, listen you know me, I'm writing goals down twice a day, every day, at least 300 times a year in my planner.
Speaker 1:Like, I know exactly what I'm aiming for. And sometimes I'm like God, help me, believe you for bigger things. Because the moment I believe God for bigger things and I start to trust him by writing this ridiculous. They call them BHAGs for a reason big, hairy, audacious goals. The moment I start writing BHAGs down, something on the inside of me changes. I start a course, I start a journey to become the version of Ken that he needs to become in order to see a million faith-based entrepreneur movement in the next five years.
Speaker 1:I'm going to leave you with this saying and I've been saying this for 25 years plus when you act like you belong in the room, you'll get in the room. I can't tell you how many young communicators or young pastors or young entrepreneurs I've said this to that. I can't. I want to be on your stage. Okay, when you earn the right to be in the room, you'll get in the room, like when you've done what you need to do for the doors to open up. And again, trust, commit, be still. God's the one that opens doors for you, and if there's a door that gets shut, that's okay because he is in control. Hey guys, thank you for joining me on another episode of as the Leader Grows. I am your host, ken Johnson. I hope that this blesses you today. Trust, commit and be still Love you guys. We'll see you next week.