Dealing with Discouragement

Blessed + Bossed Up

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Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Blessed + Bossed Up, we continue our deep dive into Leadership as an Identity by Crawford Loritts. We explore Chapter 7, "Dealing with Discouragement," the final chapter in the book’s first section on brokenness. Tatum shares her personal experiences with discouragement, particularly as she prepares for law school and navigates business challenges. She discusses the importance of choosing truth, joy, faith, community, and service as essential tools to combat discouragement and remain steadfast in faith. This episode is filled with wisdom for Christian entrepreneurs and leaders facing setbacks or uncertainty in their journey.

Key Takeaways:

Understanding Brokenness: Brokenness is a necessary trait of Christian leadership, alongside uncommon communion, servanthood, and radical obedience.
The Reality of Discouragement: Every leader faces discouragement, but how we respond determines if it will break us or refine us.
Choosing Truth: Avoid denial and embrace both the reality of challenges and the truth of God’s Word.
Choosing Joy: Joy is a choice, not an involuntary response. Focus on the presence of God rather than circumstances.
Choosing Faith: Faith requires trusting God even when the future feels uncertain.
Choosing Community: Isolation can distort reality. Surrounding yourself with wise counsel and support is vital.
Choosing Service: Serving others even in difficult times brings healing and purpose.

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Scripture References:

Galatians 6:9 – "Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary."
Psalm 119:50 – "This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life."
Philippians 4:4 – "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice."
Romans 8:37-39 – "In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."

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1:08.1	Get ready to be inspired, challenged, but well equipped to live and build your
1:13.8	destiny his way.
1:15.2	Hey guys, welcome to another episode of the Blessed and Bossed Up podcast.
1:37.4	We are continuing on our book club pick leadership as an identity, the four traits of those who wield lasting influence by Crawford-Lorettes.
1:41.5	If you have not gotten a book, click the link in the show notes to get the book. As always, I try to do each review with as much
1:45.4	detailed information so that if you are not reading the book with us, you still are able to
1:50.9	be blessed by it because this book in particular, it has a lot of gems. I am personally enjoying it.
1:57.4	I have to like read it with my little highlighter and write things in the margins
2:02.0	so that I can remember to talk about it on the podcast. But if not, I would probably zoom
2:06.7	through this book by now because I am enjoying it so much. We are on chapter seven. It's
2:12.7	called Dealing with Discouragement and we are in the last part of or the last chapter of the first part of the
2:19.7	book on brokenness. So everything that we've discussed up into this point has been centered
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