Hello and welcome to Business 300.

My name is Philip Kulenshov and this is 300 seconds about business.

We're all a busy people, so I have five minutes or less to get my point across.

We're getting it done here in under five minutes.

We're talking about making things happen.

Business makes it clear that we're responsible not just for our effort, but for the results.

If our results suck, our customers don't care that we tried our best.

Neither do our employees. Either we have results or we don't. Excuses don't matter. Some Christians have a hard time with this. They hide behind their belief in God's sovereignty to excuse their own poor performance.

But instead of stunting our results-driven effort, a faith in God's sovereignty should increase our level of agency.

If God wills it, it might actually work. So run harder.

In our pursuit of results, how can we make things happen?

That's what we've been addressing.

First is competent care.

We need to get good at what we're doing.

We need to care about it.

Second is strategic shrewdness.

We find a way to get it done,

both in our approach and in our timing. Third is reasoned risk. We are to assume there will always be risk because we don't know the future. We make reasonable accommodations and then make the

decision. And now we have the fourth and final consideration. Draining diligence.

We get good at what we do because we care enough about it. We get creative and find a strategic

path forward. We assume the risk and commit the resources, and then what? Then we keep our

butt in the seat until the results reveal themselves. Results come through draining diligence.

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