Playing the Long Game: Why Strong Businesses Are Built Over Time
The Live Out Loud Show
Brooke Thomas
5.0 • 566 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Brooke reframes hard seasons in business as opportunities for growth and endurance, rather than setbacks. She shares candid insights on how lasting businesses aren't built by intensity but by resilience and steadfastness, and draws from scripture—particularly the book of James—to highlight the value of endurance in leadership. Brooke unpacks the importance of language, mindset, and staying grounded under pressure, offering practical advice for remaining confident and unwavering through challenges. Listeners are encouraged to examine the stories they tell themselves, adopt a zero-tolerance policy for discouraging language, and lean on faith as they play the long game in business. With a closing prayer, this episode is designed to uplift and empower women to cultivate endurance, confidence, and leadership that lasts.
Timestamps:
01:12 – Business Observation: Brooke Thomas reframes hard seasons in business as skill-building, not setbacks.
02:31 – Endurance Over Intensity: Sharing how lasting businesses are built by endurance, not just intense bursts of energy or effort.
05:09 – Endurance Under Pressure: Defining how endurance grows in challenging times and is the key to staying strong in business.
10:05 – Confidence Collapse: Addressing how premature discouragement, not lack of ability, is one of the biggest challenges for women leaders.
17:22 – Power of Words: Explaining how disciplined language impacts confidence, leadership, and the atmosphere of your business.
24:55 – Zero Tolerance Policy: Encouraging the creation of a zero tolerance policy for negative language to strengthen leadership and business culture.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're a woman who's been called to build something big, but you're quietly wondering if the |
| 0:07.0 | pressure you're feeling is normal, necessary, or a sign that you should pull back, this episode |
| 0:13.2 | is for you. Welcome back to the Live Out Loud Show where we activate your business, your life, |
| 0:19.9 | and your faith. And in this episode, I want to |
| 0:22.7 | reframe what hard seasons in business are really producing and why strong businesses are built |
| 0:29.4 | over time. What if the hardest season in your business is not a setback, but a skill building season. Right now, I see a lot of talented |
| 0:41.6 | women with strong values, real vision, and genuine potential who are exhausted, discouraged, |
| 0:48.3 | and quietly questioning whether they're building something that's worth the pressure that it's taking. So I don't know where you're at right now, but I really want you to get a meter on where you're at with that. Like, where are you really at? I always love when I start off with calls or if I was with you in person, I'd be like, okay, I'm a scale of one to 10. How are you really feeling? Or what's the emotion you're feeling about what I just said right now? |
| 1:12.4 | Because I want you to know that you're not doing something wrong, but because you might be |
| 1:18.0 | underestimating what it takes to build something that actually lasts, I want to dive into some |
| 1:24.0 | things that really will allow you to think about things a little differently. |
| 1:28.2 | And today I want to start with a business observation, not a spiritual one, just a business one. |
| 1:34.6 | I believe that strong businesses are not built by intensity. I know I might seem a little intense |
| 1:40.8 | sometimes. I'm just full of supernatural energy and excitement for what God's |
| 1:45.8 | called me to do. And I love watching other women step into that as well. But I want you to know the |
| 1:51.5 | truth that strong businesses, long lasting businesses are built by endurance. And that's why the book of |
| 1:59.2 | James has shaped the way that I lead in business more than |
| 2:03.4 | almost anything else. I love how scripture can speak to us so clearly. And the other day, |
| 2:09.8 | I was in the book of James. And I just want to encourage you, the book of James is pretty short. |
| 2:14.5 | It's a really great read, especially if you're looking for just additional wisdom |
| 2:19.3 | and revelation around leadership. And I love when I read something, and I'm like, this is for my |
| 2:24.4 | girls. So I shared it in my Live Out Latelot Elite Mastermind Facebook page. And I'm like, I've got to jump |
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