{Week 3 Core Need is the need to be affirmed: Overwhelmingly approved of.}

Do you ever wrestle with knowing God wants you to share the gifts He gave you with the world, but not knowing how much you should “market” yourself? Shouldn’t the Holy Spirit just do that for us?

We do wrestle with this, so we brought in bestselling author and speaker, Shannon Popkin, who co-wrote the book, Influence: Building a Platform to Elevates Jesus (Not Me). 

We explore this conversation in the context of the Core Need to be affirmed. How do we allow God to affirm us while navigating the murky waters of speaking the message He gave us?

Put on your lifejackets because we are going to dive in.

We also play another ridiculous game called “Spin This” (where Steve, Matt, and Shannon have to affirm everyone from Winnie the Pooh to Han Solo). Thanks for playing and hanging with us!

Highlights:
“There is such a connection between my message and me that it’s really hard not to get ‘my message’ caught up in it being ‘all about me.'” –Shannon Popkin

“We are positioned there in this elevated state not so people can say, ‘Look at me!’ . . . We are positioned there to serve.” –Shannon Popkin

Do the Next Thing:
Read Shannon’s book here
One of our favorite articles of Shannon’s is, “Five Control Girl Mom Tactics to Stop Using”
Check out Shannon on her website!
Follow her on social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!
[Also, we mention early on about Matt’s extreme makeover with Kelli ODell. That episode is here.]