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Author: Henry Murphy

Specialized Knowledge

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I am not educated in the school system of America but I always acquired the necessary specialized knowledge in my businesses.

I have come to understand that I don’t have to know everything, you hire people for what you don’t know or not that good at. Why should you clutter your mind with everything.

Most people miss this, I too missed it on my journey. I’m not a cpa, I have Dan for that. I’m not a copy writer, I have John’s for that. I’m not a trademark lawyer, I have Jalissa for that. I’m not a videographer, I have Avery for that. . I think you get the picture.

PLEASE know and understand your business and bring in the necessary people to make it run like an oiled machine. #godblesstheentrepreneur

Highlight Reel

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Deep down, our greatest desire is to be loved, and being known doesn’t hurt either. The cherry on top would be to have money and to be happy, day in and day out. 

If you look on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, you would think a high percentage of the world are happy and on top. 

If you were to tap in now, you would see an entrepreneur telling you the secrecy of success. But the truth is, there is no secrecy. They are selling highlight reels. 

You, dear reader, have a chance to not only be real but display it. Every day is not good but we can say that and lean on hope and find joy in God and the things that we do. Our job is not to be perfect but consistent in our efforts as our hands give all we have to unto the glory of God. 

#GodBlessTheEntrepreneur

Trust God Trust the Process Pt. 2

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Sales continued to decrease and pretty soon, we had to start cutting staff. I asked myself, “What is happening? Am I not doing enough? What more can I do?” I even told myself, “Henry, you have to go harder.”

At that point, we brought on a new marketing company. They were pricey, but after calculating the risk, we decided to move forward. 

I also decided to sell my truck because I hadn’t driven in six months and the doctor told me I would never drive again. My plan was to use the money for capital. So, I sold the truck for $20,000 and made a $3,000 profit. 

I still felt like money was running away from me. I was encouraged, though, because at least the marketing firm was working and we had a shirt code to text to our 10,000+ subscribers. Somehow, some way, the funds had to come through, right?

Even with the new code that delivered our messages in minutes, we were coming up short. What was happening? There was nothing more for me to do except, “Trust God and trust the process!”

#GodBlessTheEntrepreneur

Trust God Trust the Process Pt. 1

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I created this design as I was approaching a new season in my life. I had no idea what the season entailed but I noticed a shift. 

I am a pretty seasoned entrepreneur but I felt like things were beginning to slip. I honestly felt like money was leaving my hands as fast as it came in. 

As I looked at everything, I slowly realized that I wasn’t doing anything differently yet sales were  drying up. I began to wonder if this was God’s  doing and if it was, then how was I supposed to respond?

Little did I know that this was just the beginning.  As I sat in my office at The Compound, my heart said, “Trust God. Trust the Process.”

#GodBlessTheEntrepreneur

Grace

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The Lord saved me from my sins about 12 years ago. I will never forget the events leading up to it, and the actual day He captured me. I was always in proximity of shootings, and eventually, my car was shot up with me and my son in it, and then weeks later, my wife put me out of the house. It just seemed like near-death experiences kept following me. 
 
I was about 10 blunts in, one night, when I found myself on the floor, reading the Bible, and crying out to God. You really become a new person when He changes you. Things don’t look the same and you have no desire to do the same things. Music was my biggest struggle and I loved it so much. But I needed good music that was not glorifying the sins that I had just been saved from. I needed more!
 
I came across Christian artists, Emanuel Lambert, better known as Da Truth, and Flame. Their music impacted me and changed my life forever. I never imagined the Lord would allow me to have a publication, ten years later. If I never do anything else, the fact that I had the honor to put those two dudes on a cover, is more than enough.

Seasons

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We expect the seasons to change. We know that when the tree shows new leaves and the flowers bloom that spring is approaching. we understand by nature that this is a natural order of life. So why is it that it’s hard to understand that our personal life has its own seasons.

It’s easy for us to adapt to the good seasons when money is flowing and their nothing is going wrong. However, the boring and challenging seasons makes us very uncomfortable: I have personally wasted a lot of these seasons but when you see them come around again and again, you begin to realize that you keep missing something.

I want to encourage you to slow down in these seasons and take advantage of them. Wealth is built in these seasons, new character is built in these seasons, perserance and faith is also built in these seasons.

#Godblesstheentrepreneur

Yet

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I absolutely love the word yet. Yet gives hope, yet tells me it’s possible. You have to be able to see it before it manifest. Imagination is important because if you can imagine it, it’s in your grasp.

I look at my goals and I know that if God gives me the grace to live, they will happen. Here is my thinking. Their are business’ I haven’t created yet . Their is real estate development I haven’t purchased yet. Their is design deals I haven’t made yet. Their are books I have written and published yet .

Keep your dreams in front of you and move towards them in faith. Plan and execute.

#Godblesstheentrepreneur

Failure is Necessary

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The FaiIf you have failed, consider yourself in good company. How do you identify the winners? Is it because they never lost? If they never lost, then how can we know that they have resiliency? There is no possible way to know how they come back from failures.

I know many people never get started, because they think it is about always winning. We all like a win, but failure is a neccassary part of the journey. In a season of failure, this is where you can see what someone is truly made of!

I am comfortable around people who try and fail. There is a character that is produced in failure that can only be found in finishing. Please don’t get discouraged by the high light reels on social media. Of course, people will show themselves always winning. But from my experience, there is no sucess without failure.

Life is pointless without God

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Most of us are dreamers from an early age. We have this big idea of what we want to become. Dreaming is good because it takes faith to dream.  Dreams give us purpose. 

Those of us who are people of faith understand that purpose comes from God. What’s the point of a master plan without the Master? How can we pursue a dream without the Dream Giver?

My hope is that we seek Him so that the work of our hands won’t be in vain.

#GodBlessTheEntrepreneur 

Mindset is Key

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There were times that I took road trips to an event, having twenty dollars on my bank card and no where to stay. I would swipe my card for a dollar to fill up the tank, to get me there because I knew I had a few days to get that money in the account before the balance came out. I cannot lie, doing this made me feel in a way, like a failure. I had to remind myself of the things God put in my heart and stay faithful to the vision.  

The truth was that I had enough money to pay the vendor fee for the event and to print the tees. I knew if I could just get there; that we had a great product and people would love them. As the owner, I felt I had to be the one talking to them, so I could explain the meaning behind each tee. I believed that if I could get it to the people who I came in contact with, they would help get it to the rest of the world. 

My faith and mindset was and is big and my actions showed it. You have to have the will power to push past your circumstances no matter what it looks like. There will be times that you have to risk it all to see the vision come to past. 

#GodBlessTheEntrepreneur