As a coach, mentor, pastor, and lifelong encourager of people with ideas, I have prepared these videos to help you think more clearly, act more intentionally, and move forward as an entrepreneur, leader, creator, or person in transition. Some are practical. Some are reflective. Some are brief nudges toward action. All of them are offered with the same purpose: to help you discover what is already in your hands, clarify what is next, and take the next faithful step.
Entrepreneurship is not only about starting a business. It is about stewardship, courage, communication, service, resilience, and the willingness to learn while doing. These videos are part of that ongoing conversation. Use them as prompts for reflection, tools for planning, encouragement for difficult days, and reminders that you do not have to figure everything out alone.
A growing collection of short reflections, coaching insights, leadership lessons, Bible Chat episodes, and practical encouragement from Tom Sims — pastor, coach, writer, and mentor.
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No Condemnation – None
A Romans 8 reflection on grace, life in the Spirit, freedom from condemnation, and the relational cry of “Abba, Father.”
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Tree-Planting Leadership
A leadership reflection on legacy, long-horizon thinking, and planting ideas and values that may bless people beyond our lifetime.
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Imagine Beyond Your Lifetime
A short-form reflection on thinking beyond immediate outcomes and investing in work that may outlive us.
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Planting Trees That Will Never Harvest in Our Lifetime
A reflection inspired by the image of tree-planting leadership: meaningful work may matter even when we do not personally see the harvest.
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God Can Still Reshape This Jeremiah 18 and Isaiah 51
A Bible Chat reflection on the potter’s house, reshaping, restoration, and the hope that unfinished or misshapen material is not beyond God’s hands.
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Power Enables Sin, Not Freedom
A short reflection on freedom, power, temptation, and the misuse of influence.
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Network Marketing as a Learning Lab
A business and personal-development reflection on lessons learned from network marketing, entrepreneurship, and building systems.
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From Mourning to Music, From Distress to Confidence
A spiritual reflection on movement from distress to trust, from lament to joy, and from chaos to confidence.
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Learning to Grow Younger
A motivational reflection on growth, aging, learning, and staying open to new development at every stage of life.
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Ask: What’s Most Helpful Today?
A mentoring and coaching short on beginning with the right question: what would be most helpful right now?
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The First Question
A companion reflection on opening conversations with clarity, curiosity, and usefulness.
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Calling, Conscience, and Speaking When Silence Is No Longer Enough
A reflection on vocation, moral responsibility, courage, and the moment when silence is no longer faithful.
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Summer Is Nigh & the Kingdom Is Near
A kingdom-of-God reflection using seasonal imagery to point toward readiness, hope, and spiritual perception.
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Parable of Trees — We Get the Leaders We Deserve
A leadership and biblical reflection on the parable of the trees and the kinds of leaders communities elevate.
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Unto the Hills
A short meditation on Psalm 121, help, trust, and looking beyond ourselves for strength.
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You Say
A brief reflection on truth, vindication, mockery, and the contrast between human accusation and divine affirmation.
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When the Whole World Stinks — What to Change
A coaching-style reflection on perspective, responsibility, and what to examine when everything around us seems wrong.
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How to Cheat the Genie Code — One Wish, One Thing
A playful but practical reflection on focus, desire, priorities, and the power of naming the “one thing.”
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A Trump, a Gump, a Bump, and a Sump Pump
A civic and satirical short reflecting on political frustration, public speech, and digging out of the dump.
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I Came Along — I Didn’t Come Early to Technology
A reflective story about coming late to technology, learning by stumbling, and growing into digital communication over time.
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Keeping Up Without Falling Behind
A short companion piece to the “I Came Along” technology reflection, focused on adaptation without panic.
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You Are Not Late — You Are Starting
An encouraging coaching reflection for people who feel behind but are ready to begin.
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From SMART Goals to START Goals
A practical coaching video on moving beyond planning and into action — why many people never start and how to change that.
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Salty Side Down — Your Customer’s Experience Matters
A business and customer-experience reflection using a memorable image to talk about service, attention, and care.
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Questions for Your New Mentoring Client
A mentor-training reflection on opening questions, discovery, business planning, and helping a client think clearly.
Explore More Coaching and Encouragement
This is only a small sampling of the resources available. There are hundreds of additional offerings through my podcast and video collections, with reflections on entrepreneurship, leadership, communication, faith, personal growth, and practical next steps. Explore what speaks to your present season, and return often as new material is added.
Entrepreneurship, Encouragement, and the Next Faithful Step
Coaching reflections for entrepreneurs, emerging leaders, creators, and people taking their next practical step forward.
Coaching, Encouragement, and Personal Growth
A companion collection for broader coaching, encouragement, personal development, and professional growth.
Focused Reflections and Special-Need Resources
Another stream of focused reflections and practical resources that may speak to your particular challenges, questions, or goals.
Whether you are starting, restarting, clarifying, or simply trying to keep moving, there is likely something here to encourage and equip you for the next faithful step.
Recent Podcasts and Blogs on Substack
If these videos are helpful, you may also enjoy my Substack collection, Coaching for Change and Growth — a stream of reflections, prompts, and practical thought-starters for coaches, leaders, entrepreneurs, and people navigating growth, transition, and change.
Featured Posts and Episodes
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Do It Poorly Until You Learn to Do It Well
A practical reflection on getting started before perfection has arrived. -
The Work of Ministry Is Work
Calling, competence, boundaries, and the realities of leadership and service. -
Keeping Up Without Falling Behind
A coaching reflection on staying current without pretending to know everything. -
What Network Marketing Taught Me About Building Business
Lessons on structure, service, and healthy systems that apply across ventures. -
At the Corner: Why People Quit—and How Coaches Help Them Turn
Prompts and practices for helping people keep moving when progress feels unclear.
Recent Visible Items in the Collection
- Tree-Planting Leadership
- Ritual, Culture, and Mission
- Correction or Coup? Discerning Leadership Challenges in the Wilderness
- Gentle Bulls
- Do It Poorly Until You Learn to Do It Well
- Pastoring in a Complicated Field When Your Assignment Feels Like a Mismatch
- The Work of Ministry Is Work
- You’re Not Behind — You’re Starting (A Coaching Framework for Late Starts)
Whether you are coaching others, building something new, navigating transition, or simply looking for thoughtful encouragement, this Substack collection offers practical help for the next faithful step.
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