Five Steps to Heaven

Rick Warren has just finished a series on “Doing Business with God”, which is all about faith at work. Rick wrote “The purpose Driven Life” second fastest selling book in the world, second only to the Bible! Saddleback church, set up by Rick in 1980, has 8 campuses plus an Internet church and weekly attendances are around 20,000 a week. This makes it the 7^th largest in the US. Despite this he is a very humble and down to earth chap.

There are 5 talks in all, covering such topics as the Purpose of Work, Making Wise Business Decisions and Standing Out at Work. They are quite long, several are an hour and ten minutes; I have listened to three now and well worth a listen.

Rick has a very clear presentation style, he lays out the 6 purposes of work and the 8 principles of decision making and so on. Some may find it a little too cut and dried, but personally I think he sets out some great frameworks to apply to our personal circumstances. The Decision Making talk (a mere 45 minutes) contains some fascinating insights into the decision making process Rick applied when he was setting up Saddleback church. Alternatively is you are considering making a career choice, the session on “The Work God Shaped you to do” would be an excellent start point

You can listen to them at this link. http://www.saddleback.com/mc/archives/ and there are also one page summaries of each talk that you can download.

Let me know what you think.

Woking Business Matters Lunch with Jonathan Veira - Tuesday 20th November

I would like to invite you to our next Woking Business Matters lunch with Jonathan Veira. He has entertained us before and that was so successful we have invited him back. Listed below are just some of the comments people made on their feedback forms: -

“Fantastic”
“A very enjoyable and thought provoking hour”
“Excellent choice of speaker”
“Thoroughly enjoyable”

Jonathan Veira is more than just an excellent opera singer. He has just celebrated 25 years on the international operatic stage and he appears regularly at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera and Glyndebourne Festival. Being a natural comedian it is no surprise that he specializes in comic roles. He regularly broadcasts on BBC radio and television and has recorded numerous cd’s Do check out his website - http://www.jonathanveira.co.uk/

If you are like me and snatch lunch while you catch up with some emails, why not treat yourself and come along; it promises to be an excellent event and a great opportunity for: -
• Meeting other people working in Woking
• Networking
• Taking time to step back and reflect

The event will be on Tuesday 20th November; 12.40 for 1.00pm till 1.50pm at ChristChurch Woking Town Square, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6YG. We do not charge, but we invite a contribution of £10/head to cover costs; a buffet lunch will be provided.

To help us get the catering right, please would you book by emailing me or calling me on 07795 973814 by Friday 9th Novembers

I would also be grateful if you passed the invite onto anyone else you think might be interested in the topic