John Carver Show - PX4=P

P X 4 = P

I’ve never been a “math whiz” but from time to time I make up an equation that impacts most of our lives.

Here’s the solution to the equation then I will jump into its parts:

P X 4 stands for Problems, Pruning, People and Pressure.

What’s the final P?  PERFORMANCE

In order to reach a high level of performance there is a long road that you have to travel.

Each of these “Ps” (Problems, Pruning, People and Pressure) has a way of PUSHING you to PERFORMANCE!

Isaac Settles in Gerar – Genesis 26

26 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; [a]stay in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your [b]descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. 

PROBLEMS have a way of creating steel in your spine or jello in your soul.

2nd P = Pruning.  To grow we must be willing to be cleaned up from time to time so we will grow.

Toward the end of my talk I share the "OPs" that you and I can leverage.

There are many people who fail to leverage their problems, pruning, people and pressure thus turning them into excuses or stumbling blocks in their lives.

Most of the time EXCELLENT performance is a result of Problems, Pruning, People and Pressure.  I would say 90% of the time.

You can either WASTE those situations or USE those situations.