In this episode of the Creative Potential Podcast, Chris Decker is joined by Nicole Jansen, a coach with over 30 years of experience in guiding visionary entrepreneurs. They explore themes of confidence, identity, and transformational results grounded in God's principles. Nicole shares insights on how prayer, quietness, and clarity are essential for releasing creative potential. Highlighting her personal journey, Nicole discusses navigating life changes and cultivating a deep relationship with God to achieve true success in both business and life. Tune in for an inspiring conversation on aligning your purpose with your faith.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Importance of Prayer and Relationship with God: Emphasizes starting with prayer and cultivating intimate time with God to discover one's calling and next steps.
• Identity, Purpose, and Assignment: Differentiates between knowing one's identity in Christ, universal purpose to love God and others, and unique assignments based on personal gifts and experiences.
• Spending Time with God: Highlights the necessity of getting quiet, silencing external noise, and spending time with the Lord to hear His guidance.
• Navigating Changes: Provides advice on transitioning to new business practices in a faith-aligned way, stressing seeking God’s guidance and confirmations.
• Patience and Preparedness: Encourages understanding that sometimes God prepares us through patience and growing through trials before enabling us to fulfill His vision.
• Trust in God as CEO: Reframes the concept of business ownership to see God as the ultimate CEO and oneself as a manager following His lead.
• Differentiating God’s Voice from the Enemy’s: Guides on discerning whether an internal voice is of God (peaceful, loving, gentle, and aligned with Scripture) or the enemy (fearful, stressful, self-serving).
• Personal Testimony: Nicole shares her experiences of learning to trust God more deeply through personal trials, leading to growth and eventual reconciliation in her marriage.
• Creative Potential: Suggests that clarity in vision and purpose, obtained from spending quiet time with God, unlocks one's highest creative potential.
• Practical Advice: Ends with encouraging listeners to take time regularly to be silent, turn off distractions, pray, and listen to hear God’s voice.

QUOTES

• "We need a level of intimacy with the Lord. Anytime I have a client who is struggling, unclear, feeling unmotivated, the first thing I'll ask them is how much time are you spending with the Lord?"
• "Our purpose is to love God and to love one another as ourselves. And then our assignment is unique...based on how God has uniquely shaped us with our giftings, passion, life experience, and personality."
• "The enemy can counterfeit, but he can't create."
• "When God tells us to do something, there may be nerves, but there's a peace and grace about it."
• "Clarity unleashes creative potential. It’s about having a stream of consciousness that cannot be created in the middle of noise and distraction."
• "God may have given someone a vision, but it doesn’t mean that tomorrow it's going to come to fruition. It's a journey to grow into what He's calling us to do."
• "When God speaks to us, it's in a loving, peaceful tone, showing that He is with us. When the enemy speaks, it's with judgment, fear, and anxiety."
• "There’s a step of faith in this, taking the step to trust in God's guidance and allowing Him to lead."

Connect and learn more about Nicole Jansen.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolejansen/

Timecodes

00:00 Intro
01:06 Meet Nicole Jansen: Confidence, Identity, and Transformation
01:35 Discovering Your Next Step with God
03:16 Understanding Identity, Purpose, and Assignment
09:28 Navigating Change and Trusting God's Plan
17:09 The Power of Personal Testimony
24:15 Finding Stillness in Faith
24:56 Launching a Faith-Based Platform
25:31 Trusting God's Timing
27:14 Personal Journey and Marriage Struggles
31:00 Rebuilding and Reconciliation
35:00 Discerning God's Voice
45:39 Unleashing Creative Potential
49:19 Final Thoughts and Encouragement