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Thou shalt prepare for conflict.
Even though it seems like all Franklin does is win, win, win, no matter what, he said that is untrue. For example, a popular Bible app wouldn't work with him on a devotional series to go along with The Hollywood Commandments. His upcoming animated Christmas film, The Star, isn't supported in some Christian film festivals because of its celebrity cast members. Franklin asks, when have we ever seen someone operating in their destiny who did not receive conflict along the way?
"If I'm getting conflict, then that means I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to do. It keeps me hungry. Oh, okay. Y'all don't get it yet. I'm going to keep going."
Franklin understands the temptation to obsess over likes and shares and follows, but believes using our gifts as a way to receive praise sets us up for "massive disappointment."
"People are fickle. They are. Some days they love you, some days they don't. I have found that if you just stay consistent and you embrace the conflict, and you keep moving forward, the right things happen at the right time .... Too often, we get discouraged by a 'no.' A 'no' only sets you up for the right 'yes,' but you've got to remain persistent and consistent in order to get it."
Consistent, he added, not for weeks or months but years.
Thou shalt focus on your intentions and your audience.
It's not about followers, but at the same time, we need ears and eyeballs to pay attention to us in order to gain new clients, share our message, etc. I asked him, how do we focus on growth and success but keep our ego at bay?
"You've got to look at intention," he answered. "Ask yourself, Why am I doing this? Why am I fighting for this piece of publicity? Why am I fighting for this notoriety? What is it actually here to do?
"If the answer is just, 'Hey, I want to be known,' that might be just ego. Everything I do is geared toward whoever is receiving what I'm doing, to help produce a moment, an urge, a desire to do something different and positive in their life that they otherwise may not have done had that they not had that moment. Everything I do is knit by that."
He broke down a lesson he'd heard in a sermon that explains this brilliantly.
"What do we do with the fruit tree? The tree produces a fruit. We go to the tree for the fruit. Now, does the tree say, 'Look at me. I'm the tree.' No. Nobody cares about the tree!
"Your [work, the gift you produce out of your talents] is really precious. The more that I just honor myself, the less the gift gets a chance to put front and center. The more I'm saying, Yes, this is the gift I've been given, and I want to give it, the better I feel; and the more I believe I can actually help people.
"It's not about me, the giver, it's about the gift."
Even though it seems like all Franklin does is win, win, win, no matter what, he said that is untrue. For example, a popular Bible app wouldn't work with him on a devotional series to go along with The Hollywood Commandments. His upcoming animated Christmas film, The Star, isn't supported in some Christian film festivals because of its celebrity cast members. Franklin asks, when have we ever seen someone operating in their destiny who did not receive conflict along the way?
"If I'm getting conflict, then that means I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to do. It keeps me hungry. Oh, okay. Y'all don't get it yet. I'm going to keep going."
Franklin understands the temptation to obsess over likes and shares and follows, but believes using our gifts as a way to receive praise sets us up for "massive disappointment."
"People are fickle. They are. Some days they love you, some days they don't. I have found that if you just stay consistent and you embrace the conflict, and you keep moving forward, the right things happen at the right time .... Too often, we get discouraged by a 'no.' A 'no' only sets you up for the right 'yes,' but you've got to remain persistent and consistent in order to get it."
Consistent, he added, not for weeks or months but years.
Thou shalt focus on your intentions and your audience.
It's not about followers, but at the same time, we need ears and eyeballs to pay attention to us in order to gain new clients, share our message, etc. I asked him, how do we focus on growth and success but keep our ego at bay?
"You've got to look at intention," he answered. "Ask yourself, Why am I doing this? Why am I fighting for this piece of publicity? Why am I fighting for this notoriety? What is it actually here to do?
"If the answer is just, 'Hey, I want to be known,' that might be just ego. Everything I do is geared toward whoever is receiving what I'm doing, to help produce a moment, an urge, a desire to do something different and positive in their life that they otherwise may not have done had that they not had that moment. Everything I do is knit by that."
He broke down a lesson he'd heard in a sermon that explains this brilliantly.
"What do we do with the fruit tree? The tree produces a fruit. We go to the tree for the fruit. Now, does the tree say, 'Look at me. I'm the tree.' No. Nobody cares about the tree!
"Your [work, the gift you produce out of your talents] is really precious. The more that I just honor myself, the less the gift gets a chance to put front and center. The more I'm saying, Yes, this is the gift I've been given, and I want to give it, the better I feel; and the more I believe I can actually help people.
"It's not about me, the giver, it's about the gift."
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