Failing Forward: Persistence Over Ideas

Everyone online makes entrepreneurship look like the ultimate path to freedom—but the truth is far more complicated.

After 18 years of building SeedTime, Bob & Linda open up about what most people never say out loud: the failures, the mental load, the pivots, the spiritual battle, and why starting a business isn't automatically God's will for everyone.

If you're dreaming of quitting your job… or you already have a business and feel the weight of it… this honest, hope-filled conversation will help you discern your next step with wisdom, peace, and biblical grounding.

What We Cover

• Why 95% of their entrepreneurial attempts failed (and why that's normal)
• The truth behind "being your own boss" (spoiler: you still have bosses)
• The 87% mental-health struggle rate among founders
• How social media romanticizes entrepreneurship—and how Christians should see it differently
• When hating your job doesn't mean God is calling you to start a business
• What Scripture actually teaches about work, calling, and servanthood
• How prayer sustained SeedTime (including years of praying daily over the book)
• Why purpose—not profit—is the only sustainable fuel for entrepreneurs
• The friend who lost everything building a business… only to discover God's better plan in a "regular job"
• The role of humility, long checklists, and constant pivots in real-life entrepreneurship

• Colossians 3:23 — Work willingly as though working for the Lord.
• Mark 10:44 — "Whoever wants to be first must be the servant of all."

✓ The employee dreaming of quitting a job they hate ✓ The entrepreneur who feels tired, discouraged, or unseen ✓ The Christian wrestling with calling, purpose, or career direction ✓ Anyone wondering, "Is entrepreneurship really for me?"

Know someone wrestling with career decisions or dreaming about starting a business? Send this their way—they'll thank you later.

BONUS: Ever dreamt of hanging out with us for 6 weeks in your small group or church? Head to https://seedtime.com/true for details or shoot us a DM on Instagram (http://instagram.com/seedtime).

If you haven't checked out our best-selling book Simple Money, Rich Life (https://seedtime.com/smrl/), we think you'll love it. It was named the 2022 Book of the Year by ICFH and has over 1,000 5-star reviews on Amazon, and is best described as "a money book for people who don't read money books."

You can take it for a test drive for FREE at https://SeedTime.com/sample where you can download chapter 1 of the audiobook, grab the 1st 2 chapters of the ebook version, and even get the 5-week book study companion guide.