Mar 2, 2026

83. How I Crashed My Business and Found God's Purpose | Entrepreneurial Story with David Schmidt

83. How I Crashed My Business and Found God's Purpose | Entrepreneurial Story with David Schmidt

Have you ever felt like an imposter in your own business?

I refinanced my house and bought into a coaching franchise in 2021, convinced the systems would carry me to success. Within a month, I knew I'd made a mistake.

I wasn't the expert in business they thought I was. I had an inferiority mindset. And I was trying to operate the franchise's version of who I was supposed to be instead of being authentic to how God made me.

For six months, I watched myself crash. As an analytical engineer, I knew I was failing but didn't know how to stop it. The depression was crushing—until June 30th, 2022. That's the day I quit, and it became the best day of my life.

God's grace kept me going with clients I didn't deserve while I worked a W-2 job. He gave me a coach whose personality actually complemented mine. And He convicted me with a question I'd been asking my own kids: Your success is directly correlated with your relationship with God—so why doesn't your coaching content reflect that?

That question changed everything. I stopped trying to help businesses chase bigger profits and started focusing on what I'm passionate about—helping Christian business owners operate God's way through Leadership GPS: God first, Purpose, then Service.

Redeem Your Business Today by the Following:

How can we honor God in our business?

  • Be authentic to who God created you to be. When you try to operate someone else's version of your business, you'll crash. There's room for you exactly as you are.

  • Get the right coach—one who aligns with your beliefs and complements your personality. In coaching, personality matters.


One challenge from today:

  • Ask yourself: Am I doing business God's way, or am I conforming to the world's philosophy? We've been stained by the world's patterns for so long we think they're normal. What needs to change?


More About David Schmidt

Free Resource: What God Says About Business: 5 Uncommon Truths for the Modern Business

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