What if you could build a successful business, and still miss your purpose?
In this episode, Andy Mason sits down with Coach Bill, a high-performance entrepreneur who spent over 40 years in business, raised a thriving family, and exited a multimillion-dollar company. But his greatest success wasn’t financial. It was learning how to hear God and build his life from that place.
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From 15-minute quiet times to a life-altering shift into daily encounters with God, Bill shares the raw, real journey of obedience, trials, and transformation. This is not a theory. This is a tested, lived-out pathway of integrating faith and business in a way that actually works.
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If you’ve ever felt busy but unanchored, successful but uncertain, this conversation will realign you.
Key Takeaways
Why being “disciplined” isn’t the same as being aligned
How a recurring dream exposed a deeper misalignment in life and business
The simple question that changed everything: “How long does God want with me?”
What it looks like to move from reading the Word to encountering God
Why obedience often leads through trials, not around them
How hardship forges clarity, endurance, and deeper connection with God
The difference between building a successful business and building a Kingdom life
How to develop a daily rhythm of hearing God at work
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TIMESTAMPS & CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro: The Problem with Busy but Unanchored Leaders 01:30 – Meet Coach Bill: 40 Years of Business + God 03:20 – What Matters Most: Knowing God 05:00 – Early Life: Driven, Competitive, High Performance 08:00 – Faith Begins: 15-Minute Quiet Times 10:30 – The Disruption: 30 Days of the Same Dream 14:30 – The Realization: Success Without Purpose 16:00 – The Question That Changed Everything 18:00 – “An Hour and a Half”: Obedience Without Passion 20:30 – Building the Rhythm of the Word 22:00 – Trials Begin: The Word Gets Tested 23:30 – The Defining Moment: Walking Away from the Family Business 26:00 – No Plan B: Trusting God in Uncertainty 29:00 – Starting from Scratch: Early Business Struggles 31:30 – Financial Pressure & Faith in Action 33:00 – Forged Through Fire: Why Trials Matter 35:00 – The Outcome: Intimacy Over Success 36:30 – Invitation: Word at Work 30-Day Rhythm 38:00 – Final Encouragement + Prayer