{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. 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It wasn’t mine.”</li>\n<li>people should open the doors to other people</li>\n<li>Critics? - rather than focus on the critics, focus on how many people are positively influenced</li>\n<li>“thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies”</li>\n<li>“Watch me eat!”</li>\n<li>What drives philanthropy? - mom had a heart for giving…not money</li>\n<li>to whom much is given, much is required</li>\n<li>want to help others around the world</li>\n<li>Talk church… - devoted follower of Christ</li>\n<li>don’t find it is easy to stay connected with a local church because of how much wealth he has</li>\n<li>there is power in the assembly</li>\n<li>many celebrities would like to go to church without judgement</li>\n<li>30 years from now, what kind of legacy? - people won’t forget how you made them feel</li>\n<li>desire to have the movies speak to people and help them through situations</li>\n<li>want to help people feel good</li>\n</ul><p><em>Categories: Leadership · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"2014-08-15 3:04 PM\n\nartistic side & leadership side – which one comes more naturally? - both born in childhood\n\nimagination was to escape what was happening at the time\n\nwork ethic from dad\n\n“all things work together for good”\n\nseparate sides - artist side needs space to create\n\ndedicate 3-4 months for writing with 2-3 days to do business\n\ncreatives with no respect for budgets and others? - great artists know how to honor the time of others\n\nneeds for the creative side - clear the noise\n\nclear the clutter\n\nget away from everybody for awhile to be still and listen\n\nsimilar for creativity and listening to God\n\nhow do you inspire workers? - surrounds himself with people like him\n\ngive underdogs a chance\n\ngive people with the best attitude a chance\n\nhardships in life as a child? - dad was frustrated with the world\n\nfear in parents from the past\n\ndespised as an artist child\n\nwas unable to protect mom when beaten by dad\n\nevery Sunday morning would go to church – mom would be singing, dancing, and lifted at church\n\n“I want to know the God that makes my mother this happy…Jesus”\n\nmom gave faith in God that has sustained him through everything\n\nIt takes huge amounts of energy to forgive - the exact same amount of energy that went into the betrayal is needed to be able to forgive\n\nForgiveness is scary because “You give up the hope of what happened to you ever being any different”\n\nMadea character - used to get messages across\n\n“use the laughter as the anesthesia to get to the real heart of the matter”\n\nmessage in successful and lower class - being grateful for what you have and don’t judge others you don’t know\n\nit could be any of us who would be in a tough place\n\nHow do we find hope with continuing racial issues? - every generation gets a little better\n\n“people are just people”\n\n“It was her life experience. It wasn’t mine.”\n\npeople should open the doors to other people\n\nCritics? - rather than focus on the critics, focus on how many people are positively influenced\n\n“thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies”\n\n“Watch me eat!”\n\nWhat drives philanthropy? - mom had a heart for giving…not money\n\nto whom much is given, much is required\n\nwant to help others around the world\n\nTalk church… - devoted follower of Christ\n\ndon’t find it is easy to stay connected with a local church because of how much wealth he has\n\nthere is power in the assembly\n\nmany celebrities would like to go to church without judgement\n\n30 years from now, what kind of legacy? - people won’t forget how you made them feel\n\ndesire to have the movies speak to people and help them through situations\n\nwant to help people feel good\n\nCategories: Leadership · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org","date_published":"2014-08-15T16:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-10-28T20:32:15.488Z","_microfeed":{"slug":"session-7b-one-on-one-tyler-perry","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"web_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/session-7b-one-on-one-tyler-perry/","json_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/5r8IXLj-tAr/json/","rss_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/5r8IXLj-tAr/rss/","guid":"http://stephen.braunius.org/session-7b-one-on-one-tyler-perry/","status":"published","date_published_short":"Fri Aug 15 2014","date_published_ms":1408118400000}}],"_microfeed":{"publisher":{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org"},"authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"microfeed_version":"1.0.13","base_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/rss/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"3ruTYsoZVaf"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5nhVQKje4_K"}],"description_text":"Seek | Do | Share\nI have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. 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