What's holding you back from your calling? with Kevin Goodnight, author of Dadvoted

Are you able to hear if God is calling you to something? Sometimes we can be slow to respond, or not feel ready to take steps towards our greater purpose. Today's guest Kevin Goodnight talks about his struggles when responding to his God-given purpose to write “Dadvoted: Dads Devoted to Discovering their Duty, Direction, and Destiny.” Between his inexperience as an author, and struggling with breaking a family pattern, Kevin had to make a choice: Listen to God, or keep doing what he has always done. Many will feel encouraged, heard, and excited to break bad habits after listening to today's episode. I look forward to your feedback!

In this episode, you’ll discover… 

What is the key trait to winning at work and at home? (1:14)

Why the world needed Dadvoted. (7:30)

What did Kevin learn about obedience? (16:39)

How Kevin is intentional with quiet time. (21:43)

Kevin trusted in God, despite his experience. (31:30)

Control the narrative. (34:29)

Kevin’s Bio:

At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 I was woken up in the middle of the night and heard the Lord tell me, "I'm going to show up big this year."  I journaled this but really didn't press into it.  At this time, I started keeping a list of things I needed to teach my boys and mentioned once that this could become a family book.  

December came and I decided to really press into God's promise of "showing up big this year," so I fasted for 10 days to clear my mind and fully seek the Lord.  Nothing immediately happened but I didn't lose hope. On December 21, Keeli and I attended a wedding.  We sat down at our table with only one other couple. Every other table was packed, but ours. The couple sat on the opposite end of the table as they were very cautious about being in public due to the pandemic.  

We did connect and started to talk about our families during dinner.  Towards the end of dinner, the wife looked at Keeli and said that she felt that one-day Keeli would write a children's book.  From there I told her about my vision from earlier in the year that God was going to show up big.  She stopped and said, "That's it!  You are going to write a book about raising boys and it is going to influence the Kingdom."  She said that this was from the Lord and that it would be done.  We were overwhelmed with so much excitement knowing that this was a divine appointment.  I dabbled with my writing and journaling here and there through 2021 but really wasn't obedient to the calling. 

In January 2022, I connected with old family friends Bob and Susan and they each gave me advice that stuck.  Bob said, "Create a plan and a roadmap and send it back to me."  Susan was to the point and said, "Just write the book!"  

As I wrote throughout 2022, I knew that this was from the Lord and the rest is history. DADVOTED was established and the book is just the first part of this exciting journey!  My heart is to challenge dads to truly uncover, understand and fully know their Duty, Direction, and Destiny and challenge them to press into it and live it out!

What's Next? 

Are you struggling to win at both home and work? Maybe you’re crushing it at work, but home life is tough. Or maybe home life is great, but work is challenging. 

I want to give you 10 tips that I share with clients. Go to my website at www.corymcarlson.com/subscribe and download your free copy of “10 Ways To Win At Home and at Work.”

Have you read ‘Rise and Go’?

All leaders get knocked down from time to time, so this is a resource to help you get back up quicker. 

Check it out on Amazon.

Also, if you have not checked out my first book, please do! It is called Win At Home First and you can purchase it on Amazon Here. Forbes Magazine rated it one of 7 books everyone on your team should read.