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For 500 years, the word "priority" only ever meant one thing — the first thing. Then somewhere along the way we pluralized it, and convinced ourselves we could have several "first things" at once. In this roundtable episode, Garrett and Cole are joined by their good friend Janet Brinck for an honest, unfiltered conversation about what it actually looks like to protect one priority in a business — and a season of life — that constantly pulls in a dozen directions.

This week's episode is a roundtable conversation with Janet Brinck, a top-producing Christian real estate agent and leader in the SALT (Servant Agents Leading Together) community, joining Garrett and Cole for a raw, honest conversation about priority (not priorities), time, and what it actually looks like to build a referral-based real estate business without losing your walk with God. Janet opens up about stepping down as CEO of a Keller Williams franchise, the season of her life that forced her to fully surrender control, and why "God, family, business" as a hierarchy was actually part of the problem.

This conversation is built for the Christian real estate agent who is tired of chasing more leads while quietly losing time with the people who matter most. Garrett, Cole, and Janet talk candidly about the pressure every faith-based realtor feels to always be reachable, always be producing, and always be saying yes — and why that pressure often comes from a lack of trust rather than a lack of discipline. They dig into biblical business principles around work, rest, and ambition, including a hard look at Luke 21:34 and what it means to "watch yourself" so your heart isn't weighed down by the cares of this life.

Key Takeaways

• "Priority" was never meant to be plural. For 500 years it meant one thing — the first thing. Treating everything as a priority quietly guarantees that nothing actually is.
• Overworking is usually a trust problem, not a discipline problem. Saying yes to everything often comes from fear that God won't provide if you say no.
• There's a difference between working "for God" and working "from" Him. Building from a place of identity and rest looks different than building to prove something or earn approval.
• "God, family, business" as a stacked priority order can still miss the point. The goal isn't ranking categories — it's letting God be present in all of them at once, not compartmentalized.
• Proximity shapes priorities. Surrounding yourself with people who chase the Lord (not just bigger production numbers) will change what you say yes and no to.
• The moments that matter rarely show up as urgent. A daughter's birthday, a quiet morning, a Sabbath afternoon — these are easy to sacrifice for "just a little more work," but they're the ones you can't get back.
• Praying for your clients — not just about your goals — shifts your posture. It reorients a real estate business away from self-interest and back toward genuinely serving people.

Practical Steps

• Spend time in real stillness this week and ask God directly: what am I saying yes to that I need to say no to?
• Before your next "just a quick question" client text on a weekend, decide in advance what your boundary is — and hold it.
• Identify one relationship in your circle that's pulling you toward hustle over presence, and one that's pulling you toward the Lord — lean into the secon