Nona Jones, Head of Faith Partnerships at Facebook On Success from the Inside Out

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Nona Jones is a rare combination of preacher, author, business executive, entrepreneur, media personality and worship leader. In her day job she serves as the Head of Faith Partnerships at Facebook where she leads the company’s work with faith-based organizations around the world. She is the author of two best-selling books: Success from the Inside Out and From Social Media to Social Ministry. She also hosts The Nona Jones Show, a Facebook Live talk show that reaches almost 40 million people around the world each week. Since being licensed into the gospel ministry at the age of 17, Nona has preached around the world. She and her husband, Pastor Tim, lead Open Door Ministries in Gainesville, FL and are the proud parents of two sons.

Hustle Hack: Take time out for strategic thinking. Nona does this on a quarterly basis. I do something similar which I call “Quarterly Zoom Outs.” 4 days a year I take a day to examine what has been working, what needs to change, and what I need to do to work toward my goals over the coming 90 days. But I really love that Nona doesn’t stop there. She also asks herself what has to happen to push closer to her big goal for the quarter and who needs to be a part of the process. She also mentioned that she makes the choice to strategically abandon things. We can’t do all the things all the time. What do YOU need to strategically abandon to push closer to your goal? I’d love to hear from you in the Hustle & Grace Facebook group. Please share!

Moment of Grace: Learn to release the “why.” I don’t really believe this is something that can be tackled in a “moment” but I do think this was such a powerful point that Nona made, I want to reemphasize it. Nona made a decision to forgive regardless of what the other party in her life did, said, explained or rationalized. I think we’ve all been hurt by people and we think “well, if we just got an explanation then that would help” and the truth is it’s not our job to get an explanation. But healing can begin when we release the “why” and make the decision to forgive. Is there a “why” in your life that you need to choose to release?