About This Guide
This guide is for faith-driven leaders who feel the weight of responsibility, the isolation of decision-making, and the tension between profit and purpose. If you have ever wondered whether there is a way to lead that does not require sacrificing your soul, your health, or your family on the altar of success, you are in the right place.
What You Will Learn:
- The identity shift from Owner to Steward that transforms how you carry responsibility
- The 4 Cornerstones that form your internal foundation: Love, Purpose, Passion, and Persistence
- The 10 H-Pillars that express Spirit-empowered leadership in your daily decisions
- The critical difference between Holy Fire and Hustle Fire that determines whether your passion sustains or consumes you
- Why the sequence matters and how to start applying the Framework today
The 11:46 PM Moment
It is 11:46 PM. The house is quiet. Your team is asleep. But you are still staring at the blue light of your laptop, scrolling through numbers that do not add up and emails you do not have the energy to answer.
You are doing all the right things. You are showing up. You are working hard. You are trying to honor God with your business. But if you are honest, you are tired. You feel the tension between profit and purpose. You feel the isolation of making decisions no one else understands. You worry that in the process of building a business, you might be losing your soul.
What if there was a different way?
If that describes you, I want you to know two things: You are not alone. And you are not broken. You are just missing a framework.
The Superhuman Framework is the shift from self-powered leadership to Spirit-empowered leadership. It is not about doing more. It is about being connected to More.
What Is the Superhuman Framework?
When I say “Superhuman,” I do not mean you need to be a hero. I do not mean you need to hustle harder, sleep less, or pretend you have it all together. That path leads to burnout. “Superhuman” means operating beyond your natural capacity because you are connected to a supernatural Source.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”2 Corinthians 12:9
The Superhuman Framework is a practical, actionable roadmap for faith-driven business leaders who want to flourish in business and life. It consists of 4 Cornerstones (the WHY you lead) and 10 H-Pillars (the HOW you lead), organized around a central metaphor of roots and branches.
The Superhuman Framework is the shift from self-powered leadership to Spirit-empowered leadership. It is not about doing more. It is about being connected to More.
The Central Reframe: From Owner to Steward
Before any element of the Framework works, this identity shift must take place. It is not semantic wordplay. It is a complete identity transformation.
“You are not the owner of your business. You are the steward.”
Owner Mindset
- You carry all the weight
- Every success is your credit; every failure is your shame
- Every decision rests entirely on your shoulders
- You become the savior of your business
Steward Mindset
- You are managing something that belongs to Someone else
- You are accountable, but you are not alone
- The ultimate outcome is not yours to guarantee
- You carry responsibility without carrying the world
“The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.”Psalm 24:1
This shift transforms everything. In Passion, holy fire comes from steward identity while hustle fire comes from owner identity. In Persistence, stewards persist from faith while owners white-knuckle from fear. In Honest, stewards report reality while owners manage spin to protect “their” outcomes. In Healthy, stewards maintain the temple while owners exploit the machine.
You are not the savior of your business. That position is taken. You are the steward. And stewards lead differently because they know they will give an account for how they treated what was entrusted to them.
The Roots and Branches: Understanding the Structure
Think about what makes a tree flourish. It is not the branches. The branches are visible, impressive, fruit-bearing. But a tree with beautiful branches and shallow roots will topple in the first storm.
What makes a tree truly flourish is what nobody sees: the roots. Deep, anchored, drawing nutrients from the soil. The roots determine whether the branches can sustain their fruit.
The Roots: 4 Cornerstones
- Invisible to the outside world
- Formed in the “inner room”
- Answer: Who are you when no one is watching?
- Represent the WHY of leadership
The Branches: 10 H-Pillars
- Visible, public, fruit-bearing
- Expressed in the “outer room”
- Answer: What does Spirit-empowered leadership look like?
- Represent the HOW of leadership
You cannot fake fruit. And you cannot force it.
A branch does not strain to produce apples. It simply stays connected to the tree, receives nutrients through the roots, and fruit emerges naturally. If you want to transform your outer room leadership, you have to do the inner room work first. The Cornerstones feed the Pillars. The inner room shapes what happens in the outer room. Get the sequence right, and everything else follows.
The 4 Cornerstones: Your Internal WHY
The Cornerstones represent the WHY of leadership. They are formed in the inner room through private spiritual formation. They answer the question: Who are you when no one is watching?
Love: Where Everything Starts
Most leaders get this backward. We think love is something we do: serving the team, sacrificing for the customer, putting in extra hours. But you cannot give what you do not have. True leadership starts with receiving. If your “love tank” is empty, your leadership will eventually become manipulation.
“We love because he first loved us.”1 John 4:19
Purpose: Your Anchor in the Storm
Purpose is not a job title. It is not “CEO” or “Founder.” Those are roles. Purpose is the anchor that holds you steady when the roles change or the market crashes. Biblical purpose is different. It is not found; it is received.
“For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”Ephesians 2:10
Passion: Holy Fire, Not Hustle Fire
The word “passion” comes from Latin passio, meaning to suffer or endure. Biblical passion is not fleeting emotion or temporary enthusiasm. It is a deep, enduring fire that sustains you through suffering, not just success.
“If I say, 'I will not mention his word,' his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones.”Jeremiah 20:9
Persistence: Faith-Rooted Endurance
Persistence is NOT grinding yourself into dust or white-knuckling through every crisis. The Greek word hupomone means “to remain under” or “to abide under.” It is not about pushing harder. It is about positioning yourself underneath Someone greater.
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”Galatians 6:9
Holy Fire vs. Hustle Fire: The Critical Distinction
This distinction appears throughout the Framework and is essential to understand. The question for your leadership is not whether you have fire. The question is what kind of fire has you.
Hustle Fire
- Fueled by fear, comparison, and the need to prove yourself
- Burns hot, but burns you out
- Motivation is anxiety rather than calling
- Makes you the savior of your business
- Eventually consumes everything it touches
Research shows “obsessive passion” is linked to burnout and emotional exhaustion.
Holy Fire
- Fueled by calling, gratitude, and partnership with God
- Burns steady, even when results are slow
- Effort is just as intense, but the source is different
- Makes you a steward under God's ownership
- Sustains without destroying
“Harmonious passion” is associated with greater well-being and sustained performance.
Moses at the burning bush saw fire that burned but did not consume. That was not hustle fire that devours everything in its path. That was holy fire that sustains without destroying.
The 10 H-Pillars: Your External HOW
The Pillars represent the HOW of leadership. They are visible, public, fruit-bearing. They represent how your leadership shows up in the boardroom, the Zoom call, and the difficult conversation. Each begins with “H” as a memory device.
Happy
Joy that does not depend on circumstances
Learn more 2Hungry
Holy discontent that drives continuous growth
Learn more 3Helpful
Servanthood as identity, not strategy
Learn more 4Humble
Strength under control
Learn more 5Humorous
Lightness rooted in trust
Learn more 6Honest
Truth-telling as worship
Learn more 7Healthy
Stewardship of the temple
Learn more 8Holistic
No sacred-secular divide
Learn more 9Human
Seeing others as image-bearers
Learn more 10Holiness
Being set apart for a specific purpose
Learn moreWhy the Sequence Matters
The Framework follows a specific order. Understanding this helps you apply it effectively. This is not a checklist to rush through. It is a map for transformation.
Cornerstones Before Pillars. The inner room shapes the outer room. You cannot express what has not been formed. If you try to develop the branches without cultivating the roots, you will end up with impressive-looking leadership that has no substance underneath. The first storm will knock it over.
Within the Cornerstones: Love comes first because everything flows from being loved. Skip this, and you lead from insecurity. Purpose anchors Passion because passion without purpose becomes obsession. Persistence carries the others because leadership is a long game.
Within the Pillars: Happy comes first because if you cannot lead from joy, everything else becomes duty rather than delight. Honest comes after Humble and Humorous because honesty without humility becomes harsh, and honesty without humor becomes heavy. Holiness comes last because it is the culmination, the fruit of everything else done well.
You do not have to integrate everything all at once. The best way to approach the Framework is to see it as a guiding map, not a checklist. Aim for 1% better each and every day.
Getting Started: Your Next Steps
You just read through the Superhuman Framework. You probably felt a mix of encouragement and conviction. That is the Gap: the distance between where your leadership is today and where God is inviting you to be. You do not have to close that gap overnight. You just need to take the next right step.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Superhuman Framework is a comprehensive leadership system built on 4 Cornerstones (Love, Purpose, Passion, Persistence) and 10 H-Pillars (Happy, Hungry, Helpful, Humble, Humorous, Honest, Healthy, Holistic, Human, Holiness). It helps faith-driven leaders move from overwhelmed to overflowing by leading from Spirit-empowered strength rather than self-powered striving.
"Superhuman" does not mean achieving greatness through your own effort. It means operating beyond your natural capacity because you are connected to a supernatural Source. It is the practical application of 2 Corinthians 12:9: "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Spirit-empowered, not self-powered.
The 4 Cornerstones are the internal foundation (the roots): the WHY you lead. They anchor who you ARE and are formed in the "inner room" through private spiritual formation. The 10 H-Pillars are the external expression (the branches): HOW you lead. They are visible, public, and fruit-bearing in the "outer room" of your organization.
Love is first because everything else flows from being loved. If you skip this foundation, you will lead from insecurity rather than security. You will serve to earn approval rather than serving from acceptance. Purpose, Passion, and Persistence all find their root in love. You cannot give what you have not first received.
This is the central identity transformation of the Framework. Owners carry all the weight, believe every success is their credit and failure is their shame, and become the savior of their business. Stewards recognize they are managing something for Someone else, carry responsibility without carrying the world, and are accountable but not alone. Psalm 24:1 says "The earth is the Lord's."
Hustle fire is fueled by fear, comparison, and the need to prove yourself. It burns hot but burns you out. Holy fire is fueled by calling, gratitude, and partnership with God. It burns steady even when results are slow. Moses saw fire that burned but did not consume at the burning bush. The question is not whether you have fire, but what kind of fire has you.
The Framework is designed for faith-driven business leaders who want to flourish in both business and life. It is for those who feel the weight of leadership, the isolation of decision-making, and the tension between profit and purpose. It is for leaders who want to integrate their faith with their work without sacrificing either.
Take the Superhuman Assessment. In 15 minutes, you will discover which Pillar is your strongest and which one is holding you back. The Framework is not a checklist. Pick a Cornerstone and a couple of Pillars that align with it. Focus on developing those in daily life. Aim for 1% better each day.
Each Pillar begins with "H" as a memory device to help you recall and apply them. The sequence is intentional: Happy comes first because if you cannot lead from joy, everything becomes duty. Holiness comes last because it is the culmination and fruit of everything else done well.
Yes. Research consistently shows that servant leaders produce better organizational outcomes: higher employee engagement, lower turnover, increased innovation, and stronger financial performance. Happy workers are 12% more productive. Teams with high trust outperform by every measure. God's design for human relationships produces flourishing even in the marketplace.
The inner room is the private space where your identity and character are formed through spiritual disciplines, prayer, and time with God. It represents who you are when no one is watching. The outer room is the public space: the boardroom, the Zoom call, the difficult conversation. What is formed in the inner room shapes what happens in the outer room.
Three steps: (1) Take the Superhuman Assessment to identify your strengths and growth areas. (2) Subscribe to The Daily Drip for daily faith and leadership wisdom in your inbox. (3) Consider joining the membership community for access to all tools, coaching, and a community of leaders walking the same road. You do not have to carry the weight alone.