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INTRODUCTION

List 3 people who you think have “it” and describe why

Which of the seven clout killers are currently trying to derail you?

CLOUTDISCOVER AND UNLEASH

YOUR GOD-GIVENINFLUENCE

JENNI CATRON

C L O U T S T U D Y G U I D E

CLOUTSTUDY GUIDE

JENNI CATRON

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INTRODUCTION

List 3 people who you think have “IT” and describe why.

Which of the seven clout killers are currently trying to derail you?

COMPARISON JEALOUSY

SCARCITY

INSECURITY PRIDE

CONTROL

FEAR

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How have you historically shaped your view of yourself?

What are the filters

that you’re looking

through when you look

in the mirror?

Take an inventory of

your influence. Is it

underdeveloped, mismanaged,

misdirected, unexplored? Why do you feel so?

CLOUT STUDY GUIDE: INTRODUCTION

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CHAPTER 1

Where is fear hiding in your life? How is it isolating you? (p.8)

What fears are standing in your way like a wall between you

and unleashing your influence? Write them down below. (p.10)

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What truth from Scripture confronts some of those fears on the

previous page? Take a minute to write that truth below.

Review the promises that God made to his people in Scripture

when they were afraid. Which one of these promises do you need to

remember? Write it on an index card and place it in key spots where

you will see it daily - the mirror, your computer screen, your car

dashboard, etc. If you’re more inclined to draw, sketch an illustration

of that Scripture instead.

CLOUT STUDY GUIDE: CHAPTER 1

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CHAPTER 2

How do you see the habit of comparison as a way to navigate the world

showing up in your life? (p.19)

How has comparison distorted the way you see yourself? (p.20)

Valuing each member of a team is vital to a team’s success. Identify 3

ways to celebrate those you lead and make a point to do so in the next

week. (p.23)

1.

2.

3.

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Write a promise to yourself to begin measuring your influence against

the gifts, talents, experiences, and opportunities God has given you

rather than what he’s given others. (p.25)

I Promise...

For the next 7 days,

make a “what’s

good” list every day.

Write the first one

below. (p.28)

WHAT’S GOOD:

WHO: WHY:

For one day, write down every time you

are tempted to compare yourself to others.

Keep a detailed journal of the people you

can compare yourself to and why.


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What sins does comparison usually lead to in your life: envy, jealousy,

insecurity, greed, selfishness, pride, anger, resentment, or ingratitude?

In all your comparisons, what are you missing about your unique

God-given influence?


CHAPTER 3

Recall the last time you were jealous of a co-worker or someone in a similar

position to yours. How did that jealousy affect your actions? (p.32)

When we don’t feel secure we tend to get defensive and territorial which

triggers jealousy. Take a minute to think about your current situation,

what areas do you not feel secure in? Write them below. (p.35)

What are you currently longing for? Is that longing causing jealousy or

envy in your life? (p.37)

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Whose clout do you compare your own to resulting in jealousy or envy

that is causing you to miss the significance of your contribution? (p.39)

Make a list of 5 “I’ll never be” thoughts that plague you frequently.

Then make a list of 5 “I am” thoughts to combat those. (p.41)

“The antidote to jealousy and envy is to replace them with affirmation and celebration

of the influence of others.” - This week, write a note to 3 people in your

life who you tend to be jealous or envious of and affirm them.

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I’LL NEVER BE:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

I AM:


Do you wrestle more with jealousy or envy? Describe how and where it

shows up in your leadership. (p.42)

What are you most tempted to envy? How could you take your focus

off what you lack and find gratefulness in what you have?

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CHAPTER 4

Take a moment to think about the expectations you put on others.

Are those expectations driven by scarcity? If so, how? (p.51)

Consider 1 person in your sphere of influence who you could give

leadership away to. Write down one way you can do that in the next

week. (p.55)

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Do you struggle with scarcity? If you do, where do you think your

mind-set of scarcity originated?

Are you more tempted to hoard your words, your time, or your

opportunities?

What are two things you could do to be more generous in this area

this week?

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CHAPTER 5

Which description of insecurity most hits a nerve with you? (profound

sense of self-doubt, uncertainty about your basic worth and place in

the world, chronic self-consciousness, chronic lack of confidence,

anxiety about your relationships, fear of rejection, uncertainly about

whether your feelings and desires are legitimate) Can you identify

where this insecurity may have started? (p.66)

“We’re blinded to our potential because we cannot see beyond our

weakness.” - What weaknesses do you fixate on blinding you of your

potential? (p.69)

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Which face described in these pages does insecurity tend to take in

your life? (p.71-73)

This week, commit to keep an insecurity journal. Document when

you see it creeping up, consider where it is coming from, call it out,

& commit it to prayer. (p.75)

What steps can you take to identify insecurity more quickly in your life

and take it to God?

Look for situations in which you can turn insecurities into opportunities

to love and encourage others.

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CHAPTER 6

When we haven’t done the work of discovering our God-given

influence, we build a false identity.” (81) Take a few minutes to

reflect on your life. Have you done the work? If you have, how did

it change your identity? If you haven’t, what false identity has it

caused you to created?

Look at the list of the ways pride tends to show up on page 84.

Which of these is the biggest struggle for you as a leader?

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Consider the example of Peter. How have faith & failure coexisted

in your life as a leader? Describe the war between your desire to

wholeheartedly follow God and your prideful longings for perfection,

importance, performance, and independence. (p.90)

What enemy (or enemies) is pride trying to cover up in your life?

Fear, comparison, jealousy, scarcity, envy, or insecurity?

What desire is pride falsely fulfilling for you? Perfection, importance,

performance, or independence?

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Where do you need to get truly honest about pride’s impact on

your life?

Where can you invite community in to make the replacement

for humility?

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CHAPTER 7

Control can be extremely difficult to recognize in ourselves.

Have you ever been bold enough to ask those you lead and influence

if they perceive you as a control freak? (p.98)

Recall a time when you saw God do his greatest work through you

when you were tasked with a job that far exceeded your limitations.

What did that experience teach you about control? (p.105)

Where do you see control impacting your influence?

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Are you most tempted to control outcomes or others or both? How

does that play out in your leadership?

What are you anxious about? Is control driving your anxiety?

What can you do to replace control with trust?

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CHAPTER 8

If someone asked you “Who are you?” would you be able to answer the

question without describing simply what you do? (p.114)

Think back to your childhood or look at pictures from your childhood.

Who were you before the world taught you to be someone else? In what

kinds of things did you find joy? What was your personality like? (p.120)

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Are there mistakes that you’re holding on to? How have those mistakes

shaped who you are today/your view of the future? Have you disqualified

yourself from your God-designed purpose because of them? (p.122)

What are the greatest experiences in your life so far? Are you stuck in

those moments?

How can you remove yourself, even for a time, from the arena in

which you lead?

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When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Is

there anything about that early desire that gives you a glimpse of your

unique, God-given influence?

Have you experienced a crisis of purpose - a season when what you thought

you understood about yourself was challenged? Write your story here.

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Lots of things shape us. Knowing how they’ve shaped us helps us use

them for good.

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Identify an expectation someone had

of you. How did it affect you?

What society norm do you not fit?

Why does it bother you?

Identify a significant

experience in your life.

How has it changed you? What mistake do you regret?

Why are you still holding on to it?

CHAPTER 9

On a scale from 1-10, how would you score your confidence as a

leader? Where would you like it to be? What is one thing you can do

to intentionally start cultivating confidence this week? (p.131)

How do you connect with God? What discipline or activity can you

build into your weekly routine to make more time to connect with

Him in a way that is meaningful for you? (p.136)

Where do you struggle the most: knowing or obeying God’s will? (p.137)

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Is there currently something God has called you to do, but you are

reluctant to obey? What is underlying that lack of obedience?

How can you begin to say yes to him? (p.137)

Go back and reread God’s promises about you from page 128. What

other promises from Scripture remind you of God’s desire to have a

relationship with you?

Share with a trusted friend, pastor, or counselor the area in which you

are having trouble being obedient. Ask this person to pray with you

and hold you accountable to it.

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CHAPTER 10

Can you relate to parts of Mike’s story? What forces are trying to derail

your purpose and diminish your hope? (p.140)

Think about who you are & who you want to be. Write down 3 “be goals”

you can focus on in the next few weeks. (p.142)

1.

2.

3.

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Take a few minutes to think about the “collection of nuances that

make you unique” Sketch a picture of the pieces that make up who you

are. Maybe it’s a puzzle. Maybe it’s bricks of a building. Maybe it’s

buildings in a city. Use your imagination. (p.145)

If you’ve taken a spiritual gifts assessment, what are you top 3 gifts?

If you haven’t, refer to the resources at the back of Clout & take one

today. (p.146)

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2.

3.

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List 5 talents you’d say you have. If you need a starting place, consider

these questions: What was your favorite game or activity as a child? What

do others commonly praise you for? What were your favorite subjects in

school? What extracurricular activities do you enjoy? (p.148)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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Pick 10 people in your life that you would consider close friends.

Send them all a quick text or email & ask what the first word is that

comes to mind when they think of your personality. Write down those

words below. Do you see any patterns? Did this little activity reveal

anything new to you about your personality? How does this differ

from the way you’d describe your personality? (p.149)

Which purpose of work is the most difficult for you to believe: to

glorify God, to benefit others, to make God smile, or to give us hope?

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THEIR WORDS:

CHAPTER 11

Set this book down for a minute, and hold your hands side by side,

palms up as if you are cradling something valuable. In these hands

God has placed your gifts, talents, experiences, and opportunities.

In the picture below, write what God has placed in your hands

during this season. (p.156)

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Work on making a plan to explore the work you’ve been given. As you

get started, list the gifts, talents, experiences, and opportunities that

have contributed to who you are today. Do you see any connection or

consistences weaving throughout? Ask God to reveal to you anything

about this combination that you are not aware of. (p.161)

Make a list of things you would love to be true about you. Don’t get

stuck by limitations of resources or responsibilities, but filter them

through the recognition of the tools God has given you. Choose a

realistic yet optimistic approach as you build this list. (p.163)

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If you have a vision statement: write it on an index card & place it in

spots where you will see it daily. If you don’t have a vision statement:

draft one. Use the steps on page 166 to get started. (p.166)

Do you have a list of guiding principles? If so, list a few of them below.

If not, start one below. (p.168)

What experiences has God uniquely given you?

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Do you have a tendency to try to manipulate or control the things that

God has given you? How could you live with open hands?

Take some time to define where you are, where you want to go, and

how you’re going to get there.

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CONCLUSION

What is currently hold you back? Where are you allowing fear,

comparison, jealousy, scarcity, insecurity, pride, or control to

inhibit you? Where have you become so comfortable with these

things that you’ve become numb to the damage they are doing

to your influence? (p.173)

As you go throughout this week, pay attention & identify the

moments when you are thriving in your God-given influence.

Write them below or in a journal. (p.176)

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CLOUT STUDY GUIDE: CONCLUSION

List 1 way that you as a leader can go first this week and give others the

gift of going second. (p.177)

Which clout killers are the most troublesome for you? What steps can

you take to begin replacing them?

I will replace

with by

May you embrace and live out your God–given influence –

YOUR CLOUT!35

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