261. The Timeframe Test: How to Stretch Your Perspective and Stop Living Month-to-Month

In this episode of The Impossible Life Podcast, Garrett Unclebach and Nick Surface revisit one of their most practical and transformative principles — Timeframe Orientation.

Your timeframe determines your direction. Most people live in short-term cycles — 30-day paychecks, 12-month goals, and reactionary habits — but true success and spiritual maturity come when you learn to see further down the road.

Garrett and Nick unpack how short-term thinking sabotages long-term growth in every area of life: parenting, marriage, health, business, and faith. Drawing from Scripture, personal stories, and leadership lessons, they show how extending your perspective aligns you with God’s eternal timeline and helps you live with greater clarity, discipline, and purpose. 💡 In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• What Timeframe Orientation is and why it determines your destiny
• How Luke 9:62 reveals the danger of looking backward instead of forward
• The difference between living by your mortgage cycle and your mission cycle
• How to shift your mindset from survival to stewardship
• Five areas where your timeframe determines your fruit:
  1. Parenting – Raising character, not convenience
  2. Marriage – Building connection, not comfort
  3. Faith – Focusing on identity in Christ, not performance
  4. Business – Sowing value, not chasing income
  5. Health – Thinking longevity, not quick fixes

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