Why are some people more successful in business? Why do some businesses flourish where others fail? Renowned business speaker and author, Brian Tracy has discovered the answers to these profoundly puzzling questions.
17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.19 In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
You'll more quickly find an earthly thing kept from the earth than you will a person cut off from other human beings. — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 9.9.3
The passersby had various reactions. Some were curious and gazed unabashedly. Others were uncomfortable. They were quick to duck their heads or walk in a wider circle. "No reminders of harshness today, please." Most, however, hardly noticed him. Their thoughts were occupied, their agendas were full and he was... well, he was a blind beggar.
Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God's right hand.
Turn it inside out and see what it is like when old, sick, or prostituting itself. How short- lived the praiser and praised, the one who remembers and remembered. Remembered in some corner of these parts, and even there not in the same way by all, or even by one. And the whole earth is but a mere speck. —Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 8.21(resource) Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom
Deepak Chopra, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
As you gain more and more access to your nature, you will also spontaneously receive creative thoughts because the field of pure potentiality is also the field of infinite creativity and pure knowledge. Franz Kafka, the Austrian philosopher and poet, once said,
"You need not leave your room. Remain sitting on your table and listen. You need not even listen, simply wait. You need not even wait, just learn to become quiet, and still, and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice; it will roll ecstasy at your feet."
28 If you fully obey the Lordyour God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lordyour God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom Perseverance and Art of Living
Think of the whole universe of matter and how small your share. Think about the expanse of time and how brief- almost momentary- the part marked for you. Think of the workings of fate and how infinitesimal your role." ~ Marcus Aurelius Meditations, 5:24
Deuteronomy 14:1-2 New International Version (NIV)
14 You are the children of the Lordyour God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,2 for you are a people holy to the Lordyour God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lordhas chosen you to be his treasured possession.
