Pg 5 Does having faith make you less successful? Do Biblical principles work against secular success? Does God care if you are a spiritual success but a secular failure? Is it possible for spiritual teachings and secular strategies to work in concert not only to help you achieve the success you've been yearning for but also to help you become who you are destined to be?
Pg 27 God doesn't give us what we have the power to get for ourselves.
Pg 27 I started to realize that maybe I had to go beyond prayer, beyond just waiting for God, and act. There's one more reason not to rely solely on prayer: you run the risk of weakening your faith.
Pg 107 Warren Buffet told me once, "always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you have to go with it; don't go back on it" -LeBron James
Pg 109 Most of us are willing to follow God's voice speaking in our gut-as long as it tells us to do something that we're already comfortable doing. It's the ultimate confirmation bias. But when out gut tells us to do something unexpected, risky, or that flies in the face of what society or the church thinks we should do, we're unwilling to trust it.
Pg 142 When you accept less than your value, you don't just damage yourself in the short-term. You also damage yourself in the long-term because you will subconsciously resent feeling stuck doing a lesser job for lesser pay. This can affect your performance and even lead to a career slowdown.
Pg 158 Have you ever been depressed but given someone an encouraging word and found your spirits lifted? That's because you were created to give praise. It feels good. We don't have to teach our bodies to appreciate a drink of cool, clear water; when were thirst, drinking water feels great because we need it to survive.
Pg 215 Asking Quincy Jones "How do you network?" -You do the thing out of your thing and they will come to you. Put less energy into self promotion and more energy into perfecting our craft.
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