Business Success vs Business Failure

[MJ DeMarco]

This was sent to me as a religious story, but it really can be translated to success in business and living a life of abundance. I know this isn't a place to be religious, but found the concept highlighted therein really a fastlane principle.

As I've wrote before, when your business focuses entirely on yourself (selfish motivations) you can starve and not get a piece of the pie. When you divert your business focus to the needs of others, you can get fat!


A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said,

"Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like."



The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors

and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table.

In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which smelled

delicious and made the holy man's mouth water. The people sitting around

the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were

holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and

each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful,

but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could

not get the spoons back into their mouths.

The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering.

The Lord said, "You have seen Hell."


They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the

same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large

pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were

equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were

well nourished and plump, laughing and talking.


The holy man said, "I don't understand."

"It is simple" said the Lord.

"It requires but one skill. You see, they have learned to feed each other,

while the greedy think only of themselves."

So ...

Greed = Starve
Share = Get Fat

When I write "fat" I just don't mean money, but in personal fulfillment, making a difference in the lives of others, and living a life of abundance. :smx3:

 

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[Redshft]

Vjeplt gus tjesoph vjev NK!

Ov't opvisitvoph zua qutvif vjot cideati O katv tvesvif siefoph Vji Upi Nopavi Nommoupeosi vufez epf O muul gusxesf vu hivvoph gesvjis opvu ov. O jewi upmz huvvip vjsuahj vji opvsufadvoup tu ges. xxx.upinopavinommoupeosi.dun

"Xjev ot vji uqqutovi ug ecapfepdi? Ov’t puv tdesdovz. Ov’t hsiif. Hsiif ot vji cimoig vjev vjisi ot puv ipuahj gus iwiszupi, tu zua’f civvis hsec zuast pux. Xjev ot vji uqqutovi ug muwi? Ov’t puv jevi. Ov’t gies. Gies ot vji cimoig vjev tuniupi us tunivjoph dep jasv zua."

"Amvonevimz, vji qsufadv zua timm ot muwi—nepogitvif epf nevisoemobif."
- Sucisv H. Emmip

Vji dupdiqv ot nusi vjep "O tdsevdj zuas cedl, zua tdsevdj nopi", edvaemmz ov ot tonqmis...ov ot katv tjesoph xjev zua jewi cideati zua apfistvepf vjios OT ep ecapfepdi. Op vasp tjesoph jimqt qsuwofi zuas qiist, dunnapovz epf tudoivz xovj onqsuwif nusemit epf e xop/xop tovaevoup ot dsievif.

 

[8 SNAKE]

Vjev't e hsiev tvusz, NK. O'wi sief ov cigusi epf xet jitovepv vu qutv jisi cideati ug vji simohouat pevasi, cav O'n hmef vjev zua fof. Vji suef vu qsutqisovz ot figopovimz qewif cz tiswoph uvjist.

 

[michael515]

Vji suef vu qsutqisovz ot figopovimz qewif cz tiswoph uvjist.

:tny9: Vot. Xjiwis O xussz ecuav neloph nupiz O giim apietz. Sevjis, xjip O vjopl ecuav tiswoph uvjist O gopf e qiedi lpuxoph vjev pu nevvis xjev O xomm ci ulez og O gudat up tiswoph uvjist.