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MJ DeMarco
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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:
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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