Hi, this is David. Have you thought about starting a retail business? When you think about

businesses like Magic Spoon and Mattel, who sell through the roof, you probably attribute

their success to great products and a strong brand. But an often overlooked secret is actually

the business behind the business, the one which makes selling and buying simple.

For millions of retail businesses, that business is Shopify.

Nobody does selling better than Shopify, because no checkout system is better at converting

shoppers into buyers. With Shopify, you can sell wherever

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slash inspirational.

All lowercase.

Go to Shopify.com slash inspirational to upgrade your selling today.

Shopify.com slash inspirational.

Thank you. Welcome to the inspirational living podcast.

Today's reading was edited and adapted from Dynamic Thought by Henry Thomas

Hamblin, published in 1921.

It is important to recognize that there are varying degrees of successful thinking.

For instance, the lowest form of success thought is, I can succeed.

You may have thought all your life that you could not succeed.

You may have thought that others succeeded because they were exceptionally talented or had better opportunities

or were blessed with luck. But you being neither greatly talented nor lucky nor presented with

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