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Ben Greenfield Life

Endure Chapter 10: Chop Wood, Carry Water

Ben Greenfield Life

Ben Greenfield

Education, Fitness, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

My new book, Endure, is now available! I’ll gift you the first three chapters of Endure as an instantly downloadable e-book and I'll also give you a sweet discount on the exact journal my family and I developed and use each day, The Spiritual Disciplines Journal.

Visit https://getendure.com for all the details!

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0:00.0

Welcome to chapter 10 of my book and door.

0:02.9

My name is Ben Greenfield and every week here on this channel,

0:05.2

I'll release to you a snippet of a chapter from my new book

0:08.9

and door, which you can find in both physical and digital

0:11.8

version at getendore.com where you'll be able to grab this

0:16.0

guide to spiritual stamina.

0:18.4

Let's begin.

0:19.5

Chapter 10, chop wood, carry water.

0:22.6

A mentor once told me that one of his primary keys to success

0:25.4

in life was to simply wake up and do the most extraordinary

0:28.0

job he could with whatever God had put on his plate for that day.

0:32.0

As a matter of fact, I've always been the kind of guy who

0:33.8

simply wakes each morning, does the best job I personally

0:36.6

can with whatever opportunities God has brought my way,

0:39.0

then sits back and just kind of enjoys the adventures in life.

0:42.0

This approach seems to bring me.

0:44.1

Another way to think about this concept is that the most

0:46.0

important work to be done is the work of the day.

0:49.2

Speaking of this idea of plotting long and just doing the

0:52.1

work for the day, Doug Wilson writes in his book,

0:55.2

Plotactivity, a practical theology of work and wealth.

0:58.6

So my responsibility is, so to speak, whatever is in front of

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