Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Here's the podcast from Middays with Susie Larson. Enjoy the conversation.

It's only just a matter around. It's only just a matter around. It's not a matter of time.

Can't do dance. You don't have to know how to.

Ever since, ever since, please got you late. Can't help a dance when I hear that tune a little bit.

Good afternoon.

This is Middays with Susie Larson on Faith Radio.

And I am not Susie Larson.

I've aired Ex-Strand and have so enjoyed the privilege of filling in for susie this week as she and her husband

Kevin have really been taking some concentrated time to to seek the lord's wisdom and direction for

this new year this new season of ministry and as i've said throughout the week i know they would

welcome and cherish your prayers for them in that process but we've had some amazing some

conversations and and we're going to have

another one today. Today's guest writes this, in our me-centered world where we believe we can

become anything we set our minds to and attain anything we feel we deserve, it is no longer

enough to just put a lot of effort into our work. We have to hustle after it, it being the variable. For some,

hustling after it means earning a paycheck or achieving a goal. Others are seeking to attain more

of something, clients, power, success, influence, fame. A lot of effort simply isn't enough anymore.

We're expected to be competitive, focused, and driven every day, all day.

We aren't happy to just work smarter.

We have to be both smart and relentless in the pursuit of our goals.

We need to complete our work faster and with better results than everyone else.

It's as though our entire lives are a giant game of monopoly where we're creating side deals and one-uping everyone in our circle,

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