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

your customers are a scrolling or strolling, on the web, in your store, in their feed, and everywhere

in between. Upgrade your business and get the same checkout that Magic Spoon and Mattel use.

Sign up for your $1 per month trial period at Shopify.com

slash inspirational.

All lowercase.

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

Shopify.com slash inspirational. Welcome to the inspirational living podcast.

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Your kind support will help ensure the continuation of our podcast for years to come. Thank you. Today's reading was edited and adapted from

Everyday Efficiency, a practical guide to Efficient Living by C.H. Forbes Lindsay, published in 1918.

Fear is the most devastating agency in life. It prevents initiative, paralyzes effort, promotes disease, hampers development, and in a thousand ways mars the character,

and yet it is one of the most common defects in character.

Most of us are subject to fear in one form or another.

We fear fate, we fear death, we fear disease, we fear poverty, we fear failure, we fear

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