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Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness

The Living Hour

Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

3.8 • 799 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Listen to episode 889 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Succeed in the Battle of Life. Edited and adapted from A Book of Friendly Thoughts by Nixon Waterman.

Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Half-way, half-hearted doings never amount to much. Battles are not won with flags at half-mast — they are run up to the very top and waved as far toward the heavens as possible.

If we lack enthusiasm, we are almost as certain to fail of achieving an end. A listless, lackadaisical spirit may get on all right, so long as the path of life is all on a level or down grade, but when it comes to hill-climbing, and the real experiences of life that develop character, we are likely to give up the contest and surrender the prize.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is David. Have you thought about starting a retail business? When you think about
0:06.0	businesses like Magic Spoon and Mattel, who sell through the roof, you probably attribute
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1:00.3	slash inspirational.
1:03.4	All lowercase.
1:05.3	Go to Shopify.com slash inspirational to upgrade your selling today.
1:13.0	Shopify.com slash inspirational.
1:16.9	Thank you. Welcome to the inspirational living podcast.
1:35.3	Today's reading was edited and adapted from A Book of Friendly Thoughts by Nixon Waterman, published in 1913.
1:50.0	Halfway half-hearted doings never amount to much.
1:55.0	Battles are not won with flags at half-mast.
1:59.0	They are run up to the very top and waved as far toward the heavens
2:05.0	as possible. If we lack enthusiasm, we are almost certain to fail of achieving an end.
2:14.0	A listless lackadaisical spirit may get on all right, so long as the path of life is all on a level or downgrade,
2:24.3	but when it comes to hill climbing and the real experiences of life that develop character,
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