Lessons from the Ashes #202
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
“Lessons are coming, and better days lie ahead.”– Brian Buffini
How do you make a comeback after experiencing a trial, a setback or a difficulty? In this episode, Brian explains how he handled a series of life crises in a way that made his relationships better, his family stronger and his business more prosperous. Topics discussed include how Buffini & Company survived the impact of the last recession, how Brian’s family coped when their home was destroyed by a wildfire and how Brian himself endured his own serious health issues.
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YOU WILL LEARN:
- How the fire of a crisis can refine, purify and increase your value.
- How you can begin anew.
- How you can simplify your life.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
“My Way,” by Frank Sinatra
“I Get Knocked Down,” by Chumbawamba
“Cool Hand Luke,” movie
“The Color Purple,” movie
“God is Trying to Tell You Something,” song
“Amazing Grace,” by Wintley Phipps
“How to Win Friends and Influence People,” by Dale Carnegie
“The Richest Man in Babylon,” by George S. Clason
“The Greatest Salesman in the World,” by Og Mandino
“The Power of Habit,” by Charles Duhigg
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“How do we become more valuable as human beings? Through these trials and through the intense heat of life, the impurities get burned off.” – Brian Buffini
“It is in the quiet crucible of your personal, private sufferings that your noblest dreams are born and God’s greatest gifts are given.” – Wintley Phipps
“Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil and they let us see what we’re made of.” – Charles Spurgeon
“Circumstances do not make the man; they reveal him.” – James Allen
“Removing impurities in the human heart, that hurts. And it’s the kind of personal growth that nobody wants.” – Brian Buffini
“When you actively engage in gradually refining yourself, you retreat from your lazy ways of covering yourself or making excuses.” – Epictetus
“I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.” – John D. Rockefeller
“If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Life is too short to get caught up in the tragedies of the past.” – Brian Buffini
“Procrastination is the silent killer. Act now.” – Brian Buffini
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but building the new.” – Socrates
“And let us not grow weary of doing good. For in due season we will reap if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9
“Whatever you’re dealing with, I just hope you keep your chin up, keep your hopes up, keep your eyes up, look up, pray up, fellowship up and keep up and you’ll be just fine.” – Brian Buffini
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brian Bafini show, where we explore the mindsets, motivation and methodologies |
| 0:20.7 | of success. |
| 0:22.1 | My name is David Lally, producer of the show, and whatever you might be experiencing today, |
| 0:27.4 | this episode should give you great hope and encouragement for the future. |
| 0:31.8 | What you're going to hear is a list of challenges the Bafini family faced one after another. |
| 0:37.2 | I had a front row seat to each of these events, any one of which could have destroyed a person |
| 0:41.2 | or a family. |
| 0:42.8 | I watched Brian and Beverly handle a series of crises in a way that made their relationship |
| 0:47.5 | better, their family stronger, and ultimately led to years of prosperity in their business |
| 0:52.0 | and in their lives. |
| 0:53.8 | I think it'll be very helpful, and I hope you enjoy it. |
| 1:00.5 | Well the top of the morning to you, welcome to the Brian Bafini show, have a helpful |
| 1:04.4 | message for you here today, it's entitled Lessons from the Ashes. |
| 1:09.0 | What this is all about is how do you come back after experiencing a trial, a setback, |
| 1:15.8 | a difficulty, or a series of trials. |
| 1:18.7 | I'm going to share with you a little bit of my own story in a season I went through, |
| 1:23.1 | a season of trial that lasted about 18 months, and out of that came some of the best things |
| 1:29.6 | in my life and some of the best circumstances and a chance to recalibrate. |
| 1:35.4 | I want to talk to you about that today, so maybe you're in the middle of a trial right |
| 1:38.8 | now, maybe you're in this series of trials, maybe you're, it's like nothing is getting |
| 1:43.7 | right, you've got a bad diagnosis, a family member's got a bad diagnosis, you have a |
| 1:48.4 | ailing parents, maybe a kid that's off the rails, a business that's struggling, financial |
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