The Character that Powers Success in Life
Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness
The Living Hour
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🗓️ 29 August 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Listen to episode 933 of the Inspirational Living Podcast: The Character that Powers Success in Life. Edited and adapted from How to Get On in the World by Major A.R. Calhoun.
Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: It has been said that "Nothing Succeeds Like Success." But what is Success? If we consult the dictionaries, they will give us the etymology of this much used word, and in general terms, the meaning will be (quote) "the accomplishment of a purpose." But as the goals in nearly every life differ, success cannot mean the same thing to all people. The artist's idea of success is very different from that of the business person, and the scientist differs from both, as does the politician from all three.
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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 |
| 0:12.2 | their success to great products and a strong brand. But an often overlooked secret is actually |
| 0:18.0 | the business behind the business, the one which makes selling and buying simple. |
| 0:23.4 | For millions of retail businesses, that business is Shopify. |
| 0:29.6 | Nobody does selling better than Shopify, because no checkout system is better at converting |
| 0:35.8 | shoppers into buyers. With Shopify, you can sell wherever |
| 0:40.3 | your customers are a scrolling or strolling, on the web, in your store, in their feed, and everywhere |
| 0:48.7 | in between. Upgrade your business and get the same checkout that Magic Spoon and Mattel use. |
| 0:55.6 | Sign up for your $1 per month trial period at Shopify.com |
| 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. |
| 1:35.4 | If our podcast has been a help to you, |
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| 1:47.0 | Today's reading was edited and adapted from How to Get On in the World by Major A.R. Calhoun, |
| 1:56.1 | published in 1895. |
| 2:01.7 | It has been said that nothing succeeds like success. |
| 2:07.1 | But what is success? |
| 2:09.5 | If we consult the dictionaries, |
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