The Most Thought-Provoking Words of Hermann Hesse
Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness
The Living Hour
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🗓️ 29 June 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Listen to episode 809 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Most Thought Provoking Words of Hermann Hesse. Edited and adapted from the work of Hermann Hesse.
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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. Welcome to the Inspirational Living podcast. |
| 1:35.3 | Today's reading was edited and adapted from the work of Herman Hesse, the author of such classic works as Siddhartha, The Glass Beg Game, and Steppenwolf. |
| 1:53.5 | Wisdom cannot be imparted. |
| 1:56.5 | Wisdom that a wise person attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else. |
| 2:03.6 | Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, |
| 2:13.6 | but one cannot communicate and teach it. |
| 2:18.3 | I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books. |
| 2:28.3 | I have begun to listen to the teaching my soul whispers to me. |
| 2:41.0 | Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, |
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