The Secret Power of Work | Motivational Podcasts

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness

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

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Listen to episode 1065 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Secret Power of Work. Edited and adapted from a lecture by Swami Vivekananda.

Motivational Podcast Excerpt: One of the greatest lessons I have learned in my life is to pay as much attention to the means of work as to its end. It was from a great person that I learned this principle, and their own life was a practical demonstration of it. I have been always learning great lessons from that one principle, and it appears to me that all the secret of success is there: to pay as much attention to the means as to the end.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is David. I've started a few small businesses over the years, including this podcast, and the situation is always the same. Every day another urgent task pops up and your to-do list is never ending.
0:14.3	Shopify wasn't around when I got started as an entrepreneur, but I wish it had been, because it would have made my life a whole lot easier.
0:23.5	How so? Well, with Shopify, you have instant access to hundreds of templates that make
0:29.2	building an online store easy, not just a beautiful storefront, but one that converts visitors
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1:12.6	Go to Shopify.com slash inspirational.
1:18.6	Shopify.com slash inspirational.
1:22.6	Inspirational Living podcast.
1:39.3	Today's podcast was edited and adapted from a lecture by Shami Bibi Konondo, published in 1901.
1:52.6	One of the greatest lessons I have learned in my life is to pay as much attention to the means of work as to its end.
2:01.6	It was from a great person that I learned this principle,
2:05.6	and their own life was a practical demonstration of it.
2:09.6	I have been always learning great lessons from that one principle,
2:14.6	and it appears to me that all the secret of success is there, to pay as much
2:21.2	attention to the means as to the end. Our great defect in life is that we are so much drawn to the
2:29.9	ideal. The goal is so much more enchanting, so much more alluring, so much bigger in our
2:38.5	mental horizon, that we lose sight of the details altogether. But whenever failure comes,
2:46.0	if we analyze it critically, in 99% of the cases, we shall find that it was because we did not
2:54.0	pay attention to the means. Proper attention to the finishing, strengthening of the means
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