Hi, this is David. Have you thought about starting a retail business? When you think about

businesses like Magic Spoon and Mattel, who sell through the roof, you probably attribute

their success to great products and a strong brand. But an often overlooked secret is actually

the business behind the business, the one which makes selling and buying simple.

For millions of retail businesses, that business is Shopify.

Nobody does selling better than Shopify, because no checkout system is better at converting

shoppers into buyers. With Shopify, you can sell wherever

your customers are a scrolling or strolling, on the web, in your store, in their feed, and everywhere

in between. Upgrade your business and get the same checkout that Magic Spoon and Mattel use.

Sign up for your $1 per month trial period at Shopify.com

slash inspirational.

All lowercase.

Go to Shopify.com slash inspirational to upgrade your selling today.

Shopify.com slash inspirational.

Thank you. Welcome to the Inspirational Living Podcast.

Today's reading was edited and adapted from

Ambition and Success by Orison Sweat Martin, published in 1919.

No matter in what business you may be or what your profession is, your prime ambition should be to attain a high watermark in it. Love of Excellence is the

lodestar that leads the world onward. It is what makes not only the successful business

person or professional, but also the all-around successful person in any line of endeavor.

Andrew Carnegie said,

I would not give a darn for the young person in business,

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