Introduction xi Secret #1: God Wants Each of Us to Be Obsessively Preoccupied with the Needs and Desires of His Other Children 1 Secret #2: An Infinite God created us in His image with infinite imagination, potential, creative power, and desires 5 Secret #3: Humans Alone Possess the Ability to Transform Themselves 9 Secret #4: The Universe Was Created for Connection 17 Secret #5: Making Money Is a Spiritual Activity 28 Secret #6: Everything Important and Joyful You Have Achieved Has Been in Partnership with at Least One Other Person 35 Secret #7: Focus on Other People's Needs and Desires, and You Will Never, Ever Be Short of What You Yourself Desire and Need 44 Secret #8: Become a People Person 53 Secret #9: We Love the People Whom We Help More Than We Love Those Who Help Us 64 Secret #10: Life Isn't About What You Know--It's About Who You Are 71 Secret #11: In Order to Achieve Success, We Must and Can Build Up Our Self-Discipline, Integrity, and Character Strength 80 Secret #12: Your Authentic Identity Requires Other People 92 Secret #13: Know How Business Works; Understand Specialization and Cooperation 96 Secret #14: Each and Every One of Us Is in Business and Should Act Like a Business Professional 107 Secret #15: Develop All Four Dimensions of Your Life Simultaneously 111 Secret #16: Earnings and Profits Are God's Way of Rewarding Us for Forming Relationships with Others and Serving Them Faithfully and Effectively 121 Secret #17: Raise the Limits on Yourself and Others by Imposing Boundaries and Structures 128 Secret #18: The Importance of Service Is That You Cannot Lead If You Cannot Follow 136 Secret #19: Vision Is Necessary; Sharing That Vision Is Not Always Necessary 140 Secret #20: The Most Important Organ of Leadership Is Your Mouth 146 Secret #21: Change Is Scary 151 Secret #22: As Painful as Change Can Be, It Often Contains the Seeds of Growth 158 Secret #23: Because Change Is a Constant Reality, Life Is More Accurately Depicted by a Video Than a Photograph 162 Secret #24: The More that Things Change, the More We Must Depend Upon Those Things That Never Change 168 Secret #25: Press Forward Even When the Road Ahead Is Not Clear 177 Secret #26: Do Not Let Your Fear Conquer You--Press On 185 Secret #27: Become Strongly, Even Radically, Open to New Directions, Soft Sounds, and Faint Footsteps 190 Secret #28: Use the Power of Words, Sentences, and Sound 198 Secret #29: Feeling Right About Money Makes You Act Right 205 Secret #30: You Can Best Attract That Which You Best Understand 214 Secret #31: You Must Know Your Money, Which You Must Be Able to Measure and Count 219 Secret #32: Money Is Spiritual 223 Secret #33: Don't Live Beyond Your Means--Give Beyond Your Means 233 Secret #34: Giving Money Away Makes You Feel Wealthy 238 Secret #35: How You Feel About Yourself Is How Others Will See You 243 Secret #36: Giving Money Away Automatically Connects Us with Other People 246 Secret #37: If There Is No Hebrew Word for Something, Then That Thing Does Not Exist 254 Secret #38: Retirement Is Unhealthy 261 Secret #39: You Can Ruin Today by Planning Bad Things for Tomorrow 265 Secret #40: Retirement Tends to Isolate You 271 Final Thoughts 283 About the Author 285 Index 287.
Business Secrets from the Bible : Spiritual Success Strategies for Financial Abundance