Comments on: And that has made all the difference. http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/and-that-has-made-all-the-difference/ Retail Business Consulting Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:08:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Pam http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/and-that-has-made-all-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-1837 Pam Sat, 02 May 2009 05:52:12 +0000 http://thelivelymerchant.com/?p=762#comment-1837 Studs Turkell also speaks loudly of serving others in times of economic difficulty. Finding a way to volunteer and give back provides focus and balance to life, in addition to lifting a weight off our own shoulders. Studs Turkell also speaks loudly of serving others in times of economic difficulty. Finding a way to volunteer and give back provides focus and balance to life, in addition to lifting a weight off our own shoulders.

]]> By: Bryce Eldridge http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/and-that-has-made-all-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-1811 Bryce Eldridge Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:06:51 +0000 http://thelivelymerchant.com/?p=762#comment-1811 Although my business experience is young; I do know exactly what you're talking about. I think God would be pleased with us if we began to move when he speaks silently, instead of waiting for him to speak with a BOOM. And what I think is most interesting about Gideon is that God saw him where he was going to be, and not where he was. I think that is how God looks at us now ... He sees us in our final state and not in the state we are in now. I think that is how we are able to move in faith, knowing that it is not just us working towards something. It is God and us. Although my business experience is young; I do know exactly what you’re talking about. I think God would be pleased with us if we began to move when he speaks silently, instead of waiting for him to speak with a BOOM.

And what I think is most interesting about Gideon is that God saw him where he was going to be, and not where he was. I think that is how God looks at us now … He sees us in our final state and not in the state we are in now. I think that is how we are able to move in faith, knowing that it is not just us working towards something. It is God and us.

]]> By: Ivan Saul Cutler http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/and-that-has-made-all-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-1797 Ivan Saul Cutler Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:22:54 +0000 http://thelivelymerchant.com/?p=762#comment-1797 We all hear and feel a nagging feeling deep within our breasts. Its the spark of life, the survivalist within us. Some use this power wisely and others don't know what they don't know about its power. We are commanded to serve others above ourselves, personally and professionally. God helps those who help themsevles helping others. If we harness the spark and serve the needs of others, we are served with a bounty of sustainable satisfaction. In business the satisfaction provides spiritual and financial remuneration. To be paid in the broadest sense, we must invest our resources in satisfying others, first, then we are paid handsomely from the binding relationship of trust and what I call the sacred responsibility of furnishing people's homes. If we are just selling stuff to sell, we are shamelessly debasing ourselves and others, causing frustration and a misallocation of resources to persist. But, if we are agents committed to help people live more comfortably, we are cherishing and extending our purpose and we will be rewarded. Good business: Don't do to others what you wouldn't done to you. The rest is commentary. Heed the words of Rabbi Hillel: If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when? We all hear and feel a nagging feeling deep within our breasts. Its the spark of life, the survivalist within us. Some use this power wisely and others don’t know what they don’t know about its power.

We are commanded to serve others above ourselves, personally and professionally.

God helps those who help themsevles helping others. If we harness the spark and serve the needs of others, we are served with a bounty of sustainable satisfaction. In business the satisfaction provides spiritual and financial remuneration.

To be paid in the broadest sense, we must invest our resources in satisfying others, first, then we are paid handsomely from the binding relationship of trust and what I call the sacred responsibility of furnishing people’s homes.

If we are just selling stuff to sell, we are shamelessly debasing ourselves and others, causing frustration and a misallocation of resources to persist.

But, if we are agents committed to help people live more comfortably, we are cherishing and extending our purpose and we will be rewarded.

Good business: Don’t do to others what you wouldn’t done to you. The rest is commentary.

Heed the words of Rabbi Hillel: If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

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