Business Secrets from the Bible (eBook)

RABBI DANIEL LAPIN and SUSAN LAPIN are media personalities, speakers, and authors with a passion for teaching ancient Jewish life principles extracted from the Bible, making them accessible to folks of every background. International audiences regard the Lapins' work as entertaining, enlightening, and life-changing.

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 7

Secret #3: Humans Alone Possess the Ability to Transform Themselves 11

Secret #4: The Universe Was Created for Connection 20

Secret #5: Making Money Is a Spiritual Activity 31

Secret #6: Everything Important and Joyful You Have Achieved Has Been in Partnership with at Least One Other Person 38

Secret #7: Focus on Other People's Needs and Desires and You Will Never, Ever Be Short of What You Yourself Desire and Need 46

Secret #8: Become a People Person 56

Secret #9: We Love the People Whom We Help More Than We Love Those Who Help Us 68

Secret #10: Life Isn't About What You Know--It's About Who You Are 75

Secret #11: In Order to Achieve Success, We Must and Can Build Up Our Self-Discipline, Integrity, and Strength of Character 84

Secret #12: Your Authentic Identity Requires Other People 95

Secret #13: Know How Business Works; Understand Specialization and Cooperation 100

Secret #14: Every One of Us Is a Business Professional 111

Secret #15: Develop Four Dimensions of Your Life Simultaneously 115

Secret #16: Serve Authentically 125

Secret #17: Enhance Your Potential by Imposing Boundaries and Structure 133

Secret #18: You Cannot Lead If You Cannot Follow 141

Secret #19: Vision Is Necessary; Sharing That Vision Is Not Always Necessary 145

Secret #20: The Most Important Organ of Leadership Is Your Mouth 153

Secret #21: Recognizing What You Can't Do 159

Secret #22: As Painful as Change Can Be, It Often Contains the Seeds of Growth 163

Secret #23: Because Change Is a Constant Reality, Life Is More Accurately Depicted by a Video Than a Photograph 169

Secret #24: The More That Things Change, the More We Must Depend Upon Those Things That Never Change 176

Secret #25: Press Forward Even When the Road Ahead Is Not Clear 185

Secret #26: Do Not Let Fear Conquer You--Press On 194

Secret #27: Become Strongly, Even Radically, Open to New Directions, Soft Sounds, and Faint Footsteps 201

Secret #28: Use the Power of Words, Sentences, and Sound 207

Secret #29: Feeling Right About Money Makes You Act Right 215

Secret #30: You Can Best Attract What You Best Understand 224

Secret #31: You Must Know Your Money, Which You Must Be Able to Measure and Count 229

Secret #32: Money Is Spiritual 233

Secret #33: How You Feel About Yourself Is How Others Will See You 241

Secret #34: The Surprising Benefits of Charity 247

Secret #35: Giving Money Away Connects Us with Other People 251

Secret #36: Ideas Hit Reality 259

Secret #37: If There Is No Hebrew Word for Something, Then That Thing Does Not Exist 269

Secret #38: Retirement Is Unhealthy 275

Secret #39: How You Think About Tomorrow Affects How You Behave Today 279

Secret #40: The Three Most Important Words: Relationships, Relationships, Relationships 285

Final Thoughts 297

About the Authors 299

Did You Enjoy this Book? 301

Index 309