What is Success?

Do I gain more INFLUENCE by being SPIRITUAL or SUCCESSFUL?

I have met many people in the world who are highly spiritual but mentally struggle with the concept of the need to become successful in the marketplace. Whenever a person has internal questioning going on inside their head concerning a subject, you can can never have the confidence to act upon what you believe.

People ask me all the time, “How have you achieved so much success in life?”

The following belief system has been deeply ingrained into my mindset and has empowered me to not only have influence in the church but also in the marketplace:

It’s your moral and spiritual obligation to become a SUCCESS in life.

It’s really important for you to think about this statement over and over again.

For some of you, your belief systems will reject this thought because culture has conditioned people to have a negative perception about successful, powerful, and wealthy people. Not to mention, how many clergy and preachers have thundered from their pulpits that life is all about how spiritual you can become and some have almost demonized successful people. I ask you to follow me for just a moment.

This statement will also empower some of you to say, “YES! I love this thought.” For those of you, it’s imperative that if success is your obligation, you better have a CLEAR definition of SUCCESS in your mind. You cannot hit a TARGET that you don’t clearly define.

The real question is…How do you define the world SUCCESS? Is it really possible to have INFLUENCE in the marketplace by just being spiritual?