November 5, 2025 • 43 mins
Our team thought it a great idea to start rewinding previous (but timely) episodes of our show during the times that Mista Yu is away from the microphone. All of these beautiful Blasts from the Past were previously broadcast, but we are sharing them with you at a time when you might need them most. Hope you enjoy the review!
What if the treasure you've spent years searching for has been with you all along? We takes listeners on a profound journey exploring purpose – what Mista Yu calls "the P word" – and explains why many spend their entire lives searching for this elusive treasure only to discover it was within them all along.
• The greatest tragedy in life is not death but living without purpose
• We can't find purpose in others' expectations or material wealth
• Even millionaires often feel empty despite having everything money can buy
• Your job uses your skills, but your work fulfills your purpose
• The cemetery contains the greatest treasure of untapped potential
• Living a fulfilling life means making a positive difference for others
• Purpose requires us to serve and honor the one we love
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Thanks again for listening to one-on-one with Mr
U and your Inspiration Station.
I'm really excited abouttoday's episode and a chance to
share another compelling storywith all of you that I really
hope changes your tomorrow.
Let's not waste another minute,let's get into it.
On this podcast, we'rediscussing the P word in great
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detail.
On this podcast, we'rediscussing the P word in great
detail.
Many spend their entire livestrying to locate it, but never
finding the greatest treasurethis world has ever known.
Before we're done today, youwill gain some helpful practical
tools to help you findfulfillment where you least
expected it and what it means tolive well.
I'll answer nearly every lifecoaching question I've ever been
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asked, all on this one singleepisode.
You don't want to miss this.
They Call Me, mr you startsright now.
What's up everybody?
Welcome back to the All PurposePod for an all-purpose life.
We're exploring strange newworlds, seeking out new mindset.
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We're boldly going where fewhave gone before.
I'm your captain, baby, mr youHa.
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Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Welcome back to the all-purposepod for an all-purpose life.
We're your weekly mirror checkbefore you go.
Change the world wherever youare and however you listen to
our podcast today.
Thank you for making a Call Me,mr you, part of your morning,
your day and your week.
I got a heaping cup of the pinkgrapefruit power this morning,
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baby, and I'm ready.
I hope you're ready.
We got a lot to talk about today, so fuel up, strap in.
We're going to have some funtoday, hopefully Now one of the
greatest authors that I've everknown that I've ever read.
He happens to be a spiritualmentor to my wife and I and has
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been for several decades now.
He's going to be on frontstreet for this episode.
You know I listen to podcastssame way you guys do, and
there's a tendency at times towant to be the newest, shiniest
toy, to be the one that kind ofbreaks through those walls and
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does something so radicallydifferent and trying to just be,
I guess, the next big thing.
Well, here on, they Call Me, mryou.
If it works, we'll talk aboutit, if it doesn't work, we won't
.
I don't want to try to reinventthe wheel.
So some of the greatestthoughts on this topic came from
my mentor, dr Miles Monroe.
May he rest in peace.
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I'm going to share my top 10 ofhis most thought-provoking
quotes, the ones that impactedme the most throughout my life.
So you're going to hear the top10 best quotes that I have from
Dr Miles Monroe in context withwhat we're talking about today,
so get your pen and your paperready.
You definitely want to takenotes today.
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Hope you're as excited as I amtoday.
Number 10.
The greatest tragedy in life isnot death, but a life without a
purpose, and we discussedeverything from marriage on this
show to entrepreneurship, tohealth, mental and emotional
health.
We talked about a little bit ofeverything since our podcast
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began, but this is the episodethat if we miss this, I think we
miss everything.
But this is the episode that ifwe miss this, I think we miss
everything.
If we don't catch this, we areperennially sitting on the
sidelines hoping that things getbetter when the answer may be
closer than we thought.
If you don't mind, help me outwith this little exercise Close
your eyes, if you can, whereveryou are.
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If you're driving a motorvehicle or flying a commercial
plane, please don't do that.
Ok, but close your eyes if youcan.
I want you to picture this.
Imagine walking through a cityIn search Of the P word City at
the city road, at the endlessroad, highway after highway,
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squeezing through crowds, makingfriends and connections along
the way, hoping, praying,seeking that treasure.
You think you know what it willlook like when you see it.
You have your sack ready tograb it when you find it.
You search for years, countlessdays, weeks, months, years, but
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you still haven't found it.
You hear others talk about it.
You talk about their treasures.
You can see the joy in theireyes and the excitement in their
speech, but you haven't seen itwith your own eyes.
You've yet to find yours.
You have enough sense torecognize that you can't take
theirs from them and it withyour own eyes.
You've yet to find yours.
You have enough sense torecognize that you can't take
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theirs from them and make ityour own.
It's personalized, it's madejust for you, it's crafted with
you in mind.
There is a specific treasurespecifically made just for you.
No one can utilize it like you,and certainly no one can
utilize it like you, andcertainly no one can appreciate
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it like you can.
Literally, it's tailor-made foryou, a manufacturer's original,
if you will, even after you'relong gone.
No one can use it after you.
No one can repurpose it or turnit into something else when
you're no longer here.
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It can no longer be used byanyone else.
It has a code that only you canunlock.
Only you have the password thatunlocks and releases its
potential.
You are at the point of givingup on your quest.
Though you search so long, youstill can't find it.
Maybe you're thinking therejust isn't a treasure out there
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for you.
Maybe you're just ready to giveup.
Now open your eyes.
What if I told you that thetreasure you've been searching
so diligently for all theseyears that you watch others
rejoice about that you hoped andprayed for many long nights was
a little closer to home thanyou thought?
What if this knowledge couldhave saved you miles and years?
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What if your treasure wasactually in your possession the
entire time?
What would you think?
You know, I affectionately callour podcast and our blog series
the all-purpose pod, or theall-purpose blog for an
all-purpose life.
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Why do I do that?
Well, it's not because I washoping for something catchy or
to get some kind of generic oohsand ahs.
It's because I've come to theunderstanding that without
purpose, we simply exist.
We don't live, we don't blossom, we don't grow, we don't evolve
, we don't excel, we simplylanguish.
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We misplace blame, we liveunfruitful lives, unproductive
lives.
I'm on a journey to start livingat age 50.
I'm just starting to understandnow how important it is for me
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to walk in fulfillment.
See, I can do things.
I'm pretty talented.
If you know anything about myprofessional background, I'm the
epitome of a mixed bag.
I've done technical support,customer service, logistics,
government administration,border security, administrative
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assistance.
I've done so many differentthings.
Sales there's not a lot that Ihaven't tried or done at some
point in time.
Even retail, even smallbusiness ownership.
My background runs the gamut ofthings that you can do,
different career fields.
But I'm on a journey now thatI've never been on all that time
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, because I'm coming face toface with what's been missing.
I'm coming face to face withwhat it means to be fulfilled,
what it means to live a lifeworth living.
I hope that our work here onthey Call Me Mr U helps you to
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walk with us, to grow with us,to blossom with us, to begin to
live with us.
Number nine God never requiresanything of his creations that
he didn't already build intothem.
Listen to that.
Hear that God never requiresanything of his creations that
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he didn't already build intothem.
In very practical terms, ifyour John Deere cuts out on you
when you're mowing the lawn.
Now I don't know, maybe you do,but I don't know anybody that
will run into the house.
Look in the yellow pages, ifyou still have those, and try to
find a number for Husvana.
I don't know who would do that.
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So if you're having a problemfunctioning or you're on a
perpetual search for yourself,soul searching, you can look for
a doctor and they may providesome educated guesses.
They might try to give theirbest analysis to try to help you
, or they may refer you tosomebody else, or you can
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consult your BFF or your parent,but although they know a lot
about you, they don't know thenumber of hairs on your head.
They don't know your innermostthoughts and they can't be
expected to.
That job resides with themanufacturer.
If the John Deere won't wear upso you can cut that grass, you
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can't call Husqvarna, you got tocall John Deere.
Stay with us, we'll be rightback.
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If you made yourself and if thatwas actually possible, then you
would call yourself.
You'd be the solution for yourown problem.
But the truth of the matter isyou didn't make yourself.
You didn't create yourself.
So calling your best friend oryour parent or Husvana is not
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going to help you get thesolution that you specifically
need.
Does that make sense?
Good Number eight.
People generally fall into oneof three groups the few who make
things happen, the many whowatch things happen and the
overwhelming majority who haveno notion of what happens.
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Every person is either acreator of fact or a creature of
circumstance.
He either puts color into hisenvironment or, like a chameleon
, takes color from hisenvironment.
Oh, I love that.
I love that Even in 2021, thereare still a vast minority of
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people who believe that givingback to the community, to the
earth, to the disenfranchised,to the homeless, is not only
admirable but a humanrequirement.
You may raise your hand and sayI'm in that group.
I'm in that group, but the factthat the rate of volunteerism
and charitable giving issomewhere in the low 20% of the
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entire nation is reallyconcerning and it calls to
question whether we're really inthat group at all, or do we
just want to want to be in thatgroup or we're really not.
I'm not telling you to go outand join some cause and you
don't know where the money'sgoing.
I'm not saying join this groupbecause they say that they're
helping the earth and they careabout people.
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I'm not saying that, but it'ssomething to think about.
20% is a very low number for anentire nation, billions of
people.
So, with your best guess, who doyou think is most likely to
have located their purpose inlife?
The man that takes or the manthat gives?
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I just want you to think aboutthat one.
If you're taking notes, you gotyour pen and paper ready.
Write that idea down.
Write that idea down, writethat question down.
With your best guess, who doyou think is most likely to have
located their purpose in lifethe man that takes or the man
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that gives.
See, at this point you shouldhave heard the P word at least a
few times.
So why does this mysterious andvery misunderstood word matter
so much?
What does purpose actually mean?
It means the reason for whichsomething is done or the reason
for which something is created.
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It speaks to a desired result,goal or objective.
It is intention, it is will, itis designed for life, it's a
determined resolve or a plan ofaction.
That's Miriam Webster, by theway.
Ladies and gentlemen, so ifasked to be put aside, if asked
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to put aside your job just for amoment, if asked to put aside
your family and your short andlong-term goals to start a
business or travel the world oret cetera, what would you say is
your objective right now, offthe top of your head?
What is your objective, what isyour plan of action?
What would be the primaryreason you are here Now?
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I don't mean your family, Idon't mean your spouse, I mean
you.
If you can give your bestestimation, what would be the
primary reason why you are here?
It's not because mommy anddaddy really liked each other a
lot, a lot, a lot.
It's bigger than that.
It's more significant than that.
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What's your best, in your bestestimation?
What's the primary reason whyyou are here?
To answer that question?
Open the door for fulfillmentand understanding and self-value
like you may never haveexperienced in your entire life,
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because most times, myselfincluded, people tell you where
they think you should be.
They tell you what they thinkyou should be doing or what
you're best at, or you don'thave the right education.
Perhaps you're better off infood service.
This is real life, y'all.
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Just something to think about.
Number seven you must decide ifyou're going to rob the world
or bless it with the rich,valuable, potent, untapped
resources locked away within you.
Did you hear that?
Number seven you must decide ifyou're going to rob the world
or bless it with the rich,valuable, potent, untapped
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resources locked away within you.
You know bucket lists havebecome very, very popular lately
.
They're the popular option forthose who feel as though they
need to make up for lost time.
If you had to make a bucketlist, what would be on it?
How many items and where wouldthey be on that list?
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That would benefit others morethan you.
Are any of the items on thatlist going to benefit somebody
else other than you, or are theyall just for you to benefit you
, to give pleasure to you?
If you want to skydive andclimb Mount Kilimanjaro, that's
for you.
If you want to walk theHollywood Walk of Fame, that's
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for you.
If you want to travel to Franceand see the Eiffel Tower, again
that's for you.
But how do you spell purpose?
Once we can recognize the workwe should be attached to, then
we have to manage the work in afashion that's pleasing to the
foreman.
There's one thing you're goingto hear throughout some of the
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episodes, because it's a beliefthat I have, and I stand on this
rock right here Everything thatwe have is really not ours.
We don't own it.
I know that you own your Xboxand you own your refrigerator,
but I'm talking more macro thanmicro.
On the scale of the grandscheme of things, we are given
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things to manage, situations tomanage, households to manage.
They're not ours.
When you own something intoday's times, with the
mentality that we have nowadays,when you own something, if you
mistreat it, you think that'sokay because you own it, it's
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yours.
So why is it anybody else'sbusiness?
Let's use your own human bodyas an example.
If we can go that way today,this was unplanned.
So forgive me, but I want toaddress this real quick.
Your human body.
You say that you own that body.
It's yours, it's for your use.
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You can do with it whatever youwant to do, no matter who it
affects.
Say, for example, that youthink a certain kind of drug
that makes you feel euphoric orfeel a certain kind of way,
you're okay with putting thatinto your body because it's your
body, right, it's your mind,it's your heart, it's your blood
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vessels, it's your limbs.
It's your everything.
You can do with it whatever youwant and treat it however.
You want to Question is anybodyaffected by the choice that you
made in this particularscenario?
Is there anybody else that'saffected by this?
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Just think about that, becauseif you think that you own your
own body, you're mistaken.
You're managing it.
There's certain things youshould put into it and certain
things you should keep out.
You are managing a body thatwas given to you for a specific
purpose, so it's not yours todestroy and damage all you want
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to.
If you want to tear up yourXbox and your refrigerator,
that's up to you, but when itcomes to the grand scheme of
things, we're given the role asmanagers, we're being given a
work to do and the foreman getsglory for it.
In this case, the foreman wouldbe God.
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He gets glory for it when we doit the way he wanted it to be
done.
Now we're starting to talk bedone.
Now we're starting to talkabout purpose.
Now we're starting to creepinto that realm where purpose
lives and thrives.
Let's keep going.
Number six people who changedthe world have declared
independence from other people'sexpectations.
I need to sip on some of thepower for that one.
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Number six People who changethe world have declared
independence From other people'sexpectations.
We're given so much to manageEvery gift, every ability, every
skill, every resource.
This isn't about us, and thetruth is it never was.
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If you've been tracking with usso far in this episode, this
may be where we part company.
I may be in the minority inthis, but again, I'm going toe
to line because I'm not of thebelief that every good deed
should be filed under P forpurpose.
Let me try to explain that.
Can you find and I know some,I've met some, I've been in a
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company of many Can you findsome hip hop artists that have
won awards for work that you mayconsider misogynistic, violent,
void morally, and they'recelebrated for it.
Their work is considered whatthey're born to do.
They're telling you at thepodium I thank my Lord and
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Savior, jesus Christ, for thiswork that I did, this
misogynistic, violent, morallyvoid work, sexist work.
I thank my Lord and Savior,jesus Christ, for this award,
for this work that I did.
Think about the hypocrisy ofthat.
Think about it now.
Even if you don't like hip hop,catch my point there.
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Do you know any authors thatwrite fiction about some of the
darkest, most deviant subjectmatter you ever seen in your
entire life?
How about artists who offersome of the most disturbing work
imaginable, some of the imagery, the scenes, situations that
are being depicted and theirwork sells for millions of
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dollars?
Or journalists that embellishstories and make up things that
didn't actually happen in orderto sell newspapers?
Or developers that destroyfamilies in order to build the
next tallest building for profit?
Or politicians who twist factsand lie about data in order to
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push specific agendas thatprofit certain interests Other
than you, other than you, thepeople?
Is that what they were born todo as well, everything that we
do, especially those things thatwe file under a good deed.
It does not mean that that'sour purpose.
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I had a talk with a good friendof mine yesterday.
We talked about the same thing.
He is involved in a lot ofdifferent business ventures and
even in our discussion, with allthe things he has on his plate,
all the things that he isdefinitely successful at, we
came to the conclusion about 45minutes into the conversation
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that there was just so much morethat he felt like he should be
doing Not more tasks, not moreagenda items to put on the
calendar, but just moresubstance, something more
fulfilling than what he wasdoing.
That's intense, man.
If we look at just the gooddeeds that we do and don't get
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me started on good, because wetalked about that in previous
episodes as well we don't evenknow what good means.
We think about what's good forus, but it's not even good.
It's not good in the, in theway that that good should be
described or considered.
If we can agree that a babycan't be born racist from his
mother's womb, then it isreasonable to consider that
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every action and experience, anurturing environment and a
specific set of circumstancescan shape what we discover and
learn and how we develop right.
Can we agree on that?
Purpose has to be sought after.
It's not handed to us.
Purpose isn't just a collectionof good deeds that we do so
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that we can feel good aboutourselves or that we can get our
attacks right off.
Purpose is so much bigger thanthat.
I'm hoping that as we movealong here, you're starting to
catch that.
Number five, leadership is thecapacity to influence others
through inspiration, motivatedpassion, generated by vision,
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produced by conviction, ignitedby a purpose.
King David was arguablyconsidered the greatest King in
biblical history.
In my opinion, he was that.
No arguments for me.
King David was said to speakthese words after a return from
a long exile in Babylon.
You can find this in Psalms,chapter 138, verse 8.
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It says the Lord will fulfillhis purpose for me.
Your steadfast love, o Lord,endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of yourhands.
Listen to what he is saying.
He said the Lord will fulfillhis purpose for me, not my
purpose.
This particular psalm describesthat those who are close to God
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Live in reality and those whobelieve in human power Live in a
world of fantasy.
Why is he saying that?
Because if we think that wecreate our own purpose and that
this wasn't already thought ofbefore we even came out of our
mother's womb.
We're fooling ourselves.
We don't have the capacity, asmuch innovative, creative
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ability that we have inside ofus.
We can't create our own purpose.
It's already done.
We can ignore it.
Our own purpose it's alreadydone, we can ignore it.
We can cash it to the side infavor of something else, but we
can't create our own purpose.
We can't even make our own path.
We can't even.
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Honestly, there's very littlethat we get right in life, if
we're honest.
We make mistakes all the time.
We hurt people all the time weoffend people, all the time we
break our own promises and breakour own vows.
All the time we make very baddecisions, immoral decisions,
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all the time.
We think things that are vileand disturbing and destructive
all the time.
Do you really think that we cancreate our own purpose and we
can figure that out without thehelp of the manufacturer?
Come on.
David was acknowledging in thismoment two very specific points.
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One, that the Lord's purposefor him was at the top of the
priority list.
We got to work towards that.
I know that, but that's heavy,it's big.
We need to work toward that,whatever the Lord wants for us
is what we want for ourselves.
And number two, that in all hiskingship, all his loyalty, he
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still understood the simple factthat he was still the work of
the Lord's hands.
It's more than just mama anddaddy having a good time and
here you go.
It's bigger than that.
If, arguably, the greatest kingwe ever heard of believes that,
how much longer before we haveto consider it ourselves.
There is a purpose for all ofus, every single person under
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the sound of my voice, and eventhose that are not listening,
those that are a part of yourlife, connected to you, in your
sphere of influence, but theydon't have a say in what that is
.
They don't get to choose.
It's been dictated for them.
It's why we're here and manypeople go their whole life and
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never find that.
Number four purpose doesn'tmake life easy.
It makes life possible.
Dr Monroe was the best.
I just love it.
Networking with youngentrepreneurs and business
owners usually leads intodiscussions about fulfillment at
work.
I had one of those yesterdayand earlier that week and last
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week.
You might routinely hear thisis not my dream job, but it pays
the bills.
You might routinely hear thisis not my dream job but it pays
the bills.
Or, more commonly, a morecommonly used response I'm
working until I find a job thatpays more.
That's our view of fulfillment.
I mean, that's what's going onout here, that's what's going on
around us.
Many here in this podcast todaymay have had said the same thing
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out of their mouth, had thesame mindset Fulfillment isn't
something you can buy.
Do you understand what I'msaying to you today?
Fulfillment isn't something youcan buy.
It doesn't stop you from trying, but you can't buy it.
Would you believe me if I toldyou that a millionaire friend of
mine said that even with all ofhis millions of dollars, all of
his assets, houses in severalparts of the nation and the
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world, a car for every day ofthe week without a care in the
world, still feels as though hislife is incomplete, even
somewhat empty.
Would you believe that if Itold you that?
Believe it.
It's not only a fact but it'svery common, not just with my
friend but with many people whoare in that same financial
situation.
If you look at the tabloids orsome of these so-called reality
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shows that are not reallyreality, but they have some
reality in them.
These people are not happy withwhere they are.
All the money in the world, allthe resources, and they still
find themselves missingsomething.
I'm not advocating living inpoverty, but we think it'll make
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us better people, but it won't.
It's not a coincidence thatpeople spend their whole life.
People that spend their wholelife serving others often feel
better about themselves.
That's not an accident.
Let's move on.
Number three your job is yourskill that they can fire you
from at any time, but your workis your gift.
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No one can take that from you.
Think of the coolest inventionyou've ever seen that was a
result of a dream, an idea, aconcept, a thought placed on
paper and manufactured.
An action was taken.
It's not difficult to findsomebody who spends every day
fighting for relevance in theirworkplaces, hoping to make more,
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hoping to have an increasedquality of life.
They want more money and, ifpossible, they would love to be
rich.
They're not playing a powerball just for kicks.
They want it quick, fast and ina hurry.
They're not playing a powerball just for kicks.
But it's not a given that theseindividuals have dreams.
I talk to them every day.
They got all these grand plans,but they don't have a dream.
A life worth living should liftpeople up and inspire
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generations to do and be better.
It should make a difference inthe best possible way.
Question for you are we livingthat kind of life?
Colossians 3 and 23 says you doWork heartily as for the Lord,
and not for men.
We find purpose In serving theone that we love.
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We find purpose in Honoring theone that we love.
You can't put a price tag onthat.
Number two when purpose is notknown, abuse is inevitable.
Dr Monroe is on fire.
When purpose is not known,abuse is inevitable.
Dr Monroe is on fire.
When purpose is not known,abuse is inevitable.
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We can go back to the John Deerescenario.
If you don't use the John Deeretractor or lawnmower in the way
it's supposed to be used, inthe way that the instructions
tell you to use it, you can calla husband all you want.
John Deere won't even help youbecause you misused the product,
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because you didn't understandor you didn't read it to
specifications, you didn't useit in the proper way.
Abuse is guaranteed.
We do that in our lives withthese bodies, with these lives,
with these opportunities that wehave.
We misuse them because we don'tunderstand what our purpose is
in all of this.
Jeremiah 29 and 11 says for Iknow the plans I have for you,
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declares the Lord plans forwelfare and not for evil, to
give you a future and a hope.
If I talk about the welfaresystem, that means good health,
life, all the things that wewant as people, all the things
that we strive for that we tryto find, sometimes in the wrong
places.
One of the reasons that peoplestruggle In their quest for
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purpose Because we, and myselfincluded, have sought purpose in
places when it is not intendedto be found City to city, road
to road, highway to highway.
Purpose in places where it isnot intended to be found City to
city, road to road, highway tohighway.
Trying to find purpose inplaces that is not meant to be
found.
We can't find purpose in theexpectations of other people,
that's for sure.
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Do you know that the acclaimedtennis legend, andre Agassi
hated tennis?
You ever heard that story?
It's from several years ago.
He was great at it, though, buthe resented it One because he
felt like it was being forcedupon him and it wasn't his top
priority in life, so to speak.
But then, on top of that, itstole from his family, it stole
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time from them.
It stole his personal time.
He had to train.
Even when he wasn't playing hehad to train, and when he wasn't
training he was playing.
He had no time for himself.
So he began to hate the skillthat he had that made him so
much money.
See a job parallel there, likewe were talking about earlier.
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Maybe Former New York YankeeJoe DiMaggio hated the sport of
baseball and only saw it as ameans to make money, and nothing
more than that.
Stay with us, we'll be rightback.
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Everybody?
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He may be a legend in that game,but is that the kind of life
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you want to live where you are?
Is that the kind of life youwant to live?
You want to go to your job andjust hate it more than anything
in life, but you just thinkabout the check you're going to
get, but don't know what you'regoing to do with that money.
How are you going to apply thatblessing of that finance?
I'm taking you all the way tonumber one, the number one top
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10 quote from Dr Miles Monroe.
Drum roll please, number one.
The wealthiest place in theworld is not the gold mines of
South America or the oil fieldsof Iraq or Iran.
They are not the diamond minesof South Africa or the banks of
the world.
The wealthiest place on theplanet is just down the road.
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It is the cemetery.
There lie buried companies thatwere never started, inventions
that were never made,bestselling books that were
never written and masterpiecesthat were never started
inventions that were never made,best-selling books that were
never written and masterpiecesthat were never painted.
In the cemetery is buried thegreatest treasure of untapped
potential.
I'm going to say that once moreNumber one the wealthiest place
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in the world is not the goldmines of South America or the
oil fields of Iraq or Iran.
They are not the diamond minesof South Africa or the banks of
the world.
The wealthiest place in theworld is not the gold mines of
South America or the oil fieldsof Iraq or Iran.
They are not the diamond minesof South Africa or the banks of
the world.
The wealthiest place on theplanet is just down the road.
It is the cemeteries.
There lie buried companies thatwere never started, inventions
that were never made,bestselling books that were
never written and masterpiecesthat were never painted.
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In the cemetery is buried thegreatest treasure of untapped
potential.
This is probably one of thetruest statements I've ever
heard in my life, because it'sso true.
If I just use my own experience, people who I've known that all
the way to the end of theirlife never really felt like they
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were doing what they weresupposed to be doing.
People were happy what they did, they were happy with what they
gave out, what the time theysacrificed, but they never felt
fulfilled.
Have you found fulfillment inwhat you do every day?
Do you aspire to serve othersLike you would like to be served
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?
Is it important for you to livewell?
I want to tell you somethingtoday.
I want to share this one lastpassage with you before we kind
of go off in the air here.
But this is about finances, butstay with me, because this is
really about purpose, and thisapplies to your job, to whatever
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organization you're a part of.
This applies.
Here's a scenario there's a poorperson and a rich person.
As a donation, they both give15%.
Okay, the poor person gives 15%.
The rich person gives 15%.
Who has given the largestamount?
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Who has given the greaterpercentage?
One more time the poor persongives 15%.
The rich person gives 15%.
Same percentage.
Who has given the largestamount?
Who has given the greaterpercentage?
Here's a story, the story of awidow.
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She walked into the templewhere people were beginning to
donate to the treasury.
Many rich people were givenlarge sums of money, but a poor
widow came and dropped in twotiny coins that weren't worth
very much.
Jesus looked at his disciplesand said look at this.
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I tell you today that this poorwidow has put more into the
treasury than all the others did, because they gave out of their
surplus, out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty,
gave everything she had, all shehad to live on.
You can find that account inMark, chapter 12, verse 41 to 44
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.
The point there, hopefully, isclear.
But the point is that Godclearly doesn't deal in amounts,
because if he did, all the richpeople who gave so many large
sums of money to the, to thetreasury of the temple, would
have been honored for that.
Jesus would have approved ofthat If God thought about the
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amounts as being the mostimportant thing.
But see, god doesn't work inamounts.
In that scenario, the poorperson didn't give the biggest
amount.
The rich person did Same as inthose that gave in the treasury.
But God deals with percentages.
She gave more than the richperson because she had less.
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Her percentage was higherbecause it was all she had.
So, in essence, she gave morebecause she gave from a place of
of lack.
She didn't have a surplus, andthat means a lot more.
When somebody gives something toyou that you really need,
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you'll see that, whatever thegift is, you'll see that.
You'll see that, whatever thegift is, you'll see that You'll
see the value in it because youknow that it came from a place
where they gave you as much asthey can give you.
If it was more heartfelt, itmeant something.
If your mother gave you a giftand she works two jobs and goes
to school and doesn't have muchand she brought you that gift
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that you wanted, that means goesto school and doesn't have much
and she brought you that giftthat you wanted, that means so
much more than if your richfriend gave you one of his gifts
that he doesn't use anymorebecause he has so many gifts.
Something to think about.
I tell you what I'm excitedabout all this going on.
I'm excited about the episodetoday.
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I'm excited about hearing yourresponses to it.
Hope you enjoyed the top 10 formy mentor, dr Miles Monroe.
We love you.
God rest your soul.
So you heard the P word ingreat detail, like we promised.
You heard about living afulfilling life and what it
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means to live well, to serveothers well, to find fulfillment
.
You took notes.
You wrote some stuff down.
Now here's my plan of action foryou guys.
Here's what I want you to do.
I'm not asking you to go onsocial media, on our platforms,
and reach out and answer anyquestions or give comments.
You're definitely you to do.
I'm not asking you to go onsocial media, on our platforms,
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and reach out and answer anyquestions or give comments.
You're definitely free to dothat, but today go treat
somebody better than yesterday.
Check yourself, look at whereyou are.
Are you doing what you need tobe doing today?
Are you fulfilled?
Have you found purpose?
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If not, go find it.
Don't go to city to city andhighway to highway.
Find it with the manufacturer.
He knows you better thananybody else ever will
appreciate you guys so much.
Manufacturer, he knows youbetter than anybody else ever
will Appreciate you guys so much.
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Check before you go change theworld, baby, seize the day.
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I'm really excited abouttoday's episode and a chance to
share another compelling storywith all of you that I really
hope changes your tomorrow.
Let's not waste another minute,let's get into it.
On this podcast, we'rediscussing the P word in great
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detail.
On this podcast, we'rediscussing the P word in great
detail.
Many spend their entire livestrying to locate it, but never
finding the greatest treasurethis world has ever known.
Before we're done today, youwill gain some helpful practical
tools to help you findfulfillment where you least
expected it and what it means tolive well.
I'll answer nearly every lifecoaching question I've ever been
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asked, all on this one singleepisode.
You don't want to miss this.
They Call Me, mr you startsright now.
What's up everybody?
Welcome back to the All PurposePod for an all-purpose life.
We're exploring strange newworlds, seeking out new mindset.
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We're boldly going where fewhave gone before.
I'm your captain, baby, mr youHa.
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Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Welcome back to the all-purposepod for an all-purpose life.
We're your weekly mirror checkbefore you go.
Change the world wherever youare and however you listen to
our podcast today.
Thank you for making a Call Me,mr you, part of your morning,
your day and your week.
I got a heaping cup of the pinkgrapefruit power this morning,
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baby, and I'm ready.
I hope you're ready.
We got a lot to talk about today, so fuel up, strap in.
We're going to have some funtoday, hopefully Now one of the
greatest authors that I've everknown that I've ever read.
He happens to be a spiritualmentor to my wife and I and has
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been for several decades now.
He's going to be on frontstreet for this episode.
You know I listen to podcastssame way you guys do, and
there's a tendency at times towant to be the newest, shiniest
toy, to be the one that kind ofbreaks through those walls and
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does something so radicallydifferent and trying to just be,
I guess, the next big thing.
Well, here on, they Call Me, mryou.
If it works, we'll talk aboutit, if it doesn't work, we won't
.
I don't want to try to reinventthe wheel.
So some of the greatestthoughts on this topic came from
my mentor, dr Miles Monroe.
May he rest in peace.
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I'm going to share my top 10 ofhis most thought-provoking
quotes, the ones that impactedme the most throughout my life.
So you're going to hear the top10 best quotes that I have from
Dr Miles Monroe in context withwhat we're talking about today,
so get your pen and your paperready.
You definitely want to takenotes today.
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Hope you're as excited as I amtoday.
Number 10.
The greatest tragedy in life isnot death, but a life without a
purpose, and we discussedeverything from marriage on this
show to entrepreneurship, tohealth, mental and emotional
health.
We talked about a little bit ofeverything since our podcast
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began, but this is the episodethat if we miss this, I think we
miss everything.
But this is the episode that ifwe miss this, I think we miss
everything.
If we don't catch this, we areperennially sitting on the
sidelines hoping that things getbetter when the answer may be
closer than we thought.
If you don't mind, help me outwith this little exercise Close
your eyes, if you can, whereveryou are.
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If you're driving a motorvehicle or flying a commercial
plane, please don't do that.
Ok, but close your eyes if youcan.
I want you to picture this.
Imagine walking through a cityIn search Of the P word City at
the city road, at the endlessroad, highway after highway,
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squeezing through crowds, makingfriends and connections along
the way, hoping, praying,seeking that treasure.
You think you know what it willlook like when you see it.
You have your sack ready tograb it when you find it.
You search for years, countlessdays, weeks, months, years, but
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you still haven't found it.
You hear others talk about it.
You talk about their treasures.
You can see the joy in theireyes and the excitement in their
speech, but you haven't seen itwith your own eyes.
You've yet to find yours.
You have enough sense torecognize that you can't take
theirs from them and it withyour own eyes.
You've yet to find yours.
You have enough sense torecognize that you can't take
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theirs from them and make ityour own.
It's personalized, it's madejust for you, it's crafted with
you in mind.
There is a specific treasurespecifically made just for you.
No one can utilize it like you,and certainly no one can
utilize it like you, andcertainly no one can appreciate
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it like you can.
Literally, it's tailor-made foryou, a manufacturer's original,
if you will, even after you'relong gone.
No one can use it after you.
No one can repurpose it or turnit into something else when
you're no longer here.
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It can no longer be used byanyone else.
It has a code that only you canunlock.
Only you have the password thatunlocks and releases its
potential.
You are at the point of givingup on your quest.
Though you search so long, youstill can't find it.
Maybe you're thinking therejust isn't a treasure out there
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for you.
Maybe you're just ready to giveup.
Now open your eyes.
What if I told you that thetreasure you've been searching
so diligently for all theseyears that you watch others
rejoice about that you hoped andprayed for many long nights was
a little closer to home thanyou thought?
What if this knowledge couldhave saved you miles and years?
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What if your treasure wasactually in your possession the
entire time?
What would you think?
You know, I affectionately callour podcast and our blog series
the all-purpose pod, or theall-purpose blog for an
all-purpose life.
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Why do I do that?
Well, it's not because I washoping for something catchy or
to get some kind of generic oohsand ahs.
It's because I've come to theunderstanding that without
purpose, we simply exist.
We don't live, we don't blossom, we don't grow, we don't evolve
, we don't excel, we simplylanguish.
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We misplace blame, we liveunfruitful lives, unproductive
lives.
I'm on a journey to start livingat age 50.
I'm just starting to understandnow how important it is for me
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to walk in fulfillment.
See, I can do things.
I'm pretty talented.
If you know anything about myprofessional background, I'm the
epitome of a mixed bag.
I've done technical support,customer service, logistics,
government administration,border security, administrative
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assistance.
I've done so many differentthings.
Sales there's not a lot that Ihaven't tried or done at some
point in time.
Even retail, even smallbusiness ownership.
My background runs the gamut ofthings that you can do,
different career fields.
But I'm on a journey now thatI've never been on all that time
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, because I'm coming face toface with what's been missing.
I'm coming face to face withwhat it means to be fulfilled,
what it means to live a lifeworth living.
I hope that our work here onthey Call Me Mr U helps you to
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walk with us, to grow with us,to blossom with us, to begin to
live with us.
Number nine God never requiresanything of his creations that
he didn't already build intothem.
Listen to that.
Hear that God never requiresanything of his creations that
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he didn't already build intothem.
In very practical terms, ifyour John Deere cuts out on you
when you're mowing the lawn.
Now I don't know, maybe you do,but I don't know anybody that
will run into the house.
Look in the yellow pages, ifyou still have those, and try to
find a number for Husvana.
I don't know who would do that.
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So if you're having a problemfunctioning or you're on a
perpetual search for yourself,soul searching, you can look for
a doctor and they may providesome educated guesses.
They might try to give theirbest analysis to try to help you
, or they may refer you tosomebody else, or you can
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consult your BFF or your parent,but although they know a lot
about you, they don't know thenumber of hairs on your head.
They don't know your innermostthoughts and they can't be
expected to.
That job resides with themanufacturer.
If the John Deere won't wear upso you can cut that grass, you
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can't call Husqvarna, you got tocall John Deere.
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If you made yourself and if thatwas actually possible, then you
would call yourself.
You'd be the solution for yourown problem.
But the truth of the matter isyou didn't make yourself.
You didn't create yourself.
So calling your best friend oryour parent or Husvana is not
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going to help you get thesolution that you specifically
need.
Does that make sense?
Good Number eight.
People generally fall into oneof three groups the few who make
things happen, the many whowatch things happen and the
overwhelming majority who haveno notion of what happens.
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Every person is either acreator of fact or a creature of
circumstance.
He either puts color into hisenvironment or, like a chameleon
, takes color from hisenvironment.
Oh, I love that.
I love that Even in 2021, thereare still a vast minority of
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people who believe that givingback to the community, to the
earth, to the disenfranchised,to the homeless, is not only
admirable but a humanrequirement.
You may raise your hand and sayI'm in that group.
I'm in that group, but the factthat the rate of volunteerism
and charitable giving issomewhere in the low 20% of the
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entire nation is reallyconcerning and it calls to
question whether we're really inthat group at all, or do we
just want to want to be in thatgroup or we're really not.
I'm not telling you to go outand join some cause and you
don't know where the money'sgoing.
I'm not saying join this groupbecause they say that they're
helping the earth and they careabout people.
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I'm not saying that, but it'ssomething to think about.
20% is a very low number for anentire nation, billions of
people.
So, with your best guess, who doyou think is most likely to
have located their purpose inlife?
The man that takes or the manthat gives?
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I just want you to think aboutthat one.
If you're taking notes, you gotyour pen and paper ready.
Write that idea down.
Write that idea down, writethat question down.
With your best guess, who doyou think is most likely to have
located their purpose in lifethe man that takes or the man
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that gives.
See, at this point you shouldhave heard the P word at least a
few times.
So why does this mysterious andvery misunderstood word matter
so much?
What does purpose actually mean?
It means the reason for whichsomething is done or the reason
for which something is created.
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It speaks to a desired result,goal or objective.
It is intention, it is will, itis designed for life, it's a
determined resolve or a plan ofaction.
That's Miriam Webster, by theway.
Ladies and gentlemen, so ifasked to be put aside, if asked
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to put aside your job just for amoment, if asked to put aside
your family and your short andlong-term goals to start a
business or travel the world oret cetera, what would you say is
your objective right now, offthe top of your head?
What is your objective, what isyour plan of action?
What would be the primaryreason you are here Now?
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I don't mean your family, Idon't mean your spouse, I mean
you.
If you can give your bestestimation, what would be the
primary reason why you are here?
It's not because mommy anddaddy really liked each other a
lot, a lot, a lot.
It's bigger than that.
It's more significant than that.
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What's your best, in your bestestimation?
What's the primary reason whyyou are here?
To answer that question?
Open the door for fulfillmentand understanding and self-value
like you may never haveexperienced in your entire life,
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because most times, myselfincluded, people tell you where
they think you should be.
They tell you what they thinkyou should be doing or what
you're best at, or you don'thave the right education.
Perhaps you're better off infood service.
This is real life, y'all.
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Just something to think about.
Number seven you must decide ifyou're going to rob the world
or bless it with the rich,valuable, potent, untapped
resources locked away within you.
Did you hear that?
Number seven you must decide ifyou're going to rob the world
or bless it with the rich,valuable, potent, untapped
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resources locked away within you.
You know bucket lists havebecome very, very popular lately
.
They're the popular option forthose who feel as though they
need to make up for lost time.
If you had to make a bucketlist, what would be on it?
How many items and where wouldthey be on that list?
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That would benefit others morethan you.
Are any of the items on thatlist going to benefit somebody
else other than you, or are theyall just for you to benefit you
, to give pleasure to you?
If you want to skydive andclimb Mount Kilimanjaro, that's
for you.
If you want to walk theHollywood Walk of Fame, that's
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for you.
If you want to travel to Franceand see the Eiffel Tower, again
that's for you.
But how do you spell purpose?
Once we can recognize the workwe should be attached to, then
we have to manage the work in afashion that's pleasing to the
foreman.
There's one thing you're goingto hear throughout some of the
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episodes, because it's a beliefthat I have, and I stand on this
rock right here Everything thatwe have is really not ours.
We don't own it.
I know that you own your Xboxand you own your refrigerator,
but I'm talking more macro thanmicro.
On the scale of the grandscheme of things, we are given
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things to manage, situations tomanage, households to manage.
They're not ours.
When you own something intoday's times, with the
mentality that we have nowadays,when you own something, if you
mistreat it, you think that'sokay because you own it, it's
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yours.
So why is it anybody else'sbusiness?
Let's use your own human bodyas an example.
If we can go that way today,this was unplanned.
So forgive me, but I want toaddress this real quick.
Your human body.
You say that you own that body.
It's yours, it's for your use.
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You can do with it whatever youwant to do, no matter who it
affects.
Say, for example, that youthink a certain kind of drug
that makes you feel euphoric orfeel a certain kind of way,
you're okay with putting thatinto your body because it's your
body, right, it's your mind,it's your heart, it's your blood
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vessels, it's your limbs.
It's your everything.
You can do with it whatever youwant and treat it however.
You want to Question is anybodyaffected by the choice that you
made in this particularscenario?
Is there anybody else that'saffected by this?
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Just think about that, becauseif you think that you own your
own body, you're mistaken.
You're managing it.
There's certain things youshould put into it and certain
things you should keep out.
You are managing a body thatwas given to you for a specific
purpose, so it's not yours todestroy and damage all you want
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to.
If you want to tear up yourXbox and your refrigerator,
that's up to you, but when itcomes to the grand scheme of
things, we're given the role asmanagers, we're being given a
work to do and the foreman getsglory for it.
In this case, the foreman wouldbe God.
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He gets glory for it when we doit the way he wanted it to be
done.
Now we're starting to talk bedone.
Now we're starting to talkabout purpose.
Now we're starting to creepinto that realm where purpose
lives and thrives.
Let's keep going.
Number six people who changedthe world have declared
independence from other people'sexpectations.
I need to sip on some of thepower for that one.
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Number six People who changethe world have declared
independence From other people'sexpectations.
We're given so much to manageEvery gift, every ability, every
skill, every resource.
This isn't about us, and thetruth is it never was.
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If you've been tracking with usso far in this episode, this
may be where we part company.
I may be in the minority inthis, but again, I'm going toe
to line because I'm not of thebelief that every good deed
should be filed under P forpurpose.
Let me try to explain that.
Can you find and I know some,I've met some, I've been in a
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company of many Can you findsome hip hop artists that have
won awards for work that you mayconsider misogynistic, violent,
void morally, and they'recelebrated for it.
Their work is considered whatthey're born to do.
They're telling you at thepodium I thank my Lord and
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Savior, jesus Christ, for thiswork that I did, this
misogynistic, violent, morallyvoid work, sexist work.
I thank my Lord and Savior,jesus Christ, for this award,
for this work that I did.
Think about the hypocrisy ofthat.
Think about it now.
Even if you don't like hip hop,catch my point there.
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Do you know any authors thatwrite fiction about some of the
darkest, most deviant subjectmatter you ever seen in your
entire life?
How about artists who offersome of the most disturbing work
imaginable, some of the imagery, the scenes, situations that
are being depicted and theirwork sells for millions of
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dollars?
Or journalists that embellishstories and make up things that
didn't actually happen in orderto sell newspapers?
Or developers that destroyfamilies in order to build the
next tallest building for profit?
Or politicians who twist factsand lie about data in order to
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push specific agendas thatprofit certain interests Other
than you, other than you, thepeople?
Is that what they were born todo as well, everything that we
do, especially those things thatwe file under a good deed.
It does not mean that that'sour purpose.
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I had a talk with a good friendof mine yesterday.
We talked about the same thing.
He is involved in a lot ofdifferent business ventures and
even in our discussion, with allthe things he has on his plate,
all the things that he isdefinitely successful at, we
came to the conclusion about 45minutes into the conversation
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that there was just so much morethat he felt like he should be
doing Not more tasks, not moreagenda items to put on the
calendar, but just moresubstance, something more
fulfilling than what he wasdoing.
That's intense, man.
If we look at just the gooddeeds that we do and don't get
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me started on good, because wetalked about that in previous
episodes as well we don't evenknow what good means.
We think about what's good forus, but it's not even good.
It's not good in the, in theway that that good should be
described or considered.
If we can agree that a babycan't be born racist from his
mother's womb, then it isreasonable to consider that
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every action and experience, anurturing environment and a
specific set of circumstancescan shape what we discover and
learn and how we develop right.
Can we agree on that?
Purpose has to be sought after.
It's not handed to us.
Purpose isn't just a collectionof good deeds that we do so
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that we can feel good aboutourselves or that we can get our
attacks right off.
Purpose is so much bigger thanthat.
I'm hoping that as we movealong here, you're starting to
catch that.
Number five, leadership is thecapacity to influence others
through inspiration, motivatedpassion, generated by vision,
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produced by conviction, ignitedby a purpose.
King David was arguablyconsidered the greatest King in
biblical history.
In my opinion, he was that.
No arguments for me.
King David was said to speakthese words after a return from
a long exile in Babylon.
You can find this in Psalms,chapter 138, verse 8.
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It says the Lord will fulfillhis purpose for me.
Your steadfast love, o Lord,endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of yourhands.
Listen to what he is saying.
He said the Lord will fulfillhis purpose for me, not my
purpose.
This particular psalm describesthat those who are close to God
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Live in reality and those whobelieve in human power Live in a
world of fantasy.
Why is he saying that?
Because if we think that wecreate our own purpose and that
this wasn't already thought ofbefore we even came out of our
mother's womb.
We're fooling ourselves.
We don't have the capacity, asmuch innovative, creative
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ability that we have inside ofus.
We can't create our own purpose.
It's already done.
We can ignore it.
Our own purpose it's alreadydone, we can ignore it.
We can cash it to the side infavor of something else, but we
can't create our own purpose.
We can't even make our own path.
We can't even.
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Honestly, there's very littlethat we get right in life, if
we're honest.
We make mistakes all the time.
We hurt people all the time weoffend people, all the time we
break our own promises and breakour own vows.
All the time we make very baddecisions, immoral decisions,
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all the time.
We think things that are vileand disturbing and destructive
all the time.
Do you really think that we cancreate our own purpose and we
can figure that out without thehelp of the manufacturer?
Come on.
David was acknowledging in thismoment two very specific points.
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One, that the Lord's purposefor him was at the top of the
priority list.
We got to work towards that.
I know that, but that's heavy,it's big.
We need to work toward that,whatever the Lord wants for us
is what we want for ourselves.
And number two, that in all hiskingship, all his loyalty, he
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still understood the simple factthat he was still the work of
the Lord's hands.
It's more than just mama anddaddy having a good time and
here you go.
It's bigger than that.
If, arguably, the greatest kingwe ever heard of believes that,
how much longer before we haveto consider it ourselves.
There is a purpose for all ofus, every single person under
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the sound of my voice, and eventhose that are not listening,
those that are a part of yourlife, connected to you, in your
sphere of influence, but theydon't have a say in what that is
.
They don't get to choose.
It's been dictated for them.
It's why we're here and manypeople go their whole life and
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never find that.
Number four purpose doesn'tmake life easy.
It makes life possible.
Dr Monroe was the best.
I just love it.
Networking with youngentrepreneurs and business
owners usually leads intodiscussions about fulfillment at
work.
I had one of those yesterdayand earlier that week and last
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week.
You might routinely hear thisis not my dream job, but it pays
the bills.
You might routinely hear thisis not my dream job but it pays
the bills.
Or, more commonly, a morecommonly used response I'm
working until I find a job thatpays more.
That's our view of fulfillment.
I mean, that's what's going onout here, that's what's going on
around us.
Many here in this podcast todaymay have had said the same thing
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out of their mouth, had thesame mindset Fulfillment isn't
something you can buy.
Do you understand what I'msaying to you today?
Fulfillment isn't something youcan buy.
It doesn't stop you from trying, but you can't buy it.
Would you believe me if I toldyou that a millionaire friend of
mine said that even with all ofhis millions of dollars, all of
his assets, houses in severalparts of the nation and the
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world, a car for every day ofthe week without a care in the
world, still feels as though hislife is incomplete, even
somewhat empty.
Would you believe that if Itold you that?
Believe it.
It's not only a fact but it'svery common, not just with my
friend but with many people whoare in that same financial
situation.
If you look at the tabloids orsome of these so-called reality
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shows that are not reallyreality, but they have some
reality in them.
These people are not happy withwhere they are.
All the money in the world, allthe resources, and they still
find themselves missingsomething.
I'm not advocating living inpoverty, but we think it'll make
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us better people, but it won't.
It's not a coincidence thatpeople spend their whole life.
People that spend their wholelife serving others often feel
better about themselves.
That's not an accident.
Let's move on.
Number three your job is yourskill that they can fire you
from at any time, but your workis your gift.
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No one can take that from you.
Think of the coolest inventionyou've ever seen that was a
result of a dream, an idea, aconcept, a thought placed on
paper and manufactured.
An action was taken.
It's not difficult to findsomebody who spends every day
fighting for relevance in theirworkplaces, hoping to make more,
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hoping to have an increasedquality of life.
They want more money and, ifpossible, they would love to be
rich.
They're not playing a powerball just for kicks.
They want it quick, fast and ina hurry.
They're not playing a powerball just for kicks.
But it's not a given that theseindividuals have dreams.
I talk to them every day.
They got all these grand plans,but they don't have a dream.
A life worth living should liftpeople up and inspire
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generations to do and be better.
It should make a difference inthe best possible way.
Question for you are we livingthat kind of life?
Colossians 3 and 23 says you doWork heartily as for the Lord,
and not for men.
We find purpose In serving theone that we love.
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We find purpose in Honoring theone that we love.
You can't put a price tag onthat.
Number two when purpose is notknown, abuse is inevitable.
Dr Monroe is on fire.
When purpose is not known,abuse is inevitable.
Dr Monroe is on fire.
When purpose is not known,abuse is inevitable.
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We can go back to the John Deerescenario.
If you don't use the John Deeretractor or lawnmower in the way
it's supposed to be used, inthe way that the instructions
tell you to use it, you can calla husband all you want.
John Deere won't even help youbecause you misused the product,
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because you didn't understandor you didn't read it to
specifications, you didn't useit in the proper way.
Abuse is guaranteed.
We do that in our lives withthese bodies, with these lives,
with these opportunities that wehave.
We misuse them because we don'tunderstand what our purpose is
in all of this.
Jeremiah 29 and 11 says for Iknow the plans I have for you,
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declares the Lord plans forwelfare and not for evil, to
give you a future and a hope.
If I talk about the welfaresystem, that means good health,
life, all the things that wewant as people, all the things
that we strive for that we tryto find, sometimes in the wrong
places.
One of the reasons that peoplestruggle In their quest for
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purpose Because we, and myselfincluded, have sought purpose in
places when it is not intendedto be found City to city, road
to road, highway to highway.
Purpose in places where it isnot intended to be found City to
city, road to road, highway tohighway.
Trying to find purpose inplaces that is not meant to be
found.
We can't find purpose in theexpectations of other people,
that's for sure.
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Do you know that the acclaimedtennis legend, andre Agassi
hated tennis?
You ever heard that story?
It's from several years ago.
He was great at it, though, buthe resented it One because he
felt like it was being forcedupon him and it wasn't his top
priority in life, so to speak.
But then, on top of that, itstole from his family, it stole
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time from them.
It stole his personal time.
He had to train.
Even when he wasn't playing hehad to train, and when he wasn't
training he was playing.
He had no time for himself.
So he began to hate the skillthat he had that made him so
much money.
See a job parallel there, likewe were talking about earlier.
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Maybe Former New York YankeeJoe DiMaggio hated the sport of
baseball and only saw it as ameans to make money, and nothing
more than that.
Stay with us, we'll be rightback.
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Everybody?
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You know I love hearing fromall of our viewers and listeners
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He may be a legend in that game,but is that the kind of life
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you want to live where you are?
Is that the kind of life youwant to live?
You want to go to your job andjust hate it more than anything
in life, but you just thinkabout the check you're going to
get, but don't know what you'regoing to do with that money.
How are you going to apply thatblessing of that finance?
I'm taking you all the way tonumber one, the number one top
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10 quote from Dr Miles Monroe.
Drum roll please, number one.
The wealthiest place in theworld is not the gold mines of
South America or the oil fieldsof Iraq or Iran.
They are not the diamond minesof South Africa or the banks of
the world.
The wealthiest place on theplanet is just down the road.
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It is the cemetery.
There lie buried companies thatwere never started, inventions
that were never made,bestselling books that were
never written and masterpiecesthat were never started
inventions that were never made,best-selling books that were
never written and masterpiecesthat were never painted.
In the cemetery is buried thegreatest treasure of untapped
potential.
I'm going to say that once moreNumber one the wealthiest place
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in the world is not the goldmines of South America or the
oil fields of Iraq or Iran.
They are not the diamond minesof South Africa or the banks of
the world.
The wealthiest place in theworld is not the gold mines of
South America or the oil fieldsof Iraq or Iran.
They are not the diamond minesof South Africa or the banks of
the world.
The wealthiest place on theplanet is just down the road.
It is the cemeteries.
There lie buried companies thatwere never started, inventions
that were never made,bestselling books that were
never written and masterpiecesthat were never painted.
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In the cemetery is buried thegreatest treasure of untapped
potential.
This is probably one of thetruest statements I've ever
heard in my life, because it'sso true.
If I just use my own experience, people who I've known that all
the way to the end of theirlife never really felt like they
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were doing what they weresupposed to be doing.
People were happy what they did, they were happy with what they
gave out, what the time theysacrificed, but they never felt
fulfilled.
Have you found fulfillment inwhat you do every day?
Do you aspire to serve othersLike you would like to be served
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?
Is it important for you to livewell?
I want to tell you somethingtoday.
I want to share this one lastpassage with you before we kind
of go off in the air here.
But this is about finances, butstay with me, because this is
really about purpose, and thisapplies to your job, to whatever
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organization you're a part of.
This applies.
Here's a scenario there's a poorperson and a rich person.
As a donation, they both give15%.
Okay, the poor person gives 15%.
The rich person gives 15%.
Who has given the largestamount?
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Who has given the greaterpercentage?
One more time the poor persongives 15%.
The rich person gives 15%.
Same percentage.
Who has given the largestamount?
Who has given the greaterpercentage?
Here's a story, the story of awidow.
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She walked into the templewhere people were beginning to
donate to the treasury.
Many rich people were givenlarge sums of money, but a poor
widow came and dropped in twotiny coins that weren't worth
very much.
Jesus looked at his disciplesand said look at this.
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I tell you today that this poorwidow has put more into the
treasury than all the others did, because they gave out of their
surplus, out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty,
gave everything she had, all shehad to live on.
You can find that account inMark, chapter 12, verse 41 to 44
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.
The point there, hopefully, isclear.
But the point is that Godclearly doesn't deal in amounts,
because if he did, all the richpeople who gave so many large
sums of money to the, to thetreasury of the temple, would
have been honored for that.
Jesus would have approved ofthat If God thought about the
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amounts as being the mostimportant thing.
But see, god doesn't work inamounts.
In that scenario, the poorperson didn't give the biggest
amount.
The rich person did Same as inthose that gave in the treasury.
But God deals with percentages.
She gave more than the richperson because she had less.
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Her percentage was higherbecause it was all she had.
So, in essence, she gave morebecause she gave from a place of
of lack.
She didn't have a surplus, andthat means a lot more.
When somebody gives something toyou that you really need,
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you'll see that, whatever thegift is, you'll see that.
You'll see that, whatever thegift is, you'll see that You'll
see the value in it because youknow that it came from a place
where they gave you as much asthey can give you.
If it was more heartfelt, itmeant something.
If your mother gave you a giftand she works two jobs and goes
to school and doesn't have muchand she brought you that gift
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that you wanted, that means goesto school and doesn't have much
and she brought you that giftthat you wanted, that means so
much more than if your richfriend gave you one of his gifts
that he doesn't use anymorebecause he has so many gifts.
Something to think about.
I tell you what I'm excitedabout all this going on.
I'm excited about the episodetoday.
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I'm excited about hearing yourresponses to it.
Hope you enjoyed the top 10 formy mentor, dr Miles Monroe.
We love you.
God rest your soul.
So you heard the P word ingreat detail, like we promised.
You heard about living afulfilling life and what it
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means to live well, to serveothers well, to find fulfillment
.
You took notes.
You wrote some stuff down.
Now here's my plan of action foryou guys.
Here's what I want you to do.
I'm not asking you to go onsocial media, on our platforms,
and reach out and answer anyquestions or give comments.
You're definitely you to do.
I'm not asking you to go onsocial media, on our platforms,
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and reach out and answer anyquestions or give comments.
You're definitely free to dothat, but today go treat
somebody better than yesterday.
Check yourself, look at whereyou are.
Are you doing what you need tobe doing today?
Are you fulfilled?
Have you found purpose?
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If not, go find it.
Don't go to city to city andhighway to highway.
Find it with the manufacturer.
He knows you better thananybody else ever will
appreciate you guys so much.
Manufacturer, he knows youbetter than anybody else ever
will Appreciate you guys so much.
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listen to our podcast.
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your day and your week.
We are your weekly mirror.
Check before you go change theworld, baby, seize the day.
Have a good one.
Coach out.
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