Your Faith May Hinder Your Success
All of us want to be successful in life . We have goals and we have dreams . We have bench marks set in our minds at strategic points of our life anticipating the level of success we plan to have achieved at certain times . It is our hope that our accomplishments will be exemplified in the houses we live in , the cars drive , our gold and diamonds , fine clothes that array our bodies , and our trips far-far-away . These are the goals and the plans we set for the life we live .
To fulfill these lofty expectations we set out to become business professionals and business owners with hopes of making in excess of hundreds of thousands of dollars . This is what we want , these are our plans , we have prayed about it and God has confirmed in our spirit all things are possible . There is nothing wrong with having great expectations in life . I am a believer in being all you can be . I believe that God has given each of us the ability to create and complete . I believe that “ if your mind can conceive it and your heart can believe it then you can achieve it .” However , I have found that in many , the greater your faith is in God , the lesser are your chances of success .
Let me explain . As I researched this theory , I discovered that those who have a strong faith in God are committed to prayer and reading the Bible which teaches “ Ask and you shall receive …” and “ I can do all things through Christ …” In so many circumstances in life these principles apply and are very true , however , in business – your faith may hinder your success .
When it comes to business , the mentality is more like “ seek and destroy ” and “ the survival of the fittest ”. You have your life ’ s goals which I am sure are honorable , but so do others , and their goals may align with yours and
Publisher ' s Editorial Faith Hinder Success Darryl A . Barrs Jacksonville , Florida Summer 2013
you find yourself in competition . Everybody will not be successful , only a few – who are those that are willing to do what it takes to separate themselves from their competition ... work harder … stay longer … think smarter . I learned early in business that “ every dollar you make is a dollar someone else did not , even though they provide the same service or sells the same product .” Because of this fact , everybody won ’ t be happy with your success .
It is important that you believe in yourself and have faith in God . I further instruct you to “ pray as though everything depends on God and work as if everything depends on you .” This is where I feel most go wrong with their faith . Too often we pray and believe only to later just sit back and wait for God to move the mountains of success to our doorway . Then we wonder why is it we have been doing business so many years and still haven ’ t been able to leave our job , make the big money , and live in your dream house ?
Allow me to share just a few Business Success Principles I have learn over the years . The first principle is chose a business where you have expertise or become an apprentice to someone doing what you want to do . I know due to this economy many people are finding themselves unemployed due to lay-off and early retirement doing a time where there are no jobs to be found and because of this , they are considering for the first time starting their own business . You might hear many of them saying it has