Saturday, 28 April 2018
FORWARD MOMENTUM: The Art of Winning in Life: THE MOTIVATION OF GREED!
FORWARD MOMENTUM: The Art of Winning in Life: THE MOTIVATION OF GREED!: Fire Can Never be Satisfied so as Greed “Then the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and th...
THE MOTIVATION OF GREED!
Fire Can Never be Satisfied so as Greed
“Then
the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the
cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and
wickedness!” (Luke 11:39 NLT, emphasis mine).
Miriam Webster Dictionary defines greed
“a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (such as money) than is
needed.” From a Christian
perspective, the core definition of greed is the obsession with accumulating
material goods.[1] This means a greedy person
values material things more than God or people. Their heart is deeply consumed
with a want for more. The motivation of greed is to acquire more things regardless
of cost.
Greed is like a wildfire that burns forest. One characteristic
of fire is it burns whatever touches it. The more the fire is fed the more it consumes
Fire can never be satisfied so as greed. A greedy person will
do all kinds of pretense deception to get more and accumulate more regardless of its damaging
outcomes to other people.
Biblical commentator John Ritenbaugh describes it as a “ruthless
self-seeking, and an arrogant assumption that others and things exist for one’s
own benefit.” This word is also found in the writing of both Plato and
Aristotle, and is strictly defined as “the insatiable desire to have what
rightfully belongs to others.”[2]
New Testament Greek
scholar William Barclay describes pleonexia as an “accursed love of having,”
which “will pursue its own interests with complete disregard for the rights of
others, and even for the considerations of common humanity.” He labels it an
aggressive vice that operates in three spheres of life:[3]
· In
the material sphere it involves “grasping at money and goods, regardless of
honor and honesty.”
· In
the ethical sphere it is “the ambition which tramples on others to gain
something which is not properly meant for it.”
· In
the moral sphere, it is “the unbridled lust which takes its pleasure where it
has no right to take.”
Hugh Whelchel, Executive Director of the
Institute for Faith, Work & Economics and author of How Then
Should We Work?: Rediscovering the Biblical Doctrine of Work argues that,
“There is an important thread that runs through these biblical definitions that
is strongly missing from the
typical definitions of greed. It is the idea that greed fosters the
taking of something that is not rightfully ours.”
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[1]
Access Jesus. “A Christian Definition of greed,” 2016.
http://access-jesus.com/definition-of-greed-html/. Sept. 23, 2017.
Monday, 22 January 2018
FORWARD MOMENTUM: The Art of Winning in Life: ARE YOU MAKING A LIVING OR DESIGNING A LIFESTYLE?
FORWARD MOMENTUM: The Art of Winning in Life: ARE YOU MAKING A LIVING OR DESIGNING A LIFESTYLE?: EIGTHY PERCENT (80%) OF THE WORKFORCE TODAY ARE EITHER MISPLACED OR MISFIT AT WORKPLACE! Here is a question for you to ponder. Are you ma...
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ARE YOU MAKING A LIVING OR DESIGNING A LIFESTYLE?
EIGTHY PERCENT (80%) OF THE WORKFORCE TODAY ARE EITHER MISPLACED OR MISFIT AT WORKPLACE!
Here is a question for you to ponder. Are you making a living or designing a lifestyle?Just before I answer that question, let me give you what the experts is saying about workforce.
But first here is a question for you to ponder. Are you making a living or designing a lifestyle?
Experts claims that eighty percent (80%) of the workforce today are either misplaced or misfit at workplace. This is potentially happening both in the corporate and non-profit organizations around the world.
Imagine going to work every day knowing that 80 percent of your coworkers are either misplaced or misfit from their works? This could mean different things. This could potentially entail many employees not genuinely happy in what they do at work. They work solely to earn a living because they must meet or their family need. There is absolutely nothing wrong with providing financially family needs. I think the problem lies on the fact that employees are not happy, struggling, misplaced, misfit in what they do at work place. Secondly, this could easily translate into frequent turn over, tardiness, sick leave, and waste of companies’ resources and who knows what else. Waste of time, energy, talents and skills. Lastly, it could mean employees not pursuing their dreams, their design, their passion, purpose or the things that they wanted to do in life; put aside their desired future because they’re stuck on a job that meets their family needs. The bigger challenge with this picture is huge inner struggle, loneliness, potential relationship conflict at work and at home, feeling unsatisfied and unfulfilled.
The bottom line is employees’ personal and professional development is at stake. Vision and dreams be put aside doing something they’re not happy until they retire at 65 years old.
Many employees and professionals see the importance of work not through the lens of God’s call but "the need to work” to make a living. Meaning we work for a paycheck but not to do our purpose. This is why so many employees and professionals out there working so hard unmotivated, struggling and dissatisfied with what they do.
They ask the million dollar question, “Why work?” “What do I gain from my work?” “Why do we get up every day to go to work?”
This is the reason why I am doing what I am doing. This is WHY I am passionate to HELP UNSATISFIED EMPLOYEES BUILD MOMENTUM TO WIN IN LIFE SO THEY CAN ENJOY THEIR WORK AND MEANINGFUL LIFESTYLE. I AM LIKE A TRAIN TRACK FOR THE JOURNEY OF DESIGNING SUCCESS BLUEPRINT.
This is why I’ve written my first book: “Forward Momentum—the Art in Winning in Life” to offer practical guide in the art of winning in life to encourage readers create a forward momentum that will take them to their desired life and future. It tackles how to overcome difficult circumstances, how to move forward in life, and how to be equipped with the right perspective and mind-set. Reader will learn practical wisdom and truth drawn from the Bible about belief system, how it influences their life style, and discovers winning principles that will catapult them to do their God-given purpose.
Copyright © 2018 by Francis P. Herras - Author of Forward Momentum: The Art of Winning in Life
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
Experts claims that eighty percent (80%) of the workforce today are either misplaced or misfit at workplace. This is potentially happening both in the corporate and non-profit organizations around the world.
Imagine going to work every day knowing that 80 percent of your coworkers are either misplaced or misfit from their works? This could mean different things. This could potentially entail many employees not genuinely happy in what they do at work. They work solely to earn a living because they must meet or their family need. There is absolutely nothing wrong with providing financially family needs. I think the problem lies on the fact that employees are not happy, struggling, misplaced, misfit in what they do at work place. Secondly, this could easily translate into frequent turn over, tardiness, sick leave, and waste of companies’ resources and who knows what else. Waste of time, energy, talents and skills. Lastly, it could mean employees not pursuing their dreams, their design, their passion, purpose or the things that they wanted to do in life; put aside their desired future because they’re stuck on a job that meets their family needs. The bigger challenge with this picture is huge inner struggle, loneliness, potential relationship conflict at work and at home, feeling unsatisfied and unfulfilled.
The bottom line is employees’ personal and professional development is at stake. Vision and dreams be put aside doing something they’re not happy until they retire at 65 years old.
Many employees and professionals see the importance of work not through the lens of God’s call but "the need to work” to make a living. Meaning we work for a paycheck but not to do our purpose. This is why so many employees and professionals out there working so hard unmotivated, struggling and dissatisfied with what they do.
They ask the million dollar question, “Why work?” “What do I gain from my work?” “Why do we get up every day to go to work?”
This is the reason why I am doing what I am doing. This is WHY I am passionate to HELP UNSATISFIED EMPLOYEES BUILD MOMENTUM TO WIN IN LIFE SO THEY CAN ENJOY THEIR WORK AND MEANINGFUL LIFESTYLE. I AM LIKE A TRAIN TRACK FOR THE JOURNEY OF DESIGNING SUCCESS BLUEPRINT.
This is why I’ve written my first book: “Forward Momentum—the Art in Winning in Life” to offer practical guide in the art of winning in life to encourage readers create a forward momentum that will take them to their desired life and future. It tackles how to overcome difficult circumstances, how to move forward in life, and how to be equipped with the right perspective and mind-set. Reader will learn practical wisdom and truth drawn from the Bible about belief system, how it influences their life style, and discovers winning principles that will catapult them to do their God-given purpose.
Copyright © 2018 by Francis P. Herras - Author of Forward Momentum: The Art of Winning in Life
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
Thursday, 18 January 2018
FORWARD MOMENTUM: The Art of Winning in Life: FAILURE CAN ALTER YOUR VIEW OF LIFE
FORWARD MOMENTUM: The Art of Winning in Life: FAILURE CAN ALTER YOUR VIEW OF LIFE: Hi there, my name is Francis Herras, author of Forward Momentum The Art of Winning in Life. EVERYBODY WANTS TO WIN! But to win in li...
FAILURE CAN ALTER YOUR VIEW OF LIFE
Hi there, my name is Francis Herras, author of Forward Momentum The Art of Winning in Life.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO WIN! But to win in life you must figth everything that is against life! Get a copy of my book NOW! BUILD momentum and get ready to move forward!
I help unhappy employees build momentum to win in life so they can enjoy their work and meaningful lifestyle. I am like a train track for the journey of designing success blueprint at work.
If you think you are a failure or struggles to recover from failure, or felt stuck in the daily grinds of life please get a copy of my newly release book Forward Momentum The Art of Winning in Life.
Here is why you need to get a copy of my book. Because failure can alter your view of life. It has the power to create an elusive, hollow perspective framed by painful experience in the pursuit of carrying out one’s purpose in life. As a result, many people felt stuck and struggle to move forward and overcome the daily grinds of life.
The purpose of my book is to equip readers with a practical guide, wisdom and truth from the Bible so they can overcome difficult conditions of life with the right perspective and mindset; further to equip readers with success blueprint and winning ideas and principles to carry out their God-given purpose.
Ultimately, to awaken the dreams of those who have given up hope and prompt them to move forward towards success corresponding to their defined goals in life.
· Winning Ideas and Principles that will Move you forward to your Future
· You Are Design to Win in Life
· You Are Made for Higher Purpose
· The Most Fatal Inner Storms of Life
· What are New Beginning and What Makes New Beginnings?
· How to Create a Mental Picture of your Future
· Tackles How Belief System Influence Lifestyle
· Explain The Power of thoughts
· Unveils the Hidden Potentials at the Core of Every Individual
· Explain You are Made to think
· Uncover Life Will Draw Only the Best Out of You
· Offers Effective Ways How to Create Success Blueprint
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