Prosper in Your Own Acre of Diamonds
FRIDAY Book Study: we will study this one power packed book throughout the year, each week diving into business, mindset, and personal development principles. Og Mandino’s University of Success: The Greatest Self-Help Author in the World Presents the Ultimate Success Book.
Please make sure you read and study this chapter business people, there are soooo many nuggets in this lesson. CLICK HERE for the book in pdf format.
LISTEN TO LESSON 10 (SEMESTER TWO)
TODAY’S THOUGHT
MANY OF US SPEND OUR LIVES SEARCHING FOR
SUCCESS WHEN USUALLY IT IS SO CLOSE
THAT WE CAN REACH OUT AND TOUCH IT
TODAY’S TAKEAWAYS
- Everyone has the opportunity to make themselves better or the best right where they are, with their own skill, their own energy, and their own friends!
- Greatness consists not of holding some “future” office or position, but really consists of great deeds done in the private ranks of life.
- You must begin where you are to achieve any greatness.
- She who can give to her own city is a blessing.
- She who can make a better home is a blessing.
- Be great where ever you are first
TODAY’S INSTRUCTOR: RUSSEL H. CONWELL
Russell Conwell (American Lawyer and Educator) in full Russell Herman Conwell, (born February 15, 1843, South Worthington, Massachusetts, U.S.—died December 6, 1925, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), American lawyer, author, clergyman, and educator whose lecture “Acres of Diamonds,” which expressed his formula for success, brought him fame and wealth on the Chautauqua circuit.
In 1862 Conwell began law study at Yale but left a few weeks later to raise a company for service in the American Civil War, in which he was awarded the rank of captain. Admitted to the bar in 1865 (after graduating from Albany Law School, Albany, New York), he practiced law in Minneapolis and Boston. In 1867 he was editor in chief of the Minneapolis Daily Chronicle, and he was co-owner of the Somerville (Massachusetts) Journal.
Conwell was ordained a minister in 1881 and in 1882 was called to Grace Baptist Church in Philadelphia, a small congregation struggling with debt. The church prospered under his leadership, moving eventually to the much larger Baptist Temple. Conwell founded Temple University in 1884 as a series of night study courses for ministerial students; the school received a college charter in 1888 and became a university in 1907, with Conwell as its first president (from 1887).
Conwell delivered his lecture “Acres of Diamonds” no fewer than 6,000 times. The theme of the lecture was that opportunity lurks in everyone’s backyard. Everyone, Conwell believed, can and ought to get rich and then use that money for the good of others. “Keep clean, fight hard, pick your openings judiciously, and have your eyes forever fixed on the heights toward which you are headed” was his simple formula for success and the central emphasis of his preaching.
TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS BOOK STUDY
- I may read and record a portion of the chapter or just pick out a few nuggets each week. So, to really obtain the full benefit and get the most out of this book you may want to purchase your own copy, here is the link to Amazon
- Highlight, underline, star, mark up this book however you want with things that resonate with you.
- Take this study slowly and with intention, that’s why we are doing only ONE chapter each week, so we can ponder, think and study on this content until the next chapter.
- Do the chapters in order (all of these suggestions are from the author)
FACEBOOK GROUP
As we gather momentum and there is at least 10 like-minded women interested, I will set up a private Facebook group to connect, discuss the topics, and support each other! Send me a message below if you would be interested!
LET ME KNOW YOU ARE INTERESTED!
