Morning Briefings

The kingdom of God is within you. Could anything be plainer than that?

– Mary Pickford
Why Not Try God?

Christ learned about his mission while he was cutting wood and making chairs, beds and cabinets. He came as a carpenter to show us that–no matter what we do–everything can lead us to the experience of God’s love.

– Paulo Coelho
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

It is probably true that the church doesn’t fully appreciate the needs of people in the business world, but, the church has endorsed my vocation in life: what I do has meaning.

– James M. Childs, Jr.
Ethics in Business: Faith at Work

I don’t want to do things to sell myself on myself. I don’t want to do nice things for people so that I will be ‘nice.’ I don’t want to work to make money, I want to work to work. Today I don’t want to live for, I want to live.

– Hugh Prather
Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person

Looking back, it’s difficult for me to understand how I could have maintained such a fragmented existence for so long without caving in to its incoherence and lack of central commitment. Life was a blur — I was popping from one activity to another without a moment’s hesitation to reflect and consider my overall life direction.

– Joseph Jaworski
Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership

Everyone has a religion. We all have some sort of beliefs about the cause, nature and purpose of the universe. Our religion is simply our map, our paradigm, our beliefs that answer the difficult existential questions.

– James C. Hunter
The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership

The truth is that no one really knows if he (she) is an entrepreneur until he becomes one–and sometimes not even then. There really is only one question you should ask yourself before starting any new venture: Do I want to make meaning?

– Guy Kawasaki
The Art of the Start