No, it’s not like I had a bag with $200 Million Dollars and left it at the bus depot.  But today, I’m going to share with you what turned out to be the 3 Primary Lessons I Learned From Losing $200 Million Dollars.

• How to face your reality in relation to money.
• Uncover the well-kept secret all wealthy people know (and poor people don’t).
• Discover the one key factor that’s proven to determine destiny.

Should we love the Giver rather than the Gift?

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No gadget…no gizmo…just a fact that blew me away. The fantasy football market generates 70 billion dollars a year.  Think about this astounding fact and send us three profound marketing truths embedded and implied in this statement. We will send a prize to the first astute marketer who emails us three profound marketing truths based on the fantasy football league market.   (No, it’s not a Ferrari.) Send to support@rayedwards.com

Spiritual Foundations

• “Love the Giver and not the gift” — How your philosophy and your faith are influenced by your view of the Gift and the Giver.
• Altruism, vending machines, and prostitution, so what’s that got to do with my spiritual foundation? Is charity bad?
• Selfless motivation, self-interest, and altruism — Why what you think about these terms underlies your view of yourself, others, and God.
• Selfish brute or selfless doormat — Uncovering the two historical ethics options and considering the possibility of others.
• Why did Jesus make the ultimate sacrifice? — Rethinking it all, was it really the Ultimate Sacrifice?
• Ayn Rand, “The question is not should you give the homeless man some money, but do you have the right to exist if you don’t?”

Feature Presentation “3 Things I Learned From Losing $200 Million“

• How social security, deep debt, 100 extra lbs., and a timer ticking on my health finally jolted me to take action.  18:00
• • “It stops here!” — Why putting an end to toleration is the first step toward transformation.  20:22
• NO, it doesn’t matter what you make — How this one shift in thinking will transform your life now (and impact your future).  21:45
• • Why keeping up appearances keeps you poor — How to embrace becoming wealthy and finally realize that income is fantasy.  22:40
• The one deal you should NEVER make — Why it seems so tempting, yet save yourself the headache because it’s always a disaster. 23:38
• • How your three brains impact your thinking in ways you never realized — Why knowing it in your “head” is not enough.  24:24
• The difference between the poor and the wealthy — Why one key principle separates the haves and the have-nots.  26:15
• • If your house is re-possessable then you need to realize you’re poor — How to shift your view and put every dollar to work for you. 26:48
• The desire formula — Why understanding the root word “sire” helps you uncover the unexpected origin of your pure desires.  29:10
• • Your desires are imprinted on you as possibilities by your Creator — Why some people think because you desire it that is enough (really, how’s that working for you?). 31:00
• How Christians embrace superstitions and mystical ways by evading reality — Why you can believe in the power of prayer (even if you’re rational you can still believe in miracles.). 32:18
• • Uncovering why destiny is not magical (even though most people mistakenly believe this …especially Christians). 33:00
• Discover the “good works prepared for you before you were born” — Why most will not fulfill their potential. 35:58
• • The one thing that determines your destiny — The famous D word we all avoid yet it strongly impacts everything in your life. 35:36

• Are you guilty of sitting on the couch waiting for God to make things happen?” — Why God gets a bad rap and how to change your thinking about God. 37:00

Resources Mentioned In This Episode

Ayn Rand

Francis Bacon

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