Constantly be on your guard so that your hearts will not be loaded down with self-indulgences, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, or that day will take you by surprise. (Luke 21:34)
Welcome once again to Let's Talk where we are taking a look at the thirty-one major reasons for failure. Our text of study is "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. Have you ever considered intemperance as a cause for failure? Let's take a deeper look into this topic to uncover the reasons why this is true.
We will start by looking at the definition of intemperance. Intemperance is defined as lack of moderation or due restraint, as in action or speech. According to "Think and Grow Rich", "the most damaging forms of intemperance are connected with eating, strong drink and sexual activities." We can clearly see how self indulgence in any of these areas can cause failure. Aside from the health issues that would occur due to intemperance in any of these areas, if we are not able to control our actions when it comes to these and other related areas of concern, our professional life will be affected.
If we were to over indulge in strong drink, we would not be in the right frame of mind in order to carry out any assignments expected of us in our business. This will definitely have a negative impact on our plans to reach success.
We spoke in an earlier issue of Let's Talk about uncontrolled sexual desire. In the business world, we must be able to control our sexual activities for a number of reasons. We will avoid harassment suits, unnecessary tension and defamation of character, just to name a few.
We must learn to control our emotions and not have our emotions control us. Then, and only then, will we be able to display the level of professionalism needed to become successful in today's business world. Let's not allow intemperance to rob us of another chance to begin to think and grow rich in 2010.
That's all for this issue of Let's Talk. Tomorrow join me for another discussion of the thirty-one major reasons for failure. We will explore the reason why possession of power that was not acquired through self effort causes failure. I welcome your feedback. Please leave me any comments and/or questions and let me know what’s on your mind. If you know anyone who would benefit from this information, please share this site with them.
Until next time,
God Bless
T.J. Robinson
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Until next time,
God Bless
T.J. Robinson
P.S.
If you have not downloaded your free copy of the book, "Think and Grow Rich" and get yours today. The book will be emailed to you immediately. While you're there, take a look around the site for some interesting information.

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