Business Secrets from the Bible: Spiritual Success Strategies for Financial Abundance

PRAISE FOR Business Secrets from the Bible Rabbi Lapins first book, Thou Shall Prosper , is one of the most eye–opening, mind–blowing books Ive read in the past decade. Im so excited that hes now turned that same meticulous biblical lens toward our view of business. I read everything Rabbi Lapin writes! Dave Ramsey, New York Times best–selling author and nationally syndicated radio show host Making real money is not what will allow you to do the right things; it is the result of doing those right things in the first place. Rabbi Daniel Lapin teaches what those right things are in this bold and eye–opening book that takes readers through the forty steps of Biblical abundance. Glenn Beck, #1 bestselling author of Miracles and Massacres and founder of TheBlaze.com No one makes a more passionate, persuasive case than Rabbi Daniel Lapin for applying the timeless wisdom of Scripture to the timely challenges of modern life. This wise, wonderful book helps point the way to productivity and peace of mind for individuals as well as society at large. MICHAEL MEDVED, Best–selling author of 5 Big Lies About American Business , speaker, and host of the nationally syndicated Medved Radio Show Eternal wisdom for present–day professionals For thousands of years, the Bible has guided its enthusiasts in all their endeavors, and finance is no exception. With his knowledge of ancient Jewish wisdom, Rabbi Daniel Lapin has extracted 40 business secrets from the pages of humanitys most trusted volume. In Business Secrets from the Bible , the Rabbi teaches these timeless truths with clarity so you can apply them to business and beyond. In this book, Rabbi Lapin explains how business is a way of measuring our interactions with others, and how the Bible guides us to serve them for mutual gain. Only by unifying business, relationships, and spirituality can we achieve lasting financial and personal success. If you focus on business and hard work but cant understand why you arent more successful, this book is for you. Business Secrets from the Bible will gently take you from confusion to abundance in forty simple steps.

Introduction Biblical Business Secret One: God wants each of us to be obsessively preoccupied with the needs and desires of His other children. Biblical Business Secret Two: An infinite God created us in His image with infinite imagination, potential, creative power, and desires. Biblical Business Secret Three: Humans alone possess the ability to transform themselves. Biblical Business Secret Four: The universe was created for connection. Biblical Business Secret Five: Making money is a spiritual activity. Biblical Business Secret Six: Everything important and joyful you have achieved has been in partnership with at least one other person. Biblical Business Secret Seven: Focus on other people’s needs, focus on other people’s desires, and you will never ever be short of what you yourself desire and need. Biblical Business Secret Eight: Become a people person. Biblical Business Secret Nine: We love the people whom we help more than we love those who help us. Biblical Business Secret Ten: Life isn’t about what you know—it’s about who you are. Biblical Business Secret Eleven: In order to achieve success, self–discipline, integrity, and character strength must be built up and can be built up. Biblical Business Secret Twelve: Your authentic identity requires other people. Biblical Business Secret Thirteen: Know how business works. Understand specialization and cooperation. Biblical Business Secret Fourteen: Each and every one of us is in business and should act like a business professional. Biblical Business Secret Fifteen: Develop all four dimensions of your life simultaneously. Biblical Business Secret Sixteen: Earnings and profits are God’s way of rewarding us for forming relationships with others and serving them faithfully and effectively. Biblical Business Secret Seventeen: Raise the limits on yourself and others by imposing boundaries and structures. Biblical Business Secret Eighteen: The importance of service is that you cannot lead if you cannot follow. Biblical Business Secret Nineteen: Vision is necessary. Sharing that vision is not always necessary. Biblical Business Secret Twenty: The most important organ of leadership is your mouth. Biblical Business Secret Twenty–One: Change is scary.   Biblical Business Secret Twenty–Two: As painful as change can be, it often contains the seeds of growth. Biblical Business Secret Twenty–Three: Because change is a constant reality, life is more accurately depicted by a video than a photograph. Biblical Business Secret Twenty–Four: The more that things change, the more we must depend upon those things that never change. Biblical Business Secret Twenty–Five: Press forward even when the road ahead is not clear. Biblical Business Secret Twenty–Six: Do not let your fear conquer you—press on. Biblical Business Secret Twenty–Seven: Become strongly, even radically, open to new directions, soft sounds, and faint footsteps. Biblical Business Secret Twenty–Eight: Use the power of words, sentences, and sound. Biblical Business Secret Twenty–Nine: Feeling right about money makes you act right. Biblical Business Secret Thirty: You can best attract that which you best understand. Biblical Business Secret Thirty–One: You must know your money, which you must be able to measure and count. Biblical Business Secret Thirty–Two: Money is spiritual. Biblical Business Secret Thirty–Three: Don’t live beyond your means—give beyond your means. Biblical Business Secret Thirty–Four: Giving money away makes you feel wealthy. Biblical Business Secret Thirty–Five: How you feel about yourself is how others will see you. Biblical Business Secret Thirty–Six: Giving money away automatically connects us with other people. Biblical Business Secret Thirty–Seven: If there is no Hebrew word for something, then that thing does not exist. Biblical Business Secret Thirty–Eight: Retirement is unhealthy. Biblical Business Secret Thirty–Nine: You can ruin today by planning bad things for tomorrow. Biblical Business Secret Forty: Retirement tends to isolate you. Final Thoughts Index

RABBI DANIEL LAPIN is a respected Torah scholar, Jewish leader, radio and television personality, presidential advisor, and author. With radio host Michael Medved, he co–founded the Pacific Jewish Center in Los Angeles. Newsweek named him as one of the top 50 rabbis in America. Rabbi Lapin is the president of the American Alliance of Jews and Christians and has been the headline speaker for hundreds of companies, organizations, churches and synagogues and was the keynote speaker at the Congressional bi–partisan opening of the 106th Congress in Washington, D.C. He is the author of Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money, Buried Treasure, Thought Tools, and Americas Real War . He and his wife, Susan, live on Mercer Island, WA where they homeschooled their seven children.