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Do You Believe the Lie?

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Do you believe the lie that all you need is a pre-packaged system and you too can be an over night success? Let me show you why most people have the wrong focus.

Have you ever heard of the Minoan civilization? Neither had I until yesterday in an article in Discover Magazine.

It was on the Island of Crete and from roughly 3000 BC to 1400 BC the Minoan civilization thrived as one of the top economies in the Mediterranean. Before the Greek Golden age, these people were trading and building massive wealth and culture. They were so influential in their trading that even the Egyptians recorded their commerce with this powerful nation.

The Minoans were one of the first cultures to develop a society that enjoyed arts, sports and leisure time. It is even noted that the wealth was shared evenly and that no "class" system had developed In fact, they were one of the first cultures to build multi-room dwellings for all their people—which would have been considered mansions by cultural standards of the time.

They were a seafaring culture whose ships and skills provided not only bounty for themselves but allowed them to travel and trade bringing in even more wealth into their society. Developing their own written language, they kept detailed records of commerce and trade as well as building architectural wonders of the day.

So what happened?

The first event was a volcano in the Mediterranean 10 times the size of Krakatau which caused them to lose several cities. But archeology shows that they recovered and started to thrive once again. But then later there is evidence of an extreme Tsunami that devastated the major cities. From that point on this once major civilization declined into obscurity.

So what was lost? Well, that brings me back to the title of this article, "Most people have the wrong focus".

You see most people only want to focus on wealth and how to get it as quickly as possible. What they ignore is the knowledge required not only to get the wealth, but to reproduce it should anything go wrong. Those who want a template website site and a preplanned package no-brainer system that "makes them an over-night success" are the same people that go bust when the wind changes. Why, because they have no knowledge on how to reproduce any results.

When the Minoan's were hit with the Tsunami they lost a segment of the culture that had the wisdom and knowledge to keep their system going. As their shipping fleeting started to decay, they didn't have the people or the knowledge on how to repair it or improve it and this once powerful culture slipped into obscurity.

People today want to focus on immediate prosperity and don't care about the knowledge it takes to get there or the mindset needed to keep it. These people may flourish for awhile, but sooner or later something will happen, the rules will change, the winds of commerce will shift and they will cease to exist just like the Minoans.

The laws and understanding of prosperity are more important than the production of prosperity. Someone can always take away what you produce, but no one or no event can take away your knowledge. So be sure you focus on the right things first.

Duke Clarke is a writer/coach/speaker who for the past 35 years has been teaching individual how to excel and be successful according to God's principles and a biblical point of view. To find out more information go to http://www.GodWantsYoutoProsperFamily.com or http://www.DukeClarke.com

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