{"id":445,"date":"2011-11-13T21:17:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T04:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/?p=445"},"modified":"2011-11-13T21:17:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T04:17:25","slug":"are-gold-nuggets-ruining-your-chances-at-wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/13\/are-gold-nuggets-ruining-your-chances-at-wealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Gold Nuggets Ruining Your Chances at Wealth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago, I was introduced to a teaching principle. \u00a0Great teachers not only use the best teaching methods to reach their students. Master teachers teach important timeless truths. More than tactic or technique these teachers teach important truths their students may or may not want to learn. \u00a0<strong>Quality teachers teach their students what is most important using the best methods possible<\/strong>.\u00a0So, what is of greatest worth in life to teach?<br \/>\n<a style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #f3f3f3;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.daylife.com\/image\/0b0vao3eyCbEH?utm_source=zemanta&amp;utm_medium=p&amp;utm_content=0b0vao3eyCbEH&amp;utm_campaign=z1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured alignright\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\" title=\"JAMESTOWN, CA - APRIL 29:   Brent Shock holds ...\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.daylife.com\/imageserve\/0b0vao3eyCbEH\/150x100.jpg\" alt=\"Wealth Acquisition via Gold Nuggets\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Today I ask you a difficult question I&#8217;ve had to ask myself. \u00a0Are you and I busy looking for large gold nuggets? \u00a0Do we want it all right\u00a0now? \u00a0Are we so set on the big, earth shattering solutions that we are overlooking the simple beauties and riches along the way?<br \/>\nSometimes when we pursue answers to the problems we face, we jump forward in leaps and bounds seeking to accumulate wealth. \u00a0In our running forward in a\u00a0frenzy\u00a0we risk missing the flecks of gold along the way. \u00a0Life lessons worth learning are strung along our path. \u00a0Are we seeing them? Do we see the riches of today?<br \/>\nThe accumulation of great riches often happens through the patient collection of tiny\u00a0gold flecks gathered carefully along the way. \u00a0I am grateful much of the wealth I enjoy today has come in this way. \u00a0Enjoy this parable:<br \/>\nhttpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fEfg-Z-TOc8&amp;rel=1<br \/>\nBy small and simple means are great blessings brought to pass. Does your daily method of operation foster this kind of service and reward? \u00a0Are you serving others in small and simple ways? \u00a0Are you getting better along the way?<br \/>\nI wish you the greatest of wealth and happiness. \u00a0 Collect the flecks of gold of life. \u00a0Enjoy the great wealth from these small and simple things done well over time. \u00a0You can accumulate great wealth&#8230; beyond your dreams.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/teachjim.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-168\" title=\"signature\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/signature.png\" alt=\"Teach Jim\" width=\"190\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years ago, I was introduced to a teaching principle. \u00a0Great teachers not only use the best teaching methods to reach their students. Master teachers teach important timeless truths. More than tactic or technique these teachers teach important truths their students may or may not want to learn. \u00a0Quality teachers teach their students what is most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[79,86,87,105,106,107,227,233,238,241,243,256],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}