Summary: <p>Listen to episode 192 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Sowing & Reaping. Edited and adapted from a book by the same name by Booker T. Washington.</p><br> <p><strong>Motivational Podcast Excerpt</strong>: <em>What I am about to tell you now is true of all the pursuits of life. We get out of every venture just what we put into it; no more, no less. To attain success we must put forth hard and honest labor. At the back of all success there is hard, persistent labor. There is no royal road — those who think there is always fail. </em></p><br> <p><em>No person ever reaped any success in life who did not sow wisely. As each person takes up the serious business of life, they must do something — they must labor and wait. In order to reap something, something must be done. Value for value is the real standard of life's exchange of benefits. </em></p><br> <p><em>Show me someone who is always grumbling, always finding fault with their condition, never satisfied with their opportunities, and I will show you a person who does not appreciate the opportunities in the environment in which they are to work out their success or failure. </em></p><br> <p><em>Hard labor is the keynote to success. One of the wisest things Ex-senator B. K. Bruce ever said was that "luck is a fool." So it is. There is no luck; it is all labor and patience. </em></p><br> <p><em>Every man and woman who wants to succeed must learn the process of overlapping. That is, no person who wishes to succeed should be afraid of doing just a little more than lies in the direct line of their duty. They must be interested in their work and the ways in which it impacts the lives of others.</em></p><br> <p><strong>Related Motivational Podcasts</strong>:</p><br> <p><a title="Be Proactive, Decisive & Tactful" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/daily-success-habits-be-proactive-decisive-tactful/">Daily Success Habits</a></p><br> <p><a title="Being Successful" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/the-positive-psychology-of-success-being-successful/">The Positive Psychology of Success</a></p>
