“In a consumer society, expectations dare not plateau, because a growing economy depends on rising expectations... The more we let our level of contentment be determined by outside factors-a new car, fashionable clothes, a prestigious career, social status-the more we relinquish control over our own happiness.” SocialLevelsCareersEconomyGrowingCarDependsClothesExpectationsDareDeterminedFactorsConsumersRisingContentmentConsumerismFashionableOverconsumptionNew CarSocial StatusPrestigiousGrowing EconomyFashionable Clothes Author:Paul Brand
“My career doesn't depend on painting Bill Clinton.” CareersPaintingDependsBillsClintonProfession Author:Nelson Shanks
“Submitting self to God is the only real freedom-because the deepest slavery is self-dependence, self-reliance. When you live your life believing that everything (family, finances, relationships, career) depends primarily on you, you're enslaved to your strengths and weaknesses. You're trying to be your own savior. Freedom comes when we start trusting in God's abilities and wisdom instead of our own. Real life begins when we transfer our trust from our own efforts to the efforts of Christ.” TryingBelieveRealSelfChristAbilityEffortCareersDependsWeaknessSlaveryReal LifeFinanceSaviorTrust In GodLive Your LifeDependenceSelf RelianceRelianceTransfersStrength And WeaknessReal Freedom Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“I wake up every day and think about what I am to other people. What I am to the people I employ, who depend on me to wake up and do my job that day and keep this career going? I think about what I am to the kids who listen to my music and all the other people involved in this project.” PeopleThinkingKidsJobsCareersDependsInvolvedProjectsWake Up Author:Halsey