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Acres of Diamonds

By: Russell Conwell
Narrated by: Joseph Pickering
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Russell Conwell was an American Baptist minister, philanthropist, and founder and first president of the Temple University in Philadelphia. Conwell is remembered above all for his gifts in oratory and his lectures which are often said to be life-changing. Chief amongst these groundbreaking lectures is "Acres of Diamonds", a lecture Conwell gave around the world a total of roughly 6,150 times before his death in 1925. "Acres of Diamonds" teaches us that all the means for success and fulfilment are within us or close at hand, it teaches us how unwise it is to hold the belief that the "grass is greener on the other side", and these lessons are delivered in the form of a simple parable about an African farmer who spurns his humble farm and family to find great wealth in the diamond business, only to lose it all. We as students of the lectures discover where the real acres of diamonds where all along, and it is in this revelation that Conwell proves himself to be both a masterful teacher and orator.
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I like that this is relatively short and sweet. It starts a tad off topic with a few metaphors, about how we go searching for diamonds instead of finding them in our own backyard, but ties that in towards the end with the notion that we are all capable of making our fortune by serving our fellow man and using our creativity to come up with ideas for the next new invention or business idea by fulfilling a need.
Don't start a business without first establishing the need for it. Rather, find a need and fulfil it and you will find your wealth.

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