{"podcast":{"title":"Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness","slug":"inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316","podcast_index_feed_id":620316,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/0e6e1ab5-84dc-4b80-8da1-c99012ccfbf2","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/inspirational-living","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/4/15/3/d38919f4-c652-45e4-a7ea-f2187bebda73_41e1-ab3c-c3c66e4123ba_inspirational_living_v2.jpg","author":"The Living Hour","episode_count":653,"summary":"With 25+ million downloads, the Inspirational Living has been offering motivational broadcasts for the mind, body, and spirit since 2016. If you want to find a free online life coach, look no further than the most motivational self-help authors of the past. Each self-development podcast is edited & adapted from the books and essays of classic inspirational writers, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Helen Keller, Booker T. Washington, James Allen, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Orison Swett Marden, Neville Goddard, and Frederick Douglass, as well as self-development authors who have largely been lost to history but deserve to be re-discovered again and enjoyed. Subscribe to our inspirational podcast to receive new free podcasts every week. Live up to the potential of your highest self. Buy our best-selling trilogy of books based on the readings heard on the podcast at: https://livinghour.org/books Or visit Amazon.com Support us on Patreon for full transcripts and access to the series Our Sunday Talks: https://www.patreon.com/inspirationalpodcasts","last_synced_at":"2026-09-04T16:23:46.498617+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316"},"episode":{"title":"Gaining a Grander Vision of Life | Motivational Podcasts","slug":"gaining-a-grander-vision-of-life-motivational-podcasts","published_at":"2026-09-01T07:34:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316/gaining-a-grander-vision-of-life-motivational-podcasts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316","url":"http://livinghour.org/books","audio_url":"https://audio1.redcircle.com/episodes/4d126828-ae4e-4f3c-9a88-e1a298b90291/stream.mp3","summary":"Listen to episode 1151 of the Inspirational Living podcast: What is Your Ambition? Edited and adapted from Personal Efficiency by James Samuel Knox. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : The tragedy of life is to be found in the young individual who drifts aimlessly out into life's elements, only to be destroyed by the very forces which he or she, by divine right, should harness, master, and utilize in advancing them on their course. A ship that is going in the wrong direction can be turned because it is guided by a driving force. But you can do nothing with a ship that is drifting. It has no driving force. It is at the mercy of the elements. You can convert a man or woman who has a mistaken purpose. You can show them the error of their ways. But you can do little with the lazy and indolent who are drifting through life without purpose, and therefore without hope, without courage, and without enthusiasm. --------------------- Get our popular 3 books of Life Lessons in paperback and e-book on Amazon. Go to: https://livinghour.org/books Get our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patron Transform your life in 30 days with our MAJESTY meditation program: https://livinghour.org/majesty . Get 30% off with the coupon code: INSPIRATION Our Sponsors: * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/inspirational for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Listen to episode 1151 of the Inspirational Living podcast: What is Your Ambition? Edited and adapted from Personal Efficiency by James Samuel Knox. Inspi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":883,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316/episodes/gaining-a-grander-vision-of-life-motivational-podcasts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316/gaining-a-grander-vision-of-life-motivational-podcasts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}