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Interviewer Questions on the book
"Ten Commandments for Success"
Robert Winer, M.D. (1998)

"The only measure of success is personal spiritual development. All others use external standards ... dictated by secular society."


1. You define success differently than our society would define it. Can you explain?

2. Why doesn't money, fame or power ever satisfy completely?

3. How do we discover strengths and grow in areas that need development?

4. What is empathy and why is it one of the big ten? What are some of the hindrances to empathy?

5. You mention realism as a way to understand difficult people and situations. What is spiritual realism and how do we nurture it in our lives?

6. What are some of the things that block realism?

7. Like Moses you say God sometimes removes us from a situation to hone our character. Why does he want to hone our character?

8. What is abandonment and what does it have to do with success?

9. You say that in your own life self-reliance was your way of not trusting God. We're taught to be self reliant in America. How can we change?

10. Servanthood, humility, and meekness are not terms we often equate with success. What is the connection? What are hindrances to humility?

11. What you mean by the statement, "Obedience always requires action?"

12. Why do you call empathy and humility precursors to obedience?

13. Explain the difference between vision and mission and vision and calling? Why is vision so important?

14. What happens when the leader does not take on a servant's attitude toward those they lead?

15. What do you believe are the roles of a leader?

16. You use a term called "combining." What do you mean by this and why is it significant?

17. What do faithfulness and integrity have in common?

18. How do we grow in spiritual faithfulness?

19. Why do you say a person who doesn't love cannot be faithful?

20. You offer a simple plan for getting more done in less time. Can you explain?

21. What are some of the things that keep us or prevent us from experiencing the presence of God?