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A discussion on the dangers of excessive praise and flattery.
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good morning gentlemen this morning we're doing the 44th segment of think before you speak series with some stories the laws of shemination with clarity is and our children that passed in the fire ro hashem today's mira are dedicated for the yeshua dolla and the shmirag dollar for moshe who are going in front of the authorities today at the same time you should and suroto vote for our benefit are dedicated for the great hatslacha the parnassa yeshua dolla and shemira eliona for him today's halaho titled forbidden praise again that's forbidden praise think about this for a minute you're waiting for a contractor all day to show up this guy told you he was going to be there at nine o'clock in the morning sharp it's already 9 p.m at night and the guy hasn't shown and then out of nowhere there's a knock on the door and sure enough there's the big truck outside and here he is and you look at the guy and you say i don't get it i've been waiting for you all day you told me nine am in the morning it's already nine o'clock at night i stayed home took off from work all day just waiting for you to show up what's going on you know sometimes i think to myself maybe i should have went with the other contractor the other quote that i got because i know that other guy when he gives you a time at least by him time is time i don't get it i went with you what's going on i mean is this the way it's always going to be for the next until the job is done
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- 0:00good morning gentlemen this morning we're doing the 44th segment of think before you speak series…
- 0:30who are going in front of the authorities today at the same time you should and…
- 1:01waiting for a contractor all day to show up this guy told you he was going…
- 1:31it's already nine o'clock at night i stayed home took off from work all day just…
- 2:32other guy would have messed you up big time look what happened you brought up the…
- 3:04against him what you just did was the dust of allah because you engaged in something…
- 3:37even as an example by the way to say you know let's not talk about this…
- 4:38around and knock down those praises and that he's going to justify himself by speaking all…
- 5:09because when you give excessive praise people don't know how to deal with it and they…
- 5:40feel a little bit deficient and just to kind of explain themselves they might start knocking…
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