MY LITTLE MORE INCOME

                                                             MY HOBBY

                   ALTHOUGH I WAS EARNING A LITTLE MORE INCOME FROM MY NEW "HOBBY", I REALIZED THAT I'D HAVE START-UP EXPENSES IN LAUCHING MY NEW ENTERPRISE. FORTUNATELY, DOLORES AND I HAD SAVED SOME MONEY OVER THE YEARS. TO SUPPLEMENT MY INCOME, I BEGAN TO SELL A LINE OF MERCHANDISE WITH MY UNIQUE "ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING" LOGO. BUT THERE WAS NO WAY TO AVOID IT - I'D HAVE TO TAKE A HUGE FINANCIAL STEP BACKWARD TO START MY NEW BUSINESS... AT LEAST IN THE BEGINNING.

                    AND YET, IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON. I FELT AS IF I WAS BEING PULLED OUT OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND INTO MY NEW CAREER. WHENEVER I SPOKE TO AN AUDIENCE OR WROTE A MOTIVATIONAL ESSAY, I WAS SO INVIGORATED AND FULL OF LIFE. I KNEW THAT'S WHERE I BELONGED.

                   SO, I MADE A GRADUAL TRANSITION - WORKING FOUR DAYS A WEEK AS A LAWYER, THEN THREE DAYS A WEEK... AND THEN TWO DAYS A WEEK.. UNTIL IN 1992, I BEGAN WORKING FULL TIMES AS A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND WRITER.

                  TRUST ME, MY MOTHER WASN'T THRILLED WHEN I TOLD HER THAT I WAS GIVING UP THE PRACTICE OF LAW OF SPEAK ABOUT ATTITUDE. AFTER ALL, IT DOESN'T CARRY THE PRESTIGE OF SAYING "MY SON IS A LAWYER"!

                  BUT THESE ARE ISSUES YOU HAVE TO EAL WITH WHEN YOU TAKE A STAND IN LIFE. YOU HAVE TO FACE THE FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL DISAPPROVE OF YOUR DECISION. I ALSO LEARNED THAT YOU OFTEN HAVE TO LET GO OF SOME THINGS IN YOUR LIFE AND TAKE A FEW STEPS BACKWARD BEFORE YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD IN A NEW DIRECTION. PART OF THE PRICE I HAD TO PAY WAS GIVING UP THE MONEY, PRESTIGE AND SECURITY OF MY LEGAL CAREER.

                  BY THE WAY, AS IT TURNED OUT, MY MOTHER BECAME VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MY NEW CAREER, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE SAW THAT I WAS MAKING PROGRESS - AND THAT I REALLY ENJOYED MY WORK. 

                 WHY AM I TELLING YOU ALL THIS ABOUT YOU CAREER TRASITION? IT'S NOT TO IMPRESS YOU WITH WHAT I'VE DONE. BELIEVE ME. I'VE MADE PLENTY OF BLUNDERS AND MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY.

                 I'M SHARING MY STORY BECAUSE I WAS YOU TO KNOW HOW DRASTICALLY MY LIFE CHANGED- AND HOW MUCH BETTER IT GOT- WHEN I MADE A CHANGE IN MY ATTITUDE.

                PROOF POSITIVE  THAT, INDEED, ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!

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                                        HOW YOU GET BENEFIT TO READING THIS

                     SOME FINAL THOUGHTS BEFORE WE LAUNCH RIGHT INTO THIS MATERIALS.  THIS CAPTURE CAN HELP YOU, NO MATTER HOW POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.

                     IF YOU'RE NEGATIVE, DON'T DESPAIR. YOU CAN USE THESE CONCEPTS TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A POSITIVE ATTITUDE... AND TO ACHIEVE INCREDIBLE BREAKTHROUGHS IN YOUR LIFE.

                    IF YOU'RE ALREADY A POSITIVE PERSON, YOU CAN SEE THESE PRINCIPLES TO SOAR TO EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS OF SUCCESS AND FULFILLMENT.

                   I'VE SPENT MORE THAN 20 YEARS RESEARCHING WHY IT IS THAT SOME PEOPLE SUCCEED RESULTS. DURING THAT TIME, I'VE READ A FEW HUNDRED BOOKSAND THOUSANDS OF MAGAZINE ARTICLES ON ATTITUDE AND SUCCESS. I'VE LISTENED TO MORE THAN 3000 HOURS OF AUDIO PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, I'VE INTERVIEWED COUNTLESS HIGH ACHIEVERS TO LEARN THEIR "SUCCESS SECRETS."

                       MORE IMPORTANTLY, I HAVE PERSONALLY APPLIED EACH AND EVERY SUCCESS STRATEGY THAT IS DESCRIBED IN THIS CHAPTER. SO, I KNOW FROM FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE THAT THESE IDEAS WORK - AND THAT THEY HAVE THE POWER TO LITERALLY TRASFORM YOUR LIFE!

                  PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME. I DON'T CLAIM TO BE A KNOW IT - ALL ON THESE SUBJECTS. FAR FROM IT. I CONSIDER MYSELF A WORK IN PROGRESS AND I CONTINUE TO LEARN EVERY DAY.

                HOWEVER, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF ATTITUDE. I HAD FOR THE FIRST 30YEARS OF MY LIFE. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO DOUBT YOURSELF AND YOUR ABILITIES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DID FOR 30 YEARS. ALL OF THE POSITIVE CHANGES THAT I'VE MADE IN MY LIFE ARE THE RESULTS OF PRACTICING THE PRINCIPLES YOU'LL READ ABOUT IN THIS BOOK.

                                                           ONE SIMPLE STORY

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                     I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE STORY OF BENJAMIN ROLL, WHO LIVES IN NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA. IN 1990 AT THE AGE OF 67, ROLL GRADUATED FROM LAW SCHOOL. NATURALLY, BEFORE HE COULD START PRACTICING LAW, HE HAD TO PASS THE CALOFORNIA BAR EXAMINATION.

                  ON HIS FIRST ATTEMPT AT THE EXAMINATION, HE FAILED, ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT, HE FAILED. AND HE FAILED THE THIRD TIME... THE FOURTH TIME .... THE FIFTH TIME... THE SIXTH TIME... THE 10TH TIME.. THE 11TH TIME... THE 12TH TIME... AND THE 13TH TIME

                LET ME ADD ONE IMPORTANT FACT, THE BAR EXAMINATION IS GIVEN ONLY TWICE EACH YEARS OLD. MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE QUIT, BUT NOT BENJAMIN ROLL!

             HE TOOK THE EXAM FOR THE 14TH TIME... AND HE PASSED ! 1997, AT THE AGE OF 74, ROLL WAS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. NOW, HERE'S A GUY WHO'S COMMITTED... AND WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. AS ROLL EXPLAINED, I WAS GOING TO PASS THAT COTTON-PICKIN EXAM IF LIVED LONG ENOUGH. AND I DID!

             DOES THIS STORY TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTITUDE? MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T EVEN CONSIDER STARTING LAW SCHOOL IN THEIR 60S. YET, HERE'S SOMEONE WHO NOT ONLY ENROLLED IN LAW SCHOOL, BUT WAS WILLING TO SPEND SIX YEARS AFTER GRADUATION STUDYING TO PASS THE BAR EXAM.

            WOW! BENJAMIN ROLL'S STORY IS SIMPLY FURTHER PROOF THAT ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!

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