SUCCESS DEFINITION

 

                                     PERSONAL SUCCESS

                             YOUR SUCCESS IN LIFE DEPENDS MORE ON THE PERSON YOU BECOME THAN ON THE THINGS YOU DO OR ACQUIRE. AS ARISTOTLE WROTE, "THE ULTIMATE END OF LIFE IS THE DEVELOPMET OF CHARACTER". IN THESE CHAPTERS, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP AND USE DISCIPLINE IN ORDER TO BECOME AN EXCELLENT PERSON. YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP GREATER SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-RESPECT, AND PERSONALE PRIDE. YOU WILL LEARN THE ESSENTIAL DISCIPLINES REQUIRED FOR PERSONAL GREATENESS AND HOW TO BUILD THEM INTO YOUR OWN CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY. 

                                                    DO YOUR OWN THING

                    A POPULAR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS IS "BEING ABLE TO LIVE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR OWN WAY, DOING ONLY THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO, WITH THE PEOPLE WHO YOU CHOOSE, IN THE SITUATIONS YOU DESIRE".

                     IN EACH CASE, WHEN YOU BEGIN TO DEFINE WHAT "SUCCESS" MEANS TO YOU, YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY SEE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF OR LESS OF IN ORDER TO BEGIN CREATING YOUR IDEAL LIFE. AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT HOLD YOU BACK FROM MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR DREAMS ISUALLY YOUR FAVORITE EXCUSES AND LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINE.

                  IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT RATHER THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO MAKE YOURSELF DO WHAT YOU SHOULD DO, WHETHER YOU FEEL LIKE IT OR NOT.

                                            ALWAYS BEHAVE CONSISTENTLY

                        WHENEVER YOU ACT IN WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR VALUES, YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF. WHENEVER YOU COMPROMISE YOUR VALUES, FOR ANY REASON, YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT YOURSELF. THIS ALSO MEANS THAT WHEN YOU COMPROMISE YOUR VALUES, YOUR SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM TO DOWN. YOU FEEL UNEASY AND INFERIOR, INADEQUATE AND UNCOMFORTABLE.

                     WHEN YOU COMPROMISE YOUR VALUES, DEEP DOWN INSIDE, YOU FEEL THAT SOMETHING IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG.

                    ALMOST ALL HUMAN PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED BY A RETURN TO YOUR HIGHEST VALUES AND YOUR INNERMOST CONVICTIONS. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, THERE HAVE PROBABLY BEEN SITUATIONS IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU HAVE COMPROMISED YOUR VALUES IN ORDER TO SAVE AN INVESTMENT KEEP A JOB, PRESERVE A RELATIONSHIP, OR MAINTAIN A FRIENDSHIP. IN EACH CASE, YOU HAVE FELT WORSE AND WORSE UNTIL YOU FINALLY BROKE IT OFF AND WALKED AWAY.

                 AND HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU FINALLY HAD THE STRENGTH OF CHARACTER TO WALK AWAY? YOU FELT WONDERFUL! WHENEVER YOU USE YOUR WILLPOWER AND STRENGTH OF CHARACTER TO RETURN TO THE VALUES THAT ARE MOST DEAR TO YOU, YOU ARE REWARDED WITH A WONDERFUL FEELING OF HAPPINESS AND EXHILARATION. YOU FEEL ENERGIZED AND FREE. YOU WONDER WHY YOU DIDN'T MAKE THAT DECISION A LONG TIME AGO.

                                                       THE BIG PAYOFF

                     THE PAYOFF FOR BECOMING A PERSON OF CHARACTER, FOR EXERTING YOUR WILLPOWER AND SELF-DISCIPLINE TO LIVE CONSISTENTLY WITH THE VERY BEST THAT YOU KNOW, IS TREMENDOUS. WHEN YOU CHOOSE THE HIGHER VALUE OVER THE LOWER, THE MORE DIFFICULT OVER THE EASY, THE RIGHT OVER THE WRONG, YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF. YOUR SELF-ESTEEM INCREASES. YOU LIKE AND RESPECT YOURSELF MORE. YOU HAVE A GREATER SENSE OF PERSONAL PRIDE. 

                 IN ADDITION TO FEELING EXCELLENT ABOUT YOURSELF WHEN YOU BEHALF OF ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. THEY WILL LOOK UP TO YOU AND ADMIRE YOU. YOU WILL BE PAID MORE, PROMOTED FASTER, AND GIVEN EVEN GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES. AS YOU BECOME A PERSON OF HONOR AND CHARACTER, OPPORTUNITIES WILL APPEAR ALL AROUND YOU.

                  ON THE OTHER HAND,YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE INTELLIGENCE, TALENT, AND ABILITY IN THE WORLD, BUT IF PEOPLE WILL NOT HIRE YOU, AND IF THEY DO, THEY WILL DEHIRE YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WILL NOT LEND YOU MONEY. BECAUSE "BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER" THE ONLY ASSOCIATES (NEVER FRIENDS) YOU WILL HAVE WILL BE OTHER PEOPLE OF QUESTIONABLE WITH HAVE A MAJOR EFFECT ON YOUR ATTITUDE AND PERSONALITY, YOU MAKE OR BREAK YOUR ENTIRE LIFE WITH THE QUALITY OF YOUR CHARACTER - OR THE LACK THEREOF.

HOW TO WIN

 

                                                PARTNER OF SUCCESS

             SUCCESS MEANS SUCCESSFUL LIVING. A LONG PERIOD OF PEACE, JOY, AND HAPPINESS ON THIS PLANE MAY BE TERMED SUCCESS. THE ETERNAL EXPERIECE OF THESE QUALITIES IS THE EVERLASTING LIFE SPOKEN OF BY JESUS. THE REAL THINGS OF LIFE, SUCH AS PEACE, HARMONY, INTEGRITY, SECURITY, AND HAPPINESS ARE INTANGIBLE. THEY COME FROM THE DEEP SELF OF MAN. MEDITATING ON THESE QUALITIES BUILDS THESE TREASURE OF HEAVEN IN OUR SUBCONSCIOUS. IT IS WHERE MOTH AND RUST DO NOT CONSUME, AND WHEN THIEVES DO NOT BREAK THROUGH AND STEAL.

                                         THE THREE STEPS TO SUCCESS

                LET US DISCUSS THREE STEPS TO SUCCESS. THE FIRST STEP TO SUCCESS IS TO FIND OUT THE THING YOU LOVE TO DO, THEN DO IT. SUCCESS IS IN LOVING YOUR WORK. ALTHOUGH, IF A MAN IS A PSYCHIATRIST, IT IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR HIM TO GET A DIPLOMA AND PLACE IT ON WHE WALL, HE MUST KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES, ATTEND CONVENTIONS, AND CONTINUE STUDYING THE MIND AND ITS WORKINGS. THE SUCCESSFUL PSYCHIATRIST VISITS CLINICS AND READS THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES. IN OTHER WORDS, HE IS INFORMED IN THE MOST ADVANCED METHODS OF ALLEVATING HUMAN SUFFERING. THE SUCCESSFUL PSYCHIATRIST OR DOCTOR MUST HAVE THE INTEREST OF HIS PATIENTS AT HEART. SOMEONE MAY SAY. HOW CAN I PUT THE FIRST STEP INTO OPERATION? I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO". IN SUCH A CASE, PRAY FOR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND REVEALS TO ME MY TRUE PLACE IN LIFE". REPEAT THIS PRAYER QUIETLY. POSITIVELY, AND LOVINGLY TO YOUR DEEPER MIND. AS YOU PERSIST WITH FAITH AND CONFIDENCE, THE ANSWER WILL COME TO YOU AS A FEELING, A HUNCH, OR A TENDENCY IN PEACE, AND AS AN INNER SILENT AWARENESS.

            THE SECOND STEP TO SUCCESS IS TO SPECIALIZE IN SOME PARTICULAR BRANCH OF WORK AND KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN ANYONE ELSE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF A YOUNG MAN CHOOSES CHEMISTRY AS HIS PROFESSION, HE SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON ONE OF THE MANY BRANCHES IN THIS FIELD. HE SHOULD GIVE ALL OF HIS TIME AND ATTENTION TO HIS CHOSEN SPECIALITY. HE SHOULD BECOME SUFFICIENTLY ENTHUSIASTIC TO TRY TO KNOW ALL THERE IS AVAILABLE ABOUT HIS FIELD. IF POSSIBLE, HE SHOULD BECOME ARDENTLY INTERESTED IN HIS WORK AND SHOULD DESIRE TO SERVE THE WORLD. HE THAT IS GREATEST AMONG YOU, LET HIM BECOME YOUR SERVANT. THERE IS A GREAT CONSTRAST IN THIS ATTITUDE OF MIND IN COMPARISON TO THAT OF THE MAN WHO ONLY WANTS TO MAKES A LIVING OR JUST "GET BY", "GETTING BY", IS NOT TRUE SUCCESS.

              MAN'S MOTIVE MUST BE GREATER, NOBLER, AND MORE ALTRUISTIC. HE MUST SERVE OTHERS, THEREBY CASTING HIS BREAD UPON THE WATERS.

             THE THIRD STEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE. YOU MUST BE SURE THAT THE THING YOU WANT TO DO DOES NOT REDOUND TO YOUR SUCCESS ONLY. YOUR DESIRE MUST NOT BE SELFISH, IT MUST BENEFIT HUMANITY. THE PATH OF A COMPLETE CIRCUIT MUST BE FORMED. IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR IDEA MUST GO FORTH WITH THE PURPOSE OF BLESSING OR SERVING THE WORLD. IT WILL THEN COME BACK TO YOU PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER. IF IT IS TO BENEFIT YOURSELF EXCLUSIVELY, THE CIRCLE OR COMPLETE CIRCUIT IS NOT FORMED, AND YOU MAY EXPERIENCE A SHORTCIRCUIT IN YOUR LIFE WHICH MAY CONSIST OF LIMITATION OR SICKNESS.

                                        THE MEASURE OF TRUE SUCCESS

    

           

                   SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY,"BUT MR.JAMES SAID MADE A FORTUNE IN SELLING FRAUDULENT OIL STOCK". A MAN MAY SEEM TO SUCCEED FOR A WHILE, BUT THE MONEY HE OBTAINED BY FRAUD USUALLY TAKES WINGS AND FLIES AWAY. WHEN WE ROB FROM ANOTHER,  WE ROB FROM OURSELVES, BECAUSE WE ARE IN MOOD OF LACK AND LIMITATION,  WHICH MAY MANIFEST ITSELF IN OUR BODY, HOME LIFE, AND AFFAIRS. WHAT WE THINK AND FEEL, WE CREATE. WE CREATE WHAT WE BELIEVE. EVEN THOUGH A MAN MAY HAVE ACCUMULATED A FORTUNE FRAUDULENTLY, HE IS NOT SUCCESSFUL. THERE IS NO SUCCESS WITHOUT PEACE OF MIND. WHAT GOOD IS MAN'S ACCUMULATED WEALTH PEACE OF MIN. WHAT GOOD IS SICK, OR HAS A GUILT COMPLEX? I KNEW A MAN IN LONDON WHO TOLD ME OF HIS EXPLOITS. HE HAD BEEN A PROFESSIONAL PICKPOCKET AND HAD AMASSED A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

             HE HAD A SUMMER HOME IN FRANCE AND LIVED IN A ROYAL FASHION IN ENGLAND. HIS STORY WAS THAT HE WAS IN CONSTANT DREAD OF BEING ARRESTED BY SCOTLAND YARD. HE HAD MANY INNER DISORDERS, WHICH WERE UNDOUBTEDLY CAUSED BY HIS CONSTANT FEAR AND DEEPSEATED GUILT COMPLEX. HE KNEW HE HAR DONE WRONG. THIS DEEP SENSE OF GUILT ATTRACTED ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE TO HIM. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE VONUNTRILY SURRENDED TO THE POLICE AND SERVEDA PRISON SENTENCE. AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON, HE SOUGHT PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL COUNSEL AND BECAME TRANSFORMED. HE WENT TO WORK AND BECAME AN HONEST, LAWSBIDING CITIZEN. HE FOUND WHAT HE LOVED TO DO AND WAS HAPPY. A SUCCESSFUL PERSON LOVES HIS WORK AND EXPRESSES HIMSELF FULLY. SUCCESS IS CONTINGENT UPON A HIGHER IDEAL THAN THE MERE ACCUMULATION OF RICHES. THE MAN OF SUCCESS IS THE MAN WHO POSSESSES GREAT PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING. MANY OF THE GREAT INDUSTRIALISTS TODAY DEPEND UPON THE CORRECT USE OF THEIR SUBCONSCIOUS MINDS FOR THEIR SUCCESS.

                 KNOWLEDGE OF A MIGHTY FORCE IN YOU, WHICH IS CAPABLE OF BRINGING TO PASS ALL YOUR DESIRES, GIVES YOU CONFIDENCE AND A SENSE OF PEACE. WHATEVER YOUR FIELD OF ACTION MAY BE, YOU SHOULD LEARN THE LAWS OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, AND WHEN YOU EXPRESSING YOURSELF FULLY AND GIVING OF YOUR TALENTS TO OTHERS, YOU ARE ON THE SURE PATH TO TRUE SUCCESS. IF YOU ARE ABOUT GOD'S BUSINESS, OR ANY PART OF IT, GOD, BY HIS VERY NATURE, IS FOR YOU, SO WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU? WITH THIS UNDERSTANDING THERE IS NO POWER IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH TO WITHHOLD SUCCESS FROM YOU.

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