THE BENEFIT OF BACKING AWAY FROM YOUR FEARS

                                                              FEARS....

              WHEN CONFRONTED WITH AN ENXIETY - PRODUCING EVENT, MOST PEOPLE WILL RETREAT TO AVOID THE FEAR AND ANXIETY. THAT'S WHAT I USED TO DO. YOU SEE, BACKING AWAY DOES RELIEVE THE FEAR AND ANXIETY THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IF YOU FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH  THE ACTIVITY. FOR INTSTANCE, IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU TO MAKE A PRESENTATION WITHIN YOUR COMPANY, AND YOU DECLINE, YOU SAVE YOURSELF THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS YOU'D HAVE WORRYING ABOUT IT.. AND THE NERVOUSNESS YOU'D EXPERIENCE IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE PRESENTATION.

          IN FACT, I'VE FOUND THAT'S THE ONE AND ONLY BENEFIT YOU GET BY RETREATING - A MOMENTARY AVOIDANCE OF ANXIETY.

         THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MOMENT. CAN YOU LIST ANY OTHER BENEFITS THAT PEOPLE GET WHEN THEY REFUSE TO CONFRONT THEIR FEARS? I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, AND NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH ANY ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. FOR GOOD REASON - THERE ARE NONE!

                                MOVING FORWARD EVEN WHEN YOU'RE AFRAID

                 FOR INSTANCE, LET'S ASSUME YOU'RE AFRAID TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC, BUT YOU CONFRONT YOUR FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY. THE MOMENT YOU GET UP AND SPEAK BEFORE THE AUDIENCE, YOU'RE A WINNER. YOU KNEES MAY BE SHAKING AND YOUR VOICE MAY BE QUIVERING. THAT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU FACED YOUR FEAR AND ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE. CONGRAGULATIONS ARE IN ORDER. THE LIKELY RESULT IS THAT YOU SELF - ESTEEM WILL BE ENHANCED AND YOU'LL FEEL EXHILARATED.

           ON YOUR FIRST ATTEMPT, YOU WON'T BE HAILED AS THE WORLD'S FINEST SPEAKER. SO WHAT? LET'S FACE IT. YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO BE AN ACCOMPLISHED SPEAKER DURING YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION. WERE YOU A GREAT TENNIS PLAYER AFTER YOUR FIST GAME ? OR A GREAT SWIMMER THE FIRST TIME YOU ENTERED THE WATER? DEVELOPING ANY SKILL TAKES TIME.

           I REMEMBER MY FIRST MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH. THAT WAS IN 1988.. AND MY PERFORMANCE WAS NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT! I GAVE A FREE TALK TO A GROUP OF REAL ESTATE SALESPEOPLE, AND LET ME TELL YOU, I WAS TERRIFIED. I COULDN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF MY NOTES. FORTUNATELY, THE CONTENT OF MY PRESENTATION WAS VERY SOLID AND THE AUDIENCE RESPONDED WELL. BUT I HAD A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE I COULD CALL MYSELF A GOOD SPEAKER.

          ON THE SECOND PRESENTATION, I WAS A LITTLE BETTER. AND WHEN I HAD DONE FIVE OR SO PRESENTATION, I BEGAN TO RELY LESS AND LESS ON MY NOTES, AND TO DEVELOP A STRONGER CONNECTION WITH THE AUDIENCE. FOR A PEOPLE OF 20 YEARS I GAVE PRESENTATION TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EACH YOUR THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD.

          BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THAT IT  ALL STARTED WITH A SCARED GUY WHO GAVE A VERY UNIMPRESSIVE TALK IN 1988.

                                                             THE COMFORT ZONE

           WHEN YOU'RE GRIPPED BY FEAR AND ANXIETY, IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE YOU'RE STEPPING OUT OF YOUR CONFORT ZONE. LET'S TAKE SOME TIME TO DISCUSS THIS IMPORTANT CONCEPT - AND HOW IT RELATES TO YOUR SUCCESS AND THE DEVELOP OF YOUR POTENTIAL.

         EACH OF US HAS A COMFORT ZONE, A ZONE OF BEHAVIOR THAT IS FAMILIAR TO US AND WHERE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SAFE. THINK OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AS THE INSIDE OF A CIRCLE.

          THE ACTIVITIES AND SITUATIONS THAT LIE INSIDE THE CIRCLE ARE NON THREATENING AND FAMILIAR. THEY'RE ROUTINE, PART OF YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE - THE THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH NO SWEAT. IN THIS CATEGORY ARE TASKS SUCH AS SPEAKING TO YOUR FRIENDS OR CO-WORKERS OR FILLING OUT THE DAILY PAPERWORK AT YOUR JOB.

          HOWEVER, YOU OCCASIONALLY FACE EXPERIENCE OR CHALLENGES THAT ARE OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE. THESE ARE REPRESENTED BY THE "XS" ( X-TERRIFIED, X-SLIGHTLY AFRAID) . THE FARTHER THE "X" IS FROM THE CIRCLE, THE MORE AFRAID YOU ARE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ACTIVITY.

            WHEN FACED WITH SOMETHING OUTSIDE YOUR CONFORT ZONE, YOU SUDDELY FEEL NERVOUS. YOUR PALMS BECOME SWEATY AND YOUR HEART POUNDS. YOU BEGIN TO WONDER.

                     " WILL I BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT?

                      " WILL OTHERS LAUGH AT ME?

                      " WHAT WILL MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES SAY"?

            AS YOU LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM ABOVE, WHAT DOES THE "X" REPRESENT FOR YOU ? IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT FEAR IS HOLDING YOU BACK FROM REACHING THE NEXT LEVEL  OF SUCCESS OR FULFILLMENT IN YOUR LIFE?

                 * IS IT FEAR OF APPROACHING NEW PROSPECTS?

                 * IS IT FEAR ABOUT CHANGING CAREERS?

                 * IS IT FEAR ABOUT LEARNING NEW SKILLS?

                 * IS IT FEAR OF GOING BACK TO SCHOOL ?

                 * IS IT FEAR OF TELLING OTHER PEOPLE WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

                 * IS IT FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING?

                   WHATEVER THAT "X" REPRESENTS FOR YOU, JUST BE HONEST AND ADMIT IT. MY GUESS IS THAT THOUSANDS, IF NOT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE THE VERY SAME FEAR YOU HAVE! IN FACT, LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF.

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LISTEN YOUR WORDS - WHEN YOU SPEAK

                                                   WHEN YOU SPEAK

               LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR LIFE FOR A MOMENT. ARE THERE ANY AREAS WHER YOU'VE BEEN USING PHRASES LIKE "I CANT" I AM NO GOO AT --------- AND ITS IMPOSSIBLE? WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE WHO MAKE STATEMENTS LIKE THESE:

             * I CAN'T DRAW.

             * I'M NO GOOD AT MATH.

             * I CAN'T REMEMBER NAMES.

             * IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO MAKE THAT KIND OF MONEY.

                 WHEN YOU MAKE THESE COMMENTS DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR 10, 20,OR 30 YEARS, YOU'RE PROGRAMMING YOUR MIND FOR FAILURE! IT ALL COMES BACK TO YOUR ATTITUDE. EVERY ONE OF THESE EXAMPLES REFLECTS A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE. AND IF YOU SEE THE WORLD THROUGH A SMUDGED WINDOW, YOU;RE GOING TO USE NEGATIVE LANAGUAGE... AND GET DISAPPOINTING RESULTS.

              FORTUNATELY, YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR WORDS- WHICH MEANS THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD A POSITIVE BELIEF SYSTEM... AND TO PRODUCE THE RESULTS YOU WANT. THE FIRST STEP IS AWARENESS. LET'S EXAMINE THE PHRASES YOU'VE BEEN USING IN FOUR KEY AREAS OF YOUR LIFE - RELATIONSHIPS, FINANCES, CAREER AND HEALTH.

                                                              1. RELATIONSHIPS

                    DO YOU SAY THINGS LIKE "ALL THE GOOD MEN (OR WOMEN ) ARE TAKEN !" OR PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ME! IF YOU DO, YOU'RE LITERALLY PROGRAMMING YOURSELF FOR UNHAPPY RELATIONSHIPS. YOUR MIND HEARS EVERY. WORD YOU SPEAK AND IT SET OUT TO PROVE YOU RIGHT. WITH REGARD TO OUR ABOVE EXAMPLES, YOUR MIND WILL SEE TO IT THAT YOU ATTRACT ONLY THOSE PERSONS WHO WILL DISAPPOINT YOU OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT ? IF NOT, STOP REPEATING (AND CAUSING YOUR MIND TO FOCUS ON) SUCH NEGATIVE STATEMENTS!

        

                                                                       2. FINANCES

                  WHAT WORDS DO YOU USE ON A REGULAR BASIS TO DESCRIBE YOUR CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION AND YOUR PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE ? PHRASES SUCH AS "I'M ALWAYS IN DEBT" THE ECONOMY IS LOUSY, OR NO ONE IS BUYING , WORK AGAINST YOU. FOR BETTER TO CHOOSE LANGUAGE WHICH REAFFIRMS PROSPERITY AND BETTER ECONOMIC TIMES. OF COURSE, YOU WON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ABUNDANT WEALTH WITHIN A FEW DAYS AFTER CHANGING THE WAY YOU SPEAK. BUT THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE ONLY AFTER YOUR BELIEFS HAVE ALTERED. CLEARING UP YOUR LANGUAGE IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP!

             ALTER ALL, THE PEOPLE WITH WEALTH IN THIS WORLD DIDN'T GET THAT WAY BY MOANING ABOUT BEING IN POVERTY. AND THE PEOPLE  WHO ALWAYS TALK ABOUT A LACK OF MONEY GENERALLY DON'T ACCUMULATE MUCH OF IT.

                                                                     3. CAREER

              IF I WERE TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR CAREER PROSPECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS, HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND? BE HONEST. WOULD YOU SAY THAT THINGS WILL PROBABLY REMAIN THE SAME AS THEY ARE NOW? OR WOULD YOU DESCRIBE A HIGHER POSITION WITH MORE CHALLENGES, MORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND INCREASED FINANCIAL REWARDS? IF YOU RESPOND "I DONT KNOW WHER I'M GOING IN MY CAREER", CHANCES ARE NOT MUCH WILL CHANGE. YOUR LANGUAGE REFLECTS YOUR LACK OF VISION AND DIRECTION. IF, ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE A CLEAR GOAL WHICH YOU CAN (AND DO) ARTICULATE FAIRLY OFTEN, EVEN IF ONLY TO YOURSEFL - YOU STAND AN EXCELLENT CHANCE OF REACHING THAT GOAL.

             THE SAME OF COURSE, HOLDS TRUE IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BUSINESS. DO YOU USE LANGUAGE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GROWTH OF YOU BUSINESS? OR DO YOU CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT HOW YOU'LL NEVER GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL? 

                                                                         4. HEALTH

                WITHOUT QUESTION, OUR WORDS HAVE PROFOUND IMPACT ON OUR HEALTH. FOR EXAMPLE, IMAGINE THAT A GROUP OF US SAT DOWN TO WHAT SEEMED TO BE A PERFECTLY WHOLESOME AND DELICIOUS MEAL. THEN, TWO HOUR LATER I CALLED AND TOLD YOU THAT EVERY PERSON WHO ATE WITH US HAD BEEN RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR FOOD POISONING! SUPPOSE THAT YOU FELT PERFECTLY FINE BEFORE I CALLED. HOW WOULD YOU REACT AFTER HEARING MY INFORMATION?

                   MOST LIKELY, YOU'D CLUTCH YOUR STOMACH, GET PALE AND FEEL VERY ILL. WHY? BECAUSE MY WORDS INSTILLED A BELIEF IN YOU WHICH, IN TURN, YOUR BODY STARTED ACTING UPON. THIS SAME BODILY REACTION WOULD HAVE OCCURED EVEN IF I WAS PLAYING A CRUEL JOKE AND WAS LYING ABOUT THE HOLE SITUATION! YOUR BODY RESPONDS TO WORLDS IT HEARS YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE SAY. THAT'S WHY IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO KEEP REPEATING THAT YOU HAVE "CHRONIC BACK PAIN THAT WILL NEVER GO AWAY " OR THAT YOU GET "THREE OR FOUR BAD COLDS EVER YEARS" BY UTTERING THESE STATEMENTS, YOU ARE ACTUALLY INSTRUCTING YOUR BODY TO MANIFEST PAIN AND DISEASE!

            PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU DENY PAIN OR DESEASE - OR THAT YOU CAN OVERCOME ANY ILLNESS - BUT THRE'S CERTAILY NOTHING TO BE GAINED (AND MUCH HARM THAT CAN FLOW) FROM USING LANGUAGE THAT REINFORCES SUFFERING AND INCURABILITY.

                                                           YOU HAVE A CHOICE

                   WELL, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE WORDS YOU USE IN THESE FOUR AREAS OF YOUR LIFE? WHEN WE REPEAT CERTAIN PHRASES OVER AND OVER, ITS AS IF A GROOVE IS FORMED IN OUR BRAIN. WE KEEP REPLAYING THE SAME OLD REFRAIN IN OUR HEADS LIKE BROKEN RECORD. THE TROUBLE IS, WHENEVER YOU SAY THESE WORDS YOU JUST DEEPEN THE GROOVE, REPLAYING THE SAME OLD MYTHS IN YOUR MIND, STRENGHENING THE SAME OLD BELIEFS .... AND GETTING THE SAME OLD RESULTS.

                RECOGNIZE, HOWEVER, THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE SAID THINGS IN THE PAST THERE'S NO REASON TO BLINDLY CONTINUE DOING SO. WHILE IT TAKES SOME DISCIPLINE AND VIGILANCE ON YOUR PART TO MAKE CHANGES IN YOUR LANGUAGE, IT'S WELL WORTH THE EFFORT! SO FROM NOW ON, CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE WORDS THAT WILL POINT YOU IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR GOALS. ASK A FRIEND TO REMIND YOU WHEN YOU SLIP.

           REMEMBER, IT'S UP TO YOU TO SPEAK IN A WAY THAT WILL MOVE YOU TOWARD WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE. THEREFORE, USE WORDS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PATH YOU TRULY WISH TO BE ON... TAKE ACTION ALONG THOSE LINES.... AND WATCH YOURSELF BEGIN TO TRAVEL IN THAT WONDERFUL DIRECTION!

               

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SERVING GOD

                                                                THE GOD

            WHEN PEOPLE START OUT TO MAKE SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES AND TO PRACTICE THE SCIENCE OF BEING GREAT, THEY FIND THEMSELVES NECESSARILY COMPELLED TO REARRAGE MANY OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS. THERE ARE FRIENDS WHO PERHAPS MUST BE ALIENATED, THERE ARE RELATIVES WHO MISUNDERSTAND AND WHO FEEL THAT THEY ARE IN SOME WAY BEING SLIGHED. THE QUESTION AT THE OUTSET IS. IS IT MY DUTY TO MAKE THE MOST OF MYSELF REGARDLESS OF EVERYTHING ELSE? OR SHALL I WAIT UNTIL I CAN DO SO WITHOUT ANY FRICTION OR WITHOUT CAUSING LOSS TO ANYONE? THIS IS THE QUESTION OF DUTY TO SELF VS. DUTY TO OTHERS.

          AN IMMENSE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY, NOT TO SAY, ANXIETY, AS TO WHAT THEY OUGHT TO DO FOR GOD. THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND SERVICE THAT IS DONE FOR GOD BY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR PLACES OF WORSHIP AND OTHER FAITHBASED ORGANIZATION IS ENORMOUS. AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF HUMAN ENERGY IS EXPENDED IN WHAT IS CALLED SERVING GOD. HOW CAN WE SERVE GOD? IS THE CONVENTIONAL IDEA AS TO WHAT CONSTITUTES SERVICE TO GOD ALL WRONG?

           THE VIEW OF EVOLUTION THAT WE TAKEN SHOWS GOD SEEKING EXPRESSION THROUGH HUMANKIND. THROUGH ALL THE SUCCESSIVE AGES IN WHICH HIS SPIRIT HAS URGED HUMAN UP THE HEIGHT, GOD HAS GONE ON SEEKING EXPRESSION. EVERY GENERATION IS MORE GODLIKE THAN THE PRECEDING GENERATION. EVERY GENERATION DEMANDS MORE IN THE WAY OF FINE HOMES, PLEASANT SURROUNDINGS WORK, REST, TRAVEL, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDY THAN THE PROCEEDING GENERATION.

           I HAVE HEARD SOME SHORTSIGHTED ECONOMISTS ARGUE THAT THE WORKING PEOPLE OF TODAY OUGHT SURELY TO BE FULLY CONTENDED BECAUSE THEIR CONDITION IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT OF THE WORKERS HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO WHO SLEPT IN WINDOWLESS HUTS ON A FLOOR COVERED WITH RUSHES IN COMPANY WITH THE PIGS. IT THOSE PEOPLE HAD ALL THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO USE FOR THE LIVING OF AL, THE LIFE THEY KNEW HOW TO LIVE THEY WERE PERFECTLY CONTENT, TODAY'S PEOPLE HAVE COMFORTABLE HOMES AND VERY MANY THINGS, INDEED THAT WERE UNKNOWN JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. IF THEY HAVE ALL THAT THEY CAN USE FOR THE LIVING OF ALL THE LIFE THEY CAN IMAGINE, THEY WILL BE CONTENT. BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT CONTENT. GOD HAS LIFTED THE RACE SO FAR THAT ANY PERSON CAN PICTURE A BETTER AND MORE DESIRABLE LIFE THAN HE OR SHE IS ABLE TO LIVE UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS. AS LONG AS THIS IS TRUE, AS LONG AS WE CAN THINK AND CLEARLY PICTURE TO OURSELVES A MORE DESIRABLE LIFE, WE WILL BE DISCONTENTED WITH THE LIFE WE HAVE TO LIVE, AN RIGHTY SO. THAT DISCONTENT IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD URGING US ON TO MORE DESIRABLE CONDITIONS.

          THE ONLY SERVICE YOU CAN RENDER GOD IS GIVE EXPRESSION TO WHAT HE IS TRYING TO GIVE THE WORLD, THROUGH YOU, THE ONLY SERVICE YOU CAN RENDER GOD IS TO MAKE THE VERY MOST OF YOURSELF IN ORDER THAT GOD MAY LIVE IN YOU TO THE UTMOST OF YOUR POSSIBILITIES. YOU MAY REMEMBER THE STORY IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS BOOK ABOUT THE LITTLE GIRL, AT THE PIANO, THE MUSIC IN WHOSE SOUL COULD NOT FIND EXPRESSION THROUGH HER UNTRAINED HANDS. THIS IS A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF THE WAY THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS OVER, ABOUT, AND IN ALL OF US, SEEKING TO DO GREAT THINGS WITH US, AS SOON AS WELL WILL TRAIN OUR HANDS AND FEET, OUR MINDS, BRAINS, AND BODIES TO DO HIS SERVICE.

            YOUR FIRST DUTY OF GOD, TO YOURSELF, AND TO THE WORLD IS TO MAKE YOURSELF AS GREAT A PERSONALITY, IN EVERY WAY, AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

            DO UNTO OTHERS AS YE WOULD THAT THEY SHOULD DO UNTO YOU, IS NOT TOO OLD TO USE IN THE NEW CIVILISATION. LIVE FOR ALL YOU ARE WORTH YOURSELF, BUT LET THE OTHERS HAVE A CHANCE TO LIVE TOO. THIS IS TRUE SUCCESS, TEAM WORK IS HARD TO DO PERFECTLY, BUT IF WE USE OUR GENIUS, OUR POWER,  OUR MAJESTRY TO HELP OTHERS, AND RISE IN DEEPER PATIENCE AND HELPFULNESS TO THE MAJESTY OF OUR PLACE ON THE PATH, THEN POWER BECOMES A WONDERFUL POSSESION, OUR WORD NEVER COME BACK TO US VOID, AND WE CAN KNOW THAT WE ARE THE HIGHEST EXPRESSION OF OUR OWN TYPE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, THAT WE CAN COMMAND, EVERYTHING WILL LOVE TO OBEY, BECAUSE WE ARE ONE WITH ALL IN TRUTH, IN JUSTICE AND IN POWER.

IN A PRECEDING CHAPTER IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT IT IS WITHIN THE POWER OF ALL OF US TO BECOME GREAT JUST AS INDICATED IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS BOOK, IT IS WITHIN THE POWER OF ALL OF US TO BECOME RICH. BUT THESE SWEEPING GENERALIZATIONS NEED QUALIFYING. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUCH MATERIALISTIC MINDS THAT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY INCAPABLE OF COMPREHENDING THE PHILOSOPHY SET FORTH IN THIS BOOK. THERE IS A GREAT MASS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE LIVED AND WORKED UNTIL THEY ARE PRACTICALLY INCAPABLE OF THOUGHT ALONG THESE LINES, AND THEY CANNOT RECEIVE THE MESSAGE. SOMETHING MAY BE DONE FOR THEM BY DEMONSTRATION, THAT IS, BY LIVING THE LIFE BEFORE THEM. BUT THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN BE AROUSED. THE WORLD NEEDS DEMONSTRATION MORE THAN IT NEEDS TEACHING. FOR THIS MASS OF PEOPLE OUR DUTY IS TO BECOME AS GREAT IN PERSONALITY AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY SEE AND DESIRE TO DO LIKEWISE. IT IS OUT DUTY TO MAKE OURSELVES GREAT FOR THEIR SAKES SO THAT WE MAY HELP PREPARE THE WORLD THAT THE NEXT GENERATION SHALL HAVE BETTER CONDITIONS FOR THOUGHT.

IF YOU ARE A PERSON WHO WISHES TO MAKE SOMETHING OR YOURSELF AND TO MOVE OUT INTO THE WORLD, BUT ARE HAMPERED BY HOME TIES, HAVING OTHERS MORE OR LESS DEPEDENT UPON YOU AND WHOM YOU FEAR WOULD SUFFER IF LEFT ALONE, IT IS YOUR DUTY TO MOVE OUT FEARLESSLY, AND TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOURSELF. IF THERE IS A LOSS AT HOME IT WILL BE ONLY TEMPORARY AND APPARENT, FOR IN A LITTLE WHILE, IF YOU FOLLOW THE LEADING OF SPIRIT, YOU WILL ABLE TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOUR DEPENDENTS THAN YOU HAVE EVER DONE BEFORE.

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HOW RICHES COME TO YOU

                                           👀 THINK AND BECOME RICH 👀

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        SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DRIVE SHARP BARGAINS. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DRIVE ANY BARGAINS AT ALL, OR THAT YOU ARE ABOVE THE NECESSITY FOR HAVING ANY DEALINGS WITH OTHERS. IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL NOT NEED TO DEAL WITH THEM UNFAIRLY. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GET SOMETHING FOR NOTHING, BUT CAN GIVE TO ALL OTHERS MORE THAN YOU TAKE FORM THEM.

        YOU CANNOT GIVE OTHERS MORE IN CASH MARKET VALUE THAN YOU TAKE FROM THEM, BUT YOU CAN GIVE THEM MORE IN USE VALUE THAN THE CASH VALUE OF THE THING YOU TAKE FROM THEM. THE PAPER, INK, AND OTHER MATERIAL IN THIS BOOK MAY NOT BE WORTH THE MONEY YOU PAY FOR IT, BUT IF THE IDEAS SUGGESTED BY IT BRING YOU THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN WRONGED BY THOSE WHO SOLD IT TO YOU. THEY HAVE GIVEN YOU VALUE FOR A SMALL CASH VALUE.

         LET US SUPPOSE THAT YOU OWN A PICTURE BY ONE OF THE GREAT ARTISTS, WHICH, IN ANY CIVILIZED COMMUNITY, IS WORTH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. YOU TAKE IT TO BAFFIN BAY, AND BY "SALESMANSHIP" INDUCE AN ESKIMO TO GIVE TO BUNDLE OF FURS WORTH $500 FOR IT. YOU HAVE REALLY WRONGED HIM,, FOR HE HAS NO USE FOR THE PICTURE, IT HAS NO USE VALUE TO HIM, IT WILL NOT ADD TO HIS LIFE.

       BUT SUPPOSE YOU GIVE HIM A GUN WORTH $50 FR HIS FURS, THEN HE HAS A MADE GOOD BARGAIN. HE HAS USE FOR THE GUN, IT WILL GET HIM MANY MORE FURS AND MUCH FOOD, IT WILL ADD TO HIS IN EVERY WAY, IT WILL MAKE HIM RICH.

       WHEN YOU RISE FROM THE COMPETITIVE TO THE CREATIVE PLANE, YOU CAN SCAN YOUR BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS VERY STRICTLY, AND IF YOU ARE SELLING ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT ADD MORE TO THE LIFE OF THE BUYER THAN THE THING YOU GET IN EXCHANGE, YOU CAN AFFORD TO STOP IT. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BEAT PEOPLE, GET OUT OF IT AT ONCE.

          GIVE POEPLE MORE IN USE VALUE THAN YOU TAKE FROM THEM IN CASH VALUE. THEN YOU ARE ADDING  TO THE LIFE OF THE WORLD BY EVERY BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

         IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE WORKING FOR YOU, YOU MUST TAKE FROM THEM MORE IN CASH VALUE THAN YOU PAY THEM IN WAGES. YOU CAN SO ORGANISE YOUR BUSINESS THAT IT WILL BE FILLED WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF ADVANCE A LITTLE EVERY DAY.

         YOU CAN MAKE YOUR BUSINESS DO FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES WHAT THIS BOOK IS DOING FOR YOU, YOU CAN SO CONDUCT YOUR BUSINESS THAT IT WILL BE A SORT OF LADDER, BY WHICH ALL EMPLOYEES WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE AHEAD, AND IF THEY TAKE THE TROUBLE MAY THEMSELVES CLIMB TO RICHES AND DIVINE SUBSTANCE WHICH PERMEATES ALL YOUR ENVIRONMENT, IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT THEY ARE TO TAKE SHAPE FROM THE ATMOSTPHERE  AND COME INTO BEING BEFORE YOUR EYES.

         IF YOU WANT A COMPUTER, FOR INSTANCE, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE TO IMPRESS THE THOUGHT OF A COMPUTER ON THINKING SUBSTANCE UNTIL THE MACHINE IS FORMED WITHOUT HANDS, IN THE ROOM WHERE YOU SIT, OR ELSEWHERE. BUT IF YOU WANT A COMPUTER, HOLD THE MENTAL IMAGE OF IT WITH  MOST POSITIVE CERTAINLY THAT IT IS BEING MADE, OR IS ON ITS WAY TO YOU. AFTER ONCE FORMING THE THOUGHT, HAVE THE MOST ABSOLUTE AND UNQUESTIONING FAITH THAT THE COMPUTER IS COMING, NEVER THINK OF IT, OR SPEAK OF IT, IN ANY OTHER WAY THAN AN BEING SURE TO ARRIVE. CLAIM IT AS ALREADY YOURS.

         IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE POWER OF THE SUPREME INTELLIGENCE, ACTING UPON YOUR MIND. IF YOU LIVE IN MAINE, IT MAY BE THAT SOMEBODY WILL ARRIVE FROM TEXAS OR JAPAN TO ENGAGE IN SOME TRANSACTION THAT WILL RESULT IN YOUR GETTING WHAT YOU WANT.

           IF SO, THE WHOLE MATTER WILL BE AS MUCH TO THE PERSON'S ADVANTAGE AS IT IS TO YOURS.

         DO NOT FORGET FOR A MOMENT THAT THE THINKING SUBSTANCE IS THROUGH ALL, IN ALL, COMMUNICATING WITH ALL, AND CAN INFLUENCE ALL. THE DESIRE OF THINKING SUBSTANCE FOR FULLER LIFE AND BETTER LIVING HAS CAUSED THE CREATION OF ALL THE COMPUTER ALREADY MADE, AND IT CAN CAUSE THE CREATION OF MILLIONS MORE, AND WILL, WHENEVER PEOPLE SET IT IN MOTION BY DESIRE AND FAITH, AND BY ACTING IN A CERTAIN WAY.

                 YOU CAN CERTAILY HAVE A COMPUTER IN YOUR HOUSE, AND IT IS JUST A CERTAIN THAT YOU CAN HAVE ANY OTHER THING OR THINGS WHICH YOU WANT, AND WHICH YOU WILL USE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF YOUR OWN LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

                DIVINE SUBSTANCE WANTS TO LIVED ALL THAT IS POSSIBLE IN YOU, AND WANTS YOU TO HAVE ALL THAT YOU CAN OR WILL USE FOR THE LIVING OF THE MOST ABUNDANT LIFE.

             IF YOU FIX UPON YOUR CONSCIOUNESS THE FACT THAT THE DESIRE YOU FEEL FOR THE POSSESION OF RICHES IN ONE WITHTHE DESIRE OF OMNIPOTENCE FOR MORE COMPLETE EXPRESSION, YOUR FAITH BECOMES INVINCIBLE.

          A LITTLE GIRL WAS SITTING AT A PIANO, AND VAINLY TRYING TO BRING HARMONY OUT OF THE KEYS. SHE WAS GRIEVED AND PROVOKED BY HER INABILITY TO PLAY REAL MUSIC. SHE WAS ASKED THE CAUSE OF HER VAXATION, AND SHE ANSWERED,  "I CAN FEEL THE MUSIC IN ME, BUT I CAN'T MAKE MY HANDS TO RIGHT, THE MUSIC IN HER WAS THE URGE OF DIVINE SUBSTANCE, CONTAINING ALL THE POSSIBILITIES OF ALL LIFE, ALL THAT THERE IS OF MUSIC WAS SEEKING EXPRESSION THROUGH THE CHILD.

          GOD, THE ONE SUBSTANCE, IS TRYING TO LIVE AND DO AND ENJOY THINGS THROUGH HUMANITY. HE IS SAYING, "I WANT HANDS TO BUILD WONDERFUL STRUCTURES, TO PLAY DIVINE HARMONIES, TO PAINT GLORIOUS PICTURES. I WANT FEET TO RUN MY ERRANDS, EYES TO SEE MY BEAUTIES, TONGUES TO TELL MIGHTY TRUTHS AND TO SING MARVELOUS SONGS, AND SO ON.

ALL THAT THERE IS OF POSSIBILITY IS SEEKING EXPRESSION THROUGH HUMANKIND. GOD WANTS THOSE WHO CAN PLAY MUSIC TO HAVE PIANOS AND EVERY OTHER INSTRUMENT, AND TO HAVE THE MEANS TO CULTIVATE THEIR TALENTS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT. HE WANTS THOSE WHO CAN APPRECIATE BEAUTY TO BE ABLE TO SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH BEAUTIFUL THINGS. HE WANTS THOSE WHO CAN DISCERN TRUTH TO HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL AND OBSERVE. HE WANTS THOSE WHO CAN APPRECIATE DRESS TO BE BEATIFULLY CLOTHED, AND THOSE WHO CAN APPRECIATE GOOD FOOD TO BE LUXURIOUSLY FED.

GOD WANTS ALL THESE THINGS BECAUSE IT IS HIMSELF THAT ENJOYS AND APPRECIATED THEM.

IF IS GOD WHO WANTS TO PLAY, AND SING, AND ENJOY BEAUTY, AND PROCLAIM TRUTH AND WEAR FINE CLOTHES, AND EAT GOOD FOODS.

THE DESIRE YOU FEEL FOR RICHES IS GOD, SEEKING TO EXPRESS HIMSELF IN YOU AS HE SOUGHT TO FIND EXPRESSION IN THE LITTLE GIRL AT THE PIANO.

SO YOU NEED NOT HESITATE TO AS LARGELY. YOUR PART IS TO FOCUS AND EXPRESS THE DESIRE TO GOD.

 

THIS IS A DIFFICULT POINTWITH MOST PEOPLE. THEY RETAIN SOMETHING OF THE OLD IDEA THAT POVERTY AND SELF - SACRIFICE ARE PLEASING TO GOD. THEY LOOK UPON POVERTY AS A PART OF THE PLAN, A NECESSITYOF NATURE. THEY HAVE THE IDEA THAT GOD HAS FINISHED HIS WORK, AND MADE ALL THAT HE CAN MAKE, AND THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE MUST STAY POOR BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH THAT THEY FEEL ASHAMED TO ASK FOR WEALTH. THEY TRY NOT TO WANT MORE THAN A VERY MODEST COMPETENCE, JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM FAIRLY COMFORTABLE.

THERE IS THE CASE OF THE STUDENT WHO WAS TOLD THAT HE MUST GET IN MIND A CLEAR PICTURE OF THE THINGS HE DESIRED, SO THAT THE CREATIVE THOUGHT OF THEM MIGHT BE IMPRESESED ON DIVINE SUBSTANCE. HE WAS A VERY POOR MAN, LIVING IN A RENTED HOUSE, AND HAVEING ONLY WHAT HE EARNED FROM A DAY TO DAY. HE COULD NOT GRASP THE FACT THAT ALL WEALTH WAS HIS, SO, AFTER THINKING THE MATTER OVER, HE DECIDED THAT HE MIGHT REASONABLE ASK FOR A NEW RUG FOR THE FLOOR OF HIS BEST ROOM, AND A STOVE TO HEAT THE HOUSE DURING THE COLD WEATHER.

FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN IN THIS BOOKS,  HE OBTAINED THESE THINGS IN A FEW MONTHS. THEN IT DAWNED UPON HIM THAT HE HAD NOT ASKED ENOUGH. HE WENT THROUGH THE HOUSE, IN WHICH HE LIVED, AND PLANNED ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IN IT. HED MENTALLY ADDED A BAY WINDOW HERE AND A ROOM THERE, UNTIL IT WAS COMPLETE IN HIS MIND AS HIS IDEA HOME, AND THEN HE PLANNED ITS FURNISHINGS.

 HOLDING THE WHOLE PICTURE IN HIS MIND, HE BEGAN LIVING IN THE CERTAIN WAY, AND MOVING TOWARD WHAT HE WANTED. NOW HE OWNS THE HOUSE AND IS REBUILDING IT AFTER THE FORM OF HIS MENTAL IMAGE. AND WITH STILL LARGER FAITH, HE IS GOING ON TO GET GREATER THINGS. IT HAS BEEN UNTO HIM ACCORDING TO HIS FAITH, AND IT IS SO WITH YOU AND WITH ALL OF US.

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DONT JUDGE

                                       NON - JUDGEMENTAL OF OTHERS

          WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE ANYBODY - EACH ONE OF US COMES FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, CARRY DIFFERENT BAGGAGE, AND IS AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL IN OUR KARMIC JOURNEY. EVERY INCIDENT HAPPENS IN OUR LIFE FOR A REASON DESIGNED BY THE ALMIGHTY TO HELP US GROW TO THE  NEXT LEVEL AND LEARN THE RIGHT LESSONS. 

        THIS IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE - WE ARE PROGRAMMED TO JUDGE PEOPLE SIMPLY BY THEIR ONE - TIME ACTION OR FEW REPETITIVE BEHAVIOURS. WE BECOME JUDGES AND DECLARE PEOPLE NUTS, CRAZY, RELIGIOUS, SUPERSTITIOUS, EGOISTIC, ARROGANT, BROKE, RICH, POOR, SMART, INTELLIGENT, DUMB, LAZY, SHREWD, AND SO ON. THE LIST IS ENDLESS.

       BY BECOMING JUDGMENTAL OF PEOPLE, WE INCREASE OUR OWN BAGGAGE. EVERY TIME YOU DEAL WITH SOMEONE, YOU START OBSERVING / LITENING TO HIM/HER THROUGH YOUR BIASED FILTER. WHETHER OR NOT IT AFFECTS THE OTHER PERSON, IT DEFINITELY TAKES AWAY YOUR INNOCENCES, CREATIVITY, OPEN MINDEDNESS, AND PEACE OF MIND. WHAT'S MORE - IT OFTEN ADDS TO YOUR STRESS LEVEL.

       LET ME SUGGEST A SIMPLE EXERCISE TO BECOME LESS JUDGEMENTAL OF OTHERS.

     MAKE A LIST OF THE PEOPLE WHO YOU DO NOT QUITE LIKE OR YOU ARE CRITICAL OF - MAKE AS LONG AS LIST AS YOU CAN, ADD A COLUMN TO THE SIDE, AND THEN, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THEM. BE HONEST, AND CLEARLY WRITE YOU FEEL ABOUT THEM AT THAT  INSTANT.

          ONCE DONE, GO THROUGH THE LIST AND ALL YOUR FANCY ASSESSMENTS OF THEM. LOOK AT IT FOR A WHILE, LAUGH OVER IT, AND DECIDE TO BECOME NON - JUDGEMENTAL OF THEM FROM THEN ON BY FLUSHING THAT LIST YOU JUST MADE LIKE A TISSUE PAPER, TELL YOURSELF I AM NOT GOING TO BE JUDGEMENTAL OF ANYBODY FROM NOW ON, AND I WILL OBSERVE EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING WITH NOW ON, AND I WILL OBSERVE EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING WITH AN OPEN MIND TO EXPLORE A NEW VISTA OF LIFE.

        YOU MAY WONDER IF SUCH A SIMPLE ACT CAN REALLY CHANGE ONE'S BEHAVIOUR. THE ANSWER IS - YES IT CAN. THERE IS POWER IN WRITING WHAT YOU THINK OR SAY. IT WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOUR COMPLETELY THE MOMENT YOU DO THIS BUT YOU WILL DEFINITELY MAKE A NEW BEGINNING. IF YOU ARE SINCERE AND COMMITTED ABOUT CHANGING YOURSELF, YOU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THE FIRST STEP.

        WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW BIG A BAG OF JUDGEMENT OF OTHER PEOPLE WE CARRY ALL OUR LIFE - FREE YOURSELF OF THIS BURDEN, AND YOU WILL REDISCOVER YOURSELF. PEOPLE AROUND YOU WILL STILL BE THE SAME BUT SOON, THEY WILL FIND YOU TO BE DIFFERENT ONCE YOU START PRACTISING BEING NON - JUDGEMENTAL OF THEM. THE BAGGAGE IS NOT WORTH IT - YOU WILL FEEL LIGHTER AND HAPPIER ONCE YOU START PRACTISING THIS.

                                                 STOP BEING HARD ON YOURSELF

 

          YES,. WE NEED TO BE DISCIPLINED, SELF - DRIVEN, GOAL - ORIENTED, AND DO  WHATEVER IT TAKES ONECE WE UNDERTAKE SOMTHING. HOWEVER, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO WORK OURSELVES TO DEATH, BE SO HARD ON OURSELVES THAT WE BREAK DOWN, OR DRAIN OURSELVES  OF ALL OUR ENERGY / HEALTH THAT WE ARE LEFT WITH NOTHING TO CHERISH OUR ACCOPLISHMENT.

        THIS IS EASIER SAID THAT DONE. BUT, BELIEVE ME, IT TAKES SERIOUS INTROSPECTION BEFORE YOU REALISE THIS SIMPLE FACT. UNLESS YOU SET YOUR PRIORITIES RIGHT AND KNOW THE TRUE PURPOSE OF YOUR LIFE, YOU WILL ONLY BE HEADING FOR AN EARLY GRAVE BY BEING SO HARD ON YOURSELF.

         ONCE YOU KNOW YOUR PURPOSE  AND ARE CLEAR ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES, YOU WILL DO THE SAME THING BUT WITH BETTER CONVICTION AND NO BAGGAGE OF THE FEAR OF FAILURE. YOU WILL ENJOY THE JOURNEY BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING TO ANYBODY. YOU ARE SIMPLY DOING WHAT YOU ARE MEANT TO, WHICH MEANS YOU WILL LIVE EVERY SINGLE MOMENT FULLY.

       DO WHAT YOU ARE MEANT TO, AND YOU WILL LIVE EVERY SINGLE MOMENT FULLY

           YES, AT TIMES, YOU WILL BE ENGROSSED. WORKING ON PROJECTS WITH LASER - SHARP FOCUS IGNORING EVERYTHING AROUND YOU BUT YOU WILL HAVE THAT DEEP SENSE OF SATISFACTION IN WORKING FOR A CAUSE. NO AMOUNT OF MIDNIGHT - OIL - BURNING WILL HURT YOU.

           OCCASIONALLY, INDULGE YOURSELF, AND ENJOY YOUR FAVOURITE FOODS EVEN IF YOU ARE ON A STRICT DIET. TAKE SHORT WALKS IN THE MIDST OF YOUR VERY TIGHT AND BUSY SCHEDULE. SWITCH YOURSELF OFF FOR A FEW MOMENTS WHEN YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED. LAUGH A BIT MORE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE TENSED ! LAUGH EVEN LOUNDER AT YOUR FAILURES. LIVE LIFE AS THOUGH YOU ARE SIMPLY PERFORMING DUTIES THE ALMIGHTY DESIGNED FOR YOU - SO, WHY WORRY!

            I HAVE WORKED NIGHT AFTER NIGHT FOR YEARS PREPARING MY NEVER - ENDING BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS AND SPENDING MY DAYS IN BUSINESS MEEINGS, FORGETTING MY FAMILY COMPLETELY AS IF THEY DID NOT EXIST. IT TOOKS ME A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS TO COME TO TERMS WITH MYSELF. SO, DONT BE MAD AT YOURSELF. AS TODAY'S YOUNGTERS SAY - CHILL. EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE - THE HEAVENS ARE NOT GOING TO FALL IT YOU SET DOWN THE BAGGAGE OF WORRIES YOU CARRY ON YOUR SHOULDERS MINDLESSLY.

             TELL YOURSELF ALL IS WELL AS MANY TIMES YOU CAN

                                                          ALL IS WELL

                  

                     

        

THE EMOTIONS

                                      POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EMOTIONS

                                           THE SEVEN POSITIVE EMOTIONS

  

                               1. LOVE

                               2. SEX

                               3. HOPE

                               4. FAITH

                               5. ENTHUSIASM

                               6. LOYALTY

                              7. DESIRE

                                              THE SEVEN NEGATIVE EMOTIONS

                               1. FEAR (SEE SEVEN BASIC FEARS)

                               2. JEALOUSY

                               3. HATRED (PROLONGED)

                               4. REVENGE

                               5. GREED

                              6. ANGER (TEMPORARY)

                              7. SUPERSTITION

  

              ALL THESE EMOTIONS ARE STATES OF MIND, SUBJECT TO CONTROL AND DIRECTION. THE SEVEN NEGATIVE EMOTIONS OBVIOUSLY ARE DEADLY IF THEY ARE NOT MASTERED. THE SEVEN POSITIVE EMOTIONS MAY ALSO BE JUST AS DESTUCTIVE AS THE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS IF THEY ARE NOT ORGANIZED MASTERED AND GUIDED UNDER COMPLETE CONTROL.

          IN THESE FOURTEEN EMOTIONS IS THE "MENTAL DYNAMIC" WHICH MAY LIFT ONE TO GREAT HEIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENT OR DASH ONE TO THE LOWEST DEPTHS OF FAILURE, AND NO AMOUNT OF EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, INTELLIGENCE OR GOOD INTENTIONS CAN ALTER OR MODIFY THIS POSSIBILITY.

         HILL : IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT LACK OF CONTROL OF THE SEVEN NEGATIVE EMOTIONS MAY LEAD ONE TO SURE DEFEAT, BUT IS IS NOT CLEAR AS TO HOW ONE MAY THE SEVEN POSITIVE EMOTIONS FOR THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF DESIRABLE ENDS.

        CARNEGIE  : I WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY HOW THE POSITIVE EMOTIONS MAY BE TRASMUTED INTO A DRIVING POWER THAT CAN BE USED IN THE ATTAINMENT OF ANY PURPOSE. I CAN DO THIS BY DESCRIBING THE MANNER IN WHICH ONE MAN MADE EFFECTIVE USE OF HIS EMOTIONS. THAT MAN IS CHARLIE SCHWAB, AND ANALYSIS OF HIS USE OF EMOTIONS IS BASED UPON CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH HIM OVER A LONG PERIOD OF YEARS.

      SHORTLY AFTER HE BEGAN WORK WITH ME HE MADE UP HIS MIND TO BECOME AN INDISPENSABLE PART OF MY BUSINESS FAMILY, THEREBY DIRECTING TO A DEFINITE END THE EMOTION OF DESIRE. IN CARRING OUT HIS DESIRE HE APPLIED ALL THE PRINCIPLES OF ACHIEVEMENTS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS INTERVIEW :

          ❤ DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE

          ❤ THE MASTER MIND

          ❤ ATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY

          ❤ APPLIED FAITH

          ❤ GOING THE EXTRA MILE

          ❤ ORGANIZED ENDEAVOR

          ❤ CREATIVE VISION

          ❤ SELF - DISCIPLINE

THROUGH THE PRINIPLES OF SELF - DISCIPLINE CHARLIE SCHWAB ORGANISED THE OTHER SEVEN PRINCIPLES AND BROUGHT THEM UNDER HIS CONTROL. BACK OF THIS SELF - CONTROL HE PLACED ALL OF HIS ASSOCIATES, ENTHUSIASM OVER HIS WORK, HOPE OF SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH HIS WORK, FAITH IN HIS ABILITY TO ACHIEVE, AND BACK OF ALL THESE EMOTIONS HE WAS DRIVEN BY THE EMOTION OF LOVE FOR HIS WIFE WHOM HE WAS SEEKING TO PLEASE BY HIS ACHIEVEMENTS.

THE MOTIVE WHICH INSPIRED HIM TO ORGANIZE AND USE HIS EMOTIONS FO THE ATTAINMENT OF A DEFINITE AND WAS THE TWOFOLD MOTIVE OF LOVE AND DESIRE FOR FINANCIAL GAIN, THESE TWO BEING AT THE HEAD OF THE LIST OF THE NENE MOTIVES.

OF COURSE MR.SCHWAB MADE USE OF ALL THE OTHER PRINCIPLES OF INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT WHICH WE HAVE NOT YET MENTIONED, BEFORE BE FINALLY ATTAINED HIS GOAL, AND HE CONTINUED TO USE ALL THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS PHILOSOPHY AFTER ATTAINING IT, BUT THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES WE HAVE COVERED WERE THE ONES HE USED AT THE OUTSET.

HILL : I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN , MR.CARNEGIE. WILL YOU CHECK ME WHILE I DESCRIBE MY UNDERSTANDING OF MR.SCHWAB'S RISE TO POWER?
  

FIRST, HE DECIDED WHAT HE WANTED, THUS PUTTING INTO USE THE PRINCIPLE OF DEFINTIENESS OF PURPOSE. HE ADOPTED A PLAN FOR GETTING WHAT HE WANTED AND, JUDGING BY WHAT YOU HAVE SAID OF HIM, HE BEGAN CARRYING OUT HIS PLAN BY GOING THE EXTRA MILE,THEREBY MAKING USE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ORGANIZED ENDEAVOR.

BY WORKING IN HARMONY WITH YOU AND HIS OTHER ASSOCIATES, HE MADE USE OF THE MASTER MIND PRINCIPLE.

BY THE PLEASING,HARMONIOUS MANNER IN WHICH HE RELATED HIMSELF TO YOU AND HIS OTHER ASSOCIATES, HE INDICATED HIS UNDERSTANDING AND USE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ATTRACTIVENESS OF PERSONALITY.

BY THE INTELLIGENT MANNER IN WHICH HE USED ALL THESE PRINCIPLES, AND BY STICKING PERSISTENTLY TO HIS UNDERTAKING UNTIL HE COMPLETED IT, HE DEMONSTRATED HIS UNDERSTANDING AND USE OF SELF - DISCIPLINE THROUGH WHICH HE SUBORDINATED ALL HIS DESIRES TO THE ONE SOLE PURPOSE OF MAKING HIMSELF AN INDESPENSABLE PART OF YOUR ORGANISATION.

BACK OF ALL THIS ENDEAVOR WERE THE TOW MOTIVES OF LAW FOR HIS WIFE AND HIS DESIRE FOR FINANCIAL ACHIEVMENT THROUGH WHICH HE HARNESSED AND USED ALL HIS POSITIVE EMOTIONS FOR THE ATTAINMENTS OF A DEFINITE PURPOSE.

NOW, DOES THAT ABOUT STATE THE CASE ?

CARNEGIE  : THAT WAS THE PROCEDURE FOLLOWED. AND YOU WILL NOTICED THAT HIS CHANCES OF SUCCESS WOULD HAVE BEEN LESSENED HAD HE FAILED TO USE ANY OF THE PRINCIPLES MENTIONED. IT WAS THROUGH A CAREFULLY PLANNED APPLICATION OF ALL THESE PRINCIPLES THAT HE ATTAINED SUCCESS. THE APPLICATION REQUIRED SELF - DISCIPLINE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.

IF HE HAD SQUANDERED ANY OF HIS EMOTIONAL POWER IN ANY OTHER DIRECTION WHATOEVER, THE RESULTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, A FACT OF WHICH I AM REMINDED BY THE EXPERIENCE OF ANOTHER MAN WHO STARTED OUT TO ATTAIN THE SAME RELATIONSHIP IN MY ORGANIZATION THAT CHARLIE SCHWAB SUCCESSFULLY ATTAINED.

THIS MAN HAD EVERYTHING THAT CHARLIE HAD, A FAR AS ABILITY WAS CONCERNED. IN ADDITION TO THIS HE HAD MUCH BETTER EDUCATION, HAVING GRADUATED FROM ONE OF THE BEST - KNOWN, COLLEGES, WHERE HE SPECIALIZED IN INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY. HE MADE HUST AS EFFECTIVE USE OF EVERY ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES MENTIONED AS CHARLIE DID, WITH ONE LONE EXCEPTION, AND THAT WAS THE MOTIVE BY WHICH HE WAS  INSPIRED. HIS MOTIVE WAS A DESIRE FOR FINANCIAL GAIN, NOT AS A MEANS OF EXPRESEING LOVE FOR HIS WIFE, BUT TO FEED HIS OWN VANITY.

HE HAD A LOVE FOR POWER, NOT AS AN EXPRESSIONOF HIS PRIDE OF ACHIEVEMENT, BUT AS A MEANS OF LORDING HIS AUTHORITY OVER OTHER PEOPLE. DESPTIE THIS WEAKNESS, HE CLIMBED STEADILY UNTIL HE BECAME AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF MY MASTER MIND GROUP. THEN HE TOOK A TUMBLE THROUGH WHICH HE DASHED HIS HOPES AND HIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRICES BY HIS ARROGANCE AND VANITY.

HE WAS REDUCED IN RANK, OUT OF NECESSASITY FOR US TO MAINTAIN HORMONY IN OUR MASTER MIND GROUP, AND WOUND UP FINALLY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER, RIGHT WHERE HE STARTED. HIS DEMOTION INFLICTED A WOUND TO HIS VANITY FROM WHICH HE NEVER RECOVERED.

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THINK TO BECOME RICH

                                              THE ADVANCING THINKER

        WHAT WAS SAID IN THE LAST CHAPTER APPLIES AS WELL TO PEOPLE IN THE PROFESSIONS, WAGE EARNERS, AND THOSE ENGAGED IN MERCANTILE BUSINESS.

        NO MATER WHETHER YOU ARE A PHYSICIAN, A TEACHER, OR A CLERGYMAN, IF YOU CAN GIVE INCREASE OF LIFE TO OTHERS AND MAKE THEM SENSIBLE OF THE FACT, THEY WILL BE ATTRACTED TO YOU, AND YOU WILL GET RICH. PHYSICIANS WHO HOLD THE VISION OF THEMSELVES AS GREAT AND SUCCESSFUL HEALERS, AND WHO WORK TOWARD THE COMPLETE REALIZATION OF THAT VISION WITH FAITH AND PURPOSE, AS DESCRIBED IN FORMER CHAPTERS, WILL COME INTO SUCH CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE SOURCE OF LIFE THAT THEY WILL BE PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL, PATIENTS WILL COME TO THEM IN THRONGS.

        IN THE FIELD OF RELIGION, THE WORLD CRIES OUT FOR CLERGY WHO CAN TEACH THEIR HEARERS THE TRUE SCIENCE OF ABUNDANT LIFE. THOSE WHO MASTER THE DETAILS OF THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH, TOGETHER WITH THE ALLIED SCIENCES O BEING WELL, OF BEING GREAT, AND OF WINNING LOVE, AND WHO TEACH THESE DETAILS FROM THE PULPIT, WILL NEVER LACK FOR A CONGREGATION. THIS IS THE GOSPEL THAT THE WORLD NEEDS, IT WILL GIVE INCREASE OF LIFE, AND CONGREGANTS WILL HEAR IT GLADLY, AND WILL GIVE LIBERAL SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO BRING IT TO THEM.

          WHAT IS NOW NEEDED IS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE SCIENCE OF LIFE FROM THE  PULPIT. WE WANT PREACHERS, RABBIS, PRIESTS AND IMAMS WHO CAN NOT ONLY TELL US HOW, BUT WHO IN THEIR OWN PERSONS WILL SHOW US HOW. WE NEED ENERGY WHO WILL THEMSELVES BE RICH, HEALTHY, GREAT, AND BELOVED, TO TEACH US HOW TO ATTAIN TO THESE THINGS, SUCH LEADERS WILL FIND A NUMEROUS AND LOYAL FOLLOWING.

           THE SAME IS TRUE OF TEACHERS WHO CAN INSPIRE THE CHILDREN WITH THE FAITH AND PURPOSE OF THE ADVANCING LIFE. THEY WILL NEVER BE OUT OF A JOB. ALL TEACHERS WHO HAVE THIS FAITH AND PURPOSE CAN GIVE IT TO THEIR PUPILS. THEY CANNOT HELP GIVING IT TO THEM IF IT IS PART OF THEIR OWN LIVES AND PRACTICE.

                WHAT IS TRUE OF THE TEACHER, PREACHER, AND PHYSICIAN IS TRUE OF THE LAWYER, DENTIST, REALTOR, INSURANCE AGENT - OF EVERYBODY.

              THIS COMBINED MENTAL AND PERSONAL ACTION IS INFALLIBEL, IT CANNOT FAIL. EVERY MAN AND WOMAN, WHO FOLLOWS THESE INSTRUCTIONS STEADILY, PERSEVERINGLY, AND TO THE LETTER, WILL GET RICH. THE LAW OF THE INCREASE OF LIFE IS AN MATHEMATICALLY CERTAIN IN ITS OPERTION AS THE LAW OF GRAVITATION. GETTING RICH IS AN EXACT SCIENCE.

         WAGE EARNERS WILL FIND THIS AS TRUE OF THEIR CASE AS OF ANY OF THE OTHERS MENTIONED. DO NOT FEEL THAT YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO GET RICH BECAUSE YOU ARE WORKING WHERE THERE IS NO VISIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCEMENT, WHERE WAGES ARE SMALL AND THE COST OF LIVING HIGH. FORM YOUR CLEAR MENTAL VISION OF WHAT YOU WANT, AND BEGIN TO ACT WITH FAITH AND PURPOSE.

         DO ALL THE WORK YOU CAN DO, EVERY DAY, AND DO EACH PIECE OF WORK IN A PERFECTLY SUCCESSFUL MANNER. PUT THE POWER OF SUCCESS, AND THE PURPOSE TO GET RICH, INTO EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO SO.

          EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MERELY,"GOOD", WORKERS, PERFORMING THE VERY BEST OF THEIR ABILITY, AND SATISFIED WITH THAT, ARE VALUABLE TO THEIR EMPLOYERS, BUT IT IS NOT TO THE EMPLOYERS, INTEREST TO PROMOTE SUCH PEOPLE AS THEY ARE WORTH MORE WHERE BEING KEPT WHERE THEY ARE.

          TO SECURE ADVANCEMENT, SOMETHING MORE IS NECESSARY THAN TO BE TOO LARGE FOR YOUR PLACE.

       THOSE WORKERS WHO ARE CERTAIN TO ADVANCE ARE THOSE WHO ARE TOO BIG FOR THEIR CURRENT JOB, AND WHO HAVE A CLEAR CONCEPT OF WHAT THEY WANT TO BE.THEY KNOW THAT THEYCAN BECOME WHAT THEY WANT TO BE AND ARE DETERMINDED TO BE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE.

          DO NOT TRY TO MORE THAN FILL YOUR PRESENT PLACE WITH A VIEW TO PLEASING YOUR EMPLOYER, DO IT WITH THE IDEA OF ADVANCING YOURSELF. HOLD THE FAITH AND PURPOSE OF INCREASE DURING WORK HOURS, AFTER WORK HOURS, AND BEFORE WORK HOURS. HOLD IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT EVERY PERSON WHO COMES IN CONTACT WITH YOU, WHETHER SUPERVISOR, ANOTHER WORKER, OR SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCE, WILL FEEL THE POWER OF PURPOSE RADIATING FROM YOU, SO THAT EVERYONE WILL GET THE SENSE OF ADVANCEMENT AND INCREASE FROM YOU. OTHER PEOPLE WILL BE ATTRACTED TO YOU, AND IF THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT IN YOUR PRESENT JOB, YOU WILL VERY SOON AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ANOTHER JOB.

         THERE IS A POWER THAT NEVER FAILS TO PRESENT OPPORTUNITY TO THE ADVANCING THINKER WHO IS MOVING IN OBEDIENCE OF LAW.

         GOD CANNOT HELP HELPING YOU, IF YOU CANNOT GET RICH WORKING IN AN AUTOMOBILE FACTORY, YOU CAN GET RICH OWNING AND MANAGING A FAST FOOD FRANCHISE. IF YOU BEGIN TO MOVE IN THE CERTAIN WAY, YOU WILL CERTAINLY ESCAPE FROM THE "CLUCHES" OF THE AUTO FACTORY AND OPEN THAT RESTAURANT OR WHEVER ELSE YOU WISH TO DO.

           IF A FEW THOUSANDS OF ITS EMPLOYEES WOULD ENTER UPON THE CERTAIN WAY, THE LARGE MANUFACTURERS WOULD SOON BE IN A BAD PLIGHT. IT WOULD HAVE TO GIVE ITS WORKERS MORE OPPORTUNITY, OR GO OUT OF BUSINESS. NOBODY HAS TO WORK FOR A GIANT CORPORATION. SUCH FIRMS CAN KEEP WORKERS IN SO CALLED HOPELESS CONDITIONS ONLY SO LONG AS THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TOO IGNORANT TO KNOW OF THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH, OR TOO INTELLECTUALLY SLOTHFUL TO PRACTICE IT. 

            BEGIN THIS WAY  OF THINKING AND ACTING AND YOUR FAITH AND PURPOSE WILLMAKE YOU QUICK TO SEE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER YOUR CONDITION.

          SUCH OPPORTUNITIES WILL SPEEDILY COME, FOR THE SUPREME  GOD, WITH ALL POWER IS WORKING WITH YOU, WILL BRING THEM BEFORE YOU.

          DO NOT WAIT FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ALL THAT YOU WANT TO BE. WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE THAN YOU ARE NOW IS PRESENTED AND YOU FELL IMPELLED TOWARD IT, IT WILL BE THE FIRST STEP TOWARD A GREATER OPPORTUNITY.

         

THERE IS NO SUCH THING POSSIBLE IN THIS UNIVERSE AS A LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO ARE LIVING THE ADVANCING LIFE.

 

IT IS INHERENT IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COSMOS THAT ALL THINGS SHALL BE FOR US AND WILL WORK TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD. WE MUST CERTAINLY GET RICH IF WE ACT AND THINK IN THE CERTAIN WAY, SO LET WAGE EARNERS STUDY THIS BOOK WITH GREAT CARE, AND ENTER WITH CONDIDENCE UPON THE COURSE OF ACTION IT PRESCRIBES, IT WILL NOT FAIL.