LIFE'S IMPORTANT FACTS

                                                    LEARN FROM DEFEAT

                          THE IMPORTANT FACTS OF LIFE STAND OUT BOLDLY!

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                  ONE IS THE FACT THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE ARE SUCH THAT EVERYONE INEVITABLY IS OVERTAKEN BY DEFEAT, IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. THE OTHER IS THE FACT THAT EVERY ADVERSITY CARRIES WITH IT THE SEED OF AN EQUIVALENT BENEFIT!

                SEARCH WHERE YOU WILL BUT YOU CANNOT FIND A SINGLE EXCEPTION TO EITHER OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, EITHER IN YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE OR IN THE EXPERIENCES OF OTHERS. THE BURDEN OF THIS CHAPTER, THEREFORE, IS TO DESCRIBE HOW DEFEAT MAY BE MADE TO YIELD THE SEED OF AN EQUILAVENT BENEFIT, HOW TO CONVERT IT INTO A STEPPING STONE TO GREATER ACHIEVEMENT, AND THAT IS NOT NECESSARY TO ACCEPT DEFEAT AS A HANDY EXCUSE FOR FAILURE.

                 HILL : MR. CARNEGIE, YOU HAVE STATED IN PREVIOUS INTERVIEWS THAT THERE ARE NO LIMITATIONS TO MENTAL CAPACITY EXCEPT THOSE WHICH AN INIVIDUAL SETS UP HIS OWN MIND, AND YOU HAVE EXPLAINED THIS BY SAYING THAT DEFEAT CAN BE CONVERTED INTO A PRICELESS ASSET IF ONE TAKES THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD IT. WILL YOU NOW EXPLAIN WHAT IS THE RIGHT ATTITUDE?

                  CARNEGIE : FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THAT THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD DEFEAT IS THATWHICH REFUSES TO ACCEPT IT AS ANYTHIG MORE THAN TEMPORARY, AND THIS IS AN ATTITUDE THAT ONE CAN BEST MAINTAIN BY SO DEVELOPING HIS WILL-POWER THAT HE LOOKS UPON DEFEAT AS A CHALLENGE TO TEST HIS METTLE. THAT CHALLENGE SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AS A SIGNAL THAT HAS BEEN DELIBERATELY HOISTED TO INFORM HIM THAT HIS PLAS NEED MENDING.

                   DEFEAT SHOULD BE LOOKED UPON IN PRECISELY THE SAME MANNER THAT ONE ACCEPTS THE UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE OF PHYSICAL PAIN, FOR IT IS OBVIOUS THAT PHYSICAL PAIN IS NATURE'S WAY OF INFORMING ONE THAT SOMETHING NEEDS ATTENTION AND CORRECTION. PAIN, THEREFORE, MAY BE A BLESSING AND NOT A CURSE!

                THE SAME IS TRUE OF THE MENTAL ANGUISH ONE EXPERIENCES WHEN OVERTAKEN BY DEFEAT. WHILE THE FEELING IS UNPLEASANT IT MAY BE, NEVERTHELESS, BENEFICIAL, BECAUSE IT SERVES AS A SIGNAL BY WHICH ONE MAY BE STOPPED FROM GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

               HILL : I SEE YOUR LOGIC, BUT DEFEAT SOMETIMES IS SO DEFINITE ADN SEVERE THAT IT HAS THE EFFECT OF DESTROYING ONE'S INITIATIVE AND SELF - RELIANCE. WHEN IS TO BE DONE IS SUCH A CIRCUMSTANCE?

             CARNEGIE :  HERE IS WHERE THE PRINCIPLE OF SELF- DISCIPLINE COMES TO ONE'S RESCUE. THE WELL- DISCIPLINED PERSON ALLOWS NOTHING TO DESTROY HIS BELIEF IN HIMSELF, AND PERMITS NOTHING TO STOP HIM FROM REARRANGING HIS PLANS AND MOVING AHEAD WHEN HIS IS DEFEATED. YOU SEE, HE CHANGES HIS PLANS, IF THEY NEED CHANGE, BUT NOT HIS PURPOSE. IF ONE HAS MASTERED THE PRICIPLE OF ORGANIZED THOUGHT ONE KNOWS THAT THE POWER OF WILL IS EQUAL TO ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE, AND HE ALLOWS NOTHING TO DESTROY HIS WILL TO WIN.

                        HILL : YOU MEAN, I ASSUME, THAT DEFEAT SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AS A SORT OF MENTAL TONIC THAT CAN BE MADE TO SERVE AS A MEANS OF STIMULATING ONE'S WILL POWER.

                      CARNEGIE : YOU'VE STATED IT CORRECTLY. AS I TOLD YOU PREVIOUSLY, EVERY NEAGATIVE EMOTION CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO A CONSTRUCTIVE POWER AND USED FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF DESIRABLE ENDS. SELF-DISCIPLINE ENABLES ONE TO CHANGE UNPLEASANT EMOTIONS INTO A DRIVING POWER, AND EVERY TIME THIS IS DONE IT HELPS TO DEVELOP ONE'S POWER OF WILL.

                  YOU MUST REMEMBER, ALSO, THAT THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND ACCEPTS AND ACTS UPON ONE'S MENTAL ATTITUDE. IF DEFEAT IS ACCEPTED AS PERMENENT, INSTEAD OF BEING REGARDED AS A MERE STIMULANT TO GREATER ACTION, THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND ACTS ACCORDINGLY AND MAKES IT PERMANENT. 

                  YOU SEE, THEREFORE, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT ONE FORM THE HABIT OF SEARCHING FOR GOOD THERE IS TO BE FOUND IN EVERY FORM OF DEFEAT. THIS PROCEDURE  BECOMES THE FINEST SORT OF TRAINING OF THE WILL-POWER AND SERVES, AT THE SAME TIME, TO BRING THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND INTO ACTION IN ONE'S BEHALF.

                 HILL : YES, OF COURSE! YOU MEAN THAT THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND CARRIES OUR ONE'S MENTAL ATTITUDE TO ITS LOGICAL CONCLUSION, REGARDLESS OF THE NATURE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH BRINGS IN INTO ACTION.

                CARNEGIE : YES, BUT YOU HAVE HARDLY STATED THE MATTER FULLY. THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND RESPONDS ALWAYS TO THE DOMINATING THOUGHTS IN ONE'S MIND. MOREOVER, IT GETS INTO THE HABIT OF ACTING QUICKLY ON THE THOUGHTS WHICH ARE REPEATED MOST OFTEN. FOR EXAMPLE, IF ONE FALLS INTO THE HABIT OF ACCEPTING DEFEAT AS A NEGATIVE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND MAKES THE SAME MISTAKE CIRCUMSTANCE, THE SUBSCONSCIOUS MIND MAKES THE SAME MISTAKE AND FORMS SIMILAR HABITS. THAT IS WHY I STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTROLLED HABITS.

                 ONE'S MENTAL ATTITUDE TOWARD DEFEAT BECOMES, EVENTUALLY, A HABIT, AND THIS IS ONE HABIT THAT MUST BE CONTROLLED IF ONE IS TO ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO MAKE DEFEAT AND ASSET INSTEAD OF A LIABILITY. YOU HAVE NO DOUBT SEEN MEN AND WOMEN WHO BY THEIR IMMEDIATE REACTIONS SEEM TO AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPT DEFEAT AND WHO THUS BECOME CONFINED PESSIMISTS.

                         HILL : I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN. THE "SEED OF AN EQUIVALENT BENEFIT" THAT IS TO BE FOUND IN EVERY ADVERSITY CONSISTS IN THE OPPORTUNITY ONE HAS TO USE THE EXPERIENCE AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING HIS WILLPOWER, BY ACCEPTING IT AS A MENTAL STIMULANT TO GREATER ACTION. IS THAT YOUR IDEA, MR. CARNEGIE?

                       CARNEGIE : THAT STATES THE IDEA IN PART, BUT YOU OMITTED SAYING THAT BY ACCEPTING DEFEAT IN A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE ONE THEREBY INFLUENCES THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND TO FORM THE HABIT OF DOING THE SAME THING. IN TIME THIS HABIT BECOMES PERMANENT, AFTER WHICH THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND WILL BE RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT ANY EXPERIENCE IN ANY EXCEPT A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. IN OTHER WORDS THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND CAN BE TRAINED TO CONVERT ALL NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES INTO AN INSPIRATIONAL URGE TO GREATER EFFORT. NOW, THAT IS THE POINT, I WISH TO EMPHASIZE.

                         HILL :  APPARENTLY THEREIS NO ESCAPE FROM THE LAW WHICH FASTENS HABITS UPON ONE. IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, MR. CARNEGIE, FAILURE CAN BECOME A HABIT.

                         CARNEGIE : NOT ONLY CAN FAILURE BECOME A HABIT, BUT THE SAME THING APPLIES TO POVERTY, AND WORRY, AND PESSIMISM OF EVERY NATURE. ANY STATE OF MIND, WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BECOMES A HABIT THE MOMENT IT BEGINES TO DOMINATE THE MIND.

                         HILL : I NEVER THOUGHT OF POVERTY AS BEING A HABIT.

                         CARNEGIE : THEN, YOU MUST THINK AGAIN, BECAUSE IT IS A  HABIT! WHEN ANYONE ACCEPT THE CONDITION OF POVERTY THIS STATE OF MIND BECOMES A HABIT, AND POOR HE IS AND SO REMAINS.

                           

                        HILL : WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "ACCEPTING POVERTY"? HOW DOES ONE SIGNIFY HIS ACCEPTANCE OF SO UNDESIRABLE A CONDITION AS POVERTY, IS A COUNTRY LIKE OURS, WHERE THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF RICHES OF EVERY NATURE?

                     CARNEGIE : A MAN ACCEPTS POVERTY BY NEGLECTING TO CREATE A PLAN TO ACQUIRE RICHES. HIS ACT MAY BE, AS IT USUALLY IS, ENTIRELY NEGATIVE, CONSISTING OF NOTHING BUT THE LACK OF A DEFINITE PURPOSE. HE MAY NOT BE CONSCIOUS OF HIS ACCEPTANCE, BUT THE RESULT IS THE SAME. THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND ACTS ON ONE'S DOMINATING, MENTAL ATTITUDE,.

                  

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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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SONGS, RAIN, AND WITH POSITIVE PEOPLES

                                                     SILLY SONGS FOR U

 

              I'M SURE IT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU MANY TIMES. YOU HEAR A SONG ON THE RADIO, AND YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, WHAT A RIDICULOUS SONG, LATER THAT DAY, YOU HEAR THE SAME SONG AGAIN. THE FOLLOWING DAY, YOU HEAR THAT DAY, YOU HEAR THE SAME SONG AGAIN. THE FOLLOWING DAY, YOU HEAR THAT SONG A FEW MORE TIMES. AS THE SONG CLIMBS THE CHARTS, YOU CAN'T GET AWAY IT. YOU HEAR IT SEVERAL TIMES EACH DAY FOR A DAY.

               THEN SOMETHING INCREDIBLE HAPPINES. YOU'RE SITTING AT HOME AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU START TO HUM OR SING THAT SILLY SONG! IF , AT THAT VERY MOMENT, I WERE TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU THINK OF THE SONG, YOU'D TELL ME, IT'S HORRIBLE, THEN WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU SINGING IT? THE REALITY IS , WHATEVER YOU HEAR OVER AND OVER WILL BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS.

                AS YOU ALSO KNOW, ONCE THAT SONG BECOMES LESS POPULAR ... AND ISN'T PLAYED AS FREQUENTLY ON THE RATIO.. YOU'LL TEND TO THINK ABOUT IT (AND SING IT TO YOURSELF) MUCH LESS OFTEN. THERE'S AN IMPORTANT LESSON HERE. THE MIND TENDS TO DWELL UPON WHATEVER IS REPEATED OVER AND OVER UNFORTUNATELY, THE MIND DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN MESSAGES THAT ARE GOOD FOR US AND THOSE THAT ARE HARMFUL. IF WE HEAR SOMETHING OFTEN ENOUGH, WE WILL TEND TO BELIEVE IT ... AND ACT UPON IT. JUST AS A SONG REPEATED MANY TIMES WILL GET US THINKING ABOUT THE SONG, SO TOO WILL REPEATED THOUGHTS ABOUT SUCCESS GET US THINKING ABOUT SUCCESS!

                     SO IF WE'LL MAKE SURE TO FILL OUR MIND WITH POSITIVE MESSAGES, WE'RE GOING TO BE MORE POSITIVE AND MOVE FORWARD BOLDLY TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS. THE MORE POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT THE BETTER. AND WHERE CAN WE GET THIS POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT? WELL, ONE WAY IS TO READ MOTIVATIONAL BOOKS. CONGRATULATIONS... BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW! IN ADDITION, WE CAN LISTEN TO MOTIVATIONAL AUDIO PROGRAMS - AND SPEND LOTS OF TIME WITH POSITIVE PEOPLE.

                                                  SMOKEY'S SPONGE THEORY

                            I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT ATTITUDE AND THE IMPORTANT OF SURROUNDING MYSELF WITH POSITIVE PEOPLE FROM MY FRIEND GLEN SMOKEY STOVER. SMOKEY WORKED IN SALES FOR 45 YEARS IN THE CEMETERY AND FUNERAL HOME INDUSTRY. WHILE THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A GLOOMY FIELD, LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT SMOKEY IS A POSITIVE DYNAMO! EVERY TIME I GET OFF THE PHONE WITH SMOKEY, I FEEL TERRIFIC.

                           SMOKEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE LIKE SPONGES, WE SOAK UP, WHATEVER PEOPLE AROUND US ARE SAYING. SO, IF WE SPEND TIME WITH SOMEONE WHO'S NEGATIVE, WE SPONGE UP THE NEGATIVES AND IT AFFECTS OUR ATTITUDE. OF COURSE, THE REVERSE IS ALSO TRUE. WHEN WE HAND AROUND POSITIVE PEOPLE WE SOAK UP THE POSITIVE, WE FEET BETTER... AND PERFORM BETTER.

                          I ONCE ASKED SMOKEY, WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU'RE SPEAKING WITH A NEGATIVE PERSON?

                    HE SAID, I GET AWAY FROM THAT PERSON AS SOON AS I CAN. I'LL SAY SOMETHING LIKE, GOSH, ITS BEEN GOOD TO SEE YOU, CHARLIE, AND I MOVE ON TO ANOTH PERSON.

                   THEN I ASKED SMOKEY, DID YOU EVER HAVE A FRIEND WHO WAS NEGATIVE?

                    NOT FOR VERY LONG, HE SAID.

                    WELL PUT, SMOKEY!    

                                             DONT LET IT RAIN ON YOUR PARADE

                  ANOTHER FAVORITE COMPLAINT AREA IS THE WEATHER. IT STARTS TO RAIN AND PEOPLE SAY, WHAT A LOUSY MISERABLE DAY, WHY DOES SOME MOISTURE FROM THE HEAVENS MAKE IT A LOUSY DAY? WHEN SOMEONE MAKES THAT REMARK TO ME, I RESPOND, IT'S WET OUT - BUT IT'S GREAT DAY! BY ASSOCIATING RAIN WITH LOUSY DAY, YOU'RE PROGRAMMING YOURSELF IN A NEGATIVE WAY. FURTHERMORE, YOUR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WEATHER WON'T CHANGE THE CONDITIONS, IT SIMPLY MAKES NO SENSE TO GET UPSET ABOUT THINGS OVE WHICH YOU HAVE NO CONTROL - AND WHICH HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE.

                 FINALLY, THERE ARE THE PETTY COMPLAINTS, SUCH AS THE WAITER DIDN'T COME OVER TO TAKE MY ORDER FOR FIVE MINUTES OR JOHN GOT AN OFFICE WITH A LARGER WINDOW THAN I HAVE, LIFE PRESENTS TOO MANY DIFFICULT CHALLENGES FOR US TO GET BOGGED DOWN WITH SILLY THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WHEN YOU GRIPE ABOUT INSIGNIFANT THINGS, YOU'RE ALSO SAYING SOMETHIG ABOUT YOURSELF. IF I'M YOUR EMPLOYER OR A MEMBER OF YOUR TEAM, I'M WONDERING HOW YOU'LL REACT WHEN WE REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WORTH WORRYING ABOUT!

       

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AM I SPECIALIST

                                               SPECIALIST IN MY WAY

                     WITH THE NUMBER OF OPTIONS AND CHOICES AVAILABLE TODAY, IT IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN EVER BEFORE TO  UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT OU WOULD BE GOOD AT. WE ALL GO THROUGH A LEARING CURVE, EXPERIMENT INITIALLY EITHER KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY, AND SOMEHWHERE ALONG THE LINE, WE REALISE (OR SOMEONE TELLS US) THAT WE ARE AMAZINGLY GOOD AT SOMETHING. BINGO! WE BECOME SPECIALISTS.

                    NO, IT DOES NOT HAPPEN THAT WAY. I WAS JUST KIDDING. WE ALL EVOLVE - WE HAVE SOME UNIQUE ARRIBUTES FROM AN EARLY AGE BUT THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY DECIDE OUR PROFESSIONAL SPECIALISATION OR LIFE - LONG JOURNEY. WE HAVE TO OPEN - MINDED AND PRESENT TO WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND US.

                WE HAVE TO NURTURE OUR INTEREST IN WHAT APPEALS TO US BY OBSERVING, READING, DISCUSSING WITH EXPERTS, ASSOCIATING WITH SPECIALISTS, EXPERIMENTING, PRACTISING, FAILING, AND EVOLVING. IF YOU DO NOT NURTURE YOUR INTEREST IN SOMETHING SPECIFIC, YOU WILL NEVER ENHANCE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NOR ACQUIRED REQUIRED EXPERTISE FOR YOU TO BE CONSIDERED AS A SPECIALIST IN THAT FIELD.

                 NOW, DON'T THINK THAT I AM JUST HYPING THINGS UP HERE. A SPECIALIST DOES NOT MEAN A FANCY ACADEMIC, SPORTS CHAMPION, CELEBRITY, POLITICIAN, OR A MASTER CHEF. EVEN NORMAL WORKING PROFESSIONALS CAN BECOME SPECIALISTS IN THEIR FIELD - FOR EXAMPLE, ACCOUNTANTS, STOREKEEPERS, PRODUCTION IN - CHARGE, TEACHERS, NURSES, HAIRDRESSERS, FASHION DESIGNERS, TAILORS, PLUMBERS, CARPENTERS, TECHNICAL SALES CONSULTANTS, TRAINERS, PATHOLOGISTS, ETC. THE LIST IS ENDLESS.

                  DO YOU REALISE THAT ALL THESE PROFESSIONS ARE NOTHING BUT SPECIALISATIONS? THERE ARE UNIQUE GOD-GIFTED TALENTS SOME POSSESS LIKE AN AMAZING SINGING VOICE, MODEL-LIKE LOOKS, ETC. AT ONE POINT OF TIME, THERE WERE CONSIDERED RARE AND THAT NOT EVERYBODY COULD SUCCEED WITHOUT THEM EVEN IF THEY HAD THE WILL AND INCLINATION.

               THI I NOT TRUE ANYMORE. IF YOU HAVE A BURNING DESIRE AND ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, YOU CAN BECOME A POPULAR SINGER OR CELEBRITY EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT GOD-GIFTED VOICE OR LOOKS - WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EXAMPLE FROM BOLLYWOOOD AND HOLLYWOOD, DON'T WE ?

                HENCE, THE POINT IS - IDENTIFY THE ONE INTEREST OF YOURS THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO YOUR HEART, AND APPLY ALL THE POSSIBLE TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR LEARNING AND ENHANCING YOUR SKILLS IN IT. DO WHATEVER IT TAKES, BE IT BOOKS, CONFERENCES, TRAINING,  SUBSCRIBING TO PERIODICALS, WATCHING VIDEOS, FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO ASSOCIATE WITH EXPERTS, READING AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF CHAMPIONS IN THE FIELD, ETC. IF YOU REMAIN PERSISTANT AND CONSISTENT IN YOUR EFFORTS, YOU WILL EVENTUALLY REACH YOUR DESTINATION, AND YOU WILL FEEL THE BLISS OF LIFE WITHOUT HAVING TO BECOME A YOGI!

                ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU DO NOT DO THIS AND INSTEAD, GO WITH THE FLOW, KEEP CHANGING YOUR WORK,  MOULD YOURSELF TO DO WHATEVER COMES YOUR WAY - YOU WILL BECOME A FOLLOWER RATHER THAN LEADING YOUR OWN LIFE. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG IN THAT EITHER, IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT.

                   HOWEVER, SOONER OR LATER, YOUR INNER SELF WILL START CALLING OUT TO YOU, AND YOU WILL WONDER WHAT THE HECK YOU WERE DOING ALL ALONG, WHY YOU WERE DOING IT, AND WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT. YOU MAY WORRY ABOUT MISSING SOMETHING IMPORTANT IN LIFE. START DWELLING IN YOUR REGRETS, GO INTO DEPRESSION, AND SO ON. ALL THIS IS NOT CAUSED BY EXTERNAL SITUATIONS OR OTHER PEOPLE, IT IS OF YOUR OWN MAKING, SO, TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE TODAY.

                  LIFE HAS SO MUCH TO EFFORT AND LEARN FROM. IT IS ONLY IF YOU KEEP AN OPEN MIND, BE WILLING TO FAIL, BE WILLING TO LOOK STUPID, AND BE WILLING TO DARE THAT YOU WILL DISCOVER ITS TRUE BEAUTY AND REALISE THE COMPLETE PICTURE OF WHAT LIFE HAS TO OFFER YOU.

                 I WANTED TO PLAY THE GUITAR SINCE I WAS A CHILD - I DELAYED IT BY FORTY YEARS. I WANTED TO SWIM SINCE I WAS TEN YEARS OLD - I ACTUALLY STARTED SWIMMING AFTER THE AGE OF THIRTY-FIVE. I WANTED TO COOKE WHEN I WAS IN TENTH STANDARD- I STARTED COOKING WHEN I WAS FORTY - NINE.

                 INFACT, I JOKINGLY TELL MY WIFE THAT I HAD TO CHANGE MY JOB AND LOCATION FOR ME TO FINALLY EXPLORE COOKING! MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANTED TO WRITE A BOOK TEN YEARS AGO. I AM FINALLY WRITING IT NOW. BELIEVE ME - IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SATISFYING FEELING.

                AS I WRITE,  I AM NOT SURE HOW MUCH WILL BENEFIT THE READERS BUT READING MY OWN WORDS HAS BENEFITED ME. I HOPE THAT ONCE IT TAKES ITS FINAL SHAPE, IT WILL  HELP READERS TOO. EVEN IF ONE READER BENEFITS FROM READING THIS BOOK, EVERY MINUTES INVESTED IN WRITING THIS BOOK AND ALL THE EFFORTS THAT WENT BEHIND PUBLISHING THE BOOK WILL BE COMPLETELY WORTH IT. 

                        WE ALL DEVELOP OUR OWN CONFORT ZONE, AND WITHOUT KNOWING, WE CREATE BOUNDARIES AND LIMITS FOR OURSELVES. SO MUCH SO THAT WE MUSS OUT ON MANY  THINGS THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED OUR PERSPECTIVE FOREVER. CERTAIN THINGS CAN BE APPRECIATED ONLY AFTER WE DO IT OURSELVES. UNTIL THEN, IT IS ONLY THEORY.

                     YOU MUST HAVE TAKEN SMALLER AMUSEMENT RIDES OR VENTURED INTO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES LIKE RAPPELING, SCUBA, PARAGLIDING, ETC. AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIFE. DO YOU REMEMBER HOW DIFFICULT IT SEEMED BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY DID IT? BUT, ONCE YOU DID IT, YOU STARTED ENJOYING IT AND THEN BECAME AN EXPERT ON IT TO OTHERS WHO WERE STILL NOT READ FOR IT.

                     SIMILARLY, IN LIFE, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN COMFORT ZONES, AND WE WOULD NORMALLY LIKE TO REMAIN WITHIN OUR DEFINED BOUNDARIES. I INVITE YOU TO BREAK YOURSELF FREE OF THESE SELF-IMPOSED BOUNDARIES YOUR FEAR. BY OVERCOMING FEAR, YOU ARE DESTROYING THAT TOXIC ELEMENT ANXIETY PIECE BY PIECE ADN FREEING YOURSELF PERMANENTLY.

              PLAN THE FUTURE AND LEARN FROM THE PAST BUT NOT AT THE COST OF TODAY. I LIVED THE FIRST FORTY YEARS OF MY LIFE PLANNING TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE AFTER I TURN FORTY, ASSUMING THAT BY THEN, I WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY, BE FREE FROM WORK, AND BE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER I WANT! I AM AWARE THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT - BREAK YOURSELF AWAY FROM THAT THINKING TODAY.

                PLAY A LITTLE MORE, LAUGH A LITTLE MORE, HELP SOMEONE A LITTLE MORE, CARE A LITTLE MORE, FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF A LITTLE MORE, APPRECIATE PEOPLE AROUND YOU A LITTLE MORE AND BE A LITLTLE LESS JUDNEMENTAL OF OTHERS - AND DO THIS EVERY DAY.

                THERE WILL BE TOUGH DAYS, YOU MAY NOT BE IN GREAT HEALTH, YOU MAY NOT BE IN THE BEST OF YOUR MOODS, YOU MAY HAVE HAD A SETBACK, SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY MIGHT BE SICK, BUT DO NOT FORGET THAT THIS TOO SHALL PASS. NOTHING IS PERMANENT- EMBED THIS CLEARLY IN YOUR MIND.

                   CARRY POSITIVE INTERNAL DIALOGUE ALL THE TIME - I AM BLESSED BY GOD, I AM HERE FOR A PURPOSE, I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO SUCCEED, AND I AM WINNER, THIS INTERNAL DIALOGUE WILL DEFINITELY REFLECT IN YOUR EXTERNAL BEHAVIOUR. YOU WILL BE MORE CONFIDENT AND CLEAR IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS, AND YOU WILL BE SUPPORTED BY UNIVERSAL POWERS.

                    THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE. REMEMBER THAT GOD IS WITH YOU ALL THE TIME WHETHER YOU ARE AWARE OF IT OR NOT LIKE YOUR SHADOW THAT IS WITH YOU ALL THE TIME. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY GUIDED BY HIS FORCE. WHILE EXPECTING MORE EACH DAY. DO NOT FORGET TO THANK GOD FOR WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE.

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INSPIRATION AS ENTHUSIASM

                                                       SEEK INSPIRATION

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                 INSPIRATION AS USED HERE, HAS REFERENCE TO THAT COMBINATION OF EMOTIONS USUALLY KNOWN AS ENTHUSIASM, BUT INSPIRED FEELING HAS A DEEPER MEANING BECAUSE IT IS RELATED TO THE SPIRITUAL POWERS OF MAN, AND HAS ITS SOURCE IN THE SUBCONCIOUS MIND.

                INSPIRATION - THE EMOTIONS PUT INTO ACTION THROUGH SPIRITUAL POWER- IS THE BEGINNING OF ALL GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS OF WHATEVER NATURE!

                EVERYONE DESIRES TO ACHIEVE PERSONAL SUCCESS, IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, BUT ONLY THOSE WHO ACQUIRE THE HABIT OF FANNING THE FIRE OF ENTHUSIASM INTO A WHITE HEAT OF OBSESSIONAL DESIRE EVER ATTAIN NOTEWORTHY SUCCESS.

               MORE THAN FORTY YEARS AGO THE STEP-MOTHER OF A YOUNG MOUNTAINER CALLED HIM INTO THE FAMILY LIVING ROOM, EXCLUDED THE OTHER CHILDREN OF THE FAMILY FROM THE CONFERENCE, AND SAID SOMETHING WHICH CHANGED HIS ENTIRE LIFE FOR THE BETTER, AND AT THE SAME TIME PLANTED IN HIS MIND A DESIRE WHICH HE HAS TRANSPLANTED INTO THOUSANDS OF OTHER MINDS- THE DESIRE TO BECOME SELF- DETERMINING THROUGH THE REDERING OF USEFUL SERVICE.

             THIS BOY WAS ONLY ELEVEN YEARS OF AGE, BUT HE WAS KNOWN AMONG THE MOUNTAIN FOLK AS THE "WORST BOY IN THE COUNTRY!" THIS IS WHAT HIS STEP-MOTHER SAID TO HIM.

              PEOPLE MISJUDGE YOU. THEY CALL YOU THE WORST BOY IN THE COUNTRY, BUT YOU ARE NOT THE WORST BOY, YOU ARE THE MOST ACTIVE BOY, AND ALL YOU NEED IS A DEFINITE PURPOSE TO WHICH YOU CAN DIRECT THE ATTENTION OF YOUR INQUIRING MIND. YOU HAVE A KEEN IMAGINATION AND PLENTY OF INITIATIVE. THEREFORE I SUGGEST THAT YOU BECOME A WRITER. IF YOU WILL DO THIS, AND GIVE AS MUCH INTEREST TO READING NEIGHBORS, YOU MAY LIVE TO SEE THE TIME WHEN YOUR INFLUENCE WILL BE FELT THOUGHOUT THIS STATE. 

               THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE STEP-MOTHER'S TONE OF VOICE WHICH REGISTERED EFFECTIVELY IN THE "BAD" BOY'S MIND. HE CAUGHT THE SPIRIT OF ENTHUSIASM IN WHICH HIS STEP-MOTHER HAD SPOKEN TO HIM,  AND BEGAN, IMMEDIATELY, TO ACT ON HER SUGGESTION.

               BY THE TIME HE WAS FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE HE WAS WRITING NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE STORIES THAT WERE BEING PUBLISHED  IN SMALL NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINES. HIS WRITING WAS NOT BRILLIANT, BUT IS CARRIED A SPIRIT OF ENUTHUSIASM WHICH MADE IT READABLE. 

               AT THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN HE WAS ASSINGNED, BY THE EDITOR OF BOB TAYLO'S MAGAZINE, TO WRITE THE STORY OF ANDREW CARNEGIE'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN INDUSTRY. THAT ASSIGNMENT WAS DESTINED TO BRING ANOTHER CHANGE IN HIS LIFE, FOR IT LED NOT ONLY TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE BOOKS THAT WOULD MAKE HIS INFLUENCE FELT THOUROUGHT THE STATE, AS HIS STEP- MOTHER HAD SUGGESTED, BUT THAT INFLUENCE NOW EXTENDS THOUGHOUT A MAJOR PORTION OF THE WORLD, AND IT IS OBVIOUSLY DESTINED TO RENDER USEFUL SERVICE IN HELPING TO SAVE THE AMERICA WAY OF LIFE FROM ANNIHILATION.

                

                        IN THE INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW CARNEGIE, THIS YOUNG WRITER WAS MOVED BY MR. CARNEGIE'S ENTHUSIAM. HE ACQUIRED THE SPIRIT OF THAT ENTHUSIASM, AND IT HAS BEEN THAT SPIRIT WHICH HAS MADE HIS BOOKS BEST SELLERS FOR MANY YEARS.

                      MR.CARNEGIE HAS EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF INITIATIVE, DEFITENESS OF PURPOSE, PERSISTENCE AND ORGANIZED ENDEAVOR, WE COME, NOW, TO THE CHAPTER IN WHICH AN ANALYSIS WILL BE MADE OF THE POWER BEHIND ALL THESE- THE POWER THAT GIVES LIFE AND ACTION TO THESE QUALITIES. THAT POWER IS KNOWN AS INPIRATION.

                     HILLL : I AM READY, MR. CARNEGIE FOR YOUR ANALYSIS OF THE ELEVENTH PRINCIPLE OF INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH YOU CALL INSPIRATION. I WISH YOU TO DEFINE THE MEANING OF THIS TERM AND DESCRIBE HOW ONE MAY DEVELOP ENTHUSIASM AT WILL.

                     CARNEGIE HILLL : INSPIRATION CAN BE DEVELOPED BY STIMULATING THE FACULTY OF THE EMOTIONS, THROUGH ANY OF THE FOURTEEN MAJOR EMOTIONS WE HAVE MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS INTERVIEWS, OR ANY OTHER EMOTION.

                  HILL : THEN INSPIRATION IS EMOTION IS ACTION?

                 CARNEGIE : THAT IS THE BRIEF WAY OF STARTING IT. PERHAPS IT WOULD BE MORE CORRECTLY STATED IF ONE SAID THAT INSPIRATION IS VOLUNTARY EMOTION - A FEELING THAT ONE INNITIATES AT WILL. BUT, YOU HAVE OVERLOOKED ONE VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR IN YOUR QUESTION, THE QUESTION OF CONTROL OF INPIRATION. IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW TO MODIFY, CONTROL, OR SHUT OFF ENTIRELY, THE ACTION OFTHE EMOTIONS AS IT IS TO KNOW HOW TO START THEM INTO ACTION.

                  BEFORE WE GO INTO THE DISCUSSION OF EMOTIONAL CONTROL, HOWEVER, LET US TAKE INVENTORY OF THE BENEFITS AVAILABLE THROUGH INPIRATION. TO BEGIN WITH, LET US BE REMINDED THAT INPIRATION IS THE RESULT OF DESIRE, EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF ACTION, AND BASED UPON MOTIVE. INSPIRATION I A FORM OF ANIMATION WHICH CREATES ENTHUSIASM. NO NORMAL PERSON EVER GOES INTO A HEAT OF ENTHUSIASM WITHOUT A MOTIVE. IT IS OBVIOUS, THEREFORE, THAT THE BEGINNING OF ALL ENTHUSIASM IS DESIRE BASED ON MOTIVE.

                  THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF ENTHUSIASM, PASSIVE AND ACTIVE. PERHAPS IT WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE IF I  SAID THAT ENTHUSIASM MAY BE EXPRESSED IN TWO WAYS, PASSIVELY, THOUGH THE STIMULATION OF EMOTIONAL FEELING, AND ACTIVELY, BY THE EXPRESSION OF FEELING, THROUGH WORDS OR DEEDS.

                HILL : WHICH IS THE MORE BENEFICIAL OF TWO - THE ACTIVE EXPRESSION OR THE PASSIVE?

               CARNEGIE : THE ANSWER TO THAT DEPENDS UPON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. OF COURSE PASSIVE ENTHUSIASM ALWAYS PRECEDES THE EXPRESSION OF ACTIVE ENTHUSIASM, AS ONE MUST FEEL IT BEFORE HE CAN EXPRESS IT IN ANY FORM OF ACTION OR WORDS.

                THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE EXPRESSION OF ENTHUSIASM MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO ONE'S INTEREST, AS IT MAY INDICTE OVER-EAGERNESS, OR DISCLOSE ONE'S STATE OF MIND UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN HE DOES NOT WISH TO HAVE IT KNOWN TO OTHERS, IT IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT, THEN, THAT ONE LEARN HOW TO WITH HOLD THE EXPRESSION OF HIS FEELINGS UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT ONE ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO GIVE OPEN EXPRESSION OF HIS FEELINGS AT WILL. IN BOTH INSTANCES, THE CONTROL IS THE IMPORTANT FACTOR.

                 NOW LET US BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF BOTH PASSIVE AND ACTIVE ENTHUSIASM. FIRST OF ALL, LET US REMEMBER THAT ENTHUSIASM (WHICH MAY BE AN EXPRESSION OF ONE OR MOR OF THE EMOTIONS) STIMULATES THE VIBRATION OF THOUGHT AND MAKES IT MORE INTENSE, THUS STARTING THE FACULTY OF THE IMAGINATION TO WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE MOTIVE WHICH INSPIRED THE ENTHUSIASM.

                  ENTHUSIASM GIVES TONE QUALITY TO ONE'S VOIE AND MAKES IT PLEASING AND IMPRESSIVE. A SALESMAN OR PUBLIC SPEAKER WOULD BE INEFFECTIVE WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO TURN ON HIS ENTHUSIASM AT WILL. THE SAME IS TRUE OF ONE WHO ENGAGES IN ORDINAY CONVERSATION. EVEN THE MOST PROSAIC SUBJECTS CAN BE MADE INTERESTING IF THEY ARE EXPRESSED WITH ENTHUSIASM. WITHOUT IT THE MOST INTERESTING SUBJECTS CAN BECOME BORESOME.

              ENTHUSIASM INSPIRES INITIATIVE, BOTH IN THOUGHT AND IN PHYSICAL ACTION. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ONE TO DO WELL, THAT IN WHICH HE HAS NO FEELING OF ENTHUSIAM.

              ENTHUSIASM DISPELS PHYSICAL FATIGUE AND OVERCOMES LAZINESS. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THERE ARE NO LAZY MEN. WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LAZY MAN IS ONE WHO IS MOVED BY NO MOTIVE OVER WHICH HE BECOMES ENTHUSIASTIC.

             ENTHUSIASM STIMULATES THE ENTIRE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND CAUSES IT TO PERFORM ITS DUTIES MORE EFFICIENTLY, INCLUDING, IN PARTICULAR, THE FUNCTION OF DIGENSTION OF FOOD. FOR THIS REASON THE MEAL HOUR SHOULD BE THE PLEASANTEST HOUR OF THE DAY, AND IT SHOULD NEVER BECOME THE OCCASION FOR SETTLING PERSONAL OR FAMILY DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, NOR SHOULD IT BECOME THE TIME FOR TH CORRECTION OF THE FAULTS OF THE CHILDREN.

               ENTHUSIASM STIMULATES THE SUBCONSCIOUS SECTION OF THE BRAIN AND PUTS IT TO WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THE MOTIVE WHICH INSPIRES ENTHUSIASM. IN FACT THERE IS NO KNOWN METHOD OF STIMULATING THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND VOLUNTARILY EXCEPT THAT OF INSPIRED FEELING.

               HERE LET US EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT THE SUBSCONSCIOUS MIND ACTS UPON ALL FEELING, WHETHER IT IS NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE. IT WILL ACT ON THE EMOTION OF FEAR AS QUICKLY AS IT WILL ACT ON THE EMOTION OF LOVE. OR, IT WILL GO TO WORK ON THE WORRY OVER POVERTY AS QUICKLY AS IT WILL ACT ON THE FEELING OF OPULENCE. IT IS IMPORTANT, THEREFORE, TO RECOGNIZE THAT ENTHUSIASM IS THE POSITIVE EXPRESSION OF FEELING.

               ENTHUSIASM IS CONTAGIOUS! IT AFFECTS EVERYONE WITHIN ITS RANGE, A FACT THAT IS WELL KNOWN TO ALL MASTER SALESMEN. MOREOVER, ONE MAY INFLUENCE OTHERS THROUGH EITHER THE ACTIVE OR THE PASSIVE EXPRESSION OF ENTHUSIASM STIMULATES ONE'S BRAIN SO THAT IF SENDS OUT HIGHLY INTENSIFIED VIBRATIONS THAT MAY BE PICKED UP BY OTHERS.

              ENTHUSIASM DISCOURAGES ALL FORMDS OF NEGATIVE THOUGHT, AND DISPELS FEAR AND WORRY, THUS PREPARING THE MIND FOR THE EXPRESSION OF FAITH.

          ENTHUSIASM IS THE TWIN-BROTHER OF THE FACULTY OF THE WILL, IT BEING THE MAJOR SOURCE OF SUSTAINED ACTION OF THE WILL! IT IS ALSO A SUSTAINING FORCE IN CONNECTION WITH PERSISTENCE.WE MIGHT SAY, THEREFORE, THAT WILL POWER, PERSISTENCE AND ENTHUSIASM ARE TRIPLETS WHICH GIVE ONE SUSTAINED ACTION WITH A MINIMUM LOSS OF PHYSICAL ENERGY. AS A MATTER OF FACT ENTHUSIASM FATIGUE AND STATIC ENERGY INTO ACTIVE ENERGY.

                EMERSON SPOKE A DEEPER TRUTH THAN MOST PEOPLE RECOGNIZE WHEN HE SAID, NOTHING GREAT WAS EVER ACHIEVED WITHOUT ENTHUSIASM. HE MUST HAVE KNOWN THAT ENTHUSIASM GIVES QUALITY TO EVERY WORD A MAN SPEAKS, TO EVERY TASK AT WHICH HE SETS HIS HANDS.

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OUR CAREER

                                             CAREER WILL CHANGE ALL

                 

                    MY OWN CAREER TRANSITION IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW BENEFITS COME FROM PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES. I WAS NEVER INTERESTED IN SELF-DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS UNTIL I HAD YEARS OF UNHAPPINESS AFTER GRADUATING FROM LAW SCHOOL. I ONLY FOUND THESE PRINCIPLES AFTER I'D REACHED A LOW POINT IN MY LIFE.

                 I NOW REALIZE THAL ALL THE MISERIES I ENDURED I CAN SEE, QUITE CLEARLY, HOW THE EVENTS OF MY LIFE, SET ME UP, FOR WHAT WAS TO COME. I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES AND THE UNHAPPINESS AND TO BREAK THROUGH THAT LOW MOOD SO I WOULD UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

                SO, WHEN SOMEONE TELLS ME THEY'RE DISCOURAGED OR IT'S OBVIOUS THEY HAVE A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE, I KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE. I'VE BEEN THERE! BY GOING THROUGH SOME CHALLENGING TIMES, I LEARNED THINGS THAT ARE INVALUABLE TO ME- AND I CAN RELATE MUCH BETTER TO THOSE WHO HEAR MY PRESENTATIONS AND READ MY WRITINGS.

                 AND THE REALITY IS, IF HADN'T GROWN MORE AND MORE DISSATISFIED WITH MY WORK AS AN ATTORNEY, I NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN OPEN TO SWITCHING CAREERS. IF I HAD RATED JOB AS A 'C' OR 'C', I WOULD HAVE KEPT PRACTICING LAW. I WOULD HAVE SETTLED FOR LIVING A 'C' LIFE. IT'S ONLY BECAUSE I WAS A 'D'... AND HEADING FOR AN 'F' ... THAT I WAS MOTIVATED TO MAKE A CHANGE!

                  WHEN SOMEONE ASKES ME WHY I CHANGED CAREERS, I REPLY, WITHOUT HESITATION, 'LOTS OF PAIN',  - PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. AND IT'S THAT PAIN - TOO INTENSE TO IGNORE- THAT FORCED ME TO MAKE A DECISION AND MOVE IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. LIFE IS NOW AN 'A' ... AND THINGS ARE ONLY GETTING BETTER!

                 NOW, LET'S LOOK AT YOUR LIFE. CAN YOU THINK OF ANY SITUATION WHERE A SEEMINGLY NEGAYIVE EXPERIENCE TURNED INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE? MAY BE YOU WERE DISMISSED FROM A JOB... AND THEN LADDED A BETTER POSITION, OR, PERHAPS YOU HAD A HEALTH PROBLEM AND IT CAUSED YOU TO CHANGE YOUR DIET OR TO START EXCISING REGULARLY. CAREFULLY REVIEW THE DIFFICULTIES ADN SEBACKS YOU'VE FACED - AND IDENTIFY AND BENEFITS AND LESSONS AND IDENTIFY THE BENEFITS AND LESSONS THAT COME OUT OF THESE EXPERIENCE. THE POSITIVES ARE THERE... IF YOU LOOK FOR THEM!

                                                   HOW ADVERSITY SERVES US

                  AT THIS POINT, LET'S EXAMINE SEVEN WAYS IN WHICH ADVERSITY IN                             SERVE US.

 

               1. ADVERSITY GIVE US PERSPECTIVE. ONCE YOU'VE RECOVERED FROM A LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS. A FLAT OR A LEAKY ROOF DOESN'T SEEM TO TROUBLING ANYMORE. YOU'RE  ABLE TO RISE ABOVE THE PETTY ANNOYANCES OF DAILY LIVING AND FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THE TRULY IMPORTANT THINGS IN YOUR LIFE.

              2. ADVERSITY TEACHES US TO BE GRATEFUL. THROUGH PROBLEMS AND DIFFUCULTIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH INVOLVE LOSS OR DEPRIVATION, YOU DEVELOP A DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR MANY ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE. IT'S TRITE BUT TRUE - YOU DON'T USUALLY APPRECIATE SOMETHING UNTIL IT'S TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU. WHEN YOU HAVE NO HOT WATER, YOU SUDDENLY VALUE HOT WATER. NOT UNTIL YOU'RE SICK TO DO CHERISH GOOD HEALTH. THE WISE PERSON CONTINUES TO DWELL ON BLESSINGS, EVEN AFTER THE PERIOD OF LOSS OR DEPREVATION HAS PASSED. REMEMBER, WE'RE ALWAYS MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF OUR DOMINANT THOUGHTS, THEREFORE, CANCENTRATING ON WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR BRINGS EVEN MORE GOOD THINGS INTO YOUR LIFE.

                     3. ADVERSITY BRINGS OUT OUR HIDDEN POTENTIAL. AFTER SURVIVING A DIFFICULT ORDEAL OR OVERCOMING AN OBSTACLE, YOU EMERGE EMOTIONALLY STRONGER. LIFE HAS TESTED YOU AND YOU WERE EQUAL TO THE TASK. THEN, WHEN THE NEXT HURDLE APPEARS, YOU'RE BETTER EQUIPPED TO HALDLE IT. PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES BRING OUT THE BEST WITHIN US- WE DISCOVER ABILITIES WE NEVER KNEW WE POSSESSED. MANY OF US WOULD NEVER HAVE DISCOVERED THESE TALENTS IF LIFE HADN'T MADE US TRAVEL OVER SOME BUMPY GROUND. ADVERSITY REVEALS TO YOU YOUR OWN STRENGTHS AND CAPACITIES, AND BECKONS YOU TO DEVELOP THOSE QUALITIES EVEN FURTHER.

                   4. ADVERSITY ENCOURAGES US TO MAKE CHANGES AND TAKE ACTION. MOST PEOPLE CLING TO OLD, FAMILIAR PATTERNS REGARDLESS OF HOW BORING OR PAINFUL THEIR LIVES HAVE BECOME. IT OFTEN TAKES A CRISIS OR A SERIES OF DIFFICULTIES TO MOTIVATE THE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. PROBLEMS ARE OFTEN LIFE'S WAY OF LETTING YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE OFF COURSE AND NEED TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION.

                  5. ADVERSITY TEACHES US VALUABLE LESSONS. TAKE THE EXAMPLE OF A FAILED BUSINESS VENTURE. THE ENTREPRENEUR MAY LEARN SOMETHING THAT ENABLES HIM OR HER TO SUCCEED SPECTACULARLY ON THE NEXT VENTURE.

                 6. ADVERSITY OPENS A NEW DOOR. A RELATIONSHIP TERMINATES AND YOU GO ON TO A MORE SATISFYING RELATIONSHIP. YOU LOSE YOUR JOB AND FIND A BETTER ONE. IN THESE INSTANCES, THE PROBLEM IS NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL, BUT RATHER AN OPPORTUNITY IN DISGUISE. ONE DOOR IN YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN SHUT, BUT THERE IS A BETTER ONE WATING TO BE OPENED.

              7. ADVERSITY BUILDS CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM. WHEN YOU MUSTER ALL OF YOUR COURAGE AND DETERMINATION TO OVERCOME AN OBSTACLE, YOU FEEL COMPETENT AND GAIN CONFIDENCE. YOU HAVE A GREATER FEELING OF SELF-WORTH AND YOU CARRY THESE POSITIVE FEELINGS INTO SUBSEQUENT ACTIVITIES.

             

                                        RELAX  AND INVOLVE YOUR SENSES

                WHAT'S THE BEST METHOD TO USE WHEN CONCENTRATING ON YOUR NEW IMAGES? IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT YOUR MIND IS MOST RECEPTIVE TO VISUALIZATION WHEN YOU'RE CALM AND NOT THINKING ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY. SO, SIT DOWN IN A COMFORTABLE CHAIR AT HOME, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND DO SOME DEEP BREATHING EXERCISE TO CLEAR YOUR MIND AND RELAX YOUR BODY. NOW DEVELOP IMAGES THAT INVOLVES AS MANY SENSES AS YOU CAN. THE MORE SLIGHTS, SOUNDS, SMELLS, TASTES AND TOUCHES YOU PUT IN YOUR PICTURES, THE MORE POWERFUL THE 'PULL' FOR TOUCHES YOU PUT IN YOUR PICTURES, THE MORE POWERFUL THE TO MAKE YOUR VISION A REALITY.

                HERE'S AN EXAMPLE, LETS SAY YOU'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF OWNING A BEACH-FRONT HOUSE IN THE CARIBBEAN. PICTURE THE WHITE AND PEACH-COLORED HOUSE. SEE THE GREEN PALM TRESS SLOWLY SWAYING IN THE GENTLE BREEZE. SMELL THE SALT AIR. FEEL THE WARM SAND BETWEEN YOUR TOES. FEEL THE SUNSHINE ON YOUR FACE, ISN'T THIS PARADISE?

 

                  AND ALL THIS CAN BE YOURS IF YOU HOLD ONTO THIS IMAGE AND DO WHAT IT TAKES A CHIEVE IT! ALSO, REMEMBER THAT THOSE IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG EMOTIONS HAVE ENVEN MORE POWER, SO BE SURE TO ADD POSITIVE FEELINGS TO YOUR VISION. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN VISUAL

IZING YOUR IDEAL JOB, COMBINE THE VIVID MENTAL PICTURE AND THE PHYSICAL SENSES WITH THE TERRIFIC EMOTIONS OF PRIDE AND SATISFACTION YOU'LL HAVE WORKING IN THAT NEW POSITION.

                 FINALLY, DON'T BE CONCERNED WITH THE QUALTIY OF YOUR IMAGES AT THE OUTSET. SOME PEOPLE CAN CREATE LIVELY COLOR PICTURES WHILE OTHERS HAVE TROUBLE GETTING ANYTHING MORE THAN A FUZZY IMAGE. IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE YOU MAY ONLY TO ABLE TO GET A PARTICULAR FEELING AT THE BEGINNING AS OPPOSITE TO A CLEAR IMAGE.

                 IN ANY CASE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. DO THE BEST YOU CAN DO DON'T COMPARE YOURSELF TO ANYONE ELSE. YOUR IMAGES WILL BECOME SHARPER OVER TIME. THE KEY IS TO SPEND SEVERAL MINUTES EACH DAY RUNNING THESE NEW MOVIES IN YOUR MIND.

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THE FAILURES

                                     FAILURES MAKES OPPORTUNITY

                 SHE COULDN'T PAY HER CREDIT CARD BILLS FOR 26 YEARS.

                 SHE MOVED 25 TIMES LOOKING FOR WORK.

                 SHE WAS FIRED 18 TIMES.

                 SHE WORKED FOR 26 YEARS BEFORE SHE EARNED AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $22000. SHE OCCASIONALLY LIVED ON FOOD STAMPS AND SLEPT IN HER CAR.

                 YOUR PROBABLY THINKING, IF THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT SUCCESS, WHY YOU ARE DRONING ON AND ON ABOUT A WOMAN WHO HAD SO MANY FAILURES?

               I'LL TELL YOU WHY. THE 'FAILURE,' DESCRIBED ABOVE IN WELL-KNOWN TV TALK SHOW HOST SALLY JESSY RAPHAEL. YOU SEE, DESPITE ALL OF HER SETBACKS, SHE REFUSED TO GIVE UP CHILDHOOD DREAM OF A CAREER IN BROADCASTING.

             SHE WAS WILLING TO KEEP FAILING... AND KEEP FAILING... UNTIL SHE SUCCEEDED. SALLY JESSY RAPHAEL HAS EARNED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND ENJOYED A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL TV CAREER. ALL BECAUSE SHE KEPT A GREAT ATTITUDE DESPITE YEARS OF FAILURES.

                                                       IN THE BEGINNING

                 HOW IS IT THAT SOMEONE LIKE SALLY JESSY RAPHAEL CAN ENDURE 26 YEARS OF FAILURE AND KEEP GOING? IF YOU LOOK BACK TO YOUR OWN CHILDHOOD, I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU, TOO DEMONSTRATED TREMENDOUS RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF REPEATED FAILURES.

               REMEMBER WHEN YOU LEARNED HOW TO RIDE A BICYCLE? YOU PROBABLY BEGAN WITH TRAINING WHEELS. EVENTUALLY, WHEN THESE CRUTCHES WERE REMOVED, KEEPING YOUR BALANCE BECAME MORE DIFFICULT. YOU STRUGGLED TO STAY UPRIGHT, MAYBE EVEN FALLING A FEW TIMES AND SCRAPING YOURSELF. YOU WERE LEARNING AN IMPORTANT EARLY LESSON ABOUT FAILURE.

           AS YOU PRACTICED, IT'S LIKELY THAT ONE OF YOUR PARENTS WALKED BESIDE YOU SHOUTING INSTRUCTIONS, ENCOURAGING YOU AND CATCHING YOU AS YOU LOST BALANCE. YOU WERE SCARED... BUT EXCITED! YOU LOOKED FORWARD TO THE TIME WHEN YOU WOULD SUCCEED, WHEN YOU WOULD ATLAST RIDE FREE ON YOUR OWN. SO YOU KEPT AT IT EVERY DAY, AND EVENTUALLY MASTERED THE SKILL OF RIDING A BIKE.

           WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO YOUR ULTIMATE SUCCESS IN LEARNING HOW TO RIDE YOUR BIKE? WELL, PERSISTENCE AND SHEER REPETITION, CERTAINLY. YOU WERE GOING TO STICK WITH IT NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TOOL! IT ALSO HELPED THAT YOU WERE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WHAT YOU SET OUT TO ACHIEVE - THAT YOU COULD HARDLY WAIT TO REACH YOUR GOAL. AND FINALLY, LET'S NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPACT OF POSITIVE ENCOURAGEMENT. YOU ALWAYS KNEW YOUR PARENTS WERE IN YOUR CORNER, SUPPORTING YOU, ROOTING FOR YOUR SUCCESS.

           AS A SIX-YEARS LEARNING TO RIDE YOUR BIKE, YOU WERE OPTIMISTIC ...THRILLED... AND EAGER TO MEET THE CHALLENGE. YOU COULDN'T WAIT TO TRY AGAIN. YOU KNEW YOU'D MASTER IT EVENTUALLY.

           BUT THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

                                                      YESTERDAY AND TODAY

                                     NOW LET'S EXAMINE HOW MOST ADULTS APPROACH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SKILLS. WOULD YOU SAY THEY'RE OPTIMISTIC... THRILLED... AND EAGER TO MEET THE CHALLENGE? WE BOTH KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS "NO".

                               LET'S ASSUME WE ASKED A GROUP OF ADULTS TO LEARN A NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM OR TO SWITCH TO ANOTHER POSITION IN THE COMPANY. HOW WOULD MOST RESPOND?

                                         👀 THEY'D TRY TO AVOID IT.

                                         👀 THEY'D COMPLAIN.

                                         👀 THEY'D MAKE EXCUSES WHY THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO                                                        DO  IT.

                                         👀 THEY'D DOUBT THEIR ABILITIES.

                                         👀 THEY'D BE AFRAID.

                         WHAT HAPPENEDTO THAT SIX-YEAR-OLD BRIMMING WITH VITALITY AND A SENSE OF ADVENTURE? HOW DID THAT CHILD TURN INTO AN ADULT MOANING AND GROANING ABOUT LEARNING SOMETHING NEW? AS ADULTS, MOST OF US BECOME A LOT MORE CONCERNED ABOUT EH OPINIONS OF OTHERS, OFTEN HESITATING BECAUSE PEOPLE MAY LAUGH AT UR OR CRITICIZE US.

                           AT THE AGE OF SIX, WE KNEW WE HAD TO FALL OFF THE BIKE AND GET BACK ON TO LEARN A NEW SKILL. FALLING OFF THE BIKE WASN'T A BAD THING, BUT AS WE GOT OLDER, WE STARTED TO PERCEIVE FALLING OFF AS A BAD THING-RATHER THAN AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE PROCESS OF ACHIEVING OUR GOAL.

                       AS I POINTED OUT IN LESSON 10, IT CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE TO TRY SOMETHING NEW, PERHAPS EVEN SCARY. BUT IF YOU TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE GOAL AND INSTEAD FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON HOW OTHERS MAY BE VIEWING YOU, YOU'RE DOING YOURSELF A GRAVE DISSERVICE. TO DEVELOP A NEW SKILL OR REACH A  MEANINGFUL TARGET, YOU MUST BE COMMITTED TO DOING WHAT IT TAKES A GET THERE, EVEN IF IT MEANS PUTTING UP WITH NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS OR FALLING ON YOUR FACE NOW AND THEN.

                  SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED TO FAIL, THEIR WAY TO SUCCESS. WHILE THEY MAY NOT NECESSARY PART OF THE ROAD TO VICTORY. AFTER ALL, BECOMING PROFICIENT AT ANY SKILL REQUIRES TIME, EFFORT AND DISCIPLINE ... AND THE WILLINGNESS TO PERSEVERE THROUGH WHATEVER DIFFICULTIES MAY ARISE.

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