THINK AND BECOME RICH

                                                APPLY THE GOLDEN RULE

                CARNEGIE : WE COME, NOW, TO THE THIRTEEN PRINCIPLE OF INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT, THE GOLDEN RULE APPLIED - THE PRINCIPLE WHICH NEARLY EVERYONE PROFESSES TO BELIEVE, BUT FEW PEOPLE PRACTICE, DUE, I SUSPECT, TO THE FACT THAT SO FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE DEEP UNDERLYING PSYCHOLOGY OF THIS PRINCIPLE. TOO MANY PEOPLE INTERPRET, THE GOLDEN RULE, NOT TO DO THEM PLENTY BEFORE OTHER DO THEM.

               OF COURSE THIS FALSE INTERPRETATION OF THIS GREAT RULE OF  HUMAN CONDUCT CAN BRING NOTHING BUT NEGATIVE RESULT!

             THE REAL BENEFITS OF THE GOLDEN RULE APPLIED DO NOT COME FROM THOSE IN WHOSE FAVOR IT APPLIED, BUT THEY ACCRUE TO THE ONE APPLYING THE RULE, IN THE FORM OF A STRENGTHENED CONSCIENCE, PEACE OF MIND, AND THE OTHER ATTRIBUTES OF SOUND CHARACTER- THE FACTORS WHICH ATTRACT THE MORE DESIRABLE THINGS OF LIFE, INCLUDING ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS AND FORTUNE.

              HILL : I ASSUME, FROM YOUR REMARKS, THAT THERE ARE FEW BENEFITS TO BE ACQUIRED THROUGH A MERE BELIEF IN THE GOLDEN RULE?

            CARNEGIE : VERY FEW! PASSIVE BELIEF IN THSI RULE WILL ACCOMPLISH NOTHING, IT IS THE APPLICATION OF THE RULE THAT BRINGS BENEFITS, AND THEY ARE SO NUMROUS AND VARIED THAT THEY TOUCH LIFE THROUGH ALMOST EVERY HUMAN RELATIONSHIP. THERE ARE SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT OF THE BENEFITS.

                   ❤ THE GOLDEN RULE APPLIED OPENS THE MIND FOR THE GUIDANCE OF INFINITE INTELLIGENCE, THROUGH FAITH.

                  ❤ DEVELOPS SELF- RELIANCE, THROUGH A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE'S CONSCIENCE.

                  ❤ BUILDS OF SOUND CHARACTER SUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN ONE IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY. DEVELOPS A MORE ATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY.

                 ❤ ATTRACTS THE FRIENDLY COOPERATION OF OTHERS IN ALL HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS.

                 ❤ DISCOURAGE UNFRIENDLY OPPOSITION FROM OTHERS.

                 ❤ GIVES ONE IMMUNITY AGAINST THE MORE DAMAGING FORMS OF FEAR, SINCE THE MAN WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE SELDOM FEARS ANYTHING OR ANYMORE.

                ❤ ENABLES ONE TO GO TO PRAYER WITH CLEAN HANDS AND CLEAR HEART.

                ❤ ATTRACTS FAVORABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF- PROMOTION IN ONE'S OCCUPATION, BUSINESS OR PROFESSTION.

                 ❤ ELIMINATE THE DESIRE FOR SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.

                ❤ MAKES THE RENDERING OF USEFL SERVICE A JOY THAT CAN BE HAD IN NO OTHER WAY.

              ❤ PROVIDES ONE WITH AN INFLENTIAL REPUTATION FOR HONESTY AND  FAIR DEALING, WHICH IS THE BASIS OF ALL CONFIDENCE.

               ❤ SERVES AS A DISCOURAGEMENT TO THE SLANDER AND A REPRIMAND TO THE THIEF.

              ❤ MAKES ONE A POWER FOR GOOD, BY EXAMPLE, WHEREVER HE COMES INTO CONTRACT WITH OTHERS.

               ❤ DISCOURAGES ALL THE BEST INTRINCTS OF GREED AND ENVY AND REVENGE. AND GIVES WINGS TO THE HIGHER INSTINCTS OF LOVE AND FELLOWSHIP.

               ❤ BRINGS ONE WITHIN EASY COMMUNICATING DISTANCE OF THE CREATOR, THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF AN UNDISTURBED MIND.

               ❤ ENABLES ONE TO RECOGNIZE THE JOYS OF ACCEPTING THE TRUTH THAT EVERY MAN IS, AND BY RIGHT SHOULD BE, HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER.

                ❤ ESTABLISHES A DEEPER PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY..

             THESE ARE NO MERE OPINIONS OF MINE. THEY ARE SELF- EVIDENT TRUTHS, THE SOUNDNESS OF WHICH IS KNOWN TO EVERY PERSON WHO LIVES BY THE GOLDEN RULE AS A MATTER OF DAILY HABIT.

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DON'T CRITICIZE AND COMPLAIN

                                                   POSITIVE CRITICISM

                WHEN I TALK OF CRITICISM, I REFER TO NEGATIVE CRITICISM. WHEN A PERSON IS CRITICIZED, HE BECOMES DEFENSIVE. A CRITIC IS OFTEN LIKE A BACK-SEAT DRIVER WHO DRIVES THE DRIVER MAD. DOES THAT MEAN WE SHOULD NEVER CRITICIZE, NOR CAN WE GIVE POSITIVE CRITICISM?

                       HOW DO YOU CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM? CRITICIZE WITH A SPIRIT OF HELPFULNESS RATHER THAN AS A PUT-DOWN. OFFER SOLUTIONS IN YOUR CRITICISM. CRITICIZE THE BEHAVIOR NOT THE PERSON, BECAUSE WHEN WE CRITICIZE THE PERSON, WE HURT THEIR SELF-ESTEEM. THE RIGHT TO CRITICIZE COMES WITH THE DESIRE TO HELP. AS LONG AS THE ACT OF CRITICIZING DOES NOT GIVE PLEASURE TO THE GIVER, IT IS OKAY. WHEN GIVING CRITICISM BECOMES A PLEASURE, IT IS TIME TO STOP.'

                  SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR GIVING CRITICISM THAT MOTIVATES OTHERS:

                ❤  BE A COACH - CRITICIZE WITH A HELPFUL ATTITUDE. A COACH CRITICIZES TO HELP IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF THE ATHLETE. 

                ❤ UNDERSTANDING AND CONCERN WILL ACT AS A MOTIVATOR.

                 ❤ THE ATTITUDE SHOULD BE CORRECTIVE RATHER THAN PUNITIVE.

                 ❤ BE SPECIFIC, RATHER THAN SAYING THINGS LIKE, YOU ALWAYS, OR YOU NEVER. VAGUE CRITICISM CAUSES RESENTMENT.

                ❤ GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT. DON'T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS. WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO OUR OPINIONS BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO INCORRECT FACTS. DON'T RUSH TO CRITICIZE.

                ❤ MAINTAIN YOUR COOL BUT BE FIRM.

                ❤ CRITICIZE TO PERSUADE, NOT INTIMIDATE.

                ❤ DON'T BE SARCASTIC AS IT BUILDS RESENTMENT.

                ❤ IF CRITICISM IS GIVEN APPROPRIATELY, IT WILL REDUCE THE NEED FOR REPETITION.

                ❤ CRITICIZE IN PRIVATE NOT IN PUBLIC. WHY? BECAUSE IT MAINTAINS GOODWILL WHEREAS PUBLIC CRITICISM CAN BE HUMILIATING.

               ❤ GIVE THE OTHER PERSON AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN HIS SIDE.

               ❤ SHOW THEM HOW THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM CORRECTING THEIR MISTAKE.

               ❤POINT OUT THE LOSS FROM NOT CORRECTING IT.

              ❤ RATHER THAN TELLING ASK FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT.

               ❤ QUESTION THE ACTION, NOT THE INTENT, IF INTENT IS IN QUESTION, THEN IT IS BETTER TO TERMINATE THE RELATIONSHIP.

              ❤ CRITICIZE THE PERFORMANCE, NOT THE PERFORMER.

                  ❤ DON'T EXPRESS PERSONAL RESENTMENT.

                  ❤ KEEP CRITICISM IN PERSPECTIVE. DON'T OVERDO IT. CRITICISM IS LIKE GIVING MEDICATION. THE MEDICATION SHOULD BE THE RIGHT MIXTURE WITH A PERFECT DOSAGE. TOO MUCH WILL HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS AND TOO LITTLE WILL BE INEFFECTIVE. GIVEN IN A POSITIVE WAY IN THE RIGHT DOSAGE, IT CAN WORK WONDERS.

                  ❤ WHEN SOMEONE REALIZE AND ADMITS HIS MISTAKE AND APOLOGIZES. LET HIM SAVE FACE.

                  ❤ CLOSE ON A POSITIVE NOTE WITH APPRECIATION.

                                                        COMPLAINTS

                SOME PEOPLE ARE CHRONIC COMPLAINERS. IF IT IS HOT, IT IS TOO HOT. IF IT IS COOL, IT IS TOO COLD. EVERY DAY IS A BAD DAY. THEY COMPLAIN EVEN IF EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT. WHY COMPLAIN? BECAUSE 50% OF THE PEOPLE DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE GOT A PROBLEM AND THE OTHER 50%  ARE HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE GOT A PROBLEM. WHAT IS THE POINT OF COMPLAINING? NOTHING COMES OUT OF IT. IT BECOMES A PERSONALITY TRAIT. DOES THAT MEAN WE SHOULD NEVER COMPLAIN OR INVITE COMPLAINTS? NOT AT ALL. JUST LIKE CRITICISM, IF IT IS DONE IS A POSITIVE WAY, COMPLAINTS CAN BE VERY USEFUL. A CONSTRUCTIVE COMPLAINT:

                       ❤ SHOWS THAT THE COMPLAINERS CARES.

                        ❤ GIVES THE RECEIVER OF COMPLAINTS A SECOND CHANCE TO CORRECT HIMSELF.

                                              

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IF U WANT TO INCREASE YOUR SALARY

                                                 GO TO THE EXTRA MILE

                        EARLY ONE FROSTLY MORNING, THE PRIVATE RAILROAD CAR OF CHARLES M.SCHWAB WAS SHIFTED TO THE SIDE-TRACK AT HIS STEEL PLANT, IN PENNYLVANIA.

                       AS HE LEFT THE CAR HE WAS MET BY A YOUNG MAN WHO EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS A STENOGRAPHER IN THE OFFICE OF THE STEEL COMPANY, AND HE HAD THE CAR WITH THE HOPE THAT HE MIGHT BE OF SOME SERVICE TO MR.SCHWAB.

                    WHO REQUESTED YOU YO MEET THE HERE? SCHWAB ASKED.

                   IT WAS MY OWN IDEA, SIR, THE YOUNG MAN REPLIED, AND  I KNEW TELEGRAM THAT STARTED YOU WERE COMING, I BROUGHT MY NOTEBOOK WITH ME, SIR, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY LETTERS OR TELEGRAMS YOU MAY WISH TO SEND.

                  MR. SCHWAB THANKED THE YOUNG MAN FOR HIS THOUGHTFULLNESS, BUT SAID HE NEEDED TO SERVICE AT THE MOMENT, ALTHOUGH HE MIGHT SEND FOR THE LAD LETTER IN THE DAY. AND HE DID! WHEN THE PRIVATE CAR RETURNED TO THE NEW YORK THAT NIGHT IT CARRIED THAT YOUNG MAN BACK TO THE CITY, WHERE HE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED AT MR.SCHWAB'S REQUEST FOR DUTY IN THE STEEL MAGNATE'S PRIVATE OFFICE.

                  THE YOUNG MAN'S NAME WAS WILLIAMS, WE DO NOT RECALL HIS FIRST NAME, BUT THAT IS UNIMPORTANT, WHAT WE DO RECALL IS THE FACT THAT MR.WILLIAMS PROMOTED HIMSELF FROM ONE JOB TO ANOTHER IN THE STEEL ORGANIZATION UNTIL HE EARNED AND SAVED ENOUGH MONEY TO ENABLE HIM TO GO INTO BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF, AND HE LATER FOUNDED A DRUG COMPANY OF WHICH HE BECAME THE PRESIDENT AND MAJORITY STOCKHOLDER.

                     NOTHING VERY DRAMATIC OR INTERESTING ABOUT THIS BRIEF STORY, IS THERE? WELL, THE ANSWER DEPENDS ALTOGETHER UPON WHAT ONE CALLS DRAMA. TO EVERY MAN WHO IS TRYING TO FIND HIS PLACE IN THE WORLD, THIS STORY, IF ANALYSED CAREFULLY, CARRIES THE DEEPEST SORT OF DRAMA, FOR IT DESCRIBE THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT OF THE SEVENTEEN PRINCIPLES OF INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT, THE HABIT OF GOING THE EXTRA MILE!

                       WE SAID THAT THIS YOUNG MAN WILLIAMS PROMOTED HIMSELF FORM ONE JOB TO ANOTHER IN THE STEEL COMPANY. LET US FIND OUT HOW HE MANAGED THIS SELF-PROMOTION IN ORDER THAT WE MAY LEARN HOW OTHERS CAN PROFIT BY HIS TECHNIQUE. LET US LEARN, IF WE CAN, WHAT YOUNG WILLIAMS HAD IN THE WAY OF ABILITY WHICH OTHER STENOGRAPHERS IN THE GENERAL PLANT OPERATION OFFICE OF THE STEEL COMPANY DID NOT HAVE, THAT CAUSED HIM TO BE SINGLED OUT BY MR.SCHWAB AND ASSIGNED TO HIS PERSONAL SERVICE.

                       WE HAVE MR.SCHWAB'S OWN WORD THAT YOUNG WILLIAMS DID NOT POSSES A SINGLE QUALITY THAT ENTITLED HIM TO RATE ABOVE THE AVERAGE AS A STENOGRAPHER, BUT HE DID HAVE ONE QUALITY , A QUALITY THAT HE DEVELOPED ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE AND PRACTICED AS AN INVIOLABLE HABIT, WHICH BUT FEW PEOPLE POSSES,  AND THAT WAS THE HABIT OF RENDERING MORE SERVICE THAN HE WAS PAID FOR.

                      IT WAS THIS HABIT THAT ENABLED HIM TO PROMOTE HIMSELF! IT WAS THIS HABIT THAT ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION THAT HEAD OF A CORPORATION WHERE HE BECAME ALSO HIS OWN BOSS.

                   AND IT WAS THIS HABIT, AS WE SHALL SEE FROM ANDREW CARNEGIE'S ANALYSIS OF THE SUBJECT IN THIS CHAPTER, WHICH MANY YEARS PREVIOUS TO THE INCIDENT HERE RELATED, BROUGHT MR.SCHWAB HIMSELF TO THE ATTENTION OF MR.CARNEGIE AND GAINED FOR HIM HIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE HIMSELF INTO A POSITION IN WHICH HE BECAME HIS OWN BOSS.

                 IT WAS ALSO THIS SAME HABIT THAT ENABLED THE IRREPRESSIBLE CARNEGIE TO RISE FROM THE POSITION OF DAY LABORER TO THAT OF THE OWNER OF AMERICA'S LARGEST INDUSTRY, WHERE HE ACCUMULATED A VAST FORTUNE IN MONEY AND STILL GREATER FORTUNE IN USEFUL KNOWLEDGE WHICH IS NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA WHO HAVE THE VISION AND THE AMBITION TO APPROPRIATE AND USE IT.

              MR. CARNEGIE VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT OF GOING THE EXTRA MILE PROVIDE THE STUDENTS OF THIS PHILOSOPHY WITH A PRACTICAL WORKING TECHNIQUE WITH WHICH THEY MAY USE THIS PRINCIPLE EFFECTIVELY FOR THEIR OWN SELF-PROMOTION. HIS ANALYSIS OF THE SUBJECT IS HERE PRESENTED IN HIS OWN WORDS.

             HILL : MR. CARNEGIE I HAVE HEARD SOME MEN EXPRESS THE BELIEF THAT SUCCESS OFTEN IS THE RESULT OF LUCK. MANY PEOPLE SEEM TO THE FAVORABLE "BREAKS" OF LIFE, AND THAT OTHERS FAIL BECAUSE THEY GET THE UNFAVORABLE "BREAKS".

              CROESUS, THE WEALTHY PERSIAN PHILOSOPHER, MADE SOME SUCH REFERENCE TO CHANCE WHEN HE SAID.

                    

                         "THERE IS A WHEEL ON WHICH THE AFFAIRS OF MEN REVOLVE,

                           AND ITS MEHANISM IS SUCH THAT IS PREVENTS ANY MAN FROM

                           BEING ALWAYS FORTUNATE."

                      HAVE YOU, IN THE RICHNESS OF YOUR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, SEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF SUCH A WHEEL? DO YOU ATTRIBUTE ANY PORTION OF YOUR SUCCESS OF LUCK, OR FAVORABLE "BREAKS"?

                    CARNEGIE: YOUR QUESTIONS GIVE ME A SUITABLE STARTING POINT FOR AN APPROPRIATE DESCRIPTION OF THE FIFTH OF THED SEVENTEEN PRINCIPLES OF ACHIEVEMENT. LET US CALL IT THE HABIT OF GOING THE EXTRA MILE, BE WHICH I MEAN THE HABIT OF REDERING MORE SERVICE AND BETTER SERVICE THAN ONE IS PAID FOR.

                FIRST, I WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS BY SAYING YES, INDEED, THERE IS A WHEEL OF LIFE THAT CONTROLS HUMAN DESTINIES, AND I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT THIS WHEEL CAN BE DEFINITELY INFLUENCED TO OPERATE IN ONE'S FAVOR. IF THIS WERE NOT TRUE THERE WOULD BE NO OBJECT IN ORGANIZING THE RULES OF PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT.

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INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MOTIVATION

                                          EXTERNAL MOTIVATION

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                 EXTERNAL MOTIVATION COMES FROM OUTSIDE. EXAMPLES OF EXTERNAL MOTIVATORS ARE MONEY, SOCIETAL APPROVAL, FAME, OR FEAR (FOR EXAMPLE, FEAR OF GETTING SPANKED BY PARENTS OR FEAR OF GETTING FIRED AT WORK)

                                                               FEAR MOTIVATION

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                 A COMPANY WANTED TO SET UP A PASSION PLAN. IN ORDER FOR THE PLAN TO BE IMPLEMENTED, IT NEEDED 100 % PARTICIPATION. EVERYONE SIGNED UP EXCEPT JOHN. THE PLAN MADE SENSE AND WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERYONE. JOHN'S REFUSAL TO SIGN WAS THE ONLY OBSTACLE. JOHN'S SUPERVISOR AND OTHER CO WORKERS HAD TIRED, WITHOUT SUCCESS, TO PERSUADE HIM TO SIGN.

               THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY CALLED JOHN INTO HIS OFFICE AND SAID, JOHN, HERE IS A PEN AND THESE ARE THE PAPERS FOR YOU TO SIGN TO ENROLL INTO THE PENSION PLAN. IF YOU DON'T ENROLL, YOU ARE HE HADN'T SIGNED EARLIER. JOHN REPLIED, NO ONE EXPLAINED THE PLAN QUITE AS CLEARLY AS YOU DID.

                IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE THE PREY OUTSMARTING THE PREDATOR, BECAUSE ONE IS RUNNING FOR ITS FOOD AND THE OTHER FOR ITS LIFE. THE ADVANTAGES OF FEAR MOTIVATION ARE 

                                    ❤ IT GETS THE JOB DONE QUICKLY.

                                    ❤ IT PREVENTS LOSSES BY MEETING DEADLINES.

                                    ❤ IN THE SHORT RUN, THE PERSON'S PERFORMANCE MAY IMPROVE.

                    WE LEARN FROM HISTORY THAT THE PYRAMIDS WERE BUILD BY SLAVES. THEY HAD TO BE CONSTANTLY WATCHED AND REPRIMANDED FOR NON PERFORMANCE. THE DISADVANTES OF FEAR MOTIVATION ARE :

                                 ❤ IT IS EXTERNAL, WHICH MEANS THE MOTIVATION IS THERE WHILE THE MOTIVATOR IS THERE. WHEN THE MOTIVATOR GOES, THE MOTIVATION ALSO GOES.

                                 ❤ IT CAUSES STRESS.

                                ❤ PERFORMANCE IS LIMITED TO COMPLIANCE.

                                ❤ IN THE LONG RUN, PERFORMANCE GOES DOWN.

                                ❤ IT DESTROYS CREATIVITY.

                                ❤ PEOPLE GET USED TO THE STICK AND THEN A BIGGER STICK IS NEEDED.

                          PEOPLE WHO DO JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY SO THEY DON'T GET FIRED WILL NEVER VE VALUABLE TO ANY ORGANIZATION. 

                        A CUSTOMER ASKED AND EMPLOYEE, WHEN DID YOU START WORKING HERE? HED REPLIED EVER SINCE THEY THREATENED TO FIRE ME.

                                                        INCENTIVE MOTIVATION

                       EXTERNAL MOTIVATION CAN ALSO TAKE THE FORM OF INCENTIVES, BONUSES, COMMISSION, RECOGNITION AND SO FORTH.

                      THE MAJOR ADVANTAGE OF INCENTIVE MOTIVATION IS THAT IT WORKS VERY WELL AS LONG AS THE INCENTIVE IS STRONG ENOUGH. THINK OF A DONKEY WITH A CARROT DANGLING IN FRONT AND PULLING A CART BEHIND. INCENTIVE MOTIVATION WILL WORK IF THE DONKEY IS HUNGRY ENOUGH, THE CARROT IS SWEET ENOUGH, AND THE LOAD LIGHT ENOUGH.

                       FROM TIME TO TIME,  YOU HAVE TO LET THE DONKEY TAKE A BITE OF THE CARROT, OTHERWISE IT IS GOING TO GET DISCOURAGED. AFTER THE DONKEY TAKES BITE, ITS STOMACH IS FULL, AND YOU NEED TO WAIT FOR THE DONKEY TO GET HUNGRY AGAIN BEFORE IT WILL PULL THE CART. THIS SAE CYCLE IS TYPICALLY SEEN IN OUR BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT. THE MOMENT SALES PEOPLE MEET THEIR QUOTAS, THEY STOP WORKING, THIS IS BECAUSE THEIR MOTIVATION IS LIMITED TO MEETING THEIR QUOTAS. THAT IS EXTERNAL MOTIVATION, NOT INTERNAL.

                                                           INTERNAL MOTIVATION

                      THERE WAS A YOUNG BOY WHO CAME REGULARLY TO SOCCER PRACTICE BUT NEVER MADE IT TO THE STARTING TEAM. WHILE HE WAS PRACTICING, HIS FATHER WOULD SIT AT THE FAR END OF THE FIELD, WAITING FOR HIM. THE MATCHES BEGAN AND FOR FOUR DAYS, THE BOY DIDN'T SHOW UP  FOR PRACTICE OR THE QUARTER OR SEMI-FINALS. HE APPEARED FOR THE FINAL GAME, WENT TO THE COACH AND SAID, COACH, YOU HAVE ALWAYS KEPT ME IN THE RESERVES AND NEVER LET ME PLAY IN THE GAMES. BUT TODAY, PLEASE, LET ME PLAY. THE COACH SAID, SON I M SORRY, I CAN'T LET YOU. THERE ARE BETTER PLAYERS THAN YOU AND BESIDES, IT IS THE FINALS THE REPUTATION OF THE SCHOOL IS AT STAKE AND I CANNOT TAKE A CHANCE ON YOU, THE BOY PLEADED COACH I PROMISE I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. I BEG OF YOU, PLEASE LET ME PLAY, THE COACH HAD NEVER SEEN THE BOY PLEAD LIKE THIS BEFORE, HE SAID, IKAY SON. GO PLAY. BUT REMEMBER I AM GOING AGAINST MY BETTER JUDGMENT AND THE REPUTATION OF THE SCHOOL IS AT STAKE. DON'T LET ME DOWN.

                  THE GAME STARTED AND THE BOY PLACED LIKE A HORSE ON FIRE. EVERY TIME HE GOT THE BALL, HE SHOT A GOAL. HIS TEAM HAD A SPECTACULAR WIN.

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GETTING RICH

                                                TIPS TO GETTING RICH

          MANY PEOPLE WILL SCOFF AT THE IDEA THAT THERE IS AN EXACT SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH, HOLDING THE IMPRESSION THAT THE SUPPLY OF WEALTH IS LIMITED, THEY WILL INSIST THAT SOCIAL AND GOVERNMENTAL INTITUTIONS MUST BE CHANGED BEFORE ANY CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CAN ACQUIRE A COMPETENCE.

             BUT THIS IS NOT TRUE.

              IT IS TRUE THAT EXISTING GOVERNMENTS MAY KEEP THE MASSES IN POVERTY, BUT THIS IS BECAUSE THE MASSES DO NOT THINK AND ACT IN THE CERTAIN WAY.

            IF THE MASSES BEGIN TO MOVE FORWARD AS SUGGESTED IN THIS BOOK, NEITHER GOVERNMENTS NOR INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CAN CHECK THEM, ALL SYSTEMS MUST BE MODIFIED TO ACCOMODATE THE FORWARD MOVEMENT.

             IF THE PEOPLE HAVE THE NEW THOUGHT,  THE ADVANCING MIND, AND HAVE THE FAITH THAT THEY CAN BECOME RICH, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIXED PURPOSE TO BECOME RICH, NOTHING CAN POSSIBLY KEEP THEM IN POVETY.

              INDIVIDUALS MAY ENTER UPON THE CERTAIN WAY AT ANY TIME. AND UNDER ANY GOVERNMENT, AND MAKE THEMSELVES RICH. WHEN ANY CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS DO SO UNDER ANY GOVERNMENT, THEY WILL CAUSE THE SYSTEM TO BE SO MODIFIED AS TO OPEN THE WAY FOR OTHERS.

              THE MORE PEOPLE WHO GET RICH ON THE COMPETITIVE PLANE, THE WORSE FOR OTHERS, THE MORE WHO GET RICH ON THE CREATIVE PLANE, THE BETTER FOR OTHERS.

                 THE ECONOMID SALVATION OF THE MASSES CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY GETTING A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO PRACTICE THE SCIENCTIFIC METHOD SET DOWN IN THIS BOOK AND BECOME RICH. THESE WILL SHOW OTHERS THE WAY, AND INSPIRE THEM WITH A DESIRE FOR REAL LIFE, WITH THE FAITH THAT IT CAN BE ATTAINED, AND WITH THE PURPOSE TO ATTAIN IT.

                  FOR THE PRESENT, HOWEVER, IT ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT NEITHER THE GOVERNEMENT UNDER WHICH YOU LIVE NOR THE CAPITALISTIC OR COMPETITIVE SYSTEM OF INDUSTRY CAN KEEP YOU FROM GETTING RICH.WHEN YOU ENTER UPON THE CREATIVE PLANE OF THOUGHT YOU WILL RISE ABOVE ALL THESE THINGS AND BECOME A CITIZEN OF ANOTHER KINGDOM.

               BUT REMEMBER THAT YOUR THOUGHT MUST BE HELP UPON THE CREATIVE PLANE, YOU ARE NEVER FOR AN INSTANT TO BE BETRAYED INTO REGARDING THE SUPPLY AS LIMITED, OR INTO ACTING ON THE MORAL LEVEL OF COMPETION.

               WHENEVE YOU DO FALL INTO OLD WAYS OF THOUGHT, CORRECT YOURSELF INSTANTLY, FOR WHEN YOU ARE IN THE COMPETITIVE MIND, YOU HAVE LOST THE COOPERATION OF THE MIND OF THE WHOLE.

               DO NOT SPEND TIME IN PLANNING AS TO HOW YOU WILL MEET POSSIBLE EMERGENCIES IN THE FUTURE, EXCEPT AS THE NECESSARY POLICIES MAY AFFECT YOUR ACTIONS, YOU ARE CONCERNED WITH DOING TODAY'S WORK IN A PERFECTLY SUCCESSFUL MANNER, AND NOT WITH EMERGIES THAT MAY ARISE TOMORROW, YOU CAN ATTEND TOTHEM AS THEY  COME.

                  DO NOT CONCERN YOURSELF WITH QUESTION AS TO HOW YOU SHALL SURMOUNT OBSTACLES THAT MAY LOOM UPON YOUR BUSINESS HORIZON UNLESS YOU CAN SEE PLAINLY THAT YOUR COURSE MUST BE ALTERED TODAY IN ORDER TO AVOIDTHEM.

               DO NOT CONCERN YOURSELF WITH QUESTIONS AS HOW YOU SHALL SURMOUNT OBSTACLES THAT MAY LOOM UPON YOUR BUSINESS HORIZON, UNLESS YOU CAN SEE PLAINLY THAT YOUR COURSE MUST BE ALTERED TODAY IN ORDER TO AVOID THEM.

               NO MATTER HOW TREMENDOUS AN OBSTRUCTION MAY APPEAR AT A DISTANCE, YOU WILL FIND THAT IF YOU GO ON IN THE CERTAIN WAY IT WILL DISAPPEAR AS YOU APPROACH IT, OR THAT A WAY OVER, THOUGH,  OR AROUND IT WILL APPEAR.

                NO POSSIBLE COMBINATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES CAN DEFEAT A MAN OR WOMAN WHO IS PROCEEDING TO GET RICH ALONG STRICTLY SCIENTIFIC, LINES. NO MAN OR WOMAN WHO OBEYS THE LAW CAN FAIL TO GET RICH, ANYMORE THAN ONCE THAN ONCE CAN MULTIPLY TWO BY TWO AND FAIL TO GET FOUR.

                 GIVE NO ANXIOUS THOUGHT TO POSSIBLE DISASTER, OBSTACLES, PANICS, OR UNFAVORABLE COMBINATIONS OF CIRCUMSTANCE, IT IS TIME ENOUGH TO MEET SUCH THINGS WHEN THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES BEFORE YOU IN THE IMMEDIATE PRESENT, AND YOU WILL FIND THAT EVERY DIFFICULTY CARRIES WITH IT THE WHEREWITHAL FOR ITS OVERCOMING.

                  GUARD YOUR SPEECH. NEVER SPEAK OF YOURSELF, YOUR AFFAIRS, OR OF ANYTHING ELSE IN A DISCOURAGE OR DISCOURAING WAY.

                 NEVER ADMIT THE POSSIBILITY OF FAILURE, OR SPEAK IN A WAY THAT INFERS FAILURE AS A POSSIBLITY.

               NEVER SPEAK OF THE TIMES AS BEING HARD, OR OF BUSINESS CONDITIONS AS BEING  DOUBTFUL. TIMES MAY BE HARD AND BUSINESS DOUBTFUL AS BEING DOUBFUL. TIMES MAY BE HARD AND BUSINESS DOUBTFUL FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON THE COMPETITIVE PLANE, BUT THEY CAN NEVER BE SO FOR YOU, YOU CAN CREATE WHAT YOU WANT, AND YOU ARE ABOVE FAR.

                 WHEN OTHERS ARE HAVING HARD TIMES AND POOR BECAUSE, YOU WILL FIND YOUR GREATEST OPPPORTUNITIES.

                 TRAIN YOURSELF TO THINK OF AND TO LOOK UPON THE WORLD AS A SOMETHING THAT IS CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING AND GROWING AND TO REGARD SEEMING EVIL AS BEING ONLY, THAT WHICH IS UNDEVELOPED ALWAYS FAITH, AND TO DENY YOUR  FAITH IS TO LOSE IT.

                            

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ABOUT SWAMI AMAR JYOTI (HIMALAYA'S AUTHOR)

                                                     SWAMI AMAR JYOTHI

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                     PRABHUSHRI SWAMI AMAR JYOTHI WAS BORN ON MAY 6, 1928, IN A SMALL TOWN IN NORTHWESTERN INDIA, NOT  FAR FROM THE BANKS OF THE INDUS  RIVER. MUCH BELOVED BY FAMILY AND TEACHERS. HE SHOCKED EVERYONE WITH THE DECISION TO LEAVE HOME A FEW MONTHS BEFORE COLLEGE GRADUATION, SAYING, I WOULD LIKE TO READ AN OPEN BOOK OF THE WORLD FOR MY EDUCATION, AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN, WITHOUT MONEY FOR MY EDUCATION, AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN, WITHOUT MONEY OR ANY PARTICULAR DESTINATION, HE TOOK THE FIRST HE FOUND, EVENTUALLY ARRIVING IN CALCUTTA, IT WAS 1948, AND THOUSANDS OF REFUSES FROM EAST BENGAL (NOW BANGLADESH) WERE POURING INTO WEST BENGAL EACH DAY. LIVING ON A RAILWAY PLATFORM NEAR THE BORDER OF INDIA AND BANGLADESH, HE SOON HEADED THE ENTIRE VOLUNTEER CORPS THERE, WORKING TIRELESSLY TWENTY HOURS OR MORE EACH DAY. AFTER ABOUT TEN MONTHS, THE FLOOD OF REFUGEES SUBSIDED AND HE RETURNED TO CALCUTTA. THERE A GOVERNMENT OFFICER WHO HAD WITNESSED HIS WORK AT THE BORDER OFFERED WHO HAD WINESSED HIS WORK FOR REHABILITATION OF REFUSES, BUT HE TURNED IT DOWN.

                    HE LIVED IN CALCUTTA  AND LATER ON THE OUTKIRTS OF THE CITY IN A QUIET ASHRAM. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT VISIONS BEGAN AWAKENING IN HIM. HE BEGAN TO MEDITATE, DO YOGA AND ATTEND PUJA (TRADITIONAL WORSHIP) AT A NEARBY TEMPLE OF A WELL-KNOWN SAINT, IN A SHORT WHILE HE KNEW HIS LIFE WORK. AS HE DESCRIBED IT, HE PICKED UP THERE FROM WHERE HE HAD LEFT OFF IN THE LAST BIRTH.

                VERY SOON HE TRAVELLED TO HIMALAYA WHERE HE LIVED PRIMARILY IN SILENCE AND PRACTICED MEDITATION FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS, ONE-POINTED ON THE GOAL OF LIBERERATIO.  MANY PLACES OF PILGRIMAGE WERE VISITED DURING THOSE YEARS, WALKING ON FOOT MILES EACH DAY. BUT A SMALL CAVE AT GANGOTRI, THE TEMPLE VILLAGE NEAR THE SOURCE OF THE GANGA RIVER, WAS THE PLACE OF HIS GREATEST SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES, AWAKENINGS AND , FINALLY ILLUMINATION.

                   IN 1958 HE TIIJ VIDYUT SANNYAS INITIATION AT THE HOLY SITE OF BADRINATH, TAKING THE NAME SWAMI AMAR JYOTHI. LATER HE DECENDED INTO THE PLAINS OF INDIA FOR HIS GOD-GIVEN LEAVING HOME, HIS MOTHER HAD NEVER CEASED SEARCHING FOR HIM AND AWAITNG HIS RETURN. IN ANSWER TO HER PRAYERS, HE SETTLED IN NEARBY PUNE, AND THERE FOUNDED JYOTHI ASHRAM.

                  IN 1961, GURUDEVA ACCEPTED AND OFFER BY DEVOTEE TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES.  AGAIN HE TRAVELLED UNKNOWN, THOUGH SOON ATTRACTING MANY WHO HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A HOLY  MAN. EVENTUALLY HE WAS PERSUADED BY THE SINCERITY OF AMERICAN DISCIPLES TO ESTABLISH SACRED MOUNTAIN ASHRAM IN 1974, FOLLOWED IN 1975 BY DESERT ASHRAM, BOTH WITHIN TRUTH CONSCIOUSNESS, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES A VEHICLE FOR GURUDEVA'S WORK IN THE UNITED STATES.

              THE SPIRITUAL AWAKENING ON EARTH THAT GURUDEVA REVEALS IS THE GLORIOUS DESTINY OF MANKIND, ONCE FREED FROM OUR LIMITED IDENTITY OF EGO AND SELF. LOVINGLY AND CEASELESSLY. HE CONTINUES TO UPLIFT AND PURIFY EACH OF US FOR THIS AWAKENING, FOR HIS WAY IS THE ANCIENT RELATIONSHIP OF THE GURU TO THE DISCIPLE, THE CANDLE IT DIRECTLY FROM THE BURNING FLAME OF TRUTH, PRABHUSHRI REMINDS US THAT WE ARE AT A BREAKTHROUGH INTO A NEW AGE WHERE RELIGIOUS WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO DIRECT AWAKENING AND COMMUNION WITH OUR HIGHEST SOURCE. LIKE A MOTHER WHOSE LOVE KNOWS THE DISCIPLE ON HIS OR HER OWN PATH TO PERFECTION, REVEALING IN HIMSELF THE ATTAINABLE REALITY OF GOD CONSCIOUSNESS.

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                  AFTER FOUR DECADES OF CONTINUAL WORLD-WIDE TRAVELLING, GIVING SATSANGS (SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND INTRUCTIONS ) AND RETREATS, ESTABLISHING ASHRAMS AND GUIDING INNUMERABLE SOULS TO HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS, GURUDEVA TOOK MAHASAMADHI - CONSCIOUS RELEASE OF THE MORTAL BODY- ON JUNE 13, 2001, LOUISVILLE, COLORADO. ACCORDING TO HIS WISHES HIS ASTI KALASH WAS BROUGHT BACK TO JYOTHI ASHRAM BY DISCIPLES FROM INDIA. WITHIN A YEAR A SAMADHI SITHAL, A TEMPLE IN THE FORM OF A PURE WHITE MARBLE PYRAMID, WAS CREATED FOR PERMANENT CONSECRATION AND WORSHIP. TWO YEARS LATER, IN MAY 2005, HIS WHITE MARBLE LIFESIZE MURTI (SACRED IMAGE) WAS DEDECATED IN THIS SAME SAMADHI STHAL. GURUDEVA BIOGRAPHY IN  HIS OWN WORDS, IMMORTAL LIGHT. THE BLISSFUL LIFE AND WISDOM OF SWAMI AMAR JYOTHI WAS PUBLISHED IN JUNE 2004 AND IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ASHRAMS AND AT TRUTH CONSCIOUSNESS ORG, AS WELL AS HIS OTHER BOODS RECORDED SATSANGS, AND THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL, LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

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DON'T GOSSIP

                                                            GOSSIP

               REMEMBER PEOPLE WHO GOSSIP WITH YOU ALSO GOSSIP ABOUT IN YOUR ABSENCE.

              GOSSIPING AND LYING ARE CLOSELY RELATED. A GOSSIP LISTENS IN HASTE AND REPEATS AT LEISURE. A GOSSIP NEVER MINDS HIS OWN BUSINESS BECAUSE HE HAS NEITHER A MIND NOR A BUSINESS. A GOSSIP IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HE OVERHEARS THAN WHAT HE HEARS. GOSSIP IS THE ART OF SAYING NOTHING IS A WAY LEAVES NOTHING UNSAID.

                SOMEONE SAID IT WELL, SMALL PEOPLE TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE MEDICORE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THINGS, GREAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IDEAS.

                GOSSIP CAN LEAD TO SLANDER AND DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER. PEOPLE WHO LISTEN TO GOSSIP ARE AS GUILTY AS THOSE WHO DO THE GOSSIPING.

              A GOSSIP USUALLY GETS CAUGHT IN HIS OWN MOUTH TRASP. GOSSIP HAS NO RESPECT FOR JUSTICE. IT BREAKS HEARTS, IT RUINS LIVES, IT IS CUNNING AND MALICIOUS. IT VICTIMIZES THE HELPLESS. GOSSIP IS HARD TO TRACK DOWN BECAUSE IT HAS NO FACE OR NAME. IT TARNISHES REPUTATIONS, TOPPLES GOVERNMENTS, WRECKS MARRIAGES, RUINS CARRES, MAKES THE INNOCENT CRY, CAUSE HEARTACHES AND SLEEPNESS NIGHTS. THE NEXT TIME YOU INDULGE IN GOSSIP, ASK YOURSELF.

   

                       ❤ IS IT THE TRUTH ?

                       ❤ IS IT KIND AND GENTLE ?

                       ❤ IS IT NECESSARY ?

                       ❤ AM I SPREADING RUMORS ?

                       ❤ DO I SAY POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT OTHERS ?

                       ❤ DO I ENJOY AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO SPREAD RUMORS ?

                       ❤ DOES MY CONVERSATION BEGIN WITH DON'T TELL ANYONE ?

                       ❤ CAN I MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY ?

                     REFRAIN FROM INDULGING IN GOSSIP. REMEMBER, SMALL TALK COMES OUT OF BIG MOUTHS.

                                         TURN YOUR PROMISES INTO COMMITMENTS

               WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROMISE AND A COMMITMENT ? A PROMISE IS A STATEMENT OF INTENT. A COMMITMENT IS A PROMISE THAT IS GOING TO BE KEPT NO MATTER. WHAT IN THE MATTER WHAT, I EXCUDE ILLEGAL AND IMMORTAL THINGS. COMMITMENT COMES OUT OF CHARACTER AND LEADS TO CONVICTION.

                CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF A WORLD IT WOULD BE IF PEOPLE DIDN'T KEEP THEIR COMMITMENTS ? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN

                     ❤ SPOUSES ?

                     ❤ EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES ?

                     ❤ PARENTS AND CHILDREN ?

                     ❤ STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ?

                     ❤ BUYERS AND SELLERS ?

                      UNCOMMITTED RELATIONSHIPS ARE SHALLOW AND HOLLOW. THEY ARE A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE AND ARE TEMPORARY. NOTHING LASTING HAS EVER BEEN CREATED WITHOUT COMMITMENT.

                  COMMITMENT SAYS, I AM PREDICTABLE IN THE UNPREDICTABLE FUTURE.

               MANY PEOPLE CONFUSE COMMITMENT WITH CONFINEMENT. THAT REALLY IS NOT TRUE. COMMITMENT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FREEDOM. IT ACTUALLY GIVES MORE FREEDOM BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A SENSE OF SECURITY.

             THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMITMENT WE EVER MAKE IS TO YOUR VALUES. THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPERATIVE TO HAVE GOOD VALUE SYSTEM. FOR EXAMPLE, IF COMMITTED MYSELF TO SUPPORT MY COMMITMENT ? NOR AT ALL.

             COMMITMENT LEADS TO ENDURING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH THICK AND THIN. IT SHOWS IN A PERSON'S  PERSONALITY AND RELATIONSHIPS.

          

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