Lesson 5 – Initiative and Leadership 10/15/11

More gems from Law of Success by Napoleon Hill {my comments in these brackets}:

 

There is no security on this earth. There is only opportunity. General Douglas MacArthur {Oh, the people of the United States need to be re-awakened to this. People come to this country for opportunity and those of us born here can’t see it}

 

I remember yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come. Ellen Kriedman

 

No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person’s enemies say about them.

 

I use my talents in every way possible. I spend my talents lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke. Brendan Francis

 

Destiny is not a matter of change; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved. William Jennings Bryan

 

I can do it if I believe I can

 

Leadership is essential for the attainment of success

Initiative is the foundation upon which leadership is built

Initiative is the quality which impels me to do what ought to be done without being told to do it.

 

The real value of information is the use I make of it.

 

I can accomplish nothing until I throw off procrastination

Procrastination is a deadly enemy of all who would become leaders in any undertaking, and I will eliminate this habit from my makeup by:  Doing one definite thing each day, something that ought to be done, without anyone telling me to do it, that I have not been in the habit of doing, that will be of value to others without expectation of pay, that brings me closer to my definite chief aim.

 

Every day brings me a chance to render service, outside my regular duties, that will be of value to others.

 

The big prizes of life cannot be measured in dollars and cents.

 

I love to create things that are better than average. {The U.S. used to be known for this}

 

My only limitation is the one I set up in my own mind.

 

Any statement I repeat over and over again for the purpose of inducing others to believe it, I also come to believe

 

It is to my advantage to talk initiative, think initiative, eat initiative, sleep initiative and practice initiative

People readily, willingly, voluntarily follow me if I show by my actions that I am a person of initiative.

 

I am constantly attracting to myself and weaving into my own character and personality those qualities that my influence is helping to create in others

 

Leadership that leads to self-determination, freedom, self-development, enlightenment and justice, endures

 

When 2 or more people ally themselves in an undertaking, each person multiplies his power of achievement

 

The person who is ready is the person who has prepared

 

Courage is firmness of spirit

Bravery is physical

Courage is mental and moral

 

I can get nowhere without persistence

 

I know what I want and have a plan to get it

I have a definite chief aim and a definite plan for attaining it

 

It is not my duty but my privilege to be tolerant

 

I practice strict adherence to the Golden Rule as the basis of all relationships with others.

 

~~~

 

Jesus fulfilled His destiny at the cross so I can fulfill mine today.

He opened the door for me and I am walking through it.

Until we meet, I am looking to the eastern sky and walking through the open door!

 

The Law of Success, Volume 1, The Principles of Self-Mastery 10/10/11

So far, I have gotten through Volume 1 of the Laws of Success. 308 pages. That’s enough to be a book in itself.

 

You might be asking, okay you’ve been reviewing this book and giving us some gems from each chapter, but what are you doing with this information? What have you taken from it and applied to your life so far? Well, here goes, {my comments are in the brackets.}

 

Who said it couldn’t be done? And what great victory has he to his credit which qualifies him to judge others accurately?

Who told you it couldn’t be done? And what great achievement has he to his credit that entitles him to use the word “impossible” so freely? {Instead of accepting criticism, I am asking, what has the critic done lately? I am “critiquing” the critic. Were those words were spoken by someone who has done nothing with their life?}

 

This philosophy can be used by anyone to create their own success and realize their dreams.

There is nothing impossible with enough time. {I am taking these statements as truth for me and using it as the basis for my self-development for the rest of 2011 and 2012}

 

There is always plenty of capital available to those who can create practical plans for using it.

Never, in the history of the world, has there been such abundant opportunity as there is now for people like me who are willing to serve before trying to collect.

There are opportunities on every corner but they exist only for those who have ready money or who can command money because they have formed the habit of savings. {This is as true today as it was when Hill wrote this. I believe it, I act like it, and I am planning my next year on it}

 

Everything begins in the mind

My imagination can be cultivated, developed, extended, and broadened by use. {I am deliberately taking 15 minutes a day to imagine my life as I want it to be. As I have been doing this, my life is starting to change.}

 

The normal condition of the chemistry of my mind is the result of heredity and the nature of the thoughts which have dominated my mind.

My mind is continually changing to the extent that my philosophy and general habits of thought change the chemistry of my mind.

I can voluntarily change the chemistry of my mind so that it will attract or repel all with whom it comes in contact. {This is powerful! I can program my mind anyway I want! This is what I am focusing on for the next year}

 

Through the principle of autosuggestion, a deeply rooted desire saturates my entire body and mind with the nature of the desire and literally transforms my mind into a powerful magnet that attracts the object of the desire

Any idea I firmly fix in my subconscious mind, by repeated affirmations, automatically becomes a blueprint in directing my efforts forward to the attainment of the objective.

Any statement I repeatedly make to myself, or any desire I deeply plant in my mind through repeated statement, will eventually seek expression through my physical, outward, bodily efforts. {This is how I am re-programming my mind}

 

Any desire I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of realizing it. {What I think about, I bring about}

 

Through the law of habit I fix my definite chief aim in my mind until it becomes firmly and permanently planted there.

This gives me a prosperity consciousness.

I prepare myself to receive and use my prosperity wisely. {Re-programming my mind}

 

I throw off the accumulated effects of a thousand generations of fear with autosuggestion

Once I master fear, I can continue on to successful achievement in practically any undertaking {reprogram my mind}

 

Knowledge becomes power only to the extent I organize it, classify it, and put it into action!

A good encyclopedia contains most of the known facts of the world.

But they are as useless a sand dune until organized and expressed in terms of action. {After re-programming my mind, this is my second objective: to use what I learn! Must work on this. My greatest shortcoming. I am great at accumulating knowledge, must work on implementation!}

 

Anyone can start but as a thoroughbred, I finish! {Re-program my mind, take action on my knowledge, finish what I start: my three objectives for 2012!}

 

I can always become the person I would have liked to be. {By focusing on my 3 objectives for 2012, I will be closer at the end of 2012 to who I want to be}

 

I believe that God provides me everything I need with which to succeed if I perform faithful and honest service.

I believe in prayer and I never close my eyes in sleep without praying for divine guidance

I believe that success is the result of intelligent effort and does not depend upon luck or sharp practices or double-crossing friends, fellow men, or my employer.

I believe I get out of life exactly what I put into it; therefore, I am careful to conduct myself toward others as I would want them to act toward me.

I render the best service of which I am capable because I have pledged myself to succeed in life and I know that success is always the result of conscientious and efficient effort.

I forgive those who offend me because I realize that I shall sometimes offend others and I will need their forgiveness. {quote of the day}

 

Day by day in every way, I am becoming more successful. {Quote of the day}

 

I think before I speak. My words can plant success or failure in someone’s life. {Okay, thinking before I speak is #4 on my list for 2012}

 

I take advantage of the law of increasing returns which ensures me a return in money far out of proportion to the service I render. (Already practiced this one, just keeping it on the list}

 

Savings conserves what I earn in a systematic manner

The habit of saving places me in the way of a greater opportunity and gives me vision, self-confidence, imagination, enthusiasm, initiative and leadership to actually increase my earning capacity. {I have always saved money “for” something: new set of tires, property taxes, vacation. You get the picture, I saved to spend. I did very little saving to invest in comparison to my saving to spend. That has changed. I now have a “saving to invest” fund and it will grow in 2012.}

 

I save a definite percentage of all I earn

As my earnings increase, my savings increase

I demand increased earning power from myself. {I have never “demanded” this of myself before. 2012 is going to be interesting!}

 

I have the habit of thinking and talking prosperity and abundance. {I have been “half-heartedly” working on this for many years, but for 2012 I am SERIOUSLY working on this!}

 

~~~

 

Jesus fulfilled His destiny at the cross so I can fulfill mine today.

He opened the door for me and I am walking through it.

Until we meet, I am looking to the eastern sky and walking through the open door!

Lesson 4 – The Habit of Saving 10/10/11

More gems from Law of Success by Napoleon Hill {my comments in these brackets}:

 

The only lasting favor which I as a parent may confer upon my child is that of helping him to help himself.

 

I am a human magnet. I am constantly attracting to me people whose character harmonizes with my own.

 

Who told you it couldn’t be done? And what great achievement has he to his credit that entitles him to use the word “impossible” so freely? {Isn’t this true? We hear someone say “it can’t be done” and automatically accept those words, when those words were spoken by someone who has done nothing with their life!}

 

Successful people have all failed many times

 

All sales people will do well to remember that no one wants anything that someone else is trying to get rid of.

 

I think before I speak. My words can plant success or failure in someone’s life

 

I am thankful for the adversities that have crossed my pathway for they have taught me tolerance, sympathy, self-control, perseverance, and some other virtues I might never have known.

 

I am fortunate to have learned that the most certain way to get is to first give through some sort of service.

 

I can do it if I believe I can

 

Saving money is one of the essentials of success.

The saving of money is solely a matter of habit.

 

Through the law of habit, I shape my personality

Through repetition, any act indulged in a few times becomes a habit.

My mind is a mass of motivating factors growing out of my daily habits.

Once fixed in my mind, a habit voluntarily impels me to action.

 

Law of Attraction: like attracts like

I am where I am as a result of my own actions

 

Savings conserves what I earn in a systematic manner

The habit of saving places me in the way of a greater opportunity and gives me vision, self-confidence, imagination, enthusiasm, initiative and leadership to actually increase my earning capacity.

 

Through my definite chief aim, I set in my mind an accurate, definite description of what I want, including the amount of money I earn.

My subconscious mind takes over the picture I have created and uses it as a blueprint, map or chart to mold my thoughts and actions into practical plans for attaining my definite chief aim.

Through the law of habit I fix my definite chief aim in my mind until it becomes firmly and permanently planted there.

This gives me a prosperity consciousness.

I prepare myself to receive and use my prosperity wisely.

 

I save a definite percentage of all I earn

As my earnings increase, my savings increase

I demand increased earning power from myself

 

Any idea deliberately fixed in the mind, or any idea permitted to set itself up as the result of suggestion, environment, the influence of associates, causes me to indulge in acts that conform to the nature of the idea

 

I have the habit of thinking and talking prosperity and abundance.

 

Debt is slavery, a merciless master, a fatal enemy of the savings habit.

The accumulation of debit is a habit.

Debt is like quicksand – it has a tendency to draw its victim deeper and deeper into the mire.

 

The fear of poverty is one of the most destructive of the 6 basic fears

The fear of poverty breaks down the willpower of its victims and they then find themselves unable to restore their lost fortunes

Fear of poverty is a negative, destructive state of mind

 

I habitually save a regular portion of my income.

To attain financial independence I replaced spending with saving

 

Any habit may be discontinued by building in its place a more desirable habit.

 

The person without money is at the mercy of the one who has money

 

Reserve funds are essential in the successful operation of business.

Savings accounts are essential to individuals.

 

The nickels, dimes and pennies that the average person allows to slip through their fingers would, if systematically saved and put to work, eventually bring financial independence. {That $5 cup of coffee, the $1 any size drink so you get the large thinking you are getting something for nothing, the afternoon candy bar. Do that every day and you will be on a caffeine high, a sugar high, gain 20 pounds in a year and not know why, and definitely NOT any wealthier! The voice of experience is speaking!}

 

The making and saving of money is a science.

The rules for the accumulation of money are simple

The main requisite is a willingness to subordinate the present to the future by eliminating unnecessary expenditures for luxuries.

 

The savings habit requires self-control, self-confidence, courage, poise and freedom from fear

 

I am ruled by my own habits

By following a systematic habit of saving a definite proportion of all the money I earn or receive, I place myself in a position of financial independence

 

People who have formed the habit of saving are given preference in positions of responsibility

 

Opportunities Come To Those Who Have Saved Money

Behind every great fortune, at its beginning is a well developed habit of saving money

 

There are opportunities on every corner but they exist only for those who have ready money or who can command money because they have formed the habit of savings. {I wonder how many homes and other real estate, nice cars, expensive jewelry, and expensive collectibles have been purchased in the last couple of years by “common” people who just learned to save some money from “rich appearing” people who learned how to sign loan papers?}

 

I create my own opportunities with my habit of saving

The real start of nearly all fortunes is the formation of the habit of saving money.

 

The greatest thing in life is freedom.

There can be no real freedom without a reasonable degree of financial independence.

 

~~~

 

Jesus fulfilled His destiny at the cross so I can fulfill mine today.

He opened the door for me and I am walking through it.

Until we meet, I am looking to the eastern sky and walking through the open door!

 

Lesson 3 Self-Confidence – 9/17/11

More gems from Law of Success by Napoleon Hill {my comments in these brackets}:

 

When I make an appointment with another person, I assume the responsibility of punctuality and that I do not have the right to be a single minute late. {It’s just a matter of respect, common courtesy, and not thinking your time is more valuable than theirs! Have you figured out, I hate to wait?!}

 

In my soul there has been deposited the seed of a great future.

That seed will never germinate, much less grow to maturity, except through the rendering of useful service.

 

The very seed of success is dormant in every defeat I experience.

 

Is it not strange that we fear most that which never happens?

We destroy our initiative by the fear of defeat.

 

I can always become the person I would have liked to be.

 

The only person who makes no mistakes is the person who never does anything.

 

I can do it if I believe I can

 

Skepticism is the deadly enemy of progress and self-development.

 

I throw off the accumulated effects of a thousand generations of fear with autosuggestion

Fear is the chief reason for poverty, failure and misery.

Once I master fear, I can continue on to successful achievement in practically any undertaking

 

The development of self-confidence starts with eliminating fear.

The enemy of progress is fear

 

The Six Basic Fears of Mankind: Fear of poverty, fear of old age, fear of criticism, fear of loss of love, fear of ill health, fear of death

These 6 fears are mental states of mind

 

All I am came through physical and social heredity

Social heredity refers to the methods by which one generation passes on to the next generation superstitions, beliefs, legends and ideas

 

Through the law of social heredity, anyone having the control of the mind of a child may plant in the child’s mind any idea until he accepts it as true and becomes a part of the child’s personality as any cell or organ of his physical body

 

Indecision is the seedling of fear.

Indecision crystallizes into doubt and the two become fear

 

Nothing brings so much suffering and humiliation as poverty

 

Symptoms of fear:

Indifference (lack of ambition, laziness, etc)

Indecision

Doubt (expressed through alibis and excuses)

Worrying (expressed through faultfinding)

Overcaution (shown in general negativity)

Procrastination

 

Ill health can come from fear because all thought has a tendency to clothe itself in its physical equivalent

 

The most effective tool with which to fight fear is organized knowledge

Ignorance and fear are twins

 

I will resemble tomorrow the dominating thoughts I keep alive in my mind today. {I just looked in the mirror. I haven’t been thinking the right thoughts for a long time!}

I plant in my mind the seed of determination to whip my fears

My fears only exist in my mind.

 

Physical heredity: genetic predisposition

Social heredity: social conditioning or socialization

 

Social heredity refers to all methods through which a child is taught any idea, dogma, creed, religion, or system of ethical conduct, by its parents or by those who may have authority over it, before reaching the age at which it may reason and reflect upon such teaching in its own way

 

Autosuggestion is the most available force for personal growth and self-improvement

The dominating thoughts of my mind attract others whose thoughts that are similar

 

I make it my business to fill my mind with dominating thoughts of optimism, good cheer, and faith in others.

Through the Law of Attraction I draw to myself the attention of people whose attitudes toward life and dominating thoughts harmonize with mine

 

Inaction leads to atrophy and in turn to loss of ambition and self-confidence

 

I believe that God provides me everything I need with which to succeed if I perform faithful and honest service.

I believe in prayer and I never close my eyes in sleep without praying for divine guidance

I believe that success is the result of intelligent effort and does not depend upon luck or sharp practices or double-crossing friends, fellow men, or my employer.

I believe I get out of life exactly what I put into it; therefore, I am careful to conduct myself toward others as I would want them to act toward me.

I render the best service of which I am capable because I have pledged myself to succeed in life and I know that success is always the result of conscientious and efficient effort.

I forgive those who offend me because I realize that I shall sometimes offend others and I will need their forgiveness.

 

Any idea I firmly fix in my subconscious mind, by repeated affirmations, automatically becomes a blueprint in directing my efforts forward to the attainment of the objective

 

Autosuggestion – a suggestion I give to my own mind

 

I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my definite purpose, therefore I demand of myself persistent, aggressive, and continuous action toward its attainment.

 

I realize that the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, bodily action and then gradually transform themselves into physical reality.

Therefore, I will concentrate my mind for thirty minutes daily on the task of thinking of the person I intend to be, by creating a mental picture of this person and then transforming that picture into reality through my actions.

Any desire I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of realizing it. {What I think about, I bring about}

 

I have clearly mapped out, and written down, a description of my Definite Purpose in life, for the next five years. {Have you done this? Do you know where you want to be?}

 

Habit grows out of environment

Doing the same thing

Thinking the same thoughts

Repeating the same words

Over and over again

Habits are well-formed through repetition of thought or action

 

Habit is created by repeatedly directing one or more of my senses in a given direction.

After a habit has been well established, it automatically controls and directs my bodily activity

I direct my efforts and my thoughts along a desired line until I have formed the habit that will take hold and continue to direct my efforts along the same line.

 

Any statement I repeatedly make to myself, or any desire I deeply plant in my mind through repeated statement, will eventually seek expression through my physical, outward, bodily efforts

The principle of habit is the foundation of self-confidence.

 

Day by day in every way, I am becoming more successful.

 

There is a difference between demanding success and merely wishing for it.

If I demand success of myself, back up the demand with action, I am sure to win.

 

I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”Matthew 17:20 NIV

 

Others will believe in me only when I believe in myself.

Others feel toward me just as I feel toward myself

I am continuously broadcasting what I think of myself.

 

I am here for a reason

 

Beauty, happiness and contentment are states of mind.

Lesson 2 – A Definite Chief Aim 9/17/11

More gems from Law of Success by Napoleon Hill {my comments in these brackets}:

 

By and large there is no such thing as something for nothing.

In the long run I get exactly that for which I pay, whether I am buying an automobile or a loaf of bread. {When are people going to learn this? There is no such thing as a free lunch!}

 

If I can run a losing race without blaming my loss on someone else, I have bright prospects of success further down the road in life. {Must take responsibility}

 

A good encyclopedia contains most of the known facts of the world.

But they are as useless a sand dune until organized and expressed in terms of action. {Must work on this. My greatest shortcoming. I am great at accumulating knowledge, must work on implementation!}

 

No position in life can be secure, and no achievement can be permanent unless built upon truth and justice.

 

Anyone can start but as a thoroughbred, I finish! {Failure to finish, another shortcoming!}

 

Every line I write, and every act in which I indulge, and every word I utter, serves as undeniable evidence of the nature of that which is deeply embedded in my heart, a confession I cannot disavow

 

“Yes, he succeeded…but he almost failed”!

So did Robert Fulton, Abraham Lincoln, and nearly all the others whom we call successful.

No person every achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging will over the brink of failure

 

I can do it if I believe I can

Singleness of purpose is essential for success.

 

The act of writing down what I think or dream prompts my mind to make leaps of insight and create original ideas.

 

Humility is a forerunner of success.

 

I organize and make use of much truth that is overlooked by the majority of people who through life as mediocrities {I hate mediocrity!}

 

I open my mind

I make it my business to gather new ideas from sources outside my environment.

 

Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever I want in life without interfering with the rights of others.

 

A master mind is the sum total of all the minds in a group, coordinated, organized, and directed to a definite end in a spirit of harmonious cooperation.

 

The accumulation of great wealth and the attainment of any high status in life are based on the vision to comprehend and the ability to assimilate and apply principles.

 

I perform my work in such a way that it yields the greatest returns in both money and happiness

 

My actions are always in harmony with the dominating thoughts of my mind. {To change my results, I must change my actions. To change my actions, I must change my thoughts}

 

I deliberately fix my definite chief aim in my mind and hold there, with the firm determination to realize it, and it saturates my entire subconscious mind until it automatically influences the physical activities of my body toward the attainment of the purpose.

 

Every day in every way I am getting better and better. Emil Coeu`

 

Like attracts like.

The acorn attracts from the soil and the air the necessary materials to grow an oak tree

I attract to me people who harmonize with my own philosophy of life.

By vitalizing my mind with a definite chief aim, my mind attracts to me the people who will help me.

It is my privilege and duty to aim high in life.

I owe it to myself and the community in which I live to set a high standard for myself.

 

Hard labor and good intentions are not enough to carry anyone to success.

Success depends upon power, and if power is organized effort, and if the first step in the direction of organization is a definite purpose, then one may easily see why such a purpose is essential.

 

Through the principle of autosuggestion, a deeply rooted desire saturates my entire body and mind with the nature of the desire and literally transforms my mind into a powerful magnet that attracts the object of the desire

 

The world is full of opportunity

 

I know what I want, when I want it, why I want it and how I want to get it.

 

There is a difference between merely wishing for something and actually believing I will get it.

The doers are the believers in all walks of life.

I believe that I can achieve the object of the Definite Chief Aim

I do not recognize the word impossible

 

Every noteworthy achievement met with some sort of temporary setback before success came.

 

Everything has a price – continuous, unyielding, persistent effort.

 

~~~

 

Jesus fulfilled His destiny at the cross so I can fulfill mine today.

He opened the door for me and I am walking through it.

Until we meet, I am looking to the eastern sky and walking through the open door!

Lesson 1 – Introduction to the Master Mind 8/15/11

More gems from Law of Success by Napoleon Hill {my comments in these brackets}:

 

There is nothing impossible with enough time. {How many of us quit too soon? I have, how about you?}

 

I know I am the real cause of any of my failures. {Quitting too soon}

 

The Law of Increasing Returns: I render more service that that for which I am paid and I am soon paid for more than I render. {I benefited from this jewel many times and did not know it had an actual name! I just called it reaping what I sowed! Galatians 6:6-8}

 

Failures teach me needed lessons

 

If you do not believe in cooperation, look what happens to a wagon that loses a wheel.

 

Never, in the history of the world, has there been such abundant opportunity as there is now for people like me who are willing to serve before trying to collect. {I believe this is as true today as it was when Napoleon Hill wrote this}

 

I am half whipped the minute I begin to feel sorry for myself or to spin an alibi with which I explain away my defects. {I’ve been guilty of this more times than I can count!}

 

Who said it couldn’t be done? And what great victory has he to his credit which qualifies him to judge others accurately? {It is so easy to believe criticism, until I stop to question, what has the critic done lately?}

 

Master Mind: a mind that is developed through the harmonious cooperation of two of more people who ally themselves for the purpose of accomplishing any given task. {It would be nice if our current crop of politicians would take this to heart}

 

What people really purchase is not the merchandise but the pleasing personality of the person who knows the value of cultivating a pleasing personality.

 

My business in life is to achieve success.

Success is the attainment of my definite chief aim without violating the rights of other people.

 

A definite chief aim fixes my heart and mind onto a definite, well-conceived purpose as a life’s work

 

Self-confidence helps me master fear. My self-confidence is based on definite, usable knowledge. {Still working on this one}

 

The habit of saving teaches me how to distribute my income systematically so that a definite percentage will steadily accumulate.

No one can succeed in life without saving money. There is no exception to this rule. {Wish I was better at this one. But, then again, I wish our politicians were too!}

 

I take advantage of the law of increasing returns which ensures me a return in money far out of proportion to the service I render.

 

Concentration teaches me to focus my attention on one subject at a time until I have mastered it. {I am still working on focus!}

 

Tolerance teaches me to avoid the disastrous effects of racial and religious prejudices.

Intolerance makes enemies of those who should be friends.

Intolerance destroys opportunity. {Amen!}

 

The more I teach a subject the more I learn about the subject

 

Thoughts are energy

The only difference between thought, sound, heat or light is the number of vibrations per second.

 

In a Master Mind group, the energy of the individual minds surrounds the people who comprise the group.

Their energies interact and what results is something new and different.

 

Every effect must have a cause.

 

A Master Mind may be created through the coming together or blending in a spirit of perfect harmony, of two or more minds.

 

The normal condition of the chemistry of my mind is the result of heredity and the nature of the thoughts which have dominated my mind.

My mind is continually changing to the extent that my philosophy and general habits of thought change the chemistry of my mind.

I can voluntarily change the chemistry of my mind so that it will attract or repel all with whom it comes in contact. {This is powerful! I can program my mind anyway I want!}

 

While Henry Ford’s new automobile was in the process of perfection in 1927, it is said that he received advance orders, with cash payments, for more than 375,000 cars. At an estimated price of $600 per car, this would amount to $225,000,000 that he received before a single car was delivered. Such was the power of confidence in Ford’s ability. {I wonder what that would be in 2011 dollars?}

 

Knowledge, general in nature and unorganized, is not power

Knowledge is only potential power

Knowledge is the raw material out of which real power may be developed

Power is organized knowledge expressed through intelligent efforts

The source of all power is organized effort

 

Nature hates idleness in all forms

Nature gives continuous life only to those elements in use. {Use it or lose it!}

 

Power grows out of organized knowledge through application and use.

A person may become a walking encyclopedia of knowledge without possessing any power of value.

The knowledge becomes power only to the extent I organize it, classify it, and put it into action!

 

True education means mind development, not merely the gathering and classifying of knowledge.

Education consists of the power to get everything I need, when I need it, without violating the rights of others.

 

Ideas settle in the mind only after repetition {Which is why I re-read books}

 

It is a million times better to meet and face criticism than to be dragged down to failure and oblivion as a result of poor alliances. {I think critics count on not being confronted. I think that is one of the reasons Sarah Palin frustrates so many. She gets criticized regularly (and that is being polite, most of the time she is lied about), and just bounces back up with a smile on her face!}

 

Well, that’s all for today!

 

~~~

 

Jesus fulfilled His destiny at the cross so I can fulfill mine today.

He opened the door for me and I am walking through it.

Until we meet, I am looking to the eastern sky and walking through the open door!

 

Law of Success – July 31, 2011

I have begun re-reading an old classic: Law of Success by Napoleon Hill.

 

Before getting to the first chapter, I already have come across some gems:

 

Mastering the law of Success philosophy is the equivalent of an insurance policy against failure

 

This philosophy can be used by anyone to create their own success and realize their dreams.

 

The Law of Success is a living philosophy

 

There is always plenty of capital available to those who can create practical plans for using it. BOY, IS THAT IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER NOW!

 

Everything begins in the mind

 

Learn to use your imagination

My imagination can be cultivated, developed, extended, and broadened by use.

 

Success is a matter of my individual effort only to the extent that I decide what I want

After that, achieving success is a matter of skillfully and tactfully inducing others to cooperate with me.

 

Before I can secure cooperation or have the right to ask for or expect cooperation from others, I must first show a willingness to cooperate with others.

 

Discovery is a matter of investigation and the use of my imagination.

 

All I am or ever shall become is the result of the use to which I put my mind. Napoleon Hill

 

Well, that’s all for today!

 

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Jesus fulfilled His destiny at the cross so I can fulfill mine today.

He opened the door for me and I am walking through it.

Until we meet, I am looking to the eastern sky and walking through the open door!

 

Great Friends, Great Fun, Great Food!

Today, was the annual Mid MO Old Car Club News Year Day get together.

It started with lunch at the Downtown Diner. Sorry, didn’t get any pictures there.

Where I was sitting I couldn’t get a good view of the room.

But the room was full!

 

Lunch was followed by a drive through the historic part of town to view some historic homes that have been and are being restored.

Then, we headed to the country to Donald Weber’s garage.

The men got to view his latest project.

 

As usual, we ended up at Ron and Dorothy Bandelier’s for desert.

 

This year Dorothy surprised all the ladies with some vintage hats!

 

Great friends, great food, great fun! That is the way to start the New Year!

 

 

Proverbs 8

It’s the 8th day of the 8th month in 2010, so I thought a look at Proverbs might be helpful today:

I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment. I know where to discover knowledge and discernment.  All who fear the Lord will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech. Common sense and success belong to me. Insight and strength are mine. Proverbs 8:12-14 NLT

It is often said, “Oh I wish our leaders would follow what is in the Bible. Things would be so much better.”

Well, we have the political leaders we have because we elected them. We have the cultural leaders we have because we buy their books, go to their movies, listen to their music, watch their TV shows. May be we should start following Proverbs and our leaders would change.

Any way, that’s the view out my window today.

Jesus fulfilled His destiny at the cross so I can fulfill mine today.He opened the door for me and I am walking through it.Until we meet, I am looking to the eastern sky and walking through the open door!

I’m Back!

I know it’s been a while.

I’m am going to do better.

I promise.