You have the power to control your thoughts and make them do your bidding. Your brain maybe likened to a dynamo in this respect that it generates or sets into motion the mysterious energy called thought. The stimuli that start your brain into action are of two sorts: one is AUTOSUGGESTION and the other is SUGGESTION. You can select the material out of which you're thinking is produced and that is autosuggestion or self-suggestion.
You can permit others to select the material out of which your thinking is produced and that is suggestion. It is a humiliating fact that most thought is produced by the outside suggestions of others and it is more humiliating still to have to admit that the majority of us except this suggestion without either examining it or questioning its soundness.
We read the daily paper as though every word were based upon fact. We are swayed by the gossip and idle chatter of others as though every word were true. Thought is the only thing over which you have absolute control yet unless you are the proverbial exception, which is about 1 out of every 10000, you permit other people to enter the sacred mansion of your mind and there deposit through suggestion, their troubles and woes, adversities and falsehoods just as though you did not have the power to close the door and keep them out.
You have within your control the power to select the material that constitutes the dominating thoughts of your mind. And just as surely as you are reading these lines, those thoughts which dominate your mind will bring you success or failure, according to their nature. The fact that thought is the only thing over which you have absolute control is within itself of most profound significance as it strongly suggests that thought is your nearest approach to divinity on this earthly plane.
Self Control is sole a matter of thought control.
The man who exercises complete self control cannot be permanently defeated as Emerson has so well stated on his essay on compensation, for the reason that obstacles and opposition have a way of melting away when confronted by the determined mind that is guided to a definite end with complete self control.
-Excerpt from Law of Success Disc 3 (8) Napoleon Hill
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Self-Control is solely a matter of Thought-Control
A person with well-developed self-control does not indulge in hatred, envy, jealousy, fear, revenge or any similar destructive emotion. A person with well-developed self-control does not go into ecstasies or become ungovernable enthusiastic over anything or anybody.
Greed and selfishness and self approval beyond the point of accurate self-analysis and appreciation of one's actual merits indicate lack of self-control in one of its most dangerous forms. Self-confidence is one of the most important essentials of success but when this faculties developed beyond the point of reason it becomes very dangerous. Self-sacrifice is a commendable quality but when it is carried to extremes, it also becomes one of the dangerous forms of lack of self-control.
You owe it to yourself not to permit your emotions to place your happiness in the keeping of another person. Love is essential for happiness but the person who loves so deeply that his or her happiness is placed entirely in the hands of another resembles the little lamb who crept into the den of the nice gentle little wolf and begged to be permitted to lie down and go to sleep or the canary bird that persisted in playing with the cats whiskers.
-Excerpt from Law of Success Disc 3 (8) Napoleon Hill
Greed and selfishness and self approval beyond the point of accurate self-analysis and appreciation of one's actual merits indicate lack of self-control in one of its most dangerous forms. Self-confidence is one of the most important essentials of success but when this faculties developed beyond the point of reason it becomes very dangerous. Self-sacrifice is a commendable quality but when it is carried to extremes, it also becomes one of the dangerous forms of lack of self-control.
You owe it to yourself not to permit your emotions to place your happiness in the keeping of another person. Love is essential for happiness but the person who loves so deeply that his or her happiness is placed entirely in the hands of another resembles the little lamb who crept into the den of the nice gentle little wolf and begged to be permitted to lie down and go to sleep or the canary bird that persisted in playing with the cats whiskers.
-Excerpt from Law of Success Disc 3 (8) Napoleon Hill
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Lesson Thirteen - Cooperation (Part)
[Excerpt: "Law of Success"]
...Lack of action has caused them to slip backward until they got into a "rut", where they will remain unless, through accident, they are forced out into the open road of struggle where unusual action will become necessary.
Don't let yourself get into such a condition.
Every office, and every shop, and every bank, and every store, and every other place of employment has its outstanding victims of procrastination who are doing the goose-step down the dusty road of failure because they have not developed the habit of expressing themselves in action.
You can pick out these fortunates all about you if you will begin to analyze those with whom you come in contact each day. If you will talk to them you will observe that they have built up a false philosophy somewhat of this nature:
"I am doing all I am paid to do, and I am getting by."
Yes they are "getting by" - but that is all they are getting.
Some years ago, at a time when labor was scarce and wages unusually high, I observed scores of able-bodied men lying about in the parks of Chicago, doing nothing. I became curious to know what sort of an alibi they would offer for their conduct, so I went out one afternoon and interviewed seven of them.
With the aid of a generous supply of cigars and cigarettes and a little loose change I bought myself into the confidence of those whom I interviewed and thereby gained a rather intimate view of their philosophy. All gave exactly the same reason for being there, without employment. They said: "The world will not give me a chance!!!"
Think of it - the world would not "give them a chance."
Of course the world wouldn't give them a chance.
It never gives anyone a chance. A man who wants a chance may create it through action, but if he waits for someone to hand it to him on a silver platter he will meet with disappointment.
I fear that this excuse that the world does not give a man a chance is quite prevalent, and I strongly suspect that it is one of the commonest causes of poverty and failure.
...Lack of action has caused them to slip backward until they got into a "rut", where they will remain unless, through accident, they are forced out into the open road of struggle where unusual action will become necessary.
Don't let yourself get into such a condition.
Every office, and every shop, and every bank, and every store, and every other place of employment has its outstanding victims of procrastination who are doing the goose-step down the dusty road of failure because they have not developed the habit of expressing themselves in action.
You can pick out these fortunates all about you if you will begin to analyze those with whom you come in contact each day. If you will talk to them you will observe that they have built up a false philosophy somewhat of this nature:
"I am doing all I am paid to do, and I am getting by."
Yes they are "getting by" - but that is all they are getting.
Some years ago, at a time when labor was scarce and wages unusually high, I observed scores of able-bodied men lying about in the parks of Chicago, doing nothing. I became curious to know what sort of an alibi they would offer for their conduct, so I went out one afternoon and interviewed seven of them.
With the aid of a generous supply of cigars and cigarettes and a little loose change I bought myself into the confidence of those whom I interviewed and thereby gained a rather intimate view of their philosophy. All gave exactly the same reason for being there, without employment. They said: "The world will not give me a chance!!!"
Think of it - the world would not "give them a chance."
Of course the world wouldn't give them a chance.
It never gives anyone a chance. A man who wants a chance may create it through action, but if he waits for someone to hand it to him on a silver platter he will meet with disappointment.
I fear that this excuse that the world does not give a man a chance is quite prevalent, and I strongly suspect that it is one of the commonest causes of poverty and failure.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
My Way Of Living
Some individuals have asked me to put up "rules" that I follow on a day to day basis. This is an on-going list and I have jotted down some key elements here. This list is bound to grow. Since most of these are self-taught, and now innate, conjuring up these thoughts on paper come only to fruition as I focus on what it is I do at a certain moment of time.
Here it is:
1) Whatever you have, it's yours to give (give more and contribute)
2) What goes around comes around
3) Appreciate & place value upon all individuals (everyone can teach you something one way or another).
4) Dreams & goals can change. Flexibility & change are good. Don't pride yourself & be attached to it - be commited.
5) Choose your friends and associates wisely.
6) Never let people take you for granted - have respect for yourself.
7) Family is always the exception.
8) Those that are willing to make an effort should be seldom considered for a chance. Those that make the effort create their own chance.
10) Give credit where credit is due.
11) Quid pro quo
12) Practice Kaizen
13) Fail forward
14) Laugh often
15) Acquire humility
...
Here it is:
1) Whatever you have, it's yours to give (give more and contribute)
2) What goes around comes around
3) Appreciate & place value upon all individuals (everyone can teach you something one way or another).
4) Dreams & goals can change. Flexibility & change are good. Don't pride yourself & be attached to it - be commited.
5) Choose your friends and associates wisely.
6) Never let people take you for granted - have respect for yourself.
7) Family is always the exception.
8) Those that are willing to make an effort should be seldom considered for a chance. Those that make the effort create their own chance.
10) Give credit where credit is due.
11) Quid pro quo
12) Practice Kaizen
13) Fail forward
14) Laugh often
15) Acquire humility
...
Will's Wisdom
I have a GREAT time with my LIFE.
Where I EXCEL is ridiculous, sickening WORK ETHIC!
While the other guy is sleeping - I'm working!
While the other guy is eating - I'm working!
Complexity is mind-made.
Talent you have naturally.
SKILL is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft!
Lay one brick at a time... and a wall will be made!
Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.
I'm going to do it! It's done!
I'm motivated by fear.
I hate being scared to do something.
Only fear you have is the fear of fear itself.
PROTECT YOUR DREAM.
- Will Smith
Watch the Video here.
Where I EXCEL is ridiculous, sickening WORK ETHIC!
While the other guy is sleeping - I'm working!
While the other guy is eating - I'm working!
Complexity is mind-made.
Talent you have naturally.
SKILL is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft!
Lay one brick at a time... and a wall will be made!
Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.
I'm going to do it! It's done!
I'm motivated by fear.
I hate being scared to do something.
Only fear you have is the fear of fear itself.
PROTECT YOUR DREAM.
- Will Smith
Watch the Video here.
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