Think and Grow Rich' by Napoleon Hill - Part Two (from Inspirational Books)

STEP 5: IMAGINATION. This is your own "workshop", where you fashion ideas. All the "breaks" (opportunities) you ever need in life are waiting within your imagination. Use the amaxing untapped creativity within you to solve any problem and stimulate your imagination. Ideas are the sources of all fortunes ever made; they are the products of our imagination. Clerk Asa Chandler spent his life's savings of $500 on an idea for an ingredient. He supplied (and applied) the imagination, which turned the "magic" formula into a fortune...which is now the world wide mega-corporation that is Coca-Cola.



Chandler had a burning desire to make his investment work.

Big achievers have an obsession - they believe so fervently in their idea, product or service. Ask yourself this important question: What would I do, if I had a million dollars? A definite purpose results in a definite plan. The finest tool still needs a man who knows how to use it.



There are many other simple ideas. It doesn't even have to be original - you can come up with a new combination of them.



STEP 6: ORGANIZED PLANNING

Defeat makes you stronger.

Sell services and ideas.

Leaders and followers. Most great leaders began as followers.



11 secrets of leadership:



1. unwavering courage



2. enlisting the co-operation of others - you can't do it alone. etc (for the rest see my article on principles of leadership).



Leaders by force: like Napoleon Bonaparte, Mussolini and Hitler. However, this style of leadership is only temporary; thus it is far better to lead by consent. Why many leaders fail? An inability to organize details. (My weakness, but something to work on).



5 ways to get a good job:



find a job you like to do - one you perhaps even love!



31 ways to fail?



Market yourself.

There is abundance everywhere, opportunity everywhere in the Universe. You just have to look for it; then you'll find plentiful abundance. The 'capital' lies within yourself. Success requires no explanations; whilst failure permits no alibis.



7. DECISION: Make quick and definite decisions. Instant decisions make history. (I change mine quickly and often). Henry Ford persisted in manufacturing the Model T, the world's ugliest car, when all his advisers were urging him to change it. For years well-meaning people don't me to give up writing and get a "proper" job!



Opinions are cheap. Geniune wisdom is usually displayed through modesty and silence.



A great desire for freedom brings freedom (as evidenced in the life of Nelson Mandela); a great desire for wealth brings wealth. Every powerful man has within him his own power.



STEP 8: PERSISTENCE.

The magic of "money consciousness". Defeat is a temporary condition - one is only defeated until a person accepts defeat in their own mind. Anyone can learn persistence. It's a state of mind which can be cultivated. You too can learn to be a dog, who won't let go of their bone. Persistance is caused by (as well as being made up of) these traits:

* definiteness of purpose

* desire (strong)

* self reliance

* definiteness of plans

* accurate knowledge - knowing that your plan or idea is sound

* courage (great)

* will power

* enlisting the co-operation with others. The art of getting other people to help you in moving towards your goals, desires and dreams. In exchange you can offer them something.

* habit, ie. developing good habits.



Anyone can criticize. You make your own "breaks" (opportunities) in life. Thomas A Edison had less than 3 months formal schooling. As the saying goes: "When the going gets tough, the tough get going."



9. THE INCREDIBLE POWER OF THE HUMAN MIND. Power is essential for success in the accumulation of money (don't know if I agree with that statement of Mr Hill???).



Use more brains than your own. This is the process of synergy at work, ie 1

+ 1 = 3. Henry Ford shot ahead, when he become friendly with Thomas A

Edison, Harvey Firestone, John Burroughs and Luther Burbank. Ford shared his thoughts with them and asked for their advice and input. His good friends weren't just "sounding boards to run past" his ideas.



There is a great wealth of knowledge in books like this. Read, think and meditate as you read. PLAN and organize to get rich. Poverty needs no plan; so staying poor is easy. The energy of the human mind shows itself to the world in your ENTHUSIASM. It's infectious and is a vital characteristic of nearly all successful people. So they are excited and fervently believe in their "pathway of destiny".

They love what they do (do what you love and the money will follow).



Happiness is found not merely in possessing; but in doing and especially in BEING.



Craig Lock

http://www.craiglock.com



"Success to others may be apparent in what you DO; but significance, meaning and purpose lies, then reveals itself in what you ARE and BECOME down the 'river of life' - how and the spirit with which you face, then overcome the daily obstacles, the frequent trials and tribulations along the often rocky path-way of life's magical and mysterious journey. Light your path brightly."



"The task ahead of you can always be overcome by the power within you...and the often seemingly difficult or even "impassible") path ahead of you is never as steep with the great spirit that lies within you."



"Do not follow the well-beaten track of others towards success - like the rainbow, it is often an illusion always just beyond our reach. Make your own path and let your spirit blaze a brilliant trail towards the pot of gold, the prize for the gift - one that is uniquely you and YOUR successful journey down the mysterious and magical river of life."