If all your acts toward others, and even your thoughts of others, are registered in your subconscious mind, through the principle of Autosuggestion, thereby building your own character in exact duplicate of your thoughts and acts, can you not see how important it is to guard those acts and thoughts?  We are now in the very heart of the real reason for doing unto others as we would have them do unto us, for it is obvious that whatever we do unto others we do unto ourselves.   –  Napoleon Hill, “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons – Lesson Sixteen: The Golden Rule”

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Now, for the exciting conclusion to The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons by Napoleon Hill, I am pleased to present you with the final installment - Lesson Sixteen: The Golden Rule.  What a great addition to The Napoleon Hill Success Library!

And a good lesson it is.  I can certainly use some of this timeless Wisdom - again, and again, and again.  Moreover, Lesson 16 brings together all of the great material from the prior fifteen lessons - The Golden Rule is the glue that binds the other lessons into a cohesive, working fabric.

We have spent some significant time at this site discussing the Golden Rule and have compiled some noteworthy posts on the subject.

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Earlier this year, we did Success Key: The Law of Compensation, Part 1, on February 8, 2011, and received great feedback on that post.

And, back on March 10, 2010, who could forget Success Key: The Golden Rule - A Lost Success Key? 

The bottom line is that The Golden Rule is paramount to achieving Success.  Whether we call it the Law of Compensation, Law of Cause and Effect, karma or any number of other terms, how we think about and act towards others will come back to us in kind.  If not now, then later.  But, it will come back.

Here are a few great quotes from Lesson 16 by Professor Hill to get you on your way:

• There is an eternal law through the operation of which we reap that which we sow.  When you select the rule of conduct by which you guide yourself in your transactions with others, you will be fair and just, very likely, if you know that you are setting into motion, by that selection, a power that will run its course for weal or woe in the lives of others, returning, finally, to help or to hinder you, according to its nature.
• It may be an old-fashioned idea, but somehow I can’t get away from the belief that no man can attain success in its highest form without the aid of earnest prayer!
• The Golden Rule philosophy is based upon a law which no man can circumvent.  This law is the same law that is described in Lesson Eleven, on Accurate Thought, through the operation of which one’s thoughts are transformed into reality corresponding exactly to the nature of the thoughts.
• Those who understand and apply the Golden Rule philosophy are always scrupulously honest, not alone out of their desire to be just with others, but because: of their desire to be just with themselves.  They understand the eternal law upon which the Golden Rule is based, and they know that through the operation of this law every thought they release and every act in which they indulge has its counterpart in some fact or circumstance with which they will later be confronted.
• If all your acts toward others, and even your thoughts of others, are registered in your subconscious mind, through the principle of Autosuggestion, thereby building your own character in exact duplicate of your thoughts and acts, can you not see how important it is to guard those acts and thoughts?  We are now in the very heart of the real reason for doing unto others as we would have them do unto us, for it is obvious that whatever we do unto others we do unto ourselves.
• You have noticed frequent reference to Emerson throughout this course.  Every student of the course should own a copy of Emerson’s Essays, and the essay on Compensation should be read and studied at least every three months.  Observe, as you read this essay, that it deals with the same law as that upon which the Golden Rule is based.
• Remember that your reputation is made by others, but your character is made by you!
• Throughout this entire course one particular principle has been emphasized for the purpose of illustrating the truth that every personality is the sum total of the individual’s thoughts and acts – that we come to resemble the nature of our dominating thoughts.
• No one knows the limitations of the power of thought, or whether or not it has any limitations.  Whatever man believes he can do he eventually does. 

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And, in Lesson 16, Professor Hill also leaves us with his "Code of Ethics," which, in all its simplicity, is worth noting:

My Code of Ethics

1. I believe in the Golden Rule as the basis of all human conduct; therefore, I will never do to another person that which I would not be willing for that person to do to me if our positions were reversed.
2. I will be honest, even to the slightest detail, in all my transactions with others, not alone because of my desire to be fair with them, but because of my desire to impress the idea of honesty on my own subconscious mind, thereby weaving this essential quality into my own character.
3. I will forgive those who are unjust toward me, with no thought as to whether they deserve it or not, because I understand the law through which forgiveness of others strengthens my own character and wipes out the effects of my own transgressions, in my subconscious mind.
4. I will be just, generous and fair with others always, even though I know that these acts will go unnoticed and unrecorded, in the ordinary terms of reward, because I understand and intend to apply the law through the aid of which one’s own character is but the sum total of one’s own acts and deeds.
5. Whatever time I may have to devote to the discovery and exposure of the weaknesses and faults of others I will devote, more profitably, to the discovery and correction of my own.
6. I will slander no person, no matter how much I may believe another person may deserve it, because I wish to plant no destructive suggestions in my own subconscious mind.
7. I recognize the power of Thought as being an inlet leading into my brain from the universal ocean of life; therefore, I will set no destructive thoughts afloat upon that ocean lest they pollute the minds of others.
8. I will conquer the common human tendency toward hatred, and envy, and selfishness, and jealousy, and malice, and pessimism, and doubt, and fear; for I believe these to be the seed from which the world harvests most of its troubles.
9. When my mind is not occupied with thoughts that tend toward the attainment of my definite chief aim in life, I will voluntarily keep it filled with thoughts of courage, and self-confidence, and goodwill toward others, and faith, and kindness, and loyalty, and love for truth, and justice, for I believe these to be the seed from which the world reaps its harvest of progressive growth.
10. I understand that a mere passive belief in the soundness of the Golden Rule philosophy is of no value whatsoever, either to myself or to others; therefore, I will actively put into operation this universal rule for good in all my transactions with others.
11. I understand the law through the operation of which my own character is developed from my own acts and thoughts; therefore, I will guard with care all that goes into its development.
12. Realizing that enduring happiness comes only through helping others find it; that no act of kindness is without its reward, even though it may never be directly repaid, I will do my best to assist others when and where the opportunity appears.

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Well, my work for now is done - that is, with regard to The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons by Napoleon Hill.  We still have much planned for this site and, yes - it's true - we will finally fix the Prosperity Bible site.  Actually, we aren't fixing it - we are dumping it and building it anew from scratch.  Why we could never get that site working right is beyond me - but that is a story for another time and another day.

Until then, my dear friend, may Peace be with you.  Walk with you head high and see the glory of God in all and in everything.  Thank you for being my friend and staying with me . . .

To your Health, Wealth, Prosperity and Success, 

Richard 

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"It is, of course, obvious that anything which impedes the progress of civilization stands, also, as a barrier to each individual; and, stating it conversely, anything that beclouds the mind of the individual and retards his mental, moral and spiritual development, retards, also, the progress of civilization . . . When the dawn of Intelligence shall have spread its wings over the eastern horizon of progress, and Ignorance and Superstition shall have left their last footprints on the sands of Time, it will be recorded in the book of man’s crimes and mistakes that his most grievous sin was that of Intolerance!"  -  Napoleon Hill, "The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons - Lesson Fifteen: Intolerance"

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Ring, ring!!

That's the school bell.  Summer vacation time is over and it's time to hit the books.  School is back in session and Professor Hill is ready and waiting . . .  with only two Lessons left from his Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons series.

Today's session is Lesson 15 and it is on Intolerance.  What the world could learn from that.

Intolerance is a form of ignorance which must be mastered before any form of enduring success may be attained.  It is the chief cause of all wars.  It makes enemies in business and in the professions.  It disintegrates the organized forces of society in a thousand forms, and stands, like a mighty giant, as a barrier to the abolition of war.  It dethrones reason and substitutes mob psychology in its place.

Okay, so we are struggling a bit on this side, too.  We will finish this post tomorrow.  In the meantime, please make sure to download Lesson 15 and crack the books.  There is homework tonight  . . .  and possible a pop quiz tomorrow!

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Until then, my dear friend, may Peace be with you.  Walk with you head high and see the glory of God in all and in everything.  Thank you for being my friend and staying with me . . .

To your Health, Wealth, Prosperity and Success, 

Richard 

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Happy Monday, all!

I thought it might be a good idea to take a break from Professor Hill's series, The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons.

Today's addition to The Success Manual Free Download Library is a great, easy-reading - but highly powerful - Success Manual: "Self Development and the Way to Power" by L. W. Rogers.

I really like Self Development and the Way to Power, as it provides very practical teachings about the Laws of Success.

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When it comes to attaining Success, Prosperity and Wealth, it is easy to become impatient.  We read and study the great Success Manual Classics, we listen to the great Teachers, Instructors, Speakers and Coaches of our time, we listen, study and watch various programs and courses, and yet, when we fail to realize instant Success or manifest instant Prosperity, it is so easy to fall into the trap of either doubting our own (or God's) abilities, or simply giving up.  Patience, in every respect, is key.

Somethings - particularly Success, Prosperity and Wealth - rarely sprout and mature overnight.  We must work at it.  And, we must not fall into the trap of believing that it can be attained or achieved in short periods of time and with relatively little effort.

We must also be prepared to do our fair share of fumbling, stumbling and running into temporary defeats.  That is all part of the process, and the most Successful individuals are those who "failed" the most.

Self Development and the Way to Power is a great instructive that helps keep matters in perspective.  It is not lengthy, so download your copy today and read this one up right away!

Until next time, dear Friend . . .

Peace Out, and - Namasté! 

To your Health, Wealth, Prosperity and Success, 

Richard 

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"The law is this: We reap what we sow.  When you select a rule of conduct which you use to guide yourself in your transactions with others, you will be fair and just if you know that you are setting in motion a power that will run its course (for good or bad) in the lives of others, returning finally to help or hinder you according to its nature."  -  Napoleon Hill

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Success Key: The Law of Compensation, Part I

[Ed. Note: Today’s Post is Part I of III on the highly crucial Law of Compensation.  Part I of this essay defines the Law, Part II examines the nature of the Law in greater detail, and Part III explores how we may implement the Law in our daily lives to our advantage and benefit].

The Law of Compensation, Part I

The Law of Compensation: Defined

In the Success Post that accompanies “The Law of Success – Lesson Nine: The Habit of Doing More Than Paid For” by Napoleon Hill (Posted in The Success Manual Free Download Library and The Napoleon Hill Success Library on January 22, 2011), we discussed, among other matters, The Law of Compensation.

Interestingly, after that Post was published, I came across several references to The Law of Compensation, which provided me with the Opportunity to further reflect upon the Law – what it is, how it works and how we may better invoke it to our benefit.  That reflection and study is embodied in this Post and the two to follow.

The Law of Compensation is such a simple law; yet, it works with amazing precision in our Lives – each and every day.

What exactly is the Law of Compensation?

Quite simply, it is that principle that “we reap what we sow.”  As St. Paul stated approximately two thousand years ago: “Whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.” Gal. 6:7.

In this case, the sowing concerns the Garden of Thought, Emotion and Action.  What we think, how we feel and how we act all determines what is returned to us – with mathematical precision.

In his master classic, Working with the Law, Raymond Holliwell defines it thusly: “Compensation means equal returns for that which is given; it means a balance of that quality or service that is extended to another . . .  You can only build on that which you create.”

It is also known as Karma and “what goes around, comes around.”

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Or, as two, young Brits in the 1960s lyrically penned it, “And in the end, the Love you take is equal to the Love you make.”  Perfectly stated.  (“The End” is a song by The Beatles composed by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon/McCartney) for the album Abbey Road.  It was the last song recorded collectively by all four of the Beatles, and is the final song of a 16-minute medley that dominates side two of the LP version of the album.)

Throughout his illustrious career as a preeminent Success Teacher, Napoleon Hill often referred to the Law of Compensation as “the Golden Rule” (he also referred to it, as noted in Lesson Nine of The of Success in Sixteen Lessons, as The Law of Compensation).  In an article in Hill’s Success Unlimited magazine, Napoleon Hill explained it thusly:

“Inherent in the principle of applied faith is the sustained application of the Golden Rule in your daily life.  For more than four thousand years, men have been preaching the Golden Rule as a suitable rule of conduct, but, unfortunately, the world has accepted the letter while totally missing the spirit of this universal injunction.  We have accepted the Golden Rule merely as a sound rule of ethical conduct but we have failed to understand the law upon which it is based.

“The law is this: We reap what we sow.  When you select a rule of conduct which you use to guide yourself in your transactions with others, you will be fair and just if you know that you are setting in motion a power that will run its course (for good or bad) in the lives of others, returning finally to help or hinder you according to its nature.

“It is your privilege to deal unjustly with others, but if you understand the basis for the Golden Rule, you must know that your unjust dealings will come home to roost.  The law does not mean merely the flinging back upon you your acts of injustice and unkindness toward others; it goes much further and returns to you the results of every thought you release.

“Therefore, not only is it advisable to 'do unto others as you wish them to do unto you,' but you must 'think of others as you wish them to think of you,' to avail yourself fully of the benefits of this great universal law.”

[See also Post, Success Key: The Golden Rule - A Lost Success Key?, March 3, 2010].

Similarly, Holliwell further notes that, “Sooner or later we must come face to face with this Law of Compensation, and inevitably, our own comes to us – and only what is our own.”

Because the Law of Compensation works to equally balance our “reaping” with our “sowing,” the Law may be invoked with accuracy and precision.  As Raymond Holliwell again profoundly instructs in Working with the Law:

“The Law that we reap what we sow is mathematically accurate.  Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good.  If we attract the unpleasant, it is often because some dormant or neglected phase of our nature needs to be awakened and developed; also, we learn from the experience to create something better.  Hence the degree of contentment and satisfaction attained in whatever sphere of life we may dwell is largely dependent upon our ability to use constructively the experiences of life; for, in every case, the Law of Attraction will only bring what may serve us in our upward development.  To interpret this Law in a simple form, it should be stated that whatever we attract, we require and whatever we need is always good.  This is a correct attitude to adopt, because all experience is for our good and we must be able to see it in that light.”

Consider the last two sentences of this passage from Holliwell again: “To interpret this Law in a simple form, it should be stated that whatever we attract, we require and whatever we need is always good.  This is a correct attitude to adopt, because all experience is for our good and we must be able to see it in that light.”

If we can truly comprehend the full meaning and import of what Holliwell states here, the magnificence of the Law of Compensation cannot be overstated.  Whatever we attract, we require.  Whatever we require (need) is Good.  Therefore, ALL experience (what we attract) is for our Good.

God seeks to draw out the Good in us through each and every experience – the Desirable and the Undesirable.  As such, under the Law of Compensation, every experience is not only a manifestation (Effect) of what we have sowed (Cause) in the past (Result), every experience is a Divine Opportunity for us to GROW and PROSPER - Spiritually, Emotionally, Intellectually, Physically and Financially.  In fact, I would take this a step further and submit that every experience is a Divine-Mandated Opportunity to GROW and PROSPER.

In that sense, the Law of Compensation is more than just “what goes around, comes around.”  The Law of Compensation is our Infinite Creator providing us with what we need.

“We must be able to see it in that light.”

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Have a beautiful day . . .  come back soon for Part II - it promises to be good!

Until next time, dear Friend . . .

Peace Out, and - Namasté! 

To your Health, Wealth, Prosperity and Success, 

Richard 

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The greatest powers of Nature are invisible.  Law is invisible, yet you see the manifestation of different laws every day.  To run a locomotive, you study the law of applying power, and you apply that law when you make the locomotive go.  These things are not the result of invention.  Invention is merely a revelation and an unfoldment of Universal Wisdom.  The law has existed from the beginning.  It merely waited for man to learn how to apply it.

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Success Passage: "The Master of Your Fate" by Robert Collier, "The Secret of the Ages"

Last night I picked up the phenomenal Success Manual "The Secret of the Ages" by Robert Collier, which I have read several times over and more.

As is my habit, I randomly selected a chapter to read.  My selection was Chapter XV, entitled, "The Master of Your Fate."

I don't know the last time I read this particular passage, but it sure resonated with me last night.  It was as if I had never read it before, yet I know I have as the chapter was filled with notes, underlining, highlighting, etc.

Well, the chapter had such an impact on me that I couldn't wait to reproduce it as a Success Passage today.  And, so, here it is.

Under Sail - The Master of Your Fate. Use your Creative Mind to shape your destiny and master your fate. Don't fall victim to the winds of circumstance. Grab hold of the helm of your Mind and set course to your Destiny.

If you enjoy this outstanding Passage by Mr. Collier, feel free to download the chapter - I also converted it to an article and it follows immediately below, before the Passage exerpt on this page.

Enjoy!

Until next time, dear Friend . . .

Peace Out, and - Namasté! 

To your Health, Wealth, Prosperity and Success, 

Richard 

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Success Passage: "The Master of Your Fate" by Robert Collier from "The Secret of the Ages" - Success Manual Ed. 2011

– Edward Rowland Sill

Where will you be at 65?  Five men in six at the age of 65 are living on charity.  Just one in twenty is able to live without working at 65.

That is what the American Bankers Association found when it took one hundred healthy men at 25 and traced them to 65.

These hundred were healthy to start with.  They all had the same chance for success.  The difference lay in the way they used their MINDS.  Ninety-five out of one hundred just do the tasks that are set them.  They have no faith in themselves – no initiative – none of the courage that starts things.  They are always directed or controlled by someone else.

At 65, where will you be?  Dependent or independent?  Struggling for a living – accepting charity from someone else – or at the top of the heap?

“I Am the Master of My Fate”

"I am the Master of my fate."

Until you have learned that, you will never attain life’s full success.  Your fate is in your own hands.  You have the making of it.  What you are going to be six months or a year from now depends upon what you think today.

So make your choice now: Are you going to bow down to matter as the only power?  Are you going to look upon your environment as something that has been wished upon you and for which you are in no way responsible?  Or are you going to try to realize in your daily life that matter is merely an aggregation of protons and electrons subject entirely to the control of Mind, that your environment, your success, your happiness, are all of your own making, and that if you are not satisfied with conditions as they are, you have but to visualize them as you would have them be in order to change them?

The former is the easier way right now – the easy way that leads to the hell of poverty and fear and old age.

But the latter is the way that brings you to your Heart’s Desire.

And merely because this Power of Universal Mind is invisible, is that any reason to doubt it?  The greatest powers of Nature are invisible.  Love is invisible, but what greater power is there in life?  Joy is invisible, happiness, peace, contentment.  The radio is invisibles yet you hear it.  It is a product of the law governing sound waves.  Law is invisible, yet you see the manifestation of different laws every day.  To run a locomotive, you study the law of applying power, and you apply that law when you make the locomotive go.

These things are not the result of invention.  The law has existed from the beginning.  It merely waited for man to learn how to apply it.  If man had known how to call upon Universal Mind to the right extent, he could have applied the law of sound waves, the law of steam, ages ago.  Invention is merely a revelation and an unfoldment of Universal Wisdom.

That same Universal Wisdom knows millions of other laws of which man has not even a glimmering.  You can call upon It.  You can use that Wisdom as your own.  By thinking of things as they might be instead of as they are, you will eventually find some great Need.  And to find a need is the first step towards finding the supply to satisfy that need.  You’ve got to know what you are after, before you can send the Genie-of-your-Mind a-seeking of it in Universal Mind.

The Acre of Diamonds

You remember the story of the poor Boer farmer who struggled for years to glean a livelihood out of his rocky soil, only to give it up in despair and go off to seek his fortune elsewhere.  Years later, coming back to his old farm, he found it swarming with machinery and life – more wealth being dug out of it every day than he had ever dreamed existed.  It was the great Kimberley Diamond Mine!

Most of us are like that poor Boer farmer.  We struggle along under our surface power, never dreaming of the giant power that could be ours if we would but dig a little deeper – rouse that great Inner Self who can give us more even than any acre of diamonds.

As Orison Swett Marden put it:

“The majority of failures in life are simply the victims of their mental defeats.  Their conviction that they cannot succeed as others do robs them of that vigor and determination which self confidence imparts, and they don’t even half try to succeed.

“There is no philosophy by which a man can do a thing when he thinks he can’t.  The reason why millions of men are plodding along in mediocrity today, many of them barely making a living, when they have the ability to do something infinitely bigger, is because they lack confidence in themselves.  They don’t believe they can do the bigger thing that would lift them out of their rut of mediocrity and poverty; they are not winners mentally.

“The way always opens for the determined soul, the man of faith and courage.

“It is the victorious mental attitude, the consciousness of power, the sense of mastership, that does the big things in this world.  If you haven’t this attitude, if you lack self confidence, begin now to cultivate it.

“A highly magnetized piece of steel will attract and lift a piece of unmagnetized steel ten times its own weight.  Demagnetize that same piece of steel and it will be powerless to attract or lift even a feather’s weight.

“Now, my friends, there is the same difference between the man who is highly magnetized by a sublime faith in himself, and the man who is de-magnetized by his lack of faith, his doubts, his fears, that there is between the magnetized and the de-magnetized pieces of steel.  If two men of equal ability, one magnetized by a divine self confidence, the other demagnetized by fear and doubt, are given similar tasks, one will succeed and the other will fail.  The self confidence of the one multiplies his powers a hundred-fold; the lack of it subtracts a hundred-fold from the power of the other.”

Have you ever thought how much of your time is spent in choosing what you shall do, which task you will try, which way you shall go?  Every day is a day of decision.  We are constantly at crossroads, in our business dealings, our social relations, in our homes, there is always the necessity of a choice.  How important then that we have faith in ourselves and in that Infinite intelligence within.  “Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.” “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

In this ever-changing material age, with seemingly complex forces all about us, we sometimes cry out that we are driven by force of circumstances.  Yet the fact remains that we do those things which we choose to do.  For even though we may not wish to go a certain way, we allow ourselves to pursue it because it offers the least resistance.

– John Oxenham

Now, how about you?  Are you taking active control of your own thought?  Are you imaging upon your mind only such things as you want to see realized?  Are you thinking healthy thoughts, happy thoughts, successful thoughts?

The difference between the successful man and the unsuccessful one is not so much a matter of training or equipment.  It is not a question of opportunity or luck.  It is just in the way they each of them look at things.

The successful man sees an opportunity, seizes upon it, and moves upward another rung on the ladder of success.  It never occurs to him that he may fail.  He sees only the opportunity, he visions what he can do with it, and all the forces within and without him combine to help him win.

The unsuccessful man sees the same opportunity, he wishes that he could take advantage of it, but he is fearful that his ability or his money or his credit may not be equal to the task.  He is like a timid bather, putting in one foot and then drawing it swiftly back again – and while he hesitates some bolder spirit dashes in and beats him to the goal.

Nearly every man can look back – and not so far back either with must of us – and say, “If I had taken that chance, I would be much better off now.”

You will never need to say it again, once you realize that the future is entirely within your own control.  It is not subject to the whims of fortune or the capriciousness of luck.  There is but one Universal Mind and that mind contains naught but good.  In it are no images of Evil.  From it comes no lack of supply.  Its ideas are as numberless as the grains of sand on the seashore.  And those ideas comprise all wealth, all power, all happiness.

You have only to image vividly enough on your subconscious mind the thing you wish, to draw from Universal Mind the necessary ideas to bring it into being.  You have only to keep in mind the experiences you wish to meet, in order to control your own future.

When Frank A. Vanderlip, former President of the National City Bank, was a struggling youngster, he asked a successful friend what one thing he would urge a young man to do who was anxious to make his way in the world.  “Look as though you have already succeeded,” his friend told him.  Shakespeare expresses the same thought in another way – “Assume a virtue if you have it not.”  Look the part.  Dress the part.  Act the part.  Be successful in your own thought first.  It won’t be long before you will be successful before the world as well.

David V. Bush, in his book “Applied Psychology and Scientific Living,” says:

“Man is like the wireless operator.  Man is subject to miscellaneous wrong thought currents if his mind is not in tune with the Infinite, or if he is not keyed up to higher vibrations than those of negation.

“A man who thinks courageous thoughts sends these courageous thought waves through the universal ether until they lodge in the consciousness of someone who is tuned to the same courageous key.  Think a strong thought, a courageous thought, a prosperity thought, and these thoughts will be received by someone who is strong, courageous and prosperous.

“It is just as easy to think in terms of abundance as to think in terms of poverty.  If we think poverty thoughts we become the sending and receiving stations for poverty thoughts.  We send out a ‘poverty’ mental wireless and it reaches the consciousness of some poverty-stricken ‘receiver.’ We get what we think.

“It is just as easy to think in terms of abundance, opulence and prosperity as it is to think in terms of lack, limitation and poverty.

“If a man will raise his rate of vibration by faith currents or hope currents, these vibrations go through the Universal Mind and lodge in the consciousness of people who are keyed to the same tune.  Whatever you think is sometime, somewhere, received by a person who is tuned to your thought key.

“If a man is out of work and he thinks thoughts of success, prosperity, harmony, position and growth, just as surely as his thoughts are things – as Shakespeare says – someone will receive his vibrations of success, prosperity, harmony, position and growth.

“If we are going to be timid, selfish, penurious and picayunish in our thinking, these thought waves which we have started in the universal ether will go forth until they come to a mental receiving station of the same caliber.  ‘Birds of a feather flock together,’ and minds of like thinking are attracted one to the other.

“If you need money, all you have to do is to send up your vibrations to a strong, courageous receiving station, and someone who can meet your needs will be attracted to you or you to him.”

When you learn that you are entitled to win – in any right undertaking in which you may be engaged – you will win.  When you learn that you have a right to a legitimate dominion over your own affairs, you will have dominion over them.  The promise is that we can do all things through the Mind that was in Christ.

Universal Mind plays no favorites.  No one human being has any more power than any other.  It is simply that few of us use the power that is in our hands.  The great men of the world are in no wise SUPER Beings.  They are ordinary creatures like you and me, who have stumbled upon the way of drawing upon their subconscious mind – and through it upon the Universal Mind.  Speaking of Henry Ford’s phenomenal success, his friend Thomas A. Edison said of him – “He draws upon his subconscious mind.”

The secret of being what you have it n you to be is simply this: Decide now what it is you want of life, exactly what you wish your future to be.  Plan it out in detail.  Vision it from start to finish.  See yourself as you are now, Being those things you have always wanted to do.  Make them REAL in your mind’s eye – feel them, live them, believe them, especially at the moment of going to sleep, when it is easiest to reach your subconscious mind – and you will soon be seeing them in real life.

It matters not whether you are young or old, rich or poor.  The time to begin is NOW.  It is never too late.  Remember those lines of Appleton’s:

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Do NOT draw the conclusion that any sort of cheap flattery will take the place of genuine heart interest.  Understand the real psychology upon which this lesson is based, and make it your business to study other people closely enough to find something about them or their work that you really admire.  Only in this way can you develop a personality that will be irresistibly attractive . . .  Cheap flattery has just the opposite effect to that of constituting an attractive personality.  It repels instead of attracting.  It is so shallow that even the ignorant easily detect it.  –  Napoleon Hill, “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons – Lesson Ten: Pleasing Personality”

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Developing the Art and Skill of an Attractive Personality

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Moving right along in our Law of Success series by Professor Hill, we come now to Lesson Ten: Pleasing Personality.

This is an often overlooked Key to Success; yet so few actually focus on this important character element.  As Professor Hill states in Lesson Ten, "Throughout this course on the Law of Success, you will not find a single new principle; every one of them is as old as civilization itself; yet you will find but few people who seem to understand how to apply them."

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We have all heard the saying, "You attract more bees with honey than you do with vinegar," but we still use vinegar.  And then, we complain when we fail to attract any bees.

It must be important.  Dale Carnegie wrote an entire book on the subject, How to Make Friends and Influence People, and built an entire industry around the book.  In this regard - as to the connection between an attractive, pleasing personality and achieving Success - Napoleon Hill states the following:

We are all alike in this respect – we will listen with intense interest to those who have the tact to talk to us about that which lies closest to our hearts; and then, out of a sense of reciprocity, we will also listen with interest when the speaker finally switches the conversation to the subject which lies closest to his or her heart; and, at the end, we will not only “sign on the dotted line,” but we will say, “What a wonderful personality!”

Professor Hill makes the additional observation:

We look at a successful man in the hour of his triumph, and wonder how he did it, but we overlook the importance of analyzing his methods and we forget the price he had to pay in careful, well organized preparation which had to be made before he could reap the fruits of his efforts.

We must, in order to achieve our Goals and attain Success, employ a genuine interest in those around us.  We must offer value with a genuine, heart-felt interest in helping others.  Zig Ziglar noted that the level of our Success will be based on the nature, level and extent that we help others achieve Success (get what they want/need).  Think about it; it's true.

The key here, from what I take in all that I have read and studied on this precise issue, is that we must be sincere and genuine.  If we are only in it for ourselves, we can only fool others - and the Universe - for so long.  When that happens, we find ourselves playing the game back on the competitive plane, and that isn't so fun.  The creative plan is a much better place to work.

Be sure to download your copy of Lesson Ten today.

Until next time, dear Friend . . .

Peace Out, and - Namasté! 

To your Health, Wealth, Prosperity and Success, 

Richard 

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Too often, we become so deeply ensconced in the daily busy-ness of our lives that we fail to realize the immense powerful impact that the Law of Cause and Effect plays in the results that we achieve (or fail to achieve).  Make no mistake, however – the Law is always at work.  Whether we consciously work it to our benefit, or whether we neglect it in its entirety, the Law of Cause and Effect operates to shape the Results of our lives.  We can choose, therefore, to work with the Law, or we can choose to ignore it.  Either way, the Law’s force and impact on our lives is still the same.

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Success Strategy and Mastery Move: Working with the Law of Cause and Effect

We live in a world of “cause and effect.”

Understand and apply the Law of Cause and Effect in your daily actions, and your life will change – dramatically.  Worked correctly, the Law of Cause and Effect can markedly alter the course of your life in the direction that you Desire.  This is a Law that CAN be worked tremendously to your advantage.

Too often, we become so deeply ensconced in the daily busy-ness of our lives that we fail to realize the immense powerful impact that the Law of Cause and Effect plays in the results that we achieve (or fail to achieve).

Make no mistake, however – the Law is always at work.  Whether we consciously work it to our benefit, or whether we neglect it in its entirety, the Law of Cause and Effect operates to shape the Results of our lives.  We can choose, therefore, to work with the Law, or we can choose to ignore it.  Either way, the Law’s force and impact on our lives is still the same.

So, it might be a good idea to revisit this important Success Key.  And, perhaps, re-discover a few refresher points along the way.

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Cause and Effect Refresher

The Law of Cause and Effect simply embodies the principle that every state (circumstance) that exists in the Universe is an effect created by an originating cause.  Or, stated conversely, every action is a cause that creates a resulting effect.

Consider the following fact pattern to demonstrate the Law of Cause and Effect (for those well-versed in this Law, please bear with me):

1. I saw or chop a tree (cause) and it falls down (effect).
2. I continue to saw the fallen tree (cause) and I create logs (effect).
3. I split the logs (cause) and I create firewood (effect).
4. I stack the firewood (cause) and I create a firewood pile (effect).
5. I leave the firewood pile sitting outside for one year (cause) and it becomes seasoned firewood (effect).
6. I take a piece of seasoned firewood and throw it into a fire in the fireplace (cause) and it burns (effect).
7. The firewood burns (cause) and the fire produces byproducts of ash, water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and other gases (effects), which spew forth from the chimney (further effect).
8. The combustion byproducts of my burning firewood (cause) increase the level of CO2 in the atmosphere (effect); the increased level of CO2 in the atmosphere (cause) creates an increase in the “green house” effect (effect); the increased “green house” effect (cause) results in warmer surface water temperatures in the Arctic Ocean (effect); warmer surface water temperatures in the Arctic Ocean (cause) result in less ice in the winter months (effect); less ice in the Arctic Ocean during the winter months (cause) means that the resident polar bears are unable to complete their migration, which requires a frozen Arctic Ocean (effect) . . . etc.  The cycle goes on and on and on.

The Law of Cause and Effect underlies our human ability to understand and manipulate our environment; the very nature of science and scientific experimentation depends on it.  All scientific theory is proven or disproven through application of the Law of Cause and Effect.  Under scientific experimentation, a particular theory is tested and results (effects) are obtained.  If the theory holds true, under the Law of Cause and Effect, its results (effects) may be reproduced again and again under identical causes (test controls).

The Law of Gravity has been well established under Cause and Effect.

So has Newtown’s Third Law of Motion, which may be stated thusly: for every action (cause), there is an equal and opposite reaction (effect).

The Law of Cause and Effect in Our Lives

Human logic is founded on understanding the Law of Cause and Effect.  So are the circumstances that we presently experience.

In fact, where we are – right now – in our lives is the aggregate effect of all past causes.  As such, the world that we currently experience – our present circumstances – is merely an amalgamation of effects.

In his book, Awaken the Giant Within, Anthony Robbins explains this phenomena as follows:

 . . . the most powerful way to shape our lives is to get ourselves to take action.  The difference in the results that people produce comes down to what they’ve done differently from others in the same situations.  Different actions produce different results.  Why?  Because any action is a set cause in motion, and its effect builds on past effects to move us in a definite direction.  Every direction leads to an ultimate destination: our destiny.

If we Desire a different world tomorrow (effects), then we must change and reestablish the proper course of causes today.  If we Desire to Succeed tomorrow, then all we must do is implement the proper Success Causes today.

Sound simple.  It is.  On a conceptual basis, the fundamentals of the Law are really quite elementary.  On a practical basis, however, the Law takes on much greater sophistication.

Why?

First, it is not always possible to establish a bright line nexus (connection) between all of our causes and all of our effects.  As a result, we cannot conclude with certainty today what our Actions will produce as tomorrow’s Results.

Yes, sometimes it is easy – as in the firewood example, above, when I cut the tree with a saw, the tree WILL fall down.  However, much of what we do, and what we fail to do – while all causes of future effects – are not easy to predict with precision.  In fact, our lives encompass such an intricate web of countless causes and effects – simple and multiple – with intervening variables that most of the time it is virtually impossible to connect a single effect back to a specific single cause.  In our fact pattern scenario, for example, it is hard to see how burning firewood may result in migration issues for polar bears.  (Okay, perhaps today we see a cause and effect, but surely nobody connected the dots one hundred years ago).

In fact, a cause may have many effects.  And, an effect may be the result of multiple causes, each contributing in its own way to the ultimate Result.  And, as Anthony Robbins aptly notes, effects can be causes for further effects.

It does get complicated.

Because we cannot conclude with precision how today’s Actions impact and determine tomorrow’s Results, we must work indirectly and in a general sense.  For example, if we KNEW exactly what Actions today would result – with 100% precision – in a specific financial Success one year from now, well . . .  we would do it . . .  right?

So, attempting to establish an Action-Result nexus in a Cause and Effect context is a difficult proposition – assuming that it can be accomplished.

Second, and what most do not realize, is that it is not just our Actions that are the causes of our Results. 

Indeed, our Thoughts are also causes, and attempts to establish the connection between a particular line of thinking and the results that we experience in our lives as a direct result thereof (Thought-Result nexus) is even more difficult than attempting to establish an Action-Result nexus.  But, as sure as the sun rises tomorrow, our Thoughts shape our lives.  As the Success Manual’s web site tagline succinctly states above: “Achieving Success One Thought at a Time!”

In his Success Manual classic, As A Man Thinketh, James Allen states it perfectly.  The following quotes from Chapter 2, Effect of Thought on Circumstance, are on point:

Man’s mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth.  If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed-seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.

That circumstances grow out of thought every man knows who has for any length of time practiced self-control and self-purification, for he will have noticed that the alteration in his circumstances has been in exact ratio with his altered mental condition.

The outer world of circumstance shapes itself to the inner world of thought, and both pleasant and unpleasant external conditions are factors, which make for the ultimate good of the individual.  As the reaper of his own harvest, man learns both by suffering and bliss.

Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.

Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results.  This is but saying that nothing can come from corn but corn, nothing from nettles but nettles.  Men understand this law in the natural world, and work with it; but few understand it in the mental and moral world (though its operation there is just as simple and undeviating), and they, therefore, do not cooperate with it.

Let a man radically alter his thoughts, and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life.

A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances.  A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.

Re-read that last paragraph again: “A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances.  A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.”  That really sums it up – while we cannot directly chose tomorrow’s circumstances, we can choose our thoughts today, and today’s thoughts shape tomorrow’s circumstances.

This statement accurately summarizes the nature of the Law of Cause and Effect and how best to use it to our advantage.

The Law of Cause and Effect by Another Name

The Law of Attraction is based entirely on the Law of Cause and Effect.  And, Emerson has called the Law of Cause and Effect the “Law of Laws.”  It has also been called “Heaven’s First Law.”

We have all heard of “Karma.”  As I understand it, Karma, in Indian religions, is the concept of “action” or “deed,” understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect (i.e., the cycle called samsãra) originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh philosophies. (Anybody care to add some comments here?)

So, what does this all mean and what points can we take away from this discussion to assist us on our Path to Success?

Plenty.

Success Is an Effect

Success is an effect.  Understand and execute the cause(s), and you, too, will Succeed.

In his Success Manual Classic, How to Get What You Want (or, as I like to call it, How to Succeed in Anything), Wallace D. Wattles states the following:

Getting what you want is success; and success is an effect, coming from the application of a cause.  Success is essentially the same in all cases; the difference is in the things the successful people want, but not in the success.  Success is essentially the same, whether it results in the attainment of health, wealth, development or position; success is attainment, without regard to the things attained.  And it is a law in nature that like causes always produce like effects; therefore, since success is the same in all cases, the cause of success must be the same in all cases.

The cause of success is always in the person who succeeds; you will see that this must be true, because if the cause of success were in nature, outside the person, then all persons similarly situated would succeed . . .

It is, therefore, mathematically certain that you can succeed if you will find out the cause of success, and develop it to sufficient strength, and apply it properly to your work; for the application of a sufficient cause can not fail to produce a given effect.  If there is a failure anywhere, of any kind, it is because the cause was either not sufficient or was not properly applied.

The cause of success is some power within you; you have the power to develop any power to a limitless extent; for there is no end to mental growth; you can increase the strength of this power indefinitely, and so you can make it strong enough to do what you want to do, and to get what you want to get; when it is strong enough you can learn how to apply it to the work, and therefore, you can certainly succeed.  All you have to learn is what is the cause of success, and how it must be applied.

Because Success is an effect, in order to Succeed tomorrow, we MUST execute the right causes today that produce Successful results tomorrow.

So, where do we begin?

The Causes of Success

What are the primary causes of the effect of Success?  Well, that is what this site is all about.  That is what each of the books available in our Success Manual Free Download Library is about.  It all begins with Thought – the original Cause of the Effect of Success.

What kind of Thought (cause) results in Success (effect)?

We can start with what Wattles calls “Active Power Consciousness” in his book, How to Get What You Want.

Or, as Anthony Robbins explores in Awaken the Giant Within, “the Power of Decision.”

Or, as Napoleon Hill asserts throughout Think and Grow Rich, the proper “State of Mind.”

In each case, it is Thought.  Sow the right Thoughts – Thoughts of Success – and you will reap Success.  What we Think, we become.

As an excellent starting point, we MUST act as the gatekeeper of our Mind, and bar (and refuse to entertain) thoughts of fear, doubt, worry, failure, negativity, resentment, jealousy, and the like.  Our Mind, as James Allen points out, is like a garden and we are the gardener.  If we don’t plant – in affirmative fashion – Successful Thoughts, then whatever seeds do happen to fall in (random thoughts) will grab hold and overtake our garden.  Regardless of whether, and to what extent, that we tend the Garden of our Mind, it will bring forth, it will produce.  It is only a matter of whether it is useful fruit or useless weeds.

Random gardening is no way to cultivate and harvest a bountiful crop.  Similarly, random thinking is no way to Succeed.  Why leave your Garden to chance?  Tend it carefully!

I strongly urge that you read James Allen's  A Man Thinketh and Wallace D. Wattles' How to Get What You Want every day for the next thirty (30) days.  This is a surefire way to tend your Success Garden well and initiate the proper root causes today in order to achieve the effects of Success tomorrow.

Happy Gardening!

Until next time . . .

Peace Out, and - Namasté! 

To your Health, Wealth, Prosperity and Success, 

Richard 

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"There are more than a score of sound reasons why you should develop the habit of performing more service and better service than that for which you are paid, despite the fact that a large majority of the people are not rendering such service . . .  When you do only that for which you are paid, there is nothing out of the ordinary to attract favorable comment about the transaction; but, when you willingly do more than that for which you are paid, your action attracts the favorable attention of all who are affected by the transaction, and goes another step toward establishing a reputation that will eventually set the Law of Increasing Returns to work in your behalf, for this reputation will create a demand for your services, far and wide."  -  Napoleon Hill, "The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons - Lesson Nine: The Habit of Doing More Than Paid For"

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Today's addition to The Success Manual Free Download Library and The Napoleon Hill Success Library is Lesson NINE of The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons: The Habit of Doing More Than Paid For.

 I STRONGLY believe in The Habit of Dong More Than Paid For - of providing GREATER value and service in exchange for the fees or payment received.  I have personally practiced this law for many, many years and I can attest to its amazing Power.  Frankly, it works - and it works quite well.

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There are two primary laws invoked when one provides greater value (of service or goods) in exchange for the payment received therefor.  First, is the Law of Compensation; second, is the Law of Increasing Returns. Both Laws are premised upon the "Law of Laws" - the Law of Cause and Effect.

The Law of Compensation holds that whenever you render value through service, you will be justly compensated.  Perhaps you may not be compensated immediately, but you will be compensated - justly - in kind and in time.  What you sow, you reap.  This Law works day in and day out in our lives, whether we know it or not, and applies not just to rendering service for payment, but to every aspect of our lives.  It is pure "cause and effect."

The Law of Increasing Returns applies specifically to instances when we render service (or sell product) of GREATER VALUE than what we receive in exchange as payment for that service or product.  When we do this, an amazing thing happens: we receive back not just the "greater value" of the service we rendered, but we receive back even more!

Let's use a simplistic - but accurately demonstrative - example.

Suppose you agree to perform a particular service to a client or customer and the fair value for your service is $500.  You and the client/customer agree upon the compensation and you commence the project.

Now, if you completed the project, and in doing so, rendered $500 worth of service, you would have performed exactly as mutually agreed upon and your compensation would be a fair exchange of value.  Both parties receive exactly that to which was bargained for and mutually agreed upon.

But, suppose in copmpleting the project, you perform some extra service - service above and beyond what the client/customer is expecting.  You "go the extra mile," as some like to say.  And, in doing so, you expect no additional compensation from the client/customer.  As Professor Hill states, you are "doing more than paid for."

When all is said and done, you perform an extra $200 worth of service for your client/customer.  She notices what you have done and is ECSTATIC!  But, she can only pay you the $500, and rightly, that is all you should expect - for that was the agreed upon exchange of value for rendering your service.

Under the Law of Compensation, you can expect to receive back - at some time - the $200 in value for the extra service that you rendered.  Perhaps your client/customer will, voluntarily, send you the money without you asking.  Or, it may come in another form.  The bottom line is that under the Law of Compensation, you WILL receive back that $200.

However, the Law of Increasing Returns is also working, and under that Law, you will receive back MORE than the extra $200 in service that you rendered.  You may receive back, perhaps, $500 or even $1,000 in value.  That client may have been so pleased with the additional value of service that you provided that she tells her clients and a month later you pick up new clients offering you more money!

One cannot predict precisely how the Law of Increasing Returns will manifest the increasing returns, but it does.  I know - I have personally experienced it hundreds of times and it works - like clockwork.

In fact, it works so well, that the Law is incorporated into my business model.  Some think that I am nuts - that I should be charging every penny (and more) for everything that I do.  But, experience has taught me that is not the way to build goodwill.

Provide Value above and beyond what is expected.  And, provide Value FIRST before you are engaged for your services.

If you follow these rules, I absolutely guarantee spectacular results.

Here is what Professor Hill states on the subject:

We will now analyze the law upon which this entire lesson is founded, namely –

THE LAW OF INCREASING RETURNS!

With this vital “tip” from Nature, which we may gather from the wheat fields, let us proceed to appropriate this Law of Increasing Returns and learn how to apply it to the service we render, to the end that it may yield returns in excess of and out of proportion to the effort put forth.

When you do only that for which you are paid, there is nothing out of the ordinary to attract favorable comment about the transaction; but, when you willingly do more than that for which you are paid, your action attracts the favorable attention of all who are affected by the transaction, and goes another step toward establishing a reputation that will eventually set the Law of Increasing Returns to work in your behalf, for this reputation will create a demand for your services, far and wide.

If you carry out this experiment in the proper attitude of mind, you will discover that which all others who have become familiar with the law upon which it is based have discovered; namely, that –

You can no more render service without receiving compensation than you can withhold the rendering of it without suffering the loss of reward.

“Cause and effect, means and ends, seed and fruit, cannot be severed,” says Emerson; “for the effect already blooms in the cause, the end pre-exists in the means, the fruit in the seed.”

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Lesson Nine is a great lesson.  Be sure to download your Lesson Manual today and start working the Law of Increasing Returns.  Be patient - you will reap extraordinary abundance. 

Really.

Until next time . . .

Peace Out, and - Namasté! 

To your Health, Wealth, Prosperity and Success, 

Richard 

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Self-control becomes an important factor in this Course on the Law of Success, not so much because lack of it works hardships on those who become its victims, as for the reason that those who do not exercise it suffer the loss of a great power which they need in their struggle for achievement of their definite chief aim.  If you neglect to exercise self-control, you are not only likely to injure others, but you are sure to injure yourself!  -  Napoleon Hill, The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons - Lesson Eight: Self-Control, Success Manual Strategist Edition 2011 

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Welcome back, class. 

Today's session on The Sixteen Laws of Success by Professor Napoleon Hill is Lesson Eight: Self-Control. 

And a good Lesson it is. 

It is a fact that the majority of a man’s grief comes about through lack of self-control.  The holy scriptures are full of admonition in support of self-control.  They even urge us to love our enemies and to forgive those who injure us.  The law of non-resistance runs, like a golden cord, throughout the Bible.  Study the records of those whom the world calls great, and observe that every one of them possesses this quality of self-control! 

I should know.  Self-Control is NOT one of my strong points and there is much to learn in this great Success Manual by Napoleon Hill, which has been added to The Success Manual Free Download Library and The Napoleon Hill Success Library.  I could - indeed should - read this passage everyday for the next thirty (30) days so that it may sink though my obstinate skull. 

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How often a trifle bit of restraint would have produced a much better outcome?  Or, perhaps, a bit more focus on the task at hand, rather than to be side-tracked by irrelevant diversions?  Or, to allow oneself to anger - a pure reactionary response to either internal or external factors - rather than to remain calm and exercise patience and understanding? 

Self-Control is an absolute requisite to achieving Success at any level in any endeavor. 

The little things all add up over time, that is for sure. 

An important aspect of Lesson Eight: Self-Control is The Law of Retaliation.  Unless you have already read this Lesson, and know to what Professor Hill refers, you will likely draw the wrong conclusion about this magnificent Law.  It is simply another embodiment of The Law of Attraction.  I defer to Professor Hill's explanation: 

The Law of Retaliation

Among other laws which are available to the person who exercises self-control is the Law of Retaliation.  You know what “retaliate” means! 

In the sense that we are using here it means to “return like for like,” and not merely to avenge or to seek revenge, as is commonly meant by the use of this word. 

If I do you an injury you retaliate at first opportunity.  If I say unjust things about you, you will retaliate in kind, even in greater measure! 

On the other hand, if I do you a favor you will reciprocate even in greater measure if possible. 

Through the proper use of this law I can get you to do whatever I wish you to do.  If I wish you to dislike me and to lend your influence toward damaging me, I can accomplish this result by inflicting upon you the sort of treatment that I want you to inflict upon me through retaliation. 

If I wish your respect, your friendship and your cooperation I can get these by extending to you my friendship and cooperation. 

On these statements I know that we are together.  You can compare these statements with your own experience and you will see how beautifully they harmonize. 

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The man who attracts you to him through his pleasing personality is merely making use of the Law of Harmonious Attraction, or the Law of Retaliation, both of which, when analyzed, mean that “like attracts like.” 

If you will study, understand and make intelligent use of the Law of Retaliation you will be an efficient and successful salesman.  When you have mastered this simple law and learned how to use it you will have learned all that can be learned about salesmanship. 

The first and probably the most important step to be taken in mastering this law is to cultivate complete self-control.  You must learn to take all sorts of punishment and abuse without retaliating in kind.  This self-control is a part of the price you must pay for mastery of the Law of Retaliation. 

When an angry person starts in to vilify and abuse you, justly or unjustly, just remember that if you retaliate in a like manner you are being drawn down to that person’s mental level, therefore that person is dominating you! 

On the other hand, if you refuse to become angry, if you retain your self-composure and remain calm and serene you retain all your ordinary faculties through which to reason.  You take the other fellow by surprise.  You retaliate with a weapon with the use of which he is unfamiliar, consequently you easily dominate him. 

Like attracts like!  There’s no denying this! 

Literally speaking, every person with whom you come in contact is a mental looking-glass in which you may see a perfect reflection of your own mental attitude. 

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The habit of “retaliating in kind” is so universally practiced among us that we can properly call this habit the Law of Retaliation.  If a person presents us with a gift we never feel satisfied until we have “retaliated” with something as good as or better than that which we received.  If a person speaks well of us we increase our admiration for that person, and we “retaliate” in return! 

Through the principle of retaliation we can actually convert our enemies into loyal friends.  If you have an enemy whom you wish to convert into a friend you can prove the truth of this statement if you will forget that dangerous millstone hanging around your neck, which we call “pride” (stubbornness).  Make a habit of speaking to this enemy with unusual cordiality.  Go out of your way to favor him in every manner possible.  He may seem immovable at first, but gradually he will give way to your influence and “retaliate in kind!”  The hottest coals of fire ever heaped upon the head of one who has wronged you are the coals of human kindness. 

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I am going to do some serious study of Lesson Eight and offer my recommendation that you do the same.  It seems the entire world could use a little more Self-Control these days. 

Following immediately after the download section, below, is another great passage from the beginning of Lesson Eight: Self-Control.  Enjoy! 

Until next time . . . 

Peace Out, and - Namasté! 

To your Health, Wealth, Prosperity and Success, 

Richard 

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Passage from Lesson Eight: Self-Control 

In the preceding lesson you learned of the value of enthusiasm.  You also learned how to generate enthusiasm and how to transmit its influence to others, through the principle of suggestion. 

You come, now, to the study of self-control, through which you may direct your enthusiasm to constructive ends.  Without self-control enthusiasm resembles the unharnessed lightning of an electrical storm – it may strike anywhere; it may destroy life and property. 

Enthusiasm is the vital quality that arouses you to action, while self-control is the balance wheel that directs your action so that it will build up and not tear down. 

To be a person who is well “balanced,” you must be a person in whom enthusiasm and self-control are equalized.  A survey which I have just completed of the 160,000 adult inmates of the penitentiaries of the United States discloses the startling fact that ninety-two per cent of these unfortunate men and women are in prison because they lacked the necessary self-control to direct their energies constructively. 

Read the foregoing paragraph again; it is authentic, it is startling! 

It is a fact that the majority of a man’s grief comes about through lack of self-control.  The holy scriptures are full of admonition in support of self-control.  They even urge us to love our enemies and to forgive those who injure us.  The law of non-resistance runs, like a golden cord, throughout the Bible. 

Study the records of those whom the world calls great, and observe that every one of them possesses this quality of self-control! 

For example, study the characteristics of our own immortal Lincoln.  In the midst of his most trying hours he exercised patience, poise and self-control.  These were some of the qualities which made him the great man that he was.  He found disloyalty in some of the members of his cabinet; but, for the reason that this disloyalty was toward him, personally, and because those in whom he found it had qualities which made them valuable to his country, Lincoln exercised self-control and disregarded the objectionable qualities. 

How many men do you know who have self-control to equal this? 

In language more forceful than it was polished, Billy Sunday exclaimed from the pulpit: “There is something as rotten as hell about the man who is always trying to show some other fellow up!”  I wonder if the “devil” didn’t yell, “Amen, brother!” when Billy made that statement? 

However, self-control becomes an important factor in this Course on the Law of Success, not so much because lack of it works hardships on those who become its victims, as for the reason that those who do not exercise it suffer the loss of a great power which they need in their struggle for achievement of their definite chief aim.

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Of the many principles relied upon by Napoleon Hill as necessary in order to achieve Wealth and attain Success are the three following primary elements: Desire, Faith and Persistence.  In fact, Think and Grow Rich devotes an entire chapter to each subject – they are that important.  Upon close examination, however, Napoleon Hill’s three primary and requisite elements to attaining Wealth and Success closely – and neatly – parallel the Three Principles taught by Anthony Robbins in Awaken the Giant Within.

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Success Strategy: The Three Master Principles of Quality Change

If you are a regular to this site – or even if you are not – then you are likely aware that most (if not all) of the ideas and concepts that comprise the underlying basis for my posts are not original.

It’s true.  I am merely a Student of Success and when I read or hear material that resonates well with me, I give it considerable thought and attention and work the ideas and concepts into an article or post with my own spin and in my own expression.  I make no claim of originality as to the underlying ideas and concepts (okay, but it is copyrighted).  In essence, I pass along those teachings – in my own words – that have proven the most valuable to me.

Today is no different.

Most of the time, to the extent that the underlying basis or theme (conceptually) is not my original idea, it is often difficult to credit a specific individual, as typically the idea/concept has been used by many individuals, each of whom have added their own perspective to it.  When the opportunity does present itself – such as with an excerpt or specific idea taken directly from a written work – I endeavor to give proper credit where credit is due.  It is simply not, however, always feasible.

Today, I can credit two Success geniuses: Anthony Robbins and Napoleon Hill.

I have been a fan of both gentlemen for a long, long time.  I remember listening to Anthony Robbins on cassette tapes back in the early 1990s.  And, I first encountered Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill sometime in the early 1980s.

Awaken the Giant Within by Mr. Robbins is simply one of the best Success Manuals ever written, in my very humble opinion, and is an absolute “must” in every aspiring Student’s Success Library.  I am reading it – again – having just started on New Years Day.  I am going to make Awaken the Giant Within my personal Success Course Book for 2011 and utilize it the way that Anthony Robbins recommends – as though he is with me as my personal trainer. (Immediately following this post is an EXCELLENT video of Anthony Robbins in action; I strongly urge you to watch it when you are done reading this piece!)

Interestingly, in Awaken the Giant Within, Anthony Robbins also notes the enormous amount of material that he has studied over the years and how his current philosophy and teachings are all based on material that he has read and studied in the past.  As I embark on my journey to read Awaken the Giant like I have never studied it before, I came across a passage from the first chapter that parallels the teachings of Napoleon Hill in Think and Grow Rich.

In Chapter 1 of Awaken, which is entitled “Dreams of Destiny,” Robbins sets forth what he calls the Three Elementary Principles of Change (under the subheading “How to Create Lasting Change,” for those of you who have this book).  As Robbins aptly notes, “For changes to be of any true value, they’ve got to be lasting and consistent.”  How true.  For any “change” that is not lasting and consistent is not really change at all.

In order to effectuate real, lasting and consistent change, Anthony Robbins articulates “three elementary principles of change” that we can use to immediately change our lives.  As he states, “While these principles are simple, they are also extremely powerful when they are skillfully applied.”  These principles are the same, whether used by an individual seeking to create personal change, a company seeking to maximize its potential or a country attempting to carve out its place in the world.

The Three Principles?  One: Raise your standards.  Two: Change your limiting beliefs.  Three: Change your strategy.

I agree.  These Three Principles are simple and they are incredibly powerful.  Yet, I sense that I have stumbled across them before, stated differently.

Enter Napoleon Hill and Think and Grow Rich.

But first, let’s examine Robbins’ Three Principles a bit closer as they are explained in Awaken the Giant.

First Principle: Raise Your Standards.  In order to effectuate honest, lasting and consistent change, Anthony Robbins teaches that we must first raise our standards.  We must be willing to no longer tolerate that which we have deemed acceptable in the past, whether it be lack, limitation or otherwise.  As he explains, when he personally made real, substantial and lasting change, he rote down all the things that he would no longer accept in his life, all the things he would no longer tolerate, and all the things that he aspired to become.  He raised his standards.

Second Principle: Change Your Limiting Beliefs.  Clearly, raising your standards is not enough to effectuate real and consistent quality change in one’s life.  The second principle requires that we change our limiting beliefs.  In other words, we must believe that we can meet (achieve) the newly raised standards.  Makes sense, right?  How can we possibly achieve that which we don’t believe that we can achieve?  As Anthony states, “We must develop a sense of certainty that we can and will meet the new standards before we actually do.”  We must change our limiting beliefs.

Third Principle: Change Your Strategy.  Okay, so we have raised the bar as to that which we aspire and we truly believe that we can achieve our newly-raised standard.  But, that is still not enough.  We need to take Action and continue to take Action until we reach our goal, i.e., until the quality change is effectuated.  The problem, noted here in many posts, is that we usually don’t know how.  That’s okay.  All that is merely required is that we take Action; we will discover how.  The incredibly Successful never know how – they simply find a way, as Thomas Edison did with regard to inventing a working incandescent electric light bulb.  We must continue to evolve our strategies until the Goal is achieved and the quality change effectuated.

In this regard, Robbins states in Awaken that “One of my core beliefs is that if you set a higher standard, and you can get yourself to believe, then you certainly can figure out the strategies.  You simply will find a way.”

So, what do the Three Principles have to do with Napoleon Hill?  Let’s take a look.

Of the many principles relied upon by Napoleon Hill as necessary in order to achieve Wealth and attain Success are the three following primary elements: Desire, Faith and Persistence.  In fact, Think and Grow Rich devotes an entire chapter to each subject – they are that important.  Upon close examination, however, Napoleon Hill’s three primary and requisite elements to attaining Wealth and Success closely – and neatly – parallel the Three Principles taught by Anthony Robbins in Awaken the Giant Within.

Anthony Robbins’ First Principle to effectuating quality change requires that the individual raise his or her standards and decide – definitively – on that to which we will no longer accept, no longer tolerate and that to which we now deeply aspire.  But, isn’t this the same horse, albeit of a different color, as the “burning” Desire element taught in Think and Grow Rich?

In the chapter on Desire in Think and Grow Rich, Mr. Hill tells the story of Edwin Barnes and his burning, obsessive Desire to work with and become a business partner of Thomas Edison.  It wasn’t a mere wish on the part of Mr. Barnes – it was a deep, burning Desire that left no route of escape.  Barnes’ thought process, as told by Mr. Hill, was the following:

“He did not say, ‘I will keep my eyes open for another opportunity in case I fail to get what I want in the Edison organization.’  He said, ‘There is but ONE thing in this world that I am determined to have, and that is a business association with Thomas A. Edison.  I will burn all bridges behind me and stake my ENTIRE FUTURE on my ability to get what I want.’

“He left himself no possible way of retreat.  He had to win or perish!”

Mr. Barnes’ Desire sounds a lot like Mr. Robbins’ “Raising Your Standards.”  Mr. Barnes was no longer willing to tolerate that which was acceptable in the past and he raised his standards to pursue, with no means of retreat, that to which he deeply aspired.  As noted by Mr. Hill, Barnes left himself no possible way of retreat.  He had to win or perish.  He would no longer tolerate what he wanted to change.  He raised his standards.

This is not mere wishing.  This is “win or perish” Desire.  As Napoleon Hill further notes in this regard, “Wishing will not bring riches.  But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.”

Anthony Robbins’ Second Principle to effectuating quality change requires that the individual change his or her limiting beliefs.  In other words, in order to effectuate change, we must believe – firmly and unambiguously – that we can – and will – accomplish the Desired change.  Or, as is oft-repeated by Napoleon Hill, “The man who can is the man who thinks he can.”

This is the whole point of the chapter entitled “Faith” in Think and Grow Rich.  Indeed, consider the following verse which Hill reproduces in the chapter on Faith:

Finally, Anthony Robbins’ Third Principle to effectuating quality change requires that the individual change his or her strategy until the change is accomplished.  Keep pursuing the Goal, utilizing what works and discarding what doesn’t work until you find a way.  But, regardless, never, ever give up.  In other words, Persistence is required.

According to Napoleon Hill in the chapter entitled “Persistence” in Think and Grow Rich, “There may be no heroic connotation to the word ‘persistence,’ but the quality is to a person’s character what carbon is to steel.”

Hill further notes that, “Without PERSISTENCE, you will be defeated even before you start.  With PERSISTENCE, you will win.”

Persistence, as used in Think and Grow Rich (and as the commonly accepted meaning of the word) is simply to continue to strive towards the goal in light of temporary defeats.  If efforts fail to bring you closer to your goal, then simply try a different approach.  Adopt a different strategy.  But, don’t give up!  That is what Persistence is all about.

As we embark on our journey into a new calendar year, it is important to review the fundamentals of Growth.  The Three Master Principles of Quality Change are an established and proven plan.  Whether following the Success Blueprint established by Napoleon Hill in 1937 or by Anthony Robbins in 1991, effectuating quality change requires, at a minimum: 1) an honest and sincere burning Desire, 2) Faith in God and self that one can – and will – attain the Desired Goal, and 3) taking Action – any Action – persistently and continuously until Success is achieved.

Best wishes for a Warm, Prosperous and Healthy 2011!

Until next time.

Peace Out, and - Namasté!

To your Health, Wealth, Prosperity and Success,

Richard

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