Here’s a short clip that I highly recommend.
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May
21
2010
Think and Grow Rich, Why do so many people fail and so few succeed.Posted by Phil in Goals, Law of Attraction, Personal DevelopmentHere is an article with permission from a friend David Samuel who is successful by anyone’s standards. You may find him on http://entrepreneurmonk.com This posting reinforces what I have begun on this blog; i.e. Think and Grow Rich is a fantastic resource and is worth careful study. Implementing the principles and practices espoused by the writer Napoleon Hill is well worth while for your own personal and self development. by David Samuel on May 11, 2010 I was first introduced to Think and Grow Rich by my grandfather when I was 12 years old. He gave me his copy, an original printing from India, his home country. I read it and it worked. From literally zero assets and no help whatsoever from my parents, at age 12, I was a millionaire by 25, owning 8 companies and retired at 29. Through my life, I have tried to teach people how to succeed based on my experience and the principles in the book, but with very little success. Over the years, I have found the reasons for the very limited percentage of successful attempts at applying the principles and am now finding my students are achieving far better results than in the past. I knew why I succeeded and why others failed. As Mr. Hill said, the secret is in every page, if only you can see it. The reason you cannot see it is that it is not one specific secret that your intellectual mind can understand. It is a jigsaw puzzle of various principles that are each a shadow of a concept but together make up an intangible quality. How is that for clear! That quality is the one specific secret ingredient that is emotional, not intellectual, and therefore illusive to discover, it must be felt. In fact it is the key to success. Is the glass half full or half empty? Neither. It is always full, part water and part air. Air, the intangible yet material substance that gives us life. You cannot see it or touch it, yet you know by the very fact of your existence that it is real. How do you know this? By a totally unrelated piece of matter, your solid physical lungs. With this knowledge, you know that if you go to outer space, you have to take air with you. If you did not know this and went up there, you die quickly. And so the knowledge of what you cannot see keeps you alive and allows you to expand your experiences into space. I can tell you the precise details of what you need to have or do, but that is as effective as reading another book. Information is nothing, devotion is everything. Are you devoted enough to your goal that you would give up everything you have, willing to die trying? Does your very existence depend on your success, as it was on the shores as the army watched their boats being burnt along with any hopes of retreat? And here we draw the line of the successful and the unsuccessful in the principles of Mr. Hill’s studies. And here also, we find where 98% of people give up. And so, I would like to deliver to you my attempt at how to get that white heat of desire, that burning passion, that rocket fuel so that the percentage of drop outs may decrease. There are so many parts to this puzzle that they cannot be listed in a specific order, they must all be done simultaneously. And so, please read with a view that the air is real, it fills the glass, but you can only see it with your mind and imagination, proven by the effects of what it does for you. Use your imagination to see what is invisible. If you cannot do something, it is because something else prevents you from doing it. Just to give you an idea of how solid the air is, do some investigation about how a plane flies, how the propeller works. The pitch of the blades grab the air and literally claw its way through the sky, similarly to crawling on the ground using only your hands to pull your body. A jet basically grabs the air and pushes it out the rear. Air is solid enough to grab on to and pull a plane through the sky. On the other hand, air is not strong enough to stop me from walking. This is understanding the principle that to every thing, there is an opposing force. It is a matter of understand all forces that makes something irrelevant, useful or a hindrance. And so for every desire you have, there is an opposing force. That opposition could be some personality trait or opinion you learnt from your parents or school or church etc. and it could be what you determine to be irrelevant or good, yet it defeats you in your goals. If you can find the opposing and limiting obstacle, then you could remove it and move forward. That is the first step. Find those things within you which prevent you from succeeding in the instructions given in Think and Grow Rich. Develop a white heat of desire, a burning passion. Sex Transmutation Inward and Outward goal The only thing that you truly have any control over is your own thoughts. All is mind. As the foundation determines the quality of the structure, your thoughts are the foundation of every understanding and goal. If your thoughts are strong and correct, your success is ensured. Your thoughts indicate your true desires. Thoughts are formed by repetition. Repeat a certain thing long and often enough, and that will become your belief. Determination to your goal, never ever give up. There is no question of success or failure, be stubborn. First comes the burning desire, the obsession, then come the plans. Business and events never cease. The death of something is the birth of something else. Perhaps what is necessary for your goal is not yet born. Keep training your mind on the thoughts of success and wait until the circumstances are ready. When you get an idea or plan, you must put it into immediate action because the circumstances are good when you get the idea, but they may not be good later on, so if you wait, you may miss the opportunity and only get in on the downward cycle rather than when you got the idea on the upward cycle. Faith is developed by basically brainwashing your mind into believing something through constant repetition of a thought. Faith is developed by association to a particular thought. You must associate and spend your time with the people and environment that is in harmony with the thoughts and faith you wish to have. It is impossible to fail. What is possible is to not have succeeded just yet. If you keep trying until you succeed you will not fail. If you give up trying, then you have failed. Not failed in your goal, rather you have failed to do what it takes to achieve your goal. If you fail, it is not a failure of effort, it is a failure of your plans. Change the plan and you will succeed. If still not, then keep changing the plan. Know where the failing is, it may be in the plan.
As you know I am a proponent of personal development. The Law of Attraction comes to mind. Two very powerful writers on this subject were Napoleon Hill [Think and Grow Rich] and Wallace Wattles [The Science of Getting Rich].
Nov
12
2009
Napoleon Hill and the Power of the MindPosted by Phil in Law of Attraction, Personal Development, Success Articles
You become what you think about the most. Maybe so but a very powerful one indeed. A great many successful entrepreneurs attribute Think and Grow Rich to their own personal development and success. The book was first published in the 1930’s, much of the language is somewhat archaic, but the message is just as timeless and relevant today. I say through clarity comes change. So spend time deciding what is you want and then describe this with absolute crystal clarity. Notice the reference to the two envelopes. Which one will you choose?
Oct
08
2009
More on the Law of AttractionPosted by Phil in Goals, Law of Attraction, Personal DevelopmentI may have referred to the ‘phenomenon’ of the ‘why the secret doesn’t work’ or ‘the secret behind the secret‘ industry that has blossomed since the launch of the very successful DVD ‘The Secret’. One reason for the success of ‘The Secret’ is that it has been presented in modern day language and formats that people relate to more easily than many of the earlier writings such as Napoleon Hill’s ‘Think and Grow Rich’ or Wallace Wattles’ ‘The Sceince of Getting Rich’ along with many others. One of the original ‘teachers’ pulled out of ‘The Secret’ but who has a huge following is Esther Hicks along with her husband Jerry. Esther channels an entity called ‘Abraham’ who imparts much wisdom. For your own personal development I highly recommend Esther and Jerry’s writings. Their latest creation ‘The Vortex’ has just been released. I have a you tube extract for you to watch. Pay attention as in the dialogue are clues as to how to apply the Law of Attraction to your self. Many of the principals of the Law of Attraction are reinforced by my coaching programmes. Engaging the services of a coach will keep you focussed where you need to be. The ideas in ‘The Vortex’ will help as well. As my mentor tells it, one can take a very long time getting what you want or you can speed it up by having someone like a coach to keep you on the path. Enjoy the clip! |
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