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THINK AND GROW RICH

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Teaching, for the first time, the famous Andrew Carnegie formula for money-making,

based upon the THIRTEEN PROVEN STEPS TO RICHES.

Organized through 25 years of research, in collaboration with more than 500 distinguished

men of great wealth,

who proved by their own achievements that this philosophy is practical.

BY NAPOLEON HILL

Author of THE LAW OF SUCCESS

Philosophy

1938 Published by

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WHAT DO YOU WANT MOST?

Is It Money, Fame, Power, Contentment, Personality, Peace of Mind, Happiness?

The Thirteen Steps to Riches described in this book offer the shortest dependable philosophy

of individual achievement ever presented for the benefit of the man or woman who is

searching for a definite goal in life.

Before beginning the book you will profit greatly if you recognize the fact that the book was

not written to entertain. You cannot digest the contents properly in a week or a month. After

reading the book thoroughly, Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison, nationally known Consulting

Engineer and long-time associate of Thomas A. Edison, said- "This is not a novel. It is a

textbook on individual achievement that came directly from the experiences of hundreds of

America's most successful men. It should be studied, digested, and meditated upon. No more

than one chapter should be read in a single night. The reader should underline the sentences

which impress him most. Later, he should go back to these marked lines and read them again.

A real student will not merely read this book, he will absorb its contents and make them his

own. This book should be adopted by all high schools and no boy or girl should be permitted

to graduate without having satisfactorily passed an examination on it. This philosophy will

not take the place of the subjects taught in schools, but it will enable one to organize and

apply the knowledge acquired, and convert it into useful service and adequate compensation

without waste of time.

Dr. John R. Turner, Dean of the College of The City of New York, after having read the

book, said- "The very best example of the soundness of this philosophy is your own son,

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Blair, whose dramatic story you have outlined in the chapter on Desire." Dr. Turner had

reference to the author's son, who, born without normal hearing capacity, not only avoided

becoming a deaf mute, but actually converted his handicap into a priceless asset by applying

the philosophy here described. After reading the story (starting on page 52), you will realize

that you are about to come into possession of a philosophy which can be transmuted into

material wealth, or serve as readily to bring you peace of mind, understanding, spiritual

harmony, and in some instances, as in the case of the author's son, it can. help you master

physical affliction.

The author discovered, through personally analyzing hundreds of successful men, that all of

them followed the habit of exchanging ideas, through what is commonly called conferences.

When they had problems to be solved they sat down together and talked freely until they

discovered, from their joint contribution of ideas, a plan that would serve their purpose.

You, who read this book, will get most out of it by putting into practice the Master Mind

principle described in the book. This you can do (as others are doing so successfully) by

forming a study club, consisting of any desired number of people who are friendly and

harmonious. The club should have a meeting at regular periods, as often as once each week.

The procedure should consist of reading one chapter of the book at each meeting, after which

the contents of the chapter should be freely discussed by all members.

Each member should make notes, putting down ALL IDEAS OF HIS OWN inspired by the

discussion. Each member should carefully read and analyze each chapter several days prior

to its open reading and joint discussion in the club. The reading at the club should be done by

someone who reads well and understands how to put color and feeling into the lines.

By following this plan every reader will get from its pages, not only the sum total of the best

knowledge organized from the experiences of hundreds of successful men, but more

important by far, he will tap new sources of knowledge in his own mind as well as acquire

knowledge of priceless value FROM EVERY OTHER PERSON PRESENT.

If you follow this plan persistently you will be almost certain to uncover and appropriate the

secret formula by which Andrew Carnegie acquired his huge fortune, as referred to in the

author's introduction.

TRIBUTES TO THE AUTHOR

From Great American Leaders

"THINK AND GROW RICH" was 25 years in the making. It is Napoleon Hill's newest

book, based upon his famous Law of Success Philosophy. His work and writings have been

praised by great leaders in Finance, Education, Politics, Government.

Supreme Court of the United States

Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Hill:-

I have now had an opportunity to finish reading your Law of Success textbooks and I wish to

express my appreciation of the splendid work you have done in the organization of this

philosophy.

It would be helpful if every politician in the country would assimilate and apply the 17

principles upon which your lessons are based. It contains some very fine material which

every leader in every walk of life should understand.

I am happy to have had the privilege of rendering you some slight measure of help in the

organization of this splendid course of "common sense" philosophy.

Sincerely yours

(Former President and former Chief Justice of the United States)

KING OF THE 5 AND 10 CENT STORES

"By applying many of the 17 fundamentals of the Law of Success philosophy we have built

a great chain of successful stores. I presume it would be no exaggeration of fact if I said that

the

Woolworth Building might properly be called a monument to the soundness of these

principles."

F. W. WOOLWORTH

A GREAT STEAMSHIP MAGNATE

"I feel greatly indebted for the privilege of reading your Law of Success. If I had had this

philosophy fifty years ago, I suppose I could have accomplished all that I have done in less

than half the time. I sincerely hope the world will discover and reward you."

ROBERT DOLLAR

FAMOUS AMERICAN LABOR LEADER

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"Mastery of the Law of Success philosophy is the equivalent of an insurance policy against

failure."

SAMUEL GOMPERS

A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

"May I not congratulate you on your persistence. Any man who devotes that much time . . .

must of necessity make discoveries of great value to others. 1 am deeply impressed by your

interpretation of the 'Master Mind' principles which you have so clearly described."

WOODROW WILSON

A MERCHANT PRINCE

"I know that your 17 fundamentals of success are sound because I have been applying them

in my business for more than 30 years."

JOHN WANAMAKER

WORLD'S LARGEST MAKER OF CAMERAS

"I know that you are doing a world of good with your Law of Success. I would not care to set

a monetary value on this training because it brings to the student qualities which cannot be

measured by money, alone."

GEORGE EASTMAN

A NATIONALLY KNOWN BUSINESS CHIEF

"Whatever success I may have attained I owe, entirely, to the application of your 17

fundamental principles of the Law of Success. I believe I have the honor of being your first

student."

WM. WRIGLEY, JR.

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Think and Grow Rich

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Preface

Forward

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

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AUTHOR'S PREFACE

IN EVERY chapter of this book, mention has been made of the money-making secret which

has made fortunes for more than five hundred exceedingly wealthy men whom I have

carefully analyzed over a long period of years.

The secret was brought to my attention by Andrew Carnegie, more than a quarter of a

century ago. The canny, lovable old Scotsman carelessly tossed it into my mind, when I was

but a boy. Then he sat back in his chair, with a merry twinkle in his eyes, and watched

carefully to see if I had brains enough to understand the full significance of what he had said

to me.

When he saw that I had grasped the idea, he asked if I would be willing to spend twenty

years or more, preparing myself to take it to the world, to men and women who, without the

secret, might go through life as failures. I said I would, and with Mr. Carnegie's cooperation,

I have kept my promise.

This book contains the secret, after having been put to a practical test by thousands of people,

in almost every walk of life. It was Mr. Carnegie's idea that the magic formula, which gave

him a stupendous fortune, ought to be placed within reach of people who do not have time to

investigate how men make money, and it was his hope that I might test and demonstrate the

soundness of the formula through the experience of men and women in every calling.

He believed the formula should be taught in all public schools and colleges, and expressed

the opinion that if it were properly taught it would so revolutionize the entire educational

system that the time spent in school could be reduced to less than half.

His experience with Charles M. Schwab, and other young men of Mr. Schwab's type,

convinced Mr. Carnegie that much of that which is taught in the schools is of no value

whatsoever in connection with the business of earning a living or accumulating riches. He

had arrived at this decision, because he had taken into his business one young man after

another, many of them with but little schooling, and by coaching them in the use of this

formula, developed in them rare leadership. Moreover, his coaching made fortunes for

everyone of them who followed his instructions. In the chapter on Faith, you will read the

astounding story of the organization of the giant United States Steel Corporation, as it was

conceived and carried out by one of the young men through whom Mr. Carnegie proved that

his formula will work for all who are ready for it. This single application of the secret, by that

young man-Charles M. Schwab-made him a huge fortune in both money and

OPPORTUNITY. Roughly speaking, this particular application of the formula was worth six

hundred million dollars. These facts-and they are facts well known to almost everyone who

knew Mr. Carnegie-give you a fair idea of what the reading of this book may bring to you,

provided you KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT.

Even before it had undergone twenty years of practical testing, the secret was passed on to

more than one hundred thousand men and women who have used it for their personal benefit,

as Mr. Carnegie planned that they should. Some have made fortunes with it. Others have

used it successfully in creating harmony in their homes. A clergyman used it so effectively

that it brought him an income of upwards of $75,000.00 a year.

Arthur Nash, a Cincinnati tailor, used his near-bankrupt business as a "guinea pig" on which

to test the formula. The business came to life and made a fortune for its owners. It is still

thriving, although Mr. Nash has gone. The experiment was so unique that newspapers and

magazines, gave it more than a million dollars' worth of laudatory publicity.

The secret was passed on to Stuart Austin Wier, of Dallas, Texas. He was ready for it-so

ready that he gave up his profession and studied law. Did he succeed? That story is told too.

I gave the secret to Jennings Randolph, the day he graduated from College, and he has used it

so successfully that he is now serving his third term as a Member of Congress, with an

excellent opportunity to keep on using it until it carries him to the White House.

While serving as Advertising Manager of the La-Salle Extension University, when it was

little more than a name, I had the privilege of seeing J. G. Chapline, President of the

University, use the formula so effectively that he has since made the LaSalle one of the great

extension schools of the country.

The secret to which I refer has been mentioned no fewer than a hundred times, throughout

this book. It has not been directly named, for it seems to work more successfully when it is

merely uncovered and left in sight, where THOSE WHO ARE READY, and SEARCHING

FOR IT, may pick it up. That is why Mr. Carnegie tossed it to me so quietly, without giving

me its specific name.

If you are READY to put it to use, you will recognize this secret at least once in every

chapter. I wish I might feel privileged to tell you how you will know if you are ready, but

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that would deprive you of much of the benefit you will receive when you make the discovery

in your own way.

While this book was being written, my own son, who was then finishing the last year of his

college work, picked up the manuscript of chapter two, read it, and discovered the secret for

himself. He used the information so effectively that he went directly into a responsible

position at a beginning salary greater than the average man ever earns. His story has been

briefly described in chapter two.

When you read it, perhaps you will dismiss any feeling you may have had, at the beginning

of the book, that it promised too much. And, too, if you have ever been discouraged, if you

have had difficulties to surmount which took the very soul out of you, if you have tried and

failed, if you were ever handicapped by illness or physical affliction, this story of my son's

discovery and use of the Carnegie formula may prove to be the oasis in the Desert of Lost

Hope, for which you have been searching.

This secret was extensively used by President Woodrow Wilson, during the World War. It

was passed on to every soldier who fought in the war, carefully wrapped in the training

received before going to the front. President Wilson told me it was a strong factor in raising

the funds needed for the war.

More than twenty years ago, Hon. Manuel L. Quezon (then Resident Commissioner of the

Philippine Islands), was inspired by the secret to gain freedom for his people. He has gained

freedom for the Philippines, and is the first President of the free state. A peculiar thing about

this secret is that those who once acquire it and use it, find themselves literally swept on to

success, with but little effort, and they never again submit to failure! If you doubt this, study

the names of those who have used it, wherever they have been mentioned, check their

records for yourself, and be convinced.

There is no such thing as SOMETHING FOR NOTHING!

The secret to which I refer cannot be had without a price, although the price is far less than

its value. It cannot be had at any price by those who are not intentionally searching for it. It

cannot be given away, it cannot be purchased for money, for the reason that it comes in two

parts. One part is already in possession of those who are ready for it. The secret serves

equally well, all who are ready for it.

Education has nothing to do with it. Long before I was born, the secret had found its way into

the possession of Thomas A. Edison, and he used it so intelligently that he became the

world's leading inventor, although he had but three months of schooling. The secret was

passed on to a business associate of Mr. Edison. He used it so effectively that, although he

was then making only $12,000 a year, he accumulated a great fortune, and retired from active

business while still a young man. You will find his story at the beginning of the first chapter.

It should convince you that riches are not beyond your reach, that you can still be what you

wish to be, that money, fame, recognition and happiness can be had by all who are ready and

determined to have these blessings.

How do I know these things? You should have the answer before you finish this book. You

may find it in the very first chapter, or on the last page.

While I was performing the twenty year task of research, which I had undertaken at Mr.

Carnegie's request, I analyzed hundreds of well known men, many of whom admitted that

they had accumulated their vast fortunes through the aid of the Carnegie secret; among these

men were: -

HENRY FORD

WILLIAM WRIGLEY JR.

JOHN WANAMAKER

JAMES J. HILL

GEORGE S. PARKER

E. M. STATLER

HENRY L. DOHERTY

CYRUS H. K. CURTIS

GEORGE EASTMAN

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

JOHN W. DAVIS

ELBERT HUBBARD

WILBUR WRIGHT

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

DR. DMTID STARR JORDAN

J. ODGEN ARMOUR

CHARLES M. SCHWAB

HARRIS F. WILLIAMS

DR. FRANK GUNSAULUS

DANIEL WILLARD

KING GILLETTE

RALPH A. WEEKS

JUDGE DANIEL T. WRIGHT

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

THOMAS A. EDISON

FRANK A. VANDERLIP

F. W. WOOLWORTH

COL. ROBERT A. DOLLAR

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EDWARD A. FILENE

EDWIN C. BARNES

ARTHUR BRISBANE

WOODROW WILSON

WM. HOWARD TAFT

LUTHER BURBANK

EDWARD W. BOK

FRANK A. MUNSEY

ELBERT H. GARY

DR. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

JOHN H. PATTERSON

JULIUS ROSENWALD

STUART AUSTIN WIER

DR. FRANK CRANE

GEORGE M. ALEXANDER

J. G. CHAPPLINE

HON. JENNINGS RANDOLPH

ARTHUR NASH

CLARENCE DARROW

These names represent but a small fraction of the hundreds of well known Americans whose

achievements, financially and otherwise, prove that those who understand and apply the

Carnegie secret, reach high stations in life. I have never known anyone who was inspired to

use the secret, who did not achieve noteworthy success in his chosen calling. I have never

known any person to distinguish himself, or to accumulate riches of any consequence,

without possession of the secret.

From these two facts I draw the conclusion that the secret is more important, as a part of the

knowledge essential for self-determination, than any which one receives through what is

popularly known as "education."

What is EDUCATION, anyway? This has been answered in full detail. As far as schooling is

concerned, many of these men had very little. John Wanamaker once told me that what little

schooling he had, he acquired in very much the same manner as a modern locomotive takes

on water, by "scooping it up as it runs." Henry Ford never reached high school, let alone

college. I am not attempting to minimize the value of schooling, but I am trying to express

my earnest belief that those who master and apply the secret will reach high stations,

accumulate riches, and bargain with life on their own terms, even if their schooling has been

meager.

Somewhere, as you read, the secret to which I refer will jump from the page and stand boldly

before you, IF YOU ARE READY FOR IT! When it appears, you will recognize it. Whether

you receive the sign in the first or the last chapter, stop for a moment when it presents itself,

and turn down a glass, for that occasion will mark the most important turning-point of your

life.

We pass now, to Chapter One, and to the story of my very dear friend, who has generously

acknowledged having seen the mystic sign, and whose business achievements are evidence

enough that he turned down a glass. As you read his story, and the others, remember that

they deal with the important problems of life, such as all men experience. The problems

arising from one's endeavor to earn a living, to find hope, courage, contentment and peace of

mind; to accumulate riches and to enjoy freedom of body and spirit.

Remember, too, as you go through the book, that it deals with facts and not with fiction, its

purpose being to convey a great universal truth through which all who are READY may

learn, not only WHAT TO DO, BUT ALSO HOW TO DO IT! and receive, as well, THE

NEEDED STIMULUS TO MAKE A START.

As a final word of preparation, before you begin the first chapter, may I offer one brief

suggestion which may provide a clue by which the Carnegie secret may be recognized? It is

this-ALL ACHIEVEMENT, ALL EARNED RICHES, HAVE THEIR BEGINNING IN AN

IDEA!

If you are ready for the secret, you already possess one half of it, therefore, you will readily

recognize the other half the moment it reaches your mind.

THE AUTHOR

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Forward

Perhaps no other "success" book has influenced more

people than Napoleon Hill's Classic "Think and Grow Rich."

Since it's introduction in 1937, millions of copies have been

sold around the world. It still remains one of the top selling

books of its kind.

Several months ago I came across an audiobook biography

of Hill and it was an eye-opening adventure into the life of a

man whose days were not the "smooth sailing" I had always

assumed they were. Napoleon struggled against a myriad of

obstacles throughout his life many of which were brought on

by some of the earlier choices he had made. I can't count the

number of times he became broke and penniless following a

highly successful venture gone sour. His personal life was as

spotted as his financial life and a recounting of that could

easily consume a full book. I would have thought that my

discovery of his many flaws would cause me to lose respect

for him, and thus doubt the veracity of his teachings that have

influenced me for more than twenty years. But it is quite the

opposite. Having listened to the struggles of this very

"human" man has given me a whole new perspective of

respect, even awe, of the incredible resilience and persistence

that he displayed repeatedly against sometimes massive odds.

I now understand that he didn't write about some "theory"

of how to think and grow rich. He wrote from experience his

numerous experiences and the experiences of America's most

successful.

While the casual observer would believe that this book is

only about making money, those of us who have studied it for

years know otherwise. It's about a better way to live a "rich"

life. And for that I am grateful that Napoleon gave so much

of himself in order that he might leave us with this incredible

work.

Vic Johnson

www.AsAManThinketh.net

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

THE MAN WHO "THOUGHT" HIS WAY INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH THOMAS A.

EDISON

TRULY, "thoughts are things," and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with

definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a BURNING DESIRE for their translation into

riches, or other material objects.

A little more than thirty years ago, Edwin C. Barnes discovered how true it is that men really

do THINK AND GROW RICH. His discovery did not come about at one sitting. It came

little by little, beginning with a BURNING DESIRE to become a business associate of the

great Edison.

One of the chief characteristics of Barnes' Desire was that it was definite. He wanted to work

with Edison, not for him. Observe, carefully, the description of how he went about

translating his DESIRE into reality, and you will have a better understanding of the thirteen

principles which lead to riches. When this DESIRE, or impulse of thought, first flashed into

his mind he was in no position to act upon it. Two difficulties stood in his way. He did not

know Mr. Edison, and he did not have enough money to pay his railroad fare to Orange, New

Jersey. These difficulties were sufficient to have discouraged the majority of men from

making any attempt to carry out the desire.

But his was no ordinary desire! He was so determined to find a way to carry out his desire

that he finally decided to travel by "blind baggage," rather than be defeated. (To the

uninitiated, this means that he went to East Orange on a freight train). He presented himself

at Mr. Edison's laboratory, and announced he had come to go into business with the inventor.

In speaking of the first meeting between Barnes and Edison, years later, Mr. Edison said, "He

stood there before me, looking like an ordinary tramp, but there was something in the

expression of his face which conveyed the impression that he was determined to get what he

had come after. I had learned, from years of experience with men, that when a man really

DESIRES a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the

wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win. I gave him the opportunity he asked for, because I

saw he had made up his mind to stand by until he succeeded. Subsequent events proved that

no mistake was made."

Just what young Barnes said to Mr. Edison on that occasion was far less important than that

which he thought. Edison, himself, said so ! It could not have been the young man's

appearance which got him his start in the Edison office, for that was definitely against him. It

was what he THOUGHT that counted. If the significance of this statement could be

conveyed to every person who reads it, there would be no need for the remainder of this

book.

Barnes did not get his partnership with Edison on his first interview. He did get a chance to

work in the Edison offices, at a very nominal wage, doing work that was unimportant to

Edison, but most important to Barnes, because it gave him an opportunity to display his

"merchandise" where his intended "partner" could see it. Months went by. Apparently

nothing happened to bring the coveted goal which Barnes had set up in his mind as his

DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE. But something important was happening in Barnes' mind.

He was constantly intensifying his DESIRE to become the business associate of Edison.

Psychologists have correctly said that "when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its

appearance." Barnes was ready for a business association with Edison, moreover, he was

DETERMINED TO REMAIN READY UNTIL HE GOT THAT WHICH HE WAS

SEEKING.

He did not say to himself, "Ah well, what's the use? I guess I'll change my mind and try for a

salesman's job." But, he did say, "I came here to go into business with Edison, and I'll

accomplish this end if it takes the remainder of my life." He meant it! What a different story

men would have to tell if only they would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that

purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming obsession!

Maybe young Barnes did not know it at the time, but his bulldog determination, his

persistence in standing back of a single DESIRE, was destined to mow down all opposition,

and bring him the opportunity he was seeking.

When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different form, and from a different direction

than Barnes had expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of

slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or

temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity. Mr. Edison had

just perfected a new office device, known at that time, as the Edison Dictating Machine (now

the Ediphone). His salesmen were not enthusiastic over the machine. They did not believe it

could be sold without great effort. Barnes saw his opportunity. It had crawled in quietly,

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hidden in a queer looking machine which interested no one but Barnes and the inventor.

Barnes knew he could sell the Edison Dictating Machine. He suggested this to Edison, and

promptly got his chance. He did sell the machine. In fact, he sold it so successfully that

Edison gave him a contract to distribute and market it all over the nation. Out of that business

association grew the slogan, "Made by Edison and installed by Barnes."

The business alliance has been in operation for more than thirty years. Out of it Barnes has

made himself rich in money, but he has done something infinitely greater, he has proved that

one really may "Think and Grow Rich."

How much actual cash that original DESIRE of Barnes' has been worth to him, I have no

way of knowing. Perhaps it has brought him two or three million dollars, but the amount,

whatever it is, becomes insignificant when compared with the greater asset he acquired in the

form of definite knowledge that an intangible impulse of thought can be transmuted into its

physical counterpart by the application of known principles.

Barnes literally thought himself into a partnership with the great Edison! He thought himself

into a fortune. He had nothing to start with, except the capacity to KNOW WHAT HE

WANTED, AND THE DETERMINATION TO STAND BY THAT DESIRE UNTIL HE

REALIZED IT. He had no money to begin with. He had but little education. He had no

influence. But he did have initiative, faith, and the will to win. With these intangible forces

he made himself number one man with the greatest inventor who ever lived.

Now, let us look at a different situation, and study a man who had plenty of tangible evidence

of riches, but lost it, because he stopped three feet short of the goal he was seeking.

THREE FEET FROM GOLD

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by

temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another. An uncle of

R. U. Darby was caught by the "gold fever" in the gold-rush days, and went west to DIG

AND GROW RICH. He had never heard that more gold has been mined from the brains of

men than has ever been taken from the earth. He staked a claim and went to work with pick

and shovel. The going was hard, but his lust for gold was definite.

After weeks of labor, he was rewarded by the discovery of the shining ore. He needed

machinery to bring the ore to the surface. Quietly, he covered up the mine, retraced his

footsteps to his home in Williamsburg, Maryland, told his relatives and a few neighbors of

the "strike." They got together money for the needed machinery, had it shipped. The uncle

and Darby went back to work the mine.

The first car of ore was mined, and shipped to a smelter. The returns proved they had one of

the richest mines in Colorado! A few more cars of that ore would clear the debts. Then would

come the big killing in profits.

Down went the drills! Up went the hopes of Darby and Uncle! Then something happened!

The vein of gold ore disappeared! They had come to the end of the rainbow, and the pot of

gold was no longer there! They drilled on, desperately trying to pick up the vein again-all to

no avail.

Finally, they decided to QUIT. They sold the machinery to a junk man for a few hundred

dollars, and took the train back home. Some "junk" men are dumb, but not this one! He

called in a mining engineer to look at the mine and do a little calculating. The engineer

advised that the project had failed, because the owners were not familiar with "fault lines."

His calculations showed that the vein would be found JUST THREE FEET FROM WHERE

THE DARBYS HAD STOPPED DRILLING! That is exactly where it was found!

The "Junk" man took millions of dollars in ore from the mine, because he knew enough to

seek expert counsel before giving up. Most of the money which went into the machinery was

procured through the efforts of R. U. Darby, who was then a very young man. The money

came from his relatives and neighbors, because of their faith in him. He paid back every

dollar of it, although he was years in doing so.

Long afterward, Mr. Darby recouped his loss many times over, when he made the discovery

that DESIRE can be transmuted into gold. The discovery came after he went into the

business of selling life insurance.

Remembering that he lost a huge fortune, because he STOPPED three feet from gold, Darby

profited by the experience in his chosen work, by the simple method of saying to himself, "I

stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say 'no' when I ask them to

buy insurance."

Darby is one of a small group of fewer than fifty men who sell more than a million dollars in

life insurance annually. He owes his "stickability" to the lesson he learned from his

"quitability" in the gold mining business.

Before success comes in any man's life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and,

perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do

is to QUIT. That is exactly what the majority of men do.

More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known, told the

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author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had

overtaken them. Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning.

It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach.

A FIFTY-CENT LESSON IN PERSISTENCE

Shortly after Mr. Darby received his degree from the "University of Hard Knocks," and had

decided to profit by his experience in the gold mining business, he had the good fortune to

be present on an occasion that proved to him that "No" does not necessarily mean no.

One afternoon he was helping his uncle grind wheat in an old fashioned mill. The uncle

operated a large farm on which a number of colored sharecrop farmers lived. Quietly, the

door was opened, and a small colored child, the daughter of a tenant, walked in and took her

place near the door.

The uncle looked up, saw the child, and barked at her roughly, "what do you want?" Meekly,

the child replied, "My mammy say send her fifty cents." "I'll not do it," the uncle retorted,

"Now you run on home." "Yas sah," the child replied. But she did not move. The uncle went

ahead with his work, so busily engaged that he did not pay enough attention to the child to

observe that she did not leave. When he looked up and saw her still standing there, he yelled

at her, "I told you to go on home! Now go, or I'll take a switch to you." The little girl said

"yas sah," but she did not budge an inch. The uncle dropped a sack of grain he was about to

pour into the mill hopper, picked up a barrel stave, and started toward the child with an

expression on his face that indicated trouble.

Darby held his breath. He was certain he was about to witness a murder. He knew his uncle

had a fierce temper. He knew that colored children were not supposed to defy white people in

that part of the country.

When the uncle reached the spot where the child was standing, she quickly stepped forward

one step, looked up into his eyes, and screamed at the top of her shrill voice, "MY

MAMMY'S GOTTA HAVE THAT FIFTY CENTS!"

The uncle stopped, looked at her for a minute, then slowly laid the barrel stave on the floor,

put his hand in his pocket, took out half a dollar, and gave it to her. The child took the money

and slowly backed toward the door, never taking her eyes off the man whom she had just

conquered.

After she had gone, the uncle sat down on a box and looked out the window into space for

more than ten minutes. He was pondering, with awe, over the whipping he had just taken.

Mr. Darby, too, was doing some thinking. That was the first time in all his experience that he

had seen a colored child deliberately master an adult white person. How did she do it? What

happened to his uncle that caused him to lose his fierceness and become as docile as a lamb?

What strange power did this child use that made her master over her superior? These and

other similar questions flashed into Darby's mind, but he did not find the answer until years

later, when he told me the story.

Strangely, the story of this unusual experience was told to the author in the old mill, on the

very spot where the uncle took his whipping. Strangely, too, I had devoted nearly a quarter of

a century to the study of the power which enabled an ignorant, illiterate colored child to

conquer an intelligent man.

As we stood there in that musty old mill, Mr. Darby repeated the story of the unusual

conquest, and finished by asking, "What can you make of it? What strange power did that

child use, that so completely whipped my uncle?"

The answer to his question will be found in the principles described in this book. The answer

is full and complete. It contains details and instructions sufficient to enable anyone to

understand, and apply the same force which the little child accidentally stumbled upon.

Keep your mind alert, and you will observe exactly what strange power came to the rescue of

the child, you will catch a glimpse of this power in the next chapter. Somewhere in the book

you will find an idea that will quicken your receptive powers, and place at your command,

for your own benefit, this same irresistible power. The awareness of this power may come to

you in the first chapter, or it may flash into your mind in some subsequent chapter. It may

come in the form of a single idea. Or, it may come in the nature of a plan, or a purpose.

Again, it may cause you to go back into your past experiences of failure or defeat, and bring

to the surface some lesson by which you can regain all that you lost through defeat.

After I had described to Mr. Darby the power unwittingly used by the little colored child, he

quickly retraced his thirty years of experience as a life insurance salesman, and frankly

acknowledged that his success in that field was due, in no small degree, to the lesson he had

learned from the child.

Mr. Darby pointed out: "every time a prospect tried to bow me out, without buying, I saw

that child standing there in the old mill, her big eyes glaring in defiance, and I said to myself,

'I've gotta make this sale.' The better portion of all sales I have made, were made after people

had said 'NO'."

He recalled, too, his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, "but," he said, "that

experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how

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hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything."

This story of Mr. Darby and his uncle, the colored child and the gold mine, doubtless will be

read by hundreds of men who make their living by selling life insurance, and to all of these,

the author wishes to offer the suggestion that Darby owes to these two experiences his ability

to sell more than a million dollars of life insurance every year.

Life is strange, and often imponderable! Both the successes and the failures have their roots

in simple experiences. Mr. Darby's experiences were commonplace and simple enough, yet

they held the answer to his destiny in life, therefore they were as important (to him) as life

itself. He profited by these two dramatic experiences, because he analyzed them, and found

the lesson they taught. But what of the man who has neither the time, nor the inclination to

study failure in search of knowledge that may lead to success?

Where, and how is he to learn the art of converting defeat into stepping stones to

opportunity?

In answer to these questions, this book was written. The answer called for a description of

thirteen principles, but remember, as you read, the answer you may be seeking, to the

questions which have caused you to ponder over the strangeness of life, may be found in

your own mind, through some idea, plan, or purpose which may spring into your mind as you

read.

One sound idea is all that one needs to achieve success. The principles described in this

book, contain the best, and the most practical of all that is known, concerning ways and

means of creating useful ideas.

Before we go any further in our approach to the description of these principles, we believe

you are entitled to receive this important suggestion....WHEN RICHES BEGIN TO COME

THEY COME SO QUICKLY, IN SUCH GREAT ABUNDANCE, THAT ONE WONDERS

WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN HIDING DURING ALL THOSE LEAN YEARS.

This is an astounding statement, and all the more so, when we take into consideration the

popular belief, that riches come only to those who work hard and long.

When you begin to THINK AND GROW RICH, you will observe that riches begin with a

state of mind, with definiteness of purpose, with little or no hard work. You, and every other

person, ought to be interested in knowing how to acquire that state of mind which will attract

riches. I spent twenty-five years in research, analyzing more than 25,000 people, because I,

too, wanted to know "how wealthy men become that way.

Without that research, this book could not have been written. Here take notice of a very

significant truth, viz:

The business depression started in 1929, and continued on to an all time record of

destruction, until sometime after President Roosevelt entered office. Then the depression

began to fade into nothingness. Just as an electrician in a theatre raises the lights so gradually

that darkness is transmuted into light before you realize it, so did the spell of fear in the

minds of the people gradually fade away and become faith.

Observe very closely, as soon as you master the principles of this philosophy, and begin to

follow the instructions for applying those principles, your financial status will begin to

improve, and everything you touch will begin to transmute itself into an asset for your

benefit. Impossible? Not at all!

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word

"impossible." He knows all the rules which will NOT work. He knows all the things which

CANNOT be done. This book was written for those who seek the rules which have made

others successful, and are willing to stake everything on those rules. A great many years ago

I purchased a fine dictionary. The first thing I did with it was to turn to the word

"impossible," and neatly clip it out of the book. That would not be an unwise thing for you to

do. Success comes to those who become SUCCESS CONSCIOUS.

Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become FAILURE

CONSCIOUS.

The object of this book is to help all who seek it, to learn the art of changing their minds

from FAILURE CONSCIOUSNESS to SUCCESS CONSCIOUSNESS.

Another weakness found in altogether too many people, is the habit of measuring everything,

and everyone, by their own impressions and beliefs. Some who will read this, will believe

that no one can THINK AND GROW RICH. They cannot think in terms of riches, because

their thought habits have been steeped in poverty, want, misery, failure, and defeat.

These unfortunate people remind me of a prominent Chinese, who came to America to be

educated in American ways. He attended the University of Chicago. One day President

Harper met this young Oriental on the campus, stopped to chat with him for a few minutes,

and asked what had impressed him as being the most noticeable characteristic of the

American people.

"Why," the Chinaman exclaimed, "the queer slant of your eyes. Your eyes are off slant!"

What do we say about the Chinese? We refuse to believe that which we do not understand.

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We foolishly believe that our own limitations are the proper measure of limitations. Sure, the

other fellow's eyes are "off slant," BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT THE SAME AS OUR

OWN. Millions of people look at the achievements of Henry Ford, after he has arrived, and

envy him, because of his good fortune, or luck, or genius, or whatever it is that they credit for

Ford's fortune. Perhaps one person in every hundred thousand knows the secret of Ford's

success, and those who do know are too modest, or too reluctant, to speak of it, because of its

simplicity. A single transaction will illustrate the "secret" perfectly.

A few years back, Ford decided to produce his now famous V-8 motor. He chose to build an

engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to

produce a design for the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the engineers agreed, to

a man, that it was simply impossible to cast an eight-cylinder gas engine block in one piece.

Ford said, "Produce it anyway." "But," they replied, "it's impossible!" "Go ahead," Ford

commanded, "and stay on the job until you succeed no matter how much time is required."

The engineers went ahead. There was nothing else for them to do, if they were to remain on

the Ford staff. Six months went by, nothing happened. Another six months passed, and still

nothing happened. The engineers tried every conceivable plan to carry out the orders, but the

thing seemed out of the question; "impossible!"

At the end of the year Ford checked with his engineers, and again they informed him they

had found no way to carry out his orders.

"Go right ahead," said Ford, "I want it, and I'll have it." They went ahead, and then, as if by a

stroke of magic, the secret was discovered.

The Ford DETERMINATION had won once more!

This story may not be described with minute accuracy, but the sum and substance of it is

correct. Deduce from it, you who wish to THINK AND GROW RICH, the secret of the Ford

millions, if you can. You'll not have to look very far. Henry Ford is a success, because he

understands, and applies the principles of success. One of these is DESIRE: knowing what

one wants. Remember this Ford story as you read, and pick out the lines in which the secret

of his stupendous achievement have been described. If you can do this, if you can lay your

finger on the particular group of principles which made Henry Ford rich, you can equal his

achievements in almost any calling for which you are suited.

YOU ARE "THE MASTER OF YOUR FATE, THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR SOUL,"

BECAUSE...

When Henley wrote the prophetic lines, "I am the Master of my Fate, I am the Captain of my

Soul," he should have informed us that we are the Masters of our Fate, the Captains of our

Souls, because we have the power to control our thoughts.

He should have told us that the ether in which this little earth floats, in which we move and

have our being, is a form of energy moving at an inconceivably high rate of vibration, and

that the ether is filled with a form of universal power which ADAPTS itself to the nature of

the thoughts we hold in our minds; and INFLUENCES us, in natural ways, to transmute our

thoughts into their physical equivalent.

If the poet had told us of this great truth, we would know WHY IT IS that we are the Masters

of our Fate, the Captains of our Souls. He should have told us, with great emphasis, that this

power makes no attempt to discriminate between destructive thoughts and constructive

thoughts, that it will urge us to translate into physical reality thoughts of poverty, just as

quickly as it will influence us to act upon thoughts of riches.

He should have told us, too, that our brains become magnetized with the dominating thoughts

which we hold in our minds, and, by means with which no man is familiar, these "magnets"

attract to us the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonize with the nature

of our dominating thoughts.

He should have told us, that before we can accumulate riches in great abundance, we must

magnetize our minds with intense DESIRE for riches, that we must become "money

conscious until the DESIRE for money drives us to create definite plans for acquiring it.

But, being a poet, and not a philosopher, Henley contented himself by stating a great truth in

poetic form, leaving those who followed him to interpret the philosophical meaning of his

lines.

Little by little, the truth has unfolded itself, until it now appears certain that the principles

described in this book, hold the secret of mastery over our economic fate.

We are now ready to examine the first of these principles. Maintain a spirit of open-

mindedness, and remember as you read, they are the invention of no one man. The principles

were gathered from the life experiences of more than 500 men who actually accumulated

riches in huge amounts; men who began in poverty, with but little education, without

influence. The principles worked for these men. You can put them to work for your own

enduring benefit.

You will find it easy, not hard, to do.

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Before you read the next chapter, I want you to know that it conveys factual information

which might easily change your entire financial destiny, as it has so definitely brought

changes of stupendous proportions to two people described.

I want you to know, also, that the relationship between these two men and myself, is such

that I could have taken no liberties with the facts, even if I had wished to do so. One of them

has been my closest personal friend for almost twenty-five years, the other is my own son.

The unusual success of these two men, success which they generously accredit to the

principle described in the next chapter, more than justifies this personal reference as a means

of emphasizing the far-flung power of this principle.

Almost fifteen years ago, I delivered the Commencement Address at Salem College, Salem,

West Virginia. I emphasized the principle described in the next chapter, with so much

intensity that one of the members of the graduating class definitely appropriated it, and made

it a part of his own philosophy. The young man is now a Member of Congress, and an

important factor in the present administration. Just before this book went to the publisher, he

wrote me a letter in which he so clearly stated his opinion of the principle outlined in the next

chapter, that I have chosen to publish his letter as an introduction to that chapter. It gives you

an idea of the rewards to come.

"My dear Napoleon:

"My service as a Member of Congress having given me an insight into the problems of

men and women, I am writing to offer a suggestion which may become helpful to thousands

of worthy people.

"With apologies, I must state that the suggestion, if acted upon, will mean several years of

labor and responsibility for you, but I am en-heartened to make the suggestion, because I

know your great love for rendering useful service.

"In 1922, you delivered the Commencement address at Salem College, when I was a

member' of the graduating class. In that address, you planted in my mind an idea which has

been responsible for the opportunity I now have to serve the people of my State, and will be

responsible, in a very large measure, for whatever success I may have in the future.

"The suggestion I have in mind is, that you put into a book the sum and substance of the

address you delivered at Salem College, and in that way give the people of America an

opportunity to profit by your many years of experience and association with the men who, by

their greatness, have made America the richest nation on earth.

"I recall, as though it were yesterday, the marvelous description you gave of the method

by which Henry Ford, with but little schooling, without a dollar, with no influential friends,

rose to great heights. I made up my mind then, even before you had finished your speech,

that I would make a place for myself, no matter how many difficulties I had to surmount.

"Thousands of young people will finish their schooling this year, and within the next few

years. Every one of them will be seeking just such a message of practical encouragement as

the one I received from you. They will want to know where to turn, what to do, to get started

in life. You can tell them, because you have helped to solve the problems of so many, many

people.

"If there is any possible way that you can afford to render so great a service, may I offer the

suggestion that you include with every book, one of your Personal Analysis Charts, in order

that the purchaser of the book may have the benefit of a complete self-inventory, indicating,

as you indicated to me years ago, exactly what is standing in the way of success.

"Such a service as this, providing the readers of your book with a complete, unbiased picture

of their faults and their virtues, would mean to them the difference between success and

failure. The service would be priceless.

"Millions of people are now facing the problem of staging a come-back, because of the

depression, and I speak from personal experience when I say, I know these earnest people

would welcome the opportunity to tell you their problems, and to receive your suggestions

for the solution.

"You know the problems of those who face the necessity of beginning all over again. There

are thousands of people in America today who would like to know how they can convert

ideas into money, people who must start at scratch, without finances, and recoup their losses.

If anyone can help them, you can.

"If you publish the book, I would like to own the first copy that comes from the press,

personally autographed by you. "With best wishes, believe me,

"Cordially yours,

"JENNINGS RANDOLPH"

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CHAPTER 2

DESIRE: THE STARTING POINT OF ALL ACHIEVEMENT

The First Step toward Riches

WHEN Edwin C. Barnes climbed down from the freight train in Orange, N. J., more than

thirty years ago, he may have resembled a tramp, but his thoughts were those of a king!

As he made his way from the railroad tracks to Thomas A. Edison's office, his mind was at

work. He saw himself standing in Edison's presence. He heard himself asking Mr. Edison for

an opportunity to carry out the one CONSUMING OBSESSION OF HIS LIFE, a BURNING

DESIRE to become the business associate of the great inventor.

Barnes' desire was not a hope! It was not a wish! It was a keen, pulsating DESIRE, which

transcended everything else. It was DEFINITE.

The desire was not new when he approached Edison. It had been Barnes' dominating desire

for a long time. In the beginning, when the desire first appeared in his mind, it may have

been, probably was, only a wish, but it was no mere wish when he appeared before Edison

with it.

A few years later, Edwin C. Barnes again stood before Edison, in the same office where he

first met the inventor. This time his DESIRE had been translated into reality. He was in

business with Edison. The dominating DREAM OF HIS LIFE had become a reality.

Today, people who know Barnes envy him, because of the "break" life yielded him. They see

him in the days of his triumph, without taking the trouble to investigate the cause of his

success.

Barnes succeeded because he chose a definite goal, placed all his energy, all his will power,

all his effort, everything back of that goal. He did not become the partner of Edison the day

he arrived. He was content to start in the most menial work, as long as it provided an

opportunity to take even one step toward his cherished goal. Five years passed before the

chance he had been seeking made its appearance. During all those years not one ray of hope,

not one promise of attainment of his DESIRE had been held out to him. To everyone, except

himself, he appeared only another cog in the Edison business wheel, but in his own mind, HE

WAS THE PARTNER OF EDISON EVERY MINUTE OF THE TIME, from the very day

that he first went to work there.

It is a remarkable illustration of the power of a DEFINITE DESIRE. Barnes won his goal,

because he wanted to be a business associate of Mr. Edison, more than he wanted anything

else. He created a plan by which to attain that purpose. But he BURNED ALL BRIDGES

BEHIND HIM. He stood by his DESIRE until it became the dominating obsession of his

life-and-finally, a fact.

When he went to Orange, he did not say to himself, "I will try to induce Edison to give me a

j ob of some soft." He said, "I will see Edison, and put him on notice that I have come to go

into business with him.

He did not say, "I will work there for a few months, and if I get no encouragement, I will quit

and get a job somewhere else." He did say, "I will start anywhere. I will do anything Edison

tells me to do, but before I am through, I will be his associate."

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!

That is all there is to the Barnes story of success! A long while ago, a great warrior faced a

situation which made it necessary for him to make a decision which insured his success on

the battlefield. He was about to send his armies against a powerful foe, whose men

outnumbered his own. He loaded his soldiers into boats, sailed to the enemy's country,

unloaded soldiers and equipment, then gave the order to burn the ships that had carried them.

Addressing his men before the first battle, he said, "You see the boats going up in smoke.

That means that we cannot leave these shores alive unless we win! We now have no choice-

we win-or we perish! They won.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all

sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known

as a BURNING DESIRE TO WIN, essential to success.

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The morning after the great Chicago fire, a group of merchants stood on State Street, looking

at the smoking remains of what had been their stores. They went into a conference to decide

if they would try to rebuild, or leave Chicago and start over in a more promising section of

the country. They reached a decision-all except one-to leave Chicago.

The merchant who decided to stay and rebuild pointed a finger at the remains of his store,

and said, "Gentlemen, on that very spot I will build the world's greatest store, no matter how

many times it may burn down."

That was more than fifty years ago. The store was built. It stands there today, a towering

monument to the power of that state of mind known as a BURNING DESIRE. The easy

thing for Marshal Field to have done, would have been exactly what his fellow merchants

did. When the going was hard, and the future looked dismal, they pulled up and went where

the going seemed easier.

Mark well this difference between Marshal Field and the other merchants, because it is the

same difference which distinguishes Edwin C. Barnes from thousands of other young men

who have worked in the Edison organization. It is the same difference which distinguishes

practically all who succeed from those who fail.

Every human being who reaches the age of understanding of the purpose of money, wishes

for it. 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.

The method by which DESIRE for riches can be transmuted into its financial equivalent,

consists of six definite, practical steps, viz: First. Fix in your mind the exact amount of

money you desire. It is not sufficient merely to say "I want plenty of money."

First. Be definite as to the amount. (There is a psychological reason for definiteness which

will be described in a subsequent chapter).

Second. Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the money you desire.

(There is no such reality as "something for nothing.)

Third. Establish a definite date when you intend to possess the money you desire.

Fourth. Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you are

ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Fifth. Write out a clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intend to acquire,

name the time limit for its acquisition, state what you intend to give in return for the money,

and describe clearly the plan through which you intend to accumulate it.

Sixth. Read your written statement aloud, twice daily, once just before retiring at night, and

once after arising in the morning. AS YOU READ-SEE AND FEEL AND BELIEVE

YOURSELF ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MONEY.

It is important that you follow the instructions described in these six steps. It is especially

important that you observe, and follow the instructions in the sixth paragraph. You may

complain that it is impossible for you to "see yourself in possession of money" before you

actually have it. Here is where a BURNING DESIRE will come to your aid. If you truly

DESIRE money so keenly that your desire is an obsession, you will have no difficulty in

convincing yourself that you will acquire it. The object is to want money, and to become so

determined to have it that you CONVINCE yourself you will have it.

Only those who become "money conscious" ever accumulate great riches. "Money

consciousness" means that the mind has become so thoroughly saturated with the DESIRE

for money, that one can see one's self already in possession of it.

To the uninitiated, who has not been schooled in the working principles of the human mind,

these instructions may appear impractical. It may be helpful, to all who fail to recognize the

soundness of the six steps, to know that the information they convey, was received from

Andrew Carnegie, who began as an ordinary laborer in the steel mills, but managed, despite

his humble beginning, to make these principles yield him a fortune of considerably more than

one hundred million dollars.

It may be of further help to know that the six steps here recommended were carefully

scrutinized by the late Thomas A. Edison, who placed his stamp of approval upon them as

being, not only the steps essential for the accumulation of money, but necessary for the

attainment of any definite goal.

The steps call for no "hard labor." They call for no sacrifice. They do not require one to

become ridiculous, or credulous. To apply them calls for no great amount of education. But

the successful application of these six steps does call for sufficient imagination to enable one

to see, and to understand, that accumulation of money cannot be left to chance, good fortune,

and luck. One must realize that all who have accumulated great fortunes, first did a certain

amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, DESIRING, and PLANNING before they acquired

money.

You may as well know, right here, that you can never have riches in great quantities,

UNLESS you can work yourself into a white heat of DESIRE for money, and actually

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BELIEVE you will possess it.

You may as well know, also that every great leader, from the dawn of civilization down to

the present, was a dreamer.

Christianity is the greatest potential power in the world today, because its founder was an

intense dreamer who had the vision and the imagination to see realities in their mental and

spiritual form before they had been transmuted into physical form.

If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank

balance. Never, in the history of America has there been so great an opportunity for practical

dreamers as now exists. The six year economic collapse has reduced all men, substantially, to

the same level. A new race is about to be run. The stakes represent huge fortunes which will

be accumulated within the next ten years. The rules of the race have changed, because we

now live in a CHANGED WORLD that definitely favors the masses, those who had but little

or no opportunity to win under the conditions existing during the depression, when fear

paralyzed growth and development.

We who are in this race for riches, should be encouraged to know that this changed world in

which we live is demanding new ideas, new ways of doing things, new leaders, new

inventions, new methods of teaching, new methods of marketing, new books, new literature,

new features for the radio, new ideas for moving pictures.

Back of all this demand for new and better things, there is one quality which one must

possess to win, and that is DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE, the knowledge of what one

wants, and a burning DESIRE to possess it.

The business depression marked the death of one age, and the birth of another. This changed

world requires practical dreamers who can, and will put their dreams into action. The

practical dreamers have always been, and always will be the pattern-makers of civilization.

We who desire to accumulate riches, should remember the real leaders of the world always

have been men who harnessed, and put into practical use, the intangible, unseen forces of

unborn opportunity, and have converted those forces, [or impulses of thought], into sky-

scrapers, cities, factories, airplanes, automobiles, and every form of convenience that makes

life more pleasant.

Tolerance, and an open mind are practical necessities of the dreamer of today. Those who are

afraid of new ideas are doomed before they start. Never has there been a time more favorable

to pioneers than the present. True, there is no wild and woolly west to be conquered, as in the

days of the Covered Wagon; but there is a vast business, financial, and industrial world to be

remoulded and redirected along new and better lines.

In planning to acquire your share of the riches, let no one influence you to scorn the dreamer.

To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of

the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit which

serves as the life-blood of our own country-your opportunity and mine, to develop and

market our talents.

Let us not forget, Columbus dreamed of an Unknown world, staked his life on the existence

of such a world, and discovered it!

Copernicus, the great astronomer, dreamed of a multiplicity of worlds, and revealed them!

No one denounced him as "impractical" after he had triumphed. Instead, the world

worshipped at his shrine, thus proving once more that "SUCCESS REQUIRES NO

APOLOGIES, FAILURE PERMITS NO ALIBIS."

If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it! Put your dream

across, and never mind what "they" say if you meet with temporary defeat, for "they,"

perhaps, do not know that EVERY FAILURE BRINGS WITH IT THE SEED OF AN

EQUIVALENT SUCCESS.

Henry Ford, poor and uneducated, dreamed of a horseless carriage, went to work with what

tools he possessed, without waiting for opportunity to favor him, and now evidence of his

dream belts the entire earth. He has put more wheels into operation than any man who ever

lived, because he was not afraid to back his dreams.

Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity, began where he

stood to put his dream into action, and despite more than ten thousand failures, he stood by

that dream until he made it a physical reality. Practical dreamers DO NOT QUIT! Whelan

dreamed of a chain of cigar stores, transformed his dream into action, and now the United

Cigar Stores occupy the best corners in America.

Lincoln dreamed of freedom for the black slaves, put his dream into action, and barely

missed living to see a united North and South translate his dream into reality.

The Wright brothers dreamed of a machine that would fly through the air. Now one may see

evidence all over the world, that they dreamed soundly.

Marconi dreamed of a system for harnessing the intangible forces of the ether. Evidence that

he did not dream in vain, may be found in every wireless and radio in the world. Moreover,

Marconi's dream brought the humblest cabin, and the most stately manor house side by side.

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It made the people of every nation on earth back-door neighbors. It gave the President of the

United States a medium by which he may talk to all the people of America at one time, and

on short notice. It may interest you to know that Marconi's "friends" had him taken into

custody, and examined in a psychopathic hospital, when he announced he had discovered a

principle through which he could send messages through the air, without the aid of wires, or

other direct physical means of communication. The dreamers of today fare better.

The world has become accustomed to new discoveries. Nay, it has shown a willingness to

reward the dreamer who gives the world a new idea.

"The greatest achievement was, at first, and for a time, but a dream."

"The oak sleeps in the acorn. The bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul, a

waking angel stirs. DREAMS ARE THE SEEDLINGS OF REALITY."

Awake, arise, and assert yourself, you dreamers of the world. Your star is now in the

ascendency. The world depression brought the opportunity you have been waiting for. It

taught people humility, tolerance, and open-mindedness.

The world is filled with an abundance of OPPORTUNITY which the dreamers of the past

never knew.

A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer

must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.

The world no longer scoffs at the dreamer, nor calls him impractical. If you think it does,

take a trip to Tennessee, and witness what a dreamer President has done in the way of

harnessing, and using the great water power of America. A score of years ago, such a dream

would have seemed like madness.

You have been disappointed, you have undergone defeat during the depression, you have felt

the great heart within you crushed until it bled. Take courage, for these experiences have

tempered the spiritual metal of which you are made-they are assets of incomparable value.

Remember, too, that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start, and pass through many

heartbreaking struggles before they "arrive." The turning point in the lives of those who

succeed, usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through which they are introduced to

their "other selves."

John Bunyan wrote the Pilgrim's Progress, which is among the finest of all English literature,

after he had been confined in prison and sorely punished, because of his views on the subject

of religion.

0. Henry discovered the genius which slept within his brain, after he had met with great

misfortune, and was confined in a prison cell, in Columbus, Ohio. Being FORCED, through

misfortune, to become acquainted with his "other self," and to use his IMAGINATION, he

discovered himself to be a great author instead of a miserable criminal and outcast. Strange

and varied are the ways of life, and stranger still are the ways of Infinite Intelligence, through

which men are sometimes forced to undergo all sorts of punishment before discovering their

own brains, and their own capacity to create useful ideas through imagination.

Edison, the world's greatest inventor and scientist, was a "tramp" telegraph operator, he failed

innumerable times before he was driven, finally, to the discovery of the genius which slept

within his brain.

Charles Dickens began by pasting labels on blacking pots. The tragedy of his first love

penetrated the depths of his soul, and converted him into one of the world's truly great

authors. That tragedy produced, first, David Copperfield, then a succession of other works

that made this a richer and better world for all who read his books. Disappointment over love

affairs, generally has the effect of driving men to drink, and women to ruin; and this, because

most people never learn the art of transmuting their strongest emotions into dreams of a

constructive nature.

Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest

misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great. Her

entire life has served as evidence that no one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted

as a reality.

Robert Burns was an illiterate country lad, he was cursed by poverty, and grew up to be a

drunkard in the bargain. The world was made better for his having lived, because he clothed

beautiful thoughts in poetry, and thereby plucked a thorn and planted a rose in its place.

Booker T. Washington was born in slavery, handicapped by race and color. Because he was

tolerant, had an open mind at all times, on all subjects, and was a DREAMER, he left his

impress for good on an entire race.

Beethoven was deaf, Milton was blind, but their names will last as long as time endures,

because they dreamed and translated their dreams into organized thought.

Before passing to the next chapter, kindle anew in your mind the fire of hope, faith, courage,

and tolerance. If you have these states of mind, and a working knowledge of the principles

described, all else that you need will come to you, when you are READY for it. Let Emerson

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state the thought in these words, "Every proverb, every book, every byword that belongs to

thee for aid and comfort shall surely come home through open or winding passages.

Every friend whom not thy fantastic will, but the great and tender soul in thee craveth, shall

lock thee in his embrace."

There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one

is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF,

not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire

faith, courage, and belief.

Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and

prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty. A great poet has correctly stated

this universal truth through these lines:

"I bargained with Life for a penny,

And Life would pay no more,

However I begged at evening

When I counted my scanty store.

"For Life is a just employer,

He gives you what you ask,

But once you have set the wages,

Why, you must bear the task.

"I worked for a menial's hire,

Only to learn, dismayed,

That any wage I had asked of Life,

Life would have willingly paid."

DESIRE OUTWITS MOTHER NATURE

As a fitting climax to this chapter, I wish to introduce one of the most unusual persons I

have ever known. I first saw him twenty-four years ago, a few minutes after he was born. He

came into the world without any physical sign of ears, and the doctor admitted, when pressed

for an opinion, that the child might be deaf, and mute for life.

I challenged the doctor's opinion. I had the right to do so, I was the child's father. I, too,

reached a decision, and rendered an opinion, but I expressed the opinion silently, in the

secrecy of my own heart. I decided that my son would hear and speak. Nature could send me

a child without ears, but Nature could not induce me to accept the reality of the affliction.

In my own mind I knew that my son would hear and speak. How? I was sure there must be a

way, and I knew I would find it. I thought of the words of the immortal Emerson, "The whole

course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey.

There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening, we shall hear the right word."

The right word? DESIRE! More than anything else, I DESIRED that my son should not be a

deaf mute. From that desire I never receded, not for a second.

Many years previously, I had written, "Our only limitations are those we set up in our own

minds." For the first time, I wondered if that statement were true. Lying on the bed in front of

me was a newly born child, without the natural equipment of hearing. Even though he might

hear and speak, he was obviously disfigured for life. Surely, this was a limitation which that

child had not set up in his own mind.

What could I do about it? Somehow I would find a way to transplant into that child's mind

my own BURNING DESIRE for ways and means of conveying sound to his brain without

the aid of ears. As soon as the child was old enough to cooperate, I would fill his mind so

completely with a BURNING DESIRE to hear, that Nature would, by methods of her own,

translate it into physical reality.

All this thinking took place in my own mind, but I spoke of it to no one. Every day I renewed

the pledge I had made to myself, not to accept a deaf mute for a son.

As he grew older, and began to take notice of things around him, we observed that he had a

slight degree of hearing. When he reached the age when children usually begin talking, he

made no attempt to speak, but we could tell by his actions that he could hear certain sounds

slightly. That was all I wanted to know! I was convinced that if he could hear, even slightly,

he might develop still greater hearing capacity. Then something happened which gave me

hope. It came from an entirely unexpected source.

We bought a victrola. When the child heard the music for the first time, he went into

ecstasies, and promptly appropriated the machine. He soon showed a preference for certain

records, among them, "It's a Long Way to Tipperary." On one occasion, he played that piece

over and over, for almost two hours, standing in front of the victrola, with his teeth clamped

on the edge of the case. The significance of this self-formed habit of his did not become clear

to us until years afterward, for we had never heard of the principle of "bone conduction" of

sound at that time.

Shortly after he appropriated the victrola, I discovered that he could hear me quite clearly

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when I spoke with my lips touching his mastoid bone, or at the base of the brain. These

discoveries placed in my possession the necessary media by which I began to translate into

reality my Burning Desire to help my son develop hearing and speech. By that time he was

making stabs at speaking certain words. The outlook was far from encouraging, but DESIRE

BACKED BY FAITH knows no such word as impossible.

Having determined that he could hear the sound of my voice plainly, I began, immediately,

to transfer to his mind the desire to hear and speak. I soon discovered that the child enjoyed

bedtime stories, so I went to work, creating stories designed to develop in him self-reliance,

imagination, and a keen desire to hear and to be normal.

There was one story in particular, which I emphasized by giving it some new and dramatic

coloring each time it was told. It was designed to plant in his mind the thought that his

affliction was not a liability, but an asset of great value. Despite the fact that all the

philosophy I had examined clearly indicated that EVERY ADVERSITY BRINGS WITH IT

THE SEED OF AN EQUIVALENT ADVANTAGE, I must confess that I had not the

slightest idea how this affliction could ever become an asset. However, I continued my

practice of wrapping that philosophy in bedtime stories, hoping the time would come when

he would find some plan by which his handicap could be made to serve some useful purpose.

Reason told me plainly, that there was no adequate compensation for the lack of ears and

natural hearing equipment.

DESIRE backed by FAITH, pushed reason aside, and inspired me to carry on.

As I analyze the experience in retrospect, I can see now, that my son's faith in me had much

to do with the astounding results.

He did not question anything I told him. I sold him the idea that he had a distinct advantage

over his older brother, and that this advantage would reflect itself in many ways. For

example, the teachers in school would observe that he had no ears, and, because of this, they

would show him special attention and treat him with extraordinary kindness. They always

did. His mother saw to that, by visiting the teachers and arranging with them to give the child

the extra attention necessary. I sold him the idea, too, that when he became old enough to sell

newspapers, (his older brother had already become a newspaper merchant), he would have a

big advantage over his brother, for the reason that people would pay him extra money for his

wares, because they could see that he was a bright, industrious boy, despite the fact he had no

ears.

We could notice that, gradually, the child's hearing was improving. Moreover, he had not the

slightest tendency to be self-conscious, because of his affliction. When he was about seven,

he showed the first evidence that our method of servicing his mind was bearing fruit. For

several months he begged for the privilege of selling newspapers, but his mother would not

give her consent. She was afraid that his deafness made it unsafe for him to go on the street

alone.

Finally, he took matters in his own hands. One afternoon, when he was left at home with the

servants, he climbed through the kitchen window, shinnied to the ground, and set out on his

own. He borrowed six cents in capital from the neighborhood shoemaker, invested it in

papers, sold out, reinvested, and kept repeating until late in the evening. After balancing his

accounts, and paying back the six cents he had borrowed from his banker, he had a net profit

of forty-two cents. When we got home that night, we found him in bed asleep, with the

money tightly clenched in his hand.

His mother opened his hand, removed the coins, and cried. Of all things! Crying over her

son's first victory seemed so inappropriate. My reaction was the reverse. I laughed heartily,

for I knew that my endeavor to plant in the child's mind an attitude of faith in himself had

been successful.

His mother saw, in his first business venture, a little deaf boy who had gone out in the streets

and risked his life to earn money. I saw a brave, ambitious, self-reliant little business man

whose stock in himself had been increased a hundred percent, because he had gone into

business on his own initiative, and had won. The transaction pleased me, because I knew that

he had given evidence of a trait of resourcefulness that would go with him all through life.

Later events proved this to be true. When his older brother wanted something, he would lie

down on the floor, kick his feet in the air, cry for it-and get it. When the "little deaf boy"

wanted something, he would plan a way to earn the money, then buy it for himself. He still

follows that plan!

Truly, my own son has taught me that handicaps can be converted into stepping stones on

which one may climb toward some worthy goal, unless they are accepted as obstacles, and

used as alibis.

The little deaf boy went through the grades, high school, and college without being able to

hear his teachers, excepting when they shouted loudly, at close range. He did not go to a

school for the deaf. WE WOULD NOT PERMIT HIM TO LEARN THE SIGN

LANGUAGE. We were determined that he should live a normal life, and associate with

normal children, and we stood by that decision, although it cost us many heated debates with

school officials.

While he was in high school, he tried an electrical hearing aid, but it was of no value to him;

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due, we believed, to a condition that was disclosed when the child was six, by Dr. J. Gordon

Wilson, of Chicago, when he operated on one side of the boy's head, and discovered that

there was no sign of natural hearing equipment. During his last week in college, (eighteen

years after the operation), something happened which marked the most important turning-

point of his life.

Through what seemed to be mere chance, he came into possession of another electrical

hearing device, which was sent to him on trial. He was slow about testing it, due to his

disappointment with a similar device. Finally he picked the instrument up, and more or less

carelessly, placed it on his head, hooked up the battery, and lo! as if by a stroke of magic, his

lifelong DESIRE FOR NORMAL HEARING BECAME A REALITY! For the first time in

his life he heard practically as well as any person with normal hearing. "God moves in

mysterious ways, His wonders to perform."

Overjoyed because of the Changed World which had been brought to him through his

hearing device, he rushed to the telephone, called his mother, and heard her voice perfectly.

The next day he plainly heard the voices of his professors in class, for the first time in his

life! Previously he could hear them only when they shouted, at short range. He heard the

radio. He heard the talking pictures. For the first time in his life, he could converse freely

with other people, without the necessity of their having to speak loudly. Truly, he had come

into possession of a Changed World. We had refused to accept Nature's error, and, by

PERSISTENT DESIRE, we had induced Nature to correct that error, through the only

practical means available.

DESIRE had commenced to pay dividends, but the victory was not yet complete. The boy

still had to find a definite and practical way to convert his handicap into an equivalent asset.

Hardly realizing the significance of what had already been accomplished, but intoxicated

with the joy of his newly discovered world of sound, he wrote a letter to the manufacturer of

the hearing-aid, enthusiastically describing his experience. Something in his letter;

something, perhaps which was not written on the lines, but back of them; caused the

company to invite him to New York. When be arrived, he was escorted through the factory,

and while talking with the Chief Engineer, telling him about his changed world, a hunch, an

idea, or an inspiration-call it what you wish-flashed into his mind. It was this impulse of

thought which converted his affliction into an asset, destined to pay dividends in both money

and happiness to thousands for all time to come.

The sum and substance of that impulse of thought was this: It occurred to him that he might

be of help to the millions of deafened people who go through life without the benefit of

hearing devices, if he could find a way to tell them the story of his Changed World.

Then and there, he reached a decision to devote the remainder of his life to rendering useful

service to the hard of hearing.

For an entire month, he carried on an intensive research, during which he analyzed the entire

marketing system of the manufacturer of the hearing device, and created ways and means of

communicating with the hard of hearing all over the world for the purpose of sharing with

them his newly discovered "Changed World." When this was done, he put in writing a two-

year plan, based upon his findings. When he presented the plan to the company, he was

instantly given a position, for the purpose of carrying out his ambition.

Little did he dream, when he went to work, that he was destined to bring hope and practical

relief to thousands of deafened people who, without his help, would have been doomed

forever to deaf mutism.

Shortly after he became associated with the manufacturer of his hearing aid, he invited me to

attend a class conducted by his company, for the purpose of teaching deaf mutes to hear, and

to speak. I had never heard of such a form of education, therefore I visited the class, skeptical

but hopeful that my time would not be entirely wasted. Here I saw a demonstration which

gave me a greatly enlarged vision of what I had done to arouse and keep alive in my son's

mind the DESIRE for normal hearing. I saw deaf mutes actually being taught to hear and to

speak, through application of the self-same principle I had used, more than twenty years

previously, in saving my son from deaf mutism.

Thus, through some strange turn of the Wheel of Fate, my son, Blair, and I have been

destined to aid in correcting deaf mutism for those as yet unborn, because we are the only

living human beings, as far as I know, who have established definitely the fact that deaf

mutism can be corrected to the extent of restoring to normal life those who suffer with this

affliction. It has been done for one; it will be done for others.

There is no doubt in my mind that Blair would have been a deaf mute all his life, if his

mother and I had not managed to shape his mind as we did. The doctor who attended at his

birth told us, confidentially, the child might never hear or speak. A few weeks ago, Dr. Irving

Voorhees, a noted specialist on such cases, examined Blair very thoroughly. He was

astounded when he learned how well my son now hears, and speaks, and said his

examination indicated that "theoretically, the boy should not be able to hear at all." But the

lad does hear, despite the fact that X-ray pictures show there is no opening in the skull,

whatsoever, from where his ears should be to the brain.

When I planted in his mind the DESIRE to hear and talk, and live as a normal person, there

went with that impulse some strange influence which caused Nature to become bridge-

builder, and span the gulf of silence between his brain and the outer world, by some means

which the keenest medical specialists have not been able to interpret. It would be sacrilege

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for me to even conjecture as to how Nature performed this miracle. It would be unforgivable

if I neglected to tell the world as much as I know of the humble part I assumed in the strange

experience. It is my duty, and a privilege to say I believe, and not without reason, that

nothing is impossible to the person who backs DESIRE with enduring FAITH.

Verily, a BURNING DESIRE has devious ways of transmuting itself into its physical

equivalent. Blair DESIRED normal hearing; now he has it! He was born with a handicap

which might easily have sent one with a less defined DESIRE to the street with a bundle of

pencils and a tin cup. That handicap now promises to serve as the medium by which he will

render useful service to many millions of hard of hearing, also, to give him useful

employment at adequate financial compensation the remainder of his life.

The little "white lies" I planted in his mind when he was a child, by leading him to BELIEVE

his affliction would become a great asset, which he could capitalize, has justified itself.

Verily, there is nothing, right or wrong, which BELIEF, plus BURNING DESIRE, cannot

make real. These qualities are free to everyone. In all my experience in dealing with men and

women who had personal problems, I never handled a single case which more definitely

demonstrates the power of DESIRE. Authors sometimes make the mistake of writing of

subjects of which they have but superficial, or very elementary knowledge. It has been my

good fortune to have had the privilege of testing the soundness of the POWER OF DESIRE,

through the affliction of my own son. Perhaps it was providential that the experience came as

it did, for surely no one is better prepared than he, to serve as an example of what happens

when DESIRE is put to the test. If Mother Nature bends to the will of desire, is it logical that

mere men can defeat a burning desire?

Strange and imponderable is the power of the human mind! We do not understand the

method by which it uses every circumstance, every individual, every physical thing within its

reach, as a means of transmuting DESIRE into its physical counterpart. Perhaps science will

uncover this secret. I planted in my son's mind the DESIRE to hear and to speak as any

normal person hears and speaks. That DESIRE has now become a reality. I planted in his

mind the DESIRE to convert his greatest handicap into his greatest asset. That DESIRE has

been realized. The modus operandi by which this astounding result was achieved is not hard

to describe. It consisted of three very definite facts; first, I MIXED FAITH with the DESIRE

for normal hearing, which I passed on to my son. Second, I communicated my desire to him

in every conceivable way available, through persistent, continuous effort, over a period of

years. Third, HE BELIEVED ME!

As this chapter was being completed, news came of the death of Mme. Schuman-Heink. One

short paragraph in the news dispatch gives the clue to this unusual woman's stupendous

success as a singer. I quote the paragraph, because the clue it contains is none other than

DESIRE.

Early in her career, Mme. Schuman-Heink visited the director of the Vienna Court Opera, to

have him test her voice. But, he did not test it. After taking one look at the awkward and

poorly dressed girl, he exclaimed, none too gently, "With such a face, and with no

personality at all, how can you ever expect to succeed in opera? My good child, give up the

idea. Buy a sewing machine, and go to work.

YOU CAN NEVER BE A SINGER."

Never is a long time! The director of the Vienna Court Opera knew much about the technique

of singing. He knew little about the power of desire, when it assumes the proportion of an

obsession. If he had known more of that power, he would not have made the mistake of

condemning genius without giving it an opportunity. Several years ago, one of my business

associates became ill. He became worse as time went on, and finally was taken to the hospital

for an operation. Just before he was wheeled into the operating room, I took a look at him,

and wondered how anyone as thin and emaciated as he, could possibly go through a major

operation successfully. The doctor warned me that there was little if any chance of my ever

seeing him alive again. But that was the DOCTOR'S OPINION. It was not the opinion of the

patient. Just before he was wheeled away, he whispered feebly, "Do not be disturbed, Chief, I

will be out of here in a few days." The attending nurse looked at me with pity. But the patient

did come through safely. After it was all over, his physician said, "Nothing but his own

desire to live saved him. He never would have pulled through if he had not refused to accept

the possibility of death."

I believe in the power of DESIRE backed by FAITH, because I have seen this power lift men

from lowly beginnings to places of power and wealth; I have seen it rob the grave of its

victims; I have seen it serve as the medium by which men staged a comeback after having

been defeated in a hundred different ways; I have seen it provide my own son with a normal,

happy, successful life, despite Nature's having sent him into the world without ears.

How can one harness and use the power of DESIRE? This has been answered through this,

and the subsequent chapters of this book. This message is going out to the world at the end of

the longest, and perhaps, the most devastating depression America has ever known. It is

reasonable to presume that the message may come to the attention of many who have been

wounded by the depression, those who have lost their fortunes, others who have lost their

positions, and great numbers who must reorganize their plans and stage a comeback. To all

these I wish to convey the thought that all achievement, no matter what may be its nature, or

its purpose, must begin with an intense, BURNING DESIRE for something definite.

Through some strange and powerful principle of "mental chemistry" which she has never

divulged, Nature wraps up in the impulse of STRONG DESIRE "that something" which

recognizes no such word as impossible, and accepts no such reality as failure.

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CHAPTER 3

FAITH VISUALIZATION OF, AND BELIEF IN ATTAINMENT OF DESIRE

The Second Step toward Riches

FAITH is the head chemist of the mind. When FAITH is blended with the vibration of

thought, the subconscious mind instantly picks up the vibration, translates it into its spiritual

equivalent, and transmits it to Infinite Intelligence, as in the case of prayer.

The emotions of FAITH, LOVE, and SEX are the most powerful of all the major positive

emotions. When the three are blended, they have the effect of "coloring" the vibration of

thought in such a way that it instantly reaches the subconscious mind, where it is changed

into its spiritual equivalent, the only form that induces a response from Infinite Intelligence.

Love and faith are psychic; related to the spiritual side of man. Sex is purely biological, and

related only to the physical. The mixing, or blending, of these three emotions has the effect

of opening a direct line of communication between the finite, thinking mind of man, and

Infinite Intelligence.

How To Develop Faith

There comes, now, a statement which will give a better understanding of the importance the

principle of auto-suggestion assumes in the transmutation of desire into its physical, or

monetary equivalent; namely: FAITH is a state of mind which may be induced, or created, by

affirmation or repeated instructions to the subconscious mind, through the principle of auto-

suggestion.

As an illustration, consider the purpose for which you are, presumably, reading this book.

The object is, naturally, to acquire the ability to transmute the intangible thought impulse of

DESIRE into its physical counterpart, money. By following the instructions laid down in the

chapters on auto-suggestion, and the subconscious mind, as summarized in the chapter on

auto-suggestion, you may CONVINCE the subconscious mind that you believe you will

receive that for which you ask, and it will act upon that belief, which your subconscious

mind passes back to you in the form of "FAITH," followed by definite plans for procuring

that which you desire.

The method by which one develops FAITH, where it does not already exist, is extremely

difficult to describe, almost as difficult, in fact, as it would be to describe the color of red to a

blind man who has never seen color, and has nothing with which to compare what you

describe to him. Faith is a state of mind which you may develop at will, after you have

mastered the thirteen principles, because it is a state of mind which develops voluntarily,

through application and use of these principles.

Repetition of affirmation of orders to your subconscious mind is the only known method of

voluntary development of the emotion of faith. Perhaps the meaning may be made clearer

through the following explanation as to the way men sometimes become criminals. Stated in

the words of a famous criminologist, "When men first come into contact with crime, they

abhor it. If they remain in contact with crime for a time, they become accustomed to it, and

endure it. If they remain in contact with it long enough, they finally embrace it, and become

influenced by it."

This is the equivalent of saying that any impulse of thought which is repeatedly passed on to

the subconscious mind is, finally, accepted and acted upon by the subconscious mind, which

proceeds to translate that impulse into its physical equivalent, by the most practical procedure

available.

In connection with this, consider again the statement, ALL THOUGHTS WHICH HAVE

BEEN EMOTIONALIZED, (given feeling) AND MIXED WITH FAITH, begin immediately

to translate themselves into their physical equivalent or counterpart.

The emotions, or the "feeling" portion of thoughts, are the factors which give thoughts

vitality, life, and action. The emotions of Faith, Love, and Sex, when mixed with any thought

impulse, give it greater action than any of these emotions can do singly.

Not only thought impulses which have been mixed with FAITH, but those which have been

mixed with any of the positive emotions, or any of the negative emotions, may reach, and

influence the subconscious mind.

From this statement, you will understand that the subconscious mind will translate into its

physical equivalent, a thought impulse of a negative or destructive nature, just as readily as it

will act upon thought impulses of a positive or constructive nature. This accounts for the

strange phenomenon which so many millions of people experience, referred to as

"misfortune," or "bad luck." There are millions of people who BELIEVE themselves

"doomed" to poverty and failure, because of some strange force over which they BELIEVE

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they have no control. They are the creators of their own "misfortunes," because of this

negative BELIEF, which is picked up by the subconscious mind, and translated into its

physical equivalent.

This is an appropriate place at which to suggest again that you may benefit, by passing on to

your subconscious mind, any DESIRE which you wish translated into its physical, or

monetary equivalent, in a state of expectancy or BELIEF that the transmutation will actually

take place. Your BELIEF, or FAITH, is the element which determines the action of your

subconscious mind. There is nothing to hinder you from "deceiving" your subconscious mind

when giving it instructions through autosuggestion, as I deceived my son's subconscious

mind.

To make this "deceit" more realistic, conduct yourself just as you would, if you were

ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MATERIAL THING WHICH YOU ARE

DEMANDING, when you call upon your subconscious mind.

The subconscious mind will transmute into its physical equivalent, by the most direct and

practical media available, any order which is given to it in a state of BELIEF, or FAITH that

the order will be carried out.

Surely, enough has been stated to give a starting point from which one may, through

experiment and practice, acquire the ability to mix FAITH with any order given to the

subconscious mind.

Perfection will come through practice. It cannot come by merely reading instructions.

If it be true that one may become a criminal by association with crime, (and this is a known

fact), it is equally true that one may develop faith by voluntarily suggesting to the

subconscious mind that one has faith. The mind comes, finally, to take on the nature of the

influences which dominate it. Understand this truth, and you will know why it is essential for

you to encourage the positive emotions as dominating forces of your mind, and discourage

and eliminate negative emotions.

A mind dominated by positive emotions, becomes a favorable abode for the state of mind

known as faith. A mind so dominated may, at will, give the subconscious mind instructions,

which it will accept and act upon immediately.

FAITH IS A STATE OF MIND WHICH MAY BE INDUCED BY AUTO-SUGGESTION

All down the ages, the religionists have admonished struggling humanity to "have faith" in

this, that, and the other dogma or creed, but they have failed to tell people HOW to have

faith. They have not stated that "faith is a state of mind, and that it may be induced by self-

suggestion."

In language which any normal human being can understand, we will describe all that is

known about the principle through which FAITH may be developed, where it does not

already exist. Have Faith in yourself; Faith in the Infinite.

Before we begin, you should be reminded again that: FAITH is the "eternal elixir" which

gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought!

The foregoing sentence is worth reading a second time, and a third, and a fourth. It is worth

reading aloud!

FAITH is the starting point of all accumulation of riches!

FAITH is the basis of all "miracles," and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules

of science!

FAITH is the only known antidote for FAILURE!

FAITH is the element, the "chemical" which, when mixed with prayer, gives one direct

communication with Infinite Intelligence.

FAITH is the element which transforms the ordinary vibration of thought, created by the

finite mind of man, into the spiritual equivalent.

FAITH is the only agency through which the cosmic force of Infinite Intelligence can be

harnessed and used by man.

EVERY ONE OF THE FOREGOING STATEMENTS IS CAPABLE OF PROOF!

The proof is simple and easily demonstrated. It is wrapped up in the principle of auto-

suggestion. Let us center our attention, therefore, upon the subject of self-suggestion, and

find out what it is, and what it is capable of achieving. It is a well known fact that one comes,

finally, to BELIEVE whatever one repeats to one's self, whether the statement be true or

false. If a man repeats a lie over and over, he will eventually accept the lie as truth.

Moreover, he will BELIEVE it to be the truth. Every man is what he is, because of the

DOMINATING THOUGHTS which he permits to occupy his mind. Thoughts which a man

deliberately places in his own mind, and encourages with sympathy, and with which he

mixes any one or more of the emotions, constitute the motivating forces, which direct and

control his every movement, act, and deed!

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Comes, now, a very significant statement of truth:

THOUGHTS WHICH ARE MIXED WITH ANY OF THE FEELINGS OF EMOTIONS,

CONSTITUTE A "MAGNETIC" FORCE WHICH ATTRACTS, FROM THE

VIBRATIONS OF THE ETHER, OTHER SIMILAR, OR RELATED THOUGHTS.

A thought thus "magnetized" with emotion may be compared to a seed which, when planted

in fertile soil, germinates, grows, and multiplies itself over and over again, until that which

was originally one small seed, becomes countless millions of seeds of the SAME BRAND!

The ether is a great cosmic mass of eternal forces of vibration. It is made up of both

destructive vibrations and constructive vibrations. It carries, at all times, vibrations of fear,

poverty, disease, failure, misery; and vibrations of prosperity, health, success, and happiness,

just as surely as it carries the sound of hundreds of orchestrations of music, and hundreds of

human voices, all of which maintain their own individuality, and means of identification,

through the medium of radio.

From the great storehouse of the ether, the human mind is constantly attracting vibrations

which harmonize with that which DOMINATES the human mind. Any thought, idea, plan,

or purpose which one holds in one's mind attracts, from the vibrations of the ether, a host of

its relatives, adds these "relatives" to its own force, and grows until it becomes the

dominating, MOTIVATING MASTER of the individual in whose mind it has been housed.

Now, let us go back to the starting point, and become informed as to how the original seed of

an idea, plan, or purpose may be planted in the mind. The information is easily conveyed:

any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought. This is

why you are asked to write out a statement of your major purpose, or Definite Chief Aim,

commit it to memory, and repeat it, in audible words, day after day, until these vibrations of

sound have reached your subconscious mind.

We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register,

through the stimuli of our daily environment.

Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own

life to ORDER. Taking inventory of mental assets and liabilities, you will discover that your

greatest weakness is lack of self-confidence. This handicap can be surmounted, and timidity

translated into courage, through the aid of the principle of autosuggestion. The application of

this principle may be made through a simple arrangement of positive thought impulses stated

in writing, memorized, and repeated, until they become a part of the working equipment of

the subconscious faculty of your mind.

SELF-CONFIDENCE FORMULA

First. I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life,

therefore, I DEMAND of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I

here and now promise to render such action.

Second. I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves

in outward, physical action, and gradually transform themselves into physical reality,

therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for thirty minutes daily, upon the task of thinking of

the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that

person.

Third. I know through the principle of auto-suggestion, any desire that I persistently hold in

my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the

object back of it, therefore, I will devote ten minutes daily to demanding of myself the

development of SELF-CONFIDENCE.

Fourth. I have clearly written down a description of my DEFINITE CHIEF AIM in life, and

I will never stop trying, until I shall have developed sufficient self-confidence for its

attainment.

Fifth. I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and

justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects. I

will succeed by attracting to myself the forces I wish to use, and the cooperation of other

people. I will induce others to serve me, because of my willingness to serve others. I will

eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all

humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success.

I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.

I will sign my name to this formula, commit it to memory, and repeat it aloud once a day,

with full FAITH that it will gradually influence my THOUGHTS and ACTIONS so that I

will become a self-reliant, and successful person.

Back of this formula is a law of Nature which no man has yet been able to explain. It has

baffled the scientists of all ages. The psychologists have named this law "auto-suggestion,"

and let it go at that.

The name by which one calls this law is of little importance. The important fact about it is-it

WORKS for the glory and success of mankind, IF it is used constructively. On the other

hand, if used destructively, it will destroy just as readily. In this statement may be found a

very significant truth, namely; that those who go down in defeat, and end their lives in

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poverty, misery, and distress, do so because of negative application of the principle of auto-

suggestion.

The cause may be found in the fact that ALL IMPULSES OF THOUGHT HAVE A

TENDENCY TO CLOTHE THEMSELVES IN THEIR PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT.

The subconscious mind, (the chemical laboratory in which all thought impulses are

combined, and made ready for translation into physical reality), makes no distinction

between constructive and destructive thought impulses. It works with the material we feed it,

through our thought impulses. The subconscious mind will translate into reality a thought

driven by FEAR just as readily as it will translate into reality a thought driven by

COURAGE, or FAITH.

The pages of medical history are rich with illustrations of cases of "suggestive suicide." A

man may commit suicide through negative suggestion, just as effectively as by any other

means. In a midwestern city, a man by the name of Joseph Grant, a bank official, "borrowed"

a large sum of the bank's money, without the consent of the directors. He lost the money

through gambling. One afternoon, the Bank Examiner came and began to check the accounts.

Grant left the bank, took a room in a local hotel, and when they found him, three days later,

he was lying in bed, wailing and moaning, repeating over and over these words, "My God,

this will kill me! I cannot stand the disgrace." In a short time he was dead. The doctors

pronounced the case one of "mental suicide."

Just as electricity will turn the wheels of industry, and render useful service if used

constructively; or snuff out life if wrongly used, so will the law of auto-suggestion lead you

to peace and prosperity. or down into the valley of misery, failure, and death, according to

your degree of understanding and application of it.

If you fill your mind with FEAR, doubt and unbelief in your ability to connect with, and use

the forces of Infinite Intelligence, the law of auto-suggestion will take this spirit of unbelief

and use it as a pattern by which your subconscious mind will translate it into its physical

equivalent.

THIS STATEMENT IS AS TRUE AS THE STATEMENT THAT TWO AND TWO ARE

FOUR!

Like the wind which carries one ship East, and another West, the law of auto-suggestion will

lift you up or pull you down, according to the way you set your sails of THOUGHT.

The law of auto-suggestion, through which any person may rise to altitudes of achievement

which stagger the imagination, is well described in the following verse:

"If you think you are beaten, you are,

If you think you dare not, you don't

If you like to win, but you think you can't,

It is almost certain you won't.

"If you think you'll lose, you're lost

For out of the world we find,

Success begins with a fellow's will-

It's all in the state of mind.

"If you think you are outclassed, you are,

You've got to think high to rise,

You've got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

"Life's battles don't always go

To the stronger or faster man,

But soon or late the man who wins

Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!"

Observe the words which have been emphasized, and you will catch the deep meaning

which the poet had in mind.

Somewhere in your make-up (perhaps in the cells of your brain) there lies sleeping, the seed

of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you

may never have hoped to attain.

Just as a master musician may cause the most beautiful strains of music to pour forth from

the strings of a violin, so may you arouse the genius which lies asleep in your brain, and

cause it to drive you upward to whatever goal you may wish to achieve.

Abraham Lincoln was a failure at everything he tried, until he was well past the age of forty.

He was a Mr. Nobody from Nowhere, until a great experience came into his life, aroused the

sleeping genius within his heart and brain, and gave the world one of its really great men.

That "experience" was mixed with the emotions of sorrow and LOVE. It came to him

through Anne Rutledge, the only woman whom he ever truly loved.

It is a known fact that the emotion of LOVE is closely akin to the state of mind known as

FAITH, and this for the reason that Love comes very near to translating one's thought

impulses into their spiritual equivalent. During his work of research, the author discovered,

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from the analysis of the life-work and achievements of hundreds of men of outstanding

accomplishment, that there was the influence of a woman's love back of nearly EVERY ONE

OF THEM. The emotion of love, in the human heart and brain, creates a favorable field of

magnetic attraction, which causes an influx of the higher and finer vibrations which are afloat

in the ether.

If you wish evidence of the power of FAITH, study the achievements of men and women

who have employed it. At the head of the list comes the Nazarene. Christianity is the greatest

single force which influences the minds of men. The basis of Christianity is FAITH, no

matter how many people may have perverted, or misinterpreted the meaning of this great

force, and no matter how many dogmas and creeds have been created in its name, which do

not reflect its tenets.

The sum and substance of the teachings and the achievements of Christ, which may have

been interpreted as "miracles," were nothing more nor less than FAITH. If there are any such

phenomena as "miracles" they are produced only through the state of mind known as FAITH!

Some teachers of religion, and many who call themselves Christians, neither understand nor

practice FAITH.

Let us consider the power of FAITH, as it is now being demonstrated, by a man who is well

known to all of civilization, Mahatma Gandhi, of India. In this man the world has one of the

most astounding examples known to civilization, of the possibilities of FAITH. Gandhi

wields more potential power than any man living at this time, and this, despite the fact that he

has none of the orthodox tools of power, such as money, battle ships, soldiers, and materials

of warfare. Gandhi has no money, he has no home, he does not own a suit of clothes, but HE

DOES HAVE POWER. How does he come by that power?

HE CREATED IT OUT OF HIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRINCIPLE OF FAITH,

AND THROUGH HIS ABILITY TO TRANSPLANT THAT FAITH INTO THE MINDS

OF TWO HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE.

Gandhi has accomplished, through the influence of FAITH, that which the strongest military

power on earth could not, and never will accomplish through soldiers and military

equipment. He has accomplished the astounding feat of INFLUENCING two hundred

million minds to COALESCE AND MOVE IN UNISON, AS A SINGLE MIND.

What other force on earth, except FAITH could do as much? There will come a day when

employees as well as employers will discover the possibilities of FAITH. That day is

dawning. The whole world has had ample opportunity, during the recent business depression,

to witness what the LACK OF FAITH will do to business.

Surely, civilization has produced a sufficient number of intelligent human beings to make use

of this great lesson which the depression has taught the world. During this depression, the

world had evidence in abundance that widespread FEAR will paralyze the wheels of industry

and business. Out of this experience will arise leaders in business and industry who will

profit by the example which Gandhi has set for the world, and they will apply to business the

same tactics which he has used in building the greatest following known in the history of the

world. These leaders will come from the rank and file of the unknown men, who now labor

in the steel plants, the coal mines, the automobile factories, and in the small towns and cities

of America.

Business is due for a reform, make no mistake about this! The methods of the past, based

upon economic combinations of FORCE and FEAR, will be supplanted by the better

principles of FAITH and cooperation. Men who labor will receive more than daily wages;

they will receive dividends from the business, the same as those who supply the capital for

business; but, first they must GIVE MORE TO THEIR EMPLOYERS, and stop this

bickering and bargaining by force, at the expense of the public. They must earn the right to

dividends!

Moreover, and this is the most important thing of all-THEY WILL BE LED BY LEADERS

WHO WILL UNDERSTAND AND APPLY THE PRINCIPLES EMPLOYED BY

MAHATMA GANDHI. Only in this way may leaders get from their followers the spirit of

FULL cooperation which constitutes power in its highest and most enduring form.

This stupendous machine age in which we live, and from which we are just emerging, has

taken the soul out of men. Its leaders have driven men as though they were pieces of cold

machinery; they were forced to do so by the employees who have bargained, at the expense

of all concerned, to get and not to give.

The watchword of the future will be HUMAN HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT, and

when this state of mind shall have been attained, the production will take care of itself, more

effectively than anything that has ever been accomplished where men did not, and could not

mix FAITH and individual interest with their labor.

Because of the need for faith and cooperation in operating business and industry, it will be

both interesting and profitable to analyze an event which provides an excellent understanding

of the method by which industrialists and business men accumulate great fortunes, by giving

before they try to get.

The event chosen for this illustration dates back to 1900, when the United States Steel

Corporation was being formed. As you read the story, keep in mind these fundamental facts

and you will understand how IDEAS have been converted into huge fortunes.

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First, the huge United States Steel Corporation was born in the mind of Charles M. Schwab,

in the form of an IDEA he created through his IMAGINATION!

Second, he mixed FAITH with his IDEA.

Third, he formulated a PLAN for the transformation of his IDEA into physical and financial

reality.

Fourth, he put his plan into action with his famous speech at the University Club.

Fifth, he applied, and followed-through on his PLAN with PERSISTENCE, and backed it

with firm DECISION until it had been fully carried out.

Sixth, he prepared the way for success by a BURNING DESIRE for success.

If you are one of those who have often wondered how great fortunes are accumulated, this

story of the creation of the United States Steel Corporation will be enlightening. If you have

any doubt that men can THINK AND GROW RICH, this story should dispel that doubt,

because you can plainly see in the story of the United States Steel, the application of a major

portion of the thirteen principles described in this book.

This astounding description of the power of an IDEA was dramatically told by John Lowell,

in the New York World-Telegram, with whose courtesy it is here reprinted.

"A PRETTY AFTER-DINNER SPEECH FOR A BILLION DOLLARS

"When, on the evening of December 12, 1900, some eighty of the nation's financial nobility

gathered in the banquet hail of the University Club on Fifth Avenue to do honor to a young

man from out of the West, not half a dozen of the guests realized they were to witness the

most significant episode in American industrial history.

"J. Edward Simmons and Charles Stewart Smith, their hearts full of gratitude for the lavish

hospitality bestowed on them by Charles M. Schwab during a recent visit to Pittsburgh, had

arranged the dinner to introduce the thirty-eight-year-old steel man to eastern banking

society. But they didn't expect him to stampede the convention. They warned him, in fact,

that the bosoms within New York's stuffed shirts would not be responsive to oratory, and

that, if he didn't want to bore the Stilhnans and Harrimans and Vanderbilts, he had better

limit himself to fifteen or twenty minutes of polite vaporings and let it go at that.

"Even John Pierpont Morgan, sitting on the right hand of Schwab as became his imperial

dignity, intended to grace the banquet table with his presence only briefly. And so far as the

press and public were concerned, the whole affair was of so little moment that no mention of

it found its way into print the next day.

"So the two hosts and their distinguished guests ate their way through the usual seven or

eight courses. There was little conversation and what there was of it was restrained. Few of

the bankers and brokers had met Schwab, whose career had flowered along the banks of the

Monongahela, and none knew him well. But before the evening was over, they-and with

them Money Master Morgan - were to be swept off their feet, and a billion dollar baby, the

United States Steel Corporation, was to be conceived.

"It is perhaps unfortunate, for the sake of history, that no record of Charlie Schwab's speech

at the dinner ever was made. He repeated some parts of it at a later date during a similar

meeting of Chicago bankers. And still later, when the Government brought suit to dissolve

the Steel Trust, he gave his own version, from the witness stand, of the remarks that

stimulated Morgan into a frenzy of financial activity.

"It is probable, however, that it was a 'homely' speech, somewhat ungrammatical (for the

niceties of language never bothered Schwab), full of epigram and threaded with wit. But

aside from that it had a galvanic force and effect upon the five billions of estimated capital

that was represented by the diners. After it was over and the gathering was still under its

spell, although Schwab had talked for ninety minutes, Morgan led the orator to a recessed

window where, dangling their legs from the high, uncomfortable seat, they talked for an hour

more.

"The magic of the Schwab personality had been turned on, full force, but what was more

important and lasting was the full-fledged, clear-cut program he laid down for the

aggrandizement of Steel. Many other men had tried to interest Morgan in slapping together a

steel trust after the pattern of the biscuit, wire and hoop, sugar, rubber, whisky, oil or

chewing gum combinations. John W. Gates, the gambler, had urged it, but Morgan distrusted

him. The Moore boys, Bill and Jim, Chicago stock jobbers who had glued together a match

trust and a cracker corporation, had urged it and failed. Elbert H. Gary, the sanctimonious

country lawyer, wanted to foster it, but he wasn't big enough to be impressive. Until

Schwab's eloquence took J. P. Morgan to the heights from which he could visualize the solid

results of the most daring financial undertaking ever conceived, the project was regarded as a

delirious dream of easy-money crackpots.

"The financial magnetism that began, a generation ago, to attract thousands of small and

sometimes inefficiently managed companies into large and competition-crushing

combinations, had become operative in the steel world through the devices of that jovial

business pirate, John W. Gates. Gates already had formed the American Steel and Wire

Company out of a chain of small concerns, and together with Morgan had created the Federal

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Steel Company.

The National Tube and American Bridge companies were two more Morgan concerns, and

the Moore Brothers had forsaken the match and cookie business to form the 'American'

group- Tin Plate, Steel Hoop, Sheet Steel-and the National Steel Company.

"But by the side of Andrew Carnegie's gigantic vertical trust, a trust owned and operated by

fifty-three partners, those other combinations were picayune. They might combine to their

heart's content but the whole lot of them couldn't make a dent in the Carnegie organization,

and Morgan knew it.

"The eccentric old Scot knew it, too. From the magnificent heights of Skibo Castle he had

viewed, first with amusement and then with resentment, the attempts of Morgan's smaller

companies to cut into his business. When the attempts became too bold, Carnegie's temper

was translated into anger and retaliation. He decided to duplicate every mill owned by his

rivals. Hitherto, he hadn't been interested in wire, pipe, hoops, or sheet. Instead, he was

content to sell such companies the raw steel and let them work it into whatever shape they

wanted. Now, with Schwab as his chief and able lieutenant, he planned to drive his enemies

to the wall.

"So it was that in the speech of Charles M. Schwab, Morgan saw the answer to his problem

of combination. A trust without Carnegie-giant of them all-would be no trust at all, a plum

pudding, as one writer said, without the plums.

"Schwab's speech on the night of December 12, 1900, undoubtedly carried the inference,

though not the pledge, that the vast Carnegie enterprise could be brought under the Morgan

tent.

He talked of the world future for steel, of reorganization for efficiency, of specialization, of

the scrapping of unsuccessful mills and concentration of effort on the flourishing properties,

of economies in the ore traffic, of economies in overhead and administrative departments, of

capturing foreign markets.

"More than that, he told the buccaneers among them wherein lay the errors of their

customary piracy. Their purposes, he inferred, bad been to create monopolies, raise prices,

and pay themselves fat dividends out of privilege. Schwab condemned the system in his

heartiest manner. The shortsightedness of such a policy, he told his hearers, lay in the fact

that it restricted the market in an era when everything cried for expansion. By cheapening the

cost of steel, he argued, an ever-expanding market would be created; more uses for steel

would be devised, and a goodly portion of the world trade could be captured. Actually,

though he did not know it, Schwab was an apostle of modern mass production.

"So the dinner at the University Club came to an end. Morgan went home, to think about

Schwab's rosy predictions. Schwab went back to Pittsburgh to run the steel business for 'Wee

Andra Carnegie,' while Gary and the rest went back to their stock tickers, to fiddle around in

anticipation of the next move.

"It was not long coming. It took Morgan about one week to digest the feast of reason Schwab

had placed before him. When he had assured himself that no financial indigestion was to

result, he sent for Schwab-and found that young man rather coy. Mr. Carnegie, Schwab

indicated, might not like it if he found his trusted company president had been flirting with

the Emperor of Wall Street, the Street upon which Carnegie was resolved never to tread.

Then it was suggested by John W. Gates the go-between, that if Schwab 'happened' to be in

the Bellevue Hotel in Philadelphia, J. P. Morgan might also 'happen' to be there. When

Schwab arrived, however, Morgan was inconveniently ill at his New York home, and so, on

the elder man's pressing invitation, Schwab went to New York and presented himself at the

door of the financier's library.

"Now certain economic historians have professed the belief that from the beginning to the

end of the drama, the stage was set by Andrew Carnegie-that the dinner to Schwab, the

famous speech, the Sunday night conference between Schwab and the Money King, were

events arranged by the canny Scot. The truth is exactly the opposite. When Schwab was

called in to consummate the deal, he didn't even know whether 'the little boss,' as Andrew

was called, would so much as listen to an offer to sell, particularly to a group of men whom

Andrew regarded as being endowed with something less than holiness. But Schwab did take

into the conference with him, in his own handwriting, six sheets of copper-plate figures,

representing to his mind the physical worth and the potential earning capacity of every steel

company he regarded as an essential star in the new metal firmament.

"Four men pondered over these figures all night. The chief, of course, was Morgan, steadfast

in his belief in the Divine Right of Money. With him was his aristocratic partner, Robert

Bacon, a scholar and a gentleman. The third was John W. Gates whom Morgan scorned as a

gambler and used as a tool. The fourth was Schwab, who knew more about the processes of

making and selling steel than any whole group of men then living. Throughout that

conference, the Pittsburgher's figures were never questioned. If he said a company was worth

so much, then it was worth that much and no more. He was insistent, too, upon including in

the combination only those concerns he nominated. He had conceived a corporation in which

there would be no duplication, not even to satisfy the greed of friends who wanted to unload

their companies upon the broad Morgan shoulders. Thus he left out, by design, a number of

the larger concerns upon which the Walruses and Carpenters of Wall Street had cast hungry

eyes.

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"When dawn came, Morgan rose and straightened his back. Only one question remained.

"'Do you think you can persuade Andrew Carnegie to sell?' he asked.

"'I can try,' said Schwab.

"'If you can get him to sell, I will undertake the matter,' said Morgan.

"So far so good. But would Carnegie sell? How much would he demand? (Schwab thought

about $320,000,000). What would he take payment in? Common or preferred stocks? Bonds?

Cash? No-body could raise a third of a billion dollars in cash.

"There was a golf game in January on the frost-cracking heath of the St. Andrews links in

Westchester, with Andrew bundled up in sweaters against the cold, and Charlie talking

volubly, as usual, to keep his spirits up. But no word of business was mentioned until the pair

sat down in the cozy warmth of the Carnegie cottage hard by. Then, with the same

persuasiveness that had hypnotized eighty millionaires at the University Club, Schwab

poured out the glittering promises of retirement in comfort, of untold millions to satisfy the

old man's social caprices. Carnegie capitulated, wrote a figure on a slip of paper, handed it to

Schwab and said, 'all right, that's what we'll sell for.'

"The figure was approximately $400,000,000, and was reached by taking the $320,000,000

mentioned by Schwab as a basic figure, and adding to it $80,000,000 to represent the

increased capital value over the previous two years.

"Later, on the deck of a trans-Atlantic liner, the Scotsman said ruefully to Morgan, 'I wish I

had asked you for $100,000,000 more.'

"'If you had asked for it, you'd have gotten it,' Morgan told him cheerfully.

* * * * * * *

"There was an uproar, of course. A British correspondent cabled that the foreign steel world

was 'appalled' by the gigantic combination. President Hadley, of Yale, declared that unless

trusts were regulated the country might expect 'an emperor in Washington within the next

twenty-five years.' But that able stock manipulator, Keene, went at his work of shoving the

new stock at the public so vigorously that all the excess water-estimated by some at nearly

$600,000,000-was absorbed in a twinkling. So Carnegie had his millions, and the Morgan

syndicate had $62,000,000 for all its 'trouble,' and all the 'boys,' from Gates to Gary, had

their millions.

* * * * * * *

"The thirty-eight-year-old Schwab had his reward. He was made president of the new

corporation and remained in control until 1930."

The dramatic story of "Big Business" which you have just finished, was included in this

book, because it is a perfect illustration of the method by which DESIRE CAN BE

TRANSMUTED INTO ITS PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT!

I imagine some readers will question the statement that a mere, intangible DESIRE can be

converted into its physical equivalent. Doubtless some will say, "You cannot convert

NOTHING into SOMETHING!" The answer is in the story of United States

Steel. That giant organization was created in the mind of one man. The plan by which the

organization was provided with the steel mills that gave it financial stability was created in

the mind of the same man. His FAITH, his DESIRE, his IMAGINATION, his

PERSISTENCE were the real ingredients that went into United States Steel. The steel mills

and mechanical equipment acquired by the corporation, AFTER IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT

INTO LEGAL EXISTENCE, were incidental, but careful analysis will disclose the fact that

the appraised value of the properties acquired by the corporation increased in value by an

estimated SIX HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, by the mere transaction which

consolidated them under one management.

In other words, Charles M. Schwab's IDEA, plus the FAITH with which he conveyed it to

the minds of J. P. Morgan and the others, was marketed for a profit of approximately

$600,000,000. Not an insignificant sum for a single IDEA!

What happened to some of the men who took their share of the millions of dollars of profit

made by this transaction, is a matter with which we are not now concerned. The important

feature of the astounding achievement is that it serves as unquestionable evidence of the

soundness of the philosophy described in this book, because this philosophy was the warp

and the woof of the entire transaction. Moreover, the practicability of the philosophy has

been established by the fact that the United States Steel Corporation prospered, and became

one of the richest and most powerful corporations in America, employing thousands of

people, developing new uses for steel, and opening new markets; thus proving that the

$600,000,000 in profit which the Schwab IDEA produced was earned.

RICHES begin in the form of THOUGHT! The amount is limited only by the person in

whose mind the THOUGHT is put into motion. FAITH removes limitations!

Remember this when you are ready to bargain with Life for whatever it is that you ask as

your price for having passed this way. Remember, also, that the man who created the United

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States Steel Corporation was practically unknown at the time. He was merely Andrew

Carnegie's "Man Friday" until he gave birth to his famous IDEA. After that he quickly rose

to a position of power, fame, and riches.

THERE ARE NO LIMITATIONS TO THE MIND EXCEPT THOSE WE

ACKNOWLEDGE

BOTH POVERTY AND RICHES ARE THE OFFSPRING OF THOUGHT

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CHAPTER 4

AUTO-SUGGESTION THE MEDIUM FOR INFLUENCING THE SUBCONSCIOUS

MIND

The Third Step toward Riches

AUTO-SUGGESTION is a term which applies to all suggestions and all self-administered

stimuli which reach one's mind through the five senses. Stated in another way, auto-

suggestion is self-suggestion. It is the agency of communication between that part of the

mind where conscious thought takes place, and that which serves as the seat of action for the

subconscious mind. Through the dominating thoughts which one permits to remain in the

conscious mind, (whether these thoughts be negative or positive, is immaterial), the principle

of auto-suggestion voluntarily reaches the subconscious mind and influences it with these

thoughts.

NO THOUGHT, whether it be negative or positive, CAN ENTER THE SUBCONSCIOUS

MIND WITHOUT THE AID OF THE PRINCIPLE OF AUTO-SUGGESTION, with the

exception of thoughts picked up from the ether. Stated differently, all sense impressions

which are perceived through the five senses, are stopped by the CONSCIOUS thinking mind,

and may be either passed on to the subconscious mind, or rejected, at will. The conscious

faculty serves, therefore, as an outer-guard to the approach of the subconscious.

Nature has so built man that he has ABSOLUTE CONTROL over the material which

reaches his subconscious mind, through his five senses, although this is not meant to be

construed as a statement that man always EXERCISES this control. In the great majority of

instances, he does NOT exercise it, which explains why so many people go through life in

poverty.

Recall what has been said about the subconscious mind resembling a fertile garden spot, in

which weeds will grow in abundance, if the seeds of more desirable crops are not sown

therein. AUTOSUGGESTION is the agency of control through which an individual may

voluntarily feed his subconscious mind on thoughts of a creative nature, or, by neglect,

permit thoughts of a destructive nature to find their way into this rich garden of the mind.

You were instructed, in the last of the six steps described in the chapter on Desire, to read

ALOUD twice daily the WRITTEN statement of your DESIRE FOR MONEY, and to SEE

AND FEEL yourself ALREADY in possession of the money! By following these

instructions, you communicate the object of your DESIRE directly to your

SUBCONSCIOUS mind in a spirit of absolute FAITH.

Through repetition of this procedure, you voluntarily create thought habits which are

favorable to your efforts to transmute desire into its monetary equivalent.

Go back to these six steps described in chapter two, and read them again, very carefully,

before you proceed further. Then (when you come to it), read very carefully the four

instructions for the organization of your "Master Mind" group, described in the chapter on

Organized Planning. By comparing these two sets of instructions with that which has been

stated on auto-suggestion, you, of course, will see that the instructions involve the

application of the principle of auto-suggestion.

Remember, therefore, when reading aloud the statement of your desire (through which you

are endeavoring to develop a "money consciousness"), that the mere reading of the words is

of NO CONSEQUENCE-UNLESS you mix emotion, or feeling with your words. If you

repeat a million times the famous Emil Coué formula, "Day by day, in every way, I am

getting better and better," without mixing emotion and FAITH with your words, you will

experience no desirable results. Your subconscious mind recognizes and acts upon ONLY

thoughts which have been well-mixed with emotion or feeling.

This is a fact of such importance as to warrant repetition in practically every chapter, because

the lack of understanding of this is the main reason the majority of people who try to apply

the principle of auto-suggestion get no desirable results.

Plain, unemotional words do not influence the subconscious mind. You will get no

appreciable results until you learn to reach your subconscious mind with thoughts, or spoken

words which have been well emotionalized with BELIEF.

Do not become discouraged, if you cannot control and direct your emotions the first time you

try to do so. Remember, there is no such possibility as SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.

Ability to reach, and influence your subconscious mind has its price, and you MUST PAY

THAT PRICE. You cannot cheat, even if you desire to do so. The price of ability to influence

your subconscious mind is everlasting PERSISTENCE in applying the principles described

here. You cannot develop the desired ability for a lower price. You, and YOU ALONE, must

decide whether or not the reward for which you are striving (the "money consciousness"), is

worth the price you must pay for it in effort.

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Wisdom and "cleverness" alone, will not attract and retain money except in a few very rare

instances, where the law of averages favors the attraction of money through these sources.

The method of attracting money described here, does not depend upon the law of averages.

Moreover, the method plays no favorites. It will work for one person as effectively as it will

for another. Where failure is experienced, it is the individual, not the method, which has

failed. If you try and fail, make another effort, and still another, until you succeed.

Your ability to use the principle of auto-suggestion will depend, very largely, upon your

capacity to CONCENTRATE upon a given DESIRE until that desire becomes a BURNING

OBSESSION.

When you begin to carry out the instructions in connection with the six steps described in the

second chapter, it will be necessary for you to make use of the principle of

CONCENTRATION.

Let us here offer suggestions for the effective use of concentration. When you begin to carry

out the first of the six steps, which instructs you to "fix in your own mind the EXACT

amount of money you desire," hold your thoughts on that amount of money by

CONCENTRATION, or fixation of attention, with your eyes closed, until you can

ACTUALLY SEE the physical appearance of the money. Do this at least once each day. As

you go through these exercises, follow the instructions given in the chapter on FAITH, and

see yourself actually IN POSSESSION OF THE MONEY!

Here is a most significant fact-the subconscious mind takes any orders given it in a spirit of

absolute FAITH, and acts upon those orders, although the orders often have to be presented

over and over again, through repetition, before they are interpreted by the subconscious

mind. Following the preceding statement, consider the possibility of playing a perfectly

legitimate "trick" on your subconscious mind, by making it believe, because you believe it,

that you must have the amount of money you are visualizing, that this money is already

awaiting your claim, that the subconscious mind MUST hand over to you practical plans for

acquiring the money which is yours.

Hand over the thought suggested in the preceding paragraph to your IMAGINATION, and

see what your imagination can, or will do, to create practical plans for the accumulation of

money through transmutation of your desire.

DO NOT WAIT for a definite plan, through which you intend to exchange services or

merchandise in return for the money you are visualizing, but begin at once to see yourself in

possession of the money, DEMANDING and EXPECTING meanwhile, that your

subconscious mind will hand over the plan, or plans you need. Be on the alert for these plans,

and when they appear, put them into ACTION IMMEDIATELY. When the plans appear,

they will probably "flash" into your mind through the sixth sense, in the form of an

"inspiration." This inspiration may be considered a direct "telegram," or message from

Infinite Intelligence. Treat it with respect, and act upon it as soon as you receive it. Failure to

do this will be FATAL to your success.

In the fourth of the six steps, you were instructed to "Create a definite plan for carrying out

your desire, and begin at once to put this plan into action." You should follow this instruction

in the manner described in the preceding paragraph. Do not trust to your "reason when

creating your plan for accumulating money through the transmutation of desire. Your reason

is faulty. Moreover, your reasoning faculty may be lazy, and, if you depend entirely upon it

to serve you, it may disappoint you.

When visualizing the money you intend to accumulate, (with closed eyes), see yourself

rendering the service, or delivering the merchandise you intend to give in return for this

money. This is important!

SUMMARY OF INSTRUCTIONS

The fact that you are reading this book is an indication that you earnestly seek knowledge. It

is also an indication that you are a student of this subject. If you are only a student, there is a

chance that you may learn much that you did not know, but you will learn only by assuming

an attitude of humility. If you choose to follow some of the instructions but neglect, or refuse

to follow others-you will fail! To get satisfactory results, you must follow ALL instructions

in a spirit of FAITH.

The instructions given in connection with the six steps in the second chapter will now be

summarized, and blended with the principles covered by this chapter, as follows:

First. Go into some quiet spot (preferably in bed at night) where you will not be disturbed or

interrupted, close your eyes, and repeat aloud, (so you may hear your own words) the written

statement of the amount of money you intend to accumulate, the time limit for its

accumulation, and a description of the service or merchandise you intend to give in return for

the money. As you carry out these instructions, SEE YOURSELF ALREADY IN

POSSESSION OF THE MONEY.

For example :-Suppose that you intend to accumulate $50,000 by the first of January, five

years hence, that you intend to give personal services in return for the money, in the Capacity

of a salesman. Your written statement of your purpose should be similar to the following:

"By the first day of January, 19.., I will have in my possession $50,000, which will come to

me in various amounts from time to time during the interim.

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"In return for this money I will give the most efficient service of which I am capable,

rendering the fullest possible quantity, and the best possible quality of service in the capacity

of salesman of (describe the service or merchandise you intend to sell).

"I believe that I will have this money in my possession. My faith is so strong that I can now

see this money before my eyes. I can touch it with my hands. It is now awaiting transfer to

me at the time, and in the proportion that I deliver the service I intend to render in return for

it. I am awaiting a plan by which to accumulate this money, and I will follow that plan, when

it is received."

Second. Repeat this program night and morning until you can see, (in your imagination) the

money you intend to accumulate.

Third. Place a written copy of your statement where you can see it night and morning, and

read it just before retiring, and upon arising until it has been memorized.

Remember, as you carry out these instructions, that you are applying the principle of auto-

suggestion, for the purpose of giving orders to your subconscious mind. Remember, also, that

your subconscious mind will act ONLY upon instructions which are emotionalized, and

handed over to it with "feeling." FAITH is the strongest, and most productive of the

emotions. Follow the instructions given in the chapter on FAITH.

These instructions may, at first, seem abstract. Do not let this disturb you. Follow the

instructions, no matter how abstract or impractical they may, at first, appear to be. The time

will soon come, if you do as you have been instructed, in spirit as well as in act, when a

whole new universe of power will unfold to you.

Scepticism, in connection with ALL new ideas, is characteristic of all human beings. But if

you follow the instructions outlined, your scepticism will soon be replaced by belief, and

this, in turn, will soon become crystallized into ABSOLUTE FAITH. Then you will have

arrived at the point where you may truly say, "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of

my soul!"

Many philosophers have made the statement, that man is the master of his own earthly

destiny, but most of them have failed to say why he is the master. The reason that man may

be the master of his own earthly status, and especially his financial status, is thoroughly

explained in this chapter. Man may become the master of himself, and of his environment,

because he has the POWER TO INFLUENCE HIS OWN SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, and

through it, gain the cooperation of Infinite Intelligence.

You are now reading the chapter which represents the keystone to the arch of this

philosophy. The instructions contained in this chapter must be understood and APPLIED

WITH PERSISTENCE, if you succeed in transmuting desire into money.

The actual performance of transmuting DESIRE into money, involves the use of auto-

suggestion as an agency by which one may reach, and influence, the subconscious mind. The

other principles are simply tools with which to apply auto-suggestion. Keep this thought in

mind, and you will, at all times, be conscious of the important part the principle of auto-

suggestion is to play in your efforts to accumulate money through the methods described in

this book. Carry out these instructions as though you were a small child.

Inject into your efforts something of the FAITH of a child. The author has been most careful,

to see that no impractical instructions were included, because of his sincere desire to be

helpful.

After you have read the entire book, come back to this chapter, and follow in spirit, and in

action, this instruction:

READ THE ENTIRE CHAPTER ALOUD ONCE EVERY NIGHT, UNTIL YOU

BECOME THOROUGHLY CONVINCED THAT THE PRINCIPLE OF AUTO-

SUGGESTION IS SOUND, THAT IT WILL ACCOMPLISH FOR YOU ALL THAT HAS

BEEN CLAIMED FOR IT.

AS YOU READ, UNDERSCORE WITH A PENCIL EVERY SENTENCE WHICH

IMPRESSES YOU FAVORABLY.

Follow the foregoing instruction to the letter, and it will open the way for a complete

understanding, and mastery of the principles of success.

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CHAPTER 5

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OR OBSERVATIONS

The Fourth Step toward Riches

THERE are two kinds of knowledge. One is general, the other is specialized. General

knowledge, no matter how great in quantity or variety it may be, is of but little use in the

accumulation of money. The faculties of the great universities possess, in the aggregate,

practically every form of general knowledge known to civilization. Most of the professors

have but little or no money. They specialize on teaching knowledge, but they do not

specialize on the organization, or the use of knowledge.

KNOWLEDGE will not attract money, unless it is organized, and intelligently directed,

through practical PLANS OF ACTION, to the DEFINITE END of accumulation of money.

Lack of understanding of this fact has been the source of confusion to millions of people who

falsely believe that "knowledge is power." It is nothing of the sort! Knowledge is only

potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of

action, and directed to a definite end.

This "missing link" in all systems of education known to civilization today, may be found in

the failure of educational institutions to teach their students HOW TO ORGANIZE AND

USE KNOWLEDGE AFTER THEY ACQUIRE IT.

Many people make the mistake of assuming that, because Henry Ford had but little

"schooling," he is not a man of "education." Those who make this mistake do not know

Henry Ford, nor do they understand the real meaning of the word "educate."

That word is derived from the Latin word "educo," meaning to educe, to draw out, to

DEVELOP FROM WITHIN. An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an

abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so

developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent,

without violating the rights of others. Henry Ford comes well within the meaning of this

definition.

During the world war, a Chicago newspaper published certain editorials in which, among

other statements, Henry Ford was called "an ignorant pacifist." Mr. Ford objected to the

statements, and brought suit against the paper for libeling him. When the suit was tried in the

Courts, the attorneys for the paper pleaded justification, and placed Mr. Ford, himself, on the

witness stand, for the purpose of proving to the jury that he was ignorant. The attorneys

asked Mr. Ford a great variety of questions, all of them intended to prove, by his own

evidence, that, while he might possess considerable specialized knowledge pertaining to the

manufacture of automobiles, he was, in the main, ignorant.

Mr. Ford was plied with such questions as the following:

"Who was Benedict Arnold?" and "How many soldiers did the British send over to America

to put down the Rebellion of 1776?" In answer to the last question, Mr. Ford replied, "I do

not know the exact number of soldiers the British sent over, but I have heard that it was a

considerably larger number than ever went back."

Finally, Mr. Ford became tired of this line of questioning, and in reply to a particularly

offensive question, he leaned over, pointed his finger at the lawyer who had asked the

question, and said, "If I should really WANT to answer the foolish question you have just

asked, or any of the other questions you have been asking me, let me remind you that I have

a row of electric push-buttons on my desk, and by pushing the right button, I can summon to

my aid men who can answer ANY question I desire to ask concerning the business to which I

am devoting most of my efforts. Now, will you kindly tell me, WHY I should clutter up my

mind with general knowledge, for the purpose of being able to answer questions, when I have

men around me who can supply any knowledge I require?"

There certainly was good logic to that reply. That answer floored the lawyer. Every person in

the courtroom realized it was the answer, not of an ignorant man, but of a man of

EDUCATION. Any man is educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it,

and how to organize that knowledge into definite plans of action. Through the assistance of

his "Master Mind" group, Henry Ford had at his command all the specialized knowledge he

needed to enable him to become one of the wealthiest men in America. It was not essential

that he have this knowledge in his own mind. Surely no person who has sufficient inclination

and intelligence to read a book of this nature can possibly miss the significance of this

illustration.

Before you can be sure of your ability to transmute DESIRE into its monetary equivalent,

you will require SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE of the service, merchandise, or profession

which you intend to offer in return for fortune. Perhaps you may need much more specialized

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knowledge than you have the ability or the inclination to acquire, and if this should be true,

you may bridge your weakness through the aid of your "Master Mind" group.

Andrew Carnegie stated that he, personally, knew nothing about the technical end of the steel

business; moreover, he did not particularly care to know anything about it. The specialized

knowledge which he required for the manufacture and marketing of steel, he found available

through the individual units of his MASTER MIND GROUP.

The accumulation of great fortunes calls for POWER, and power is acquired through highly

organized and intelligently directed specialized knowledge, but that knowledge does not,

necessarily, have to be in the possession of the man who accumulates the fortune.

The preceding paragraph should give hope and encouragement to the man with ambition to

accumulate a fortune, who has not possessed himself of the necessary "education" to supply

such specialized knowledge as he may require. Men sometimes go through life suffering

from "inferiority complexes," because they are not men of "education." The man who can

organize and direct a "Master Mind" group of men who possess knowledge useful in the

accumulation of money, is just as much a man of education as any man in the group.

REMEMBER THIS, if you suffer from a feeling of inferiority, because your schooling has

been limited.

Thomas A. Edison had only three months of "schooling" during his entire life. He did not

lack education, neither did he die poor. Henry Ford had less than a sixth grade "schooling"

but he has managed to do pretty well by himself, financially.

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE is among the most plentiful, and the cheapest forms of

service which may be had! If you doubt this, consult the payroll of any university.

IT PAYS TO KNOW HOW TO PURCHASE KNOWLEDGE

First of all, decide the sort of specialized knowledge you require, and the purpose for which

it is needed. To a large extent your major purpose in life, the goal toward which you are

working, will help determine what knowledge you need.

With this question settled, your next move requires that you have accurate information

concerning dependable sources of knowledge. The more important of these are:

(a) One's own experience and education

(b) Experience and education available through cooperation of others (Master Mind Alliance)

(c) Colleges and Universities

(d) Public Libraries (Through books and periodicals in which may be found all the

knowledge organized by civilization)

(e) Special Training Courses (Through night schools and home study schools in particular.)

As knowledge is acquired it must be organized and put into use, for a definite purpose,

through practical plans. Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its

application toward some worthy end. This is one reason why college degrees are not valued

more highly. They represent nothing but miscellaneous knowledge.

If you contemplate taking additional schooling, first determine the purpose for which you

want the knowledge you are seeking, then learn where this particular sort of knowledge can

be obtained, from reliable sources.

Successful men, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their

major purpose, business, or profession. Those who are not successful usually make the

mistake of believing that the knowledge acquiring period ends when one finishes school.

The truth is that schooling does but little more than to put one in the way of learning how to

acquire practical knowledge.

With this Changed World which began at the end of the economic collapse, came also

astounding changes in educational requirements. The order of the day is SPECIALIZATION!

This truth was emphasized by Robert P. Moore, secretary of appointments of Columbia

University.

"SPECIALISTS MOST SOUGHT AFTER"

"Particularly sought after by employing companies are candidates who have specialized in

some field-business-school graduates with training in accounting and statistics, engineers of

all varieties, journalists, architects, chemists, and also outstanding leaders and activity men of

the senior class.

"The man who has been active on the campus, whose personality is such that he gets along

with all kinds of people and who has done an adequate job with his studies has a most

decided edge over the strictly academic student. Some of these, because of their all-around

qualifications, have received several offers of positions, a few of them as many as six.

"In departing from the conception that the 'straight A' student was invariably the one to get

the choice of the better jobs, Mr. Moore said that most companies look not only to academic

records but to activity records and personalities of the students.

"One of the largest industrial companies, the leader in its field, in writing to Mr. Moore

concerning prospective seniors at the college, said:

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"'We are interested primarily in finding men who can make exceptional progress in

management work. For this reason we emphasize qualities of character, intelligence and

personality far more than specific educational background.'

"APPRENTICESHIP" PROPOSED

"Proposing a system of 'apprenticing' students in offices, stores and industrial occupations

during the summer vacation, Mr. Moore asserts that after the first two or three years of

college, every student should be asked 'to choose a definite future course and to call a halt if

he has been merely pleasantly drifting without purpose through an unspecialized academic

curriculum.'

"Colleges and universities must face the practical consideration that all professions and

occupations now demand specialists," he said, urging that educational institutions accept

more direct responsibility for vocational guidance. One of the most reliable and practical

sources of knowledge available to those who need specialized schooling, is the night schools

operated in most large cities. The correspondence schools give specialized training anywhere

the U. S. mails go, on all subjects that can be taught by the extension method. One advantage

of home study training is the flexibility of the study programme which permits one to study

during spare time. Another stupendous advantage of home study training (if the school is

carefully chosen), is the fact that most courses offered by home study schools carry with

them generous privileges of consultation which can be of priceless value to those needing

specialized knowledge. No matter where you live, you can share the benefits.

Anything acquired without effort, and without cost is generally unappreciated, often

discredited; perhaps this is why we get so little from our marvelous opportunity in public

schools. The SELF-DISCIPLINE one receives from a definite programme of specialized

study makes up to some extent, for the wasted opportunity when knowledge was available

without cost. Correspondence schools are highly organized business institutions. Their

tuition fees are so low that they are forced to insist upon prompt payments. Being asked to

pay, whether the student makes good grades or poor, has the effect of causing one to follow

through with the course when he would otherwise drop it. The correspondence schools have

not stressed this point sufficiently, for the truth is that their collection departments constitute

the very finest sort of training on DECISION, PROMPTNESS, ACTION and THE HABIT

OF FINISHING THAT WHICH ONE BEGINS.

I learned this from experience, more than twenty-five years ago. I enrolled for a home study

course in Advertising. After completing eight or ten lessons I stopped studying, but the

school did not stop sending me bills. Moreover, it insisted upon payment, whether I kept up

my studies or not. I decided that if I had to pay for the course (which I had legally obligated

myself to do), I should complete the lessons and get my money's worth. I felt, at the time,

that the collection system of the school was somewhat too well organized, but I learned later

in life that it was a valuable part of my training for which no charge had been made. Being

forced to pay, I went ahead and completed the course. Later in life I discovered that the

efficient collection system of that school had been worth much in the form of money earned,

because of the training in advertising I had so reluctantly taken.

We have in this country what is said to be the greatest public school system in the world. We

have invested fabulous sums for fine buildings, we have provided convenient transportation

for children living in the rural districts, so they may attend the best schools, but there is one

astounding weakness to this marvelous system-IT IS FREE! One of the strange things about

human beings is that they value only that which has a price. The free schools of America, and

the free public libraries, do not impress people because they are free. This is the major reason

why so many people find it necessary to acquire additional training after they quit school and

go lo work. It is also one of the major reasons why EMPLOYERS GIVE GREATER

CONSIDERATION TO EMPLOYEES WHO TAKE HOME STUDY COURSES. They

have learned, from experience, that any person who has the ambition to give up a part of his

spare time to studying at home has in him those qualities which make for leadership. This

recognition is not a charitable gesture, it is sound business judgment upon the part of the

employers.

There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of

LACK OF AMBITION! Persons, especially salaried people, who schedule their spare time,

to provide for home study, seldom remain at the bottom very long. Their action opens the

way for the upward climb, removes many obstacles from their path, and gains the friendly

interest of those who have the power to put them in the way of OPPORTUNITY.

The home study method of training is especially suited to the needs of employed people who

find, after leaving school, that they must acquire additional specialized knowledge, but

cannot spare the time to go back to school.

The changed economic conditions prevailing since the depression have made it necessary for

thousands of people to find additional, or new sources of income. For the majority of these,

the solution to their problem may be found only by acquiring specialized knowledge. Many

will be forced to change their occupations entirely.

When a merchant finds that a certain line of merchandise is not selling, he usually supplants

it with another that is in demand. The person whose business is that of marketing personal

services must also be an efficient merchant. If his services do not bring adequate returns in

one occupation, he must change to another, where broader opportunities are available.

Stuart Austin Wier prepared himself as a Construction Engineer and followed this line of

work until the depression limited his market to where it did not give him the income he

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required. He took inventory of himself, decided to change his profession to law, went back to

school and took special courses by which he prepared himself as a corporation lawyer.

Despite the fact the depression had not ended, he completed his training, passed the Bar

Examination, and quickly built a lucrative law practice, in Dallas, Texas; in fact he is turning

away clients.

Just to keep the record straight, and to anticipate the alibis of those who will say, "I couldn't

go to school because I have a family to support," or "I'm too old," I will add the information

that Mr. Wier was past forty, and married when he went back to school. Moreover, by

carefully selecting highly specialized courses, in colleges best prepared to teach the subjects

chosen, Mr. Wier completed in two years the work for which the majority of law students

require four years. IT PAYS TO KNOW HOW TO PURCHASE KNOWLEDGE!

The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly

doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be his calling. The way of success is the way of

continuous pursuit of knowledge.

Let us consider a specific instance. During the depression a salesman in a grocery store found

himself without a position. Having had some bookkeeping experience, he took a special

course in accounting, familiarized himself with all the latest bookkeeping and office

equipment, and went into business for himself. Starting with the grocer for whom he had

formerly worked, he made contracts with more than 100 small merchants to keep their books,

at a very nominal monthly fee. His idea was so practical that he soon found it necessary to set

up a portable office in a light delivery truck, which he equipped with modern bookkeeping

machinery. He now has a fleet of these bookkeeping offices "on wheels" and employs a large

staff of assistants, thus providing small merchants with accounting service equal to the best

that money can buy, at very nominal cost.

Specialized knowledge, plus imagination, were the ingredients that went into this unique and

successful business. Last year the owner of that business paid an income tax of almost ten

times as much as was paid by the merchant for whom he worked when the depression forced

upon him a temporary adversity which proved to be a blessing in disguise.

The beginning of this successful business was an IDEA! Inasmuch as I had the privilege of

supplying the unemployed salesman with that idea, I now assume the further privilege of

suggesting another idea which has within it the possibility of even greater income. Also the

possibility of rendering useful service to thousands of people who badly need that service.

The idea was suggested by the salesman who gave up selling and went into the business of

keeping books on a wholesale basis. When the plan was suggested as a solution of his

unemployment problem, he quickly exclaimed, "I like the idea, but I would not know how to

turn it into cash." In other words, he complained he would not know how to market his

bookkeeping knowledge after he acquired it.

So, that brought up another problem which had to be solved. With the aid of a young woman

typist, clever at hand lettering, and who could put the story together, a very attractive book

was prepared, describing the advantages of the new system of bookkeeping.

The pages were neatly typed and pasted in an ordinary scrapbook, which was used as a silent

salesman with which the story of this new business was so effectively told that its owner

soon had more accounts than he could handle.

There are thousands of people, all over the country, who need the services of a

merchandising specialist capable of preparing an attractive brief for use in marketing

personal services. The aggregate annual income from such a service might easily exceed that

received by the largest employment agency, and the benefits of the service might be made far

greater to the purchaser than any to be obtained from an employment agency.

The IDEA here described was born of necessity, to bridge an emergency which had to be

covered, but it did not stop by merely serving one person. The woman who created the idea

has a keen IMAGINATION. She saw in her newly born brain-child the making of a new

profession, one that is destined to render valuable service to thousands of people who need

practical guidance in marketing personal services.

Spurred to action by the instantaneous success of her first "PREPARED PLAN TO

MARKET PERSONAL SERVICES," this energetic woman turned next to the solution of a

similar problem for her son who had just finished college, but had been totally unable to find

a market for his services. The plan she originated for his use was the finest specimen of

merchandising of personal services I have ever seen.

When the plan book had been completed, it contained nearly fifty pages of beautifully typed,

properly organized information, telling the story of her son's native ability, schooling,

personal experiences, and a great variety of other information too extensive for description.

The plan book also contained a complete description of the position her son desired, together

with a marvelous word picture of the exact plan he would use in filling the position.

The preparation of the plan book required several week's labor, during which time its creator

sent her son to the public library almost daily, to procure data needed in selling his services

to best advantage. She sent him, also to all the competitors of his prospective employer, and

gathered from them vital information concerning their business methods which was of great

value in the formation of the plan he intended to use in filling the position he sought. When

the plan had been finished, it contained more than half a dozen very fine suggestions for the

use and benefit of the prospective employer. (The suggestions were put into use by the

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company).

One may be inclined to ask, "Why go to all this trouble to secure a job?" The answer is

straight to the point, also it is dramatic, because it deals with a subject which assumes the

proportion of a tragedy with millions of men and women whose sole source of income is

personal services.

The answer is, "DOING A THING WELL NEVER IS TROUBLE! THE PLAN PREPARED

BY THIS WOMAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF HER SON, HELPED HIM GET THE JOB

FOR WHICH HE APPLIED, AT THE FIRST INTERVIEW, AT A SALARY FIXED BY

HIMSELF."

Moreover-and this, too, is important-THE POSITION DID NOT REQUIRE THE YOUNG

MAN TO START AT THE BOTTOM. HE BEGAN AS A JUNIOR EXECUTIVE, AT AN

EXECUTIVE'S SALARY.

"Why go to all this trouble?" do you ask?

Well, for one thing, the PLANNED PRESENTATION of this young man's application for a

position clipped off no less than ten years of time he would have required to get to where he

began, had he "started at the bottom and worked his way up."

This idea of starting at the bottom and working one's way up may appear to be sound, but the

major objection to it is this-too many of those who begin at the bottom never manage to lift

their heads high enough to be seen by OPPORTUNITY, so they remain at the bottom. It

should be remembered, also, that the outlook from the bottom is not so very bright or

encouraging. It has a tendency to kill off ambition. We call it "getting into a rut," which

means that we accept our fate because we form the HABIT of daily routine, a habit that

finally becomes so strong we cease to try to throw it off. And that is another reason why it

pays to start one or two steps above the bottom. By so doing one forms the HABIT of

looking around, of observing how others get ahead, of seeing OPPORTUNITY, and of

embracing it without hesitation.

Dan Halpin is a splendid example of what I mean. During his college days, he was manager

of the famous 1930 National Championship Notre Dame football team, when it was under

the direction of the late Knute Rockne.

Perhaps he was inspired by the great football coach to aim high, and NOT MISTAKE

TEMPORARY DEFEAT FOR FAILURE, just as Andrew Carnegie, the great industrial

leader, inspired his young business lieutenants to set high goals for themselves. At any rate,

young Halpin finished college at a mighty unfavorable time, when the depression had made

j obs scarce, so, after a fling at investment banking and motion pictures, he took the first

opening with a potential future he could find-selling electrical hearing aids on a commission

basis. ANYONE COULD START IN THAT SORT OF JOB, AND HALPIN KNEW IT, but

it was enough to open the door of opportunity to him.

For almost two years, he continued in a job not to his liking, and he would never have risen

above that job if he had not done something about his dissatisfaction. He aimed, first, at the

j ob of Assistant Sales Manager of his company, and got the job. That one step upward placed

him high enough above the crowd to enable him to see still greater opportunity, also, it

placed him where OPPORTUNITY COULD SEE HIM.

He made such a fine record selling hearing aids, that A. M. Andrews, Chairman of the Board

of the Dictograph Products Company, a business competitor of the company for which

Halpin worked, wanted to know something about that man Dan Halpin who was taking big

sales away from the long established Dictograph Company. He sent for Hal-pin. When the

interview was over, Halpin was the new Sales Manager, in charge of the Acousticon

Division.

Then, to test young Halpin's metal, Mr. Andrews went away to Florida for three months,

leaving him to sink or swim in his new job. He did not sink! Knute Rockne's spirit of "All the

world loves a winner, and has no time for a loser inspired him to put so much into his job that

he was recently elected Vice-President of the company, and General Manager of the

Acousticon and Silent Radio Division, a job which most men would be proud to earn through

ten years of loyal effort. Halpin turned the trick in little more than six months.

It is difficult to say whether Mr. Andrews or Mr. Halpin is more deserving of eulogy, for the

reason that both showed evidence of having an abundance of that very rare quality known as

IMAGINATION. Mr. Andrews deserves credit for seeing, in young Halpin, a "go-getter" of

the highest order. Halpin deserves credit for REFUSING TO COMPROMISE WITH LIFE

BY ACCEPTING AND KEEPING A JOB HE DID NOT WANT, and that is one of the

major points I am trying to emphasize through this entire philosophy-that we rise to high

positions or remain at the bottom BECAUSE OF CONDITIONS WE CAN CONTROL IF

WE DESIRE TO CONTROL THEM.

I am also trying to emphasize another point, namely, that both success and failure are largely

the results of HABIT! I have not the slightest doubt that Dan Halpin's close association with

the greatest football coach America ever knew, planted in his mind the same brand of

DESIRE to excel which made the Notre Dame football team world famous. Truly, there is

something to the idea that hero-worship is helpful, provided one worships a WINNER.

Halpin tells me that Rockne was one of the world's greatest leaders of men in all history.

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My belief in the theory that business associations are vital factors, both in failure and in

success, was recently demonstrated, when my son Blair was negotiating with Dan Halpin for

a position.

Mr. Halpin offered him a beginning salary of about one half what he could have gotten from

a rival company. I brought parental pressure to bear, and induced him to accept the place

with Mr. Halpin, because I BELIEVE THAT CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH ONE WHO

REFUSES TO COMPROMISE WITH CIRCUMSTANCES HE DOES NOT LIKE, IS AN

ASSET THAT CAN NEVER BE MEASURED IN TERMS OF MONEY.

The bottom is a monotonous, dreary, unprofitable place for any person. That is why I have

taken the time to describe how lowly beginnings may be circumvented by proper planning.

Also, that is why so much space has been devoted to a description of this new profession,

created by a woman who was inspired to do a fine job of PLANNING because she wanted

her son to have a favorable "break."

With the changed conditions ushered in by the world economic collapse, came also the need

for newer and better ways of marketing PERSONAL SERVICES. It is hard to determine why

someone had not previously discovered this stupendous need, in view of the fact that more

money changes hands in return for personal services than for any other purpose. The sum

paid out monthly, to people who work for wages and salaries, is so huge that it runs into

hundreds of millions, and the annual distribution amounts to billions.

Perhaps some will find, in the IDEA here briefly described, the nucleus of the riches they

DESIRE! Ideas with much less merit have been the seedlings from which great fortunes have

grown.

Woolworth's Five and Ten Cent Store idea, for example, had far less merit, but it piled up a

fortune for its creator. Those seeing OPPORTUNITY lurking in this suggestion will find

valuable aid in the chapter on Organized Planning.

Incidentally, an efficient merchandiser of personal services would find a growing demand for

his services wherever there are men and women who seek better markets for their services.

By applying the Master Mind principle, a few people with suitable talent, could form an

alliance, and have a paying business very quickly. One would need to be a fair writer, with a

flair for advertising and selling, one handy at typing and hand lettering, and one should be a

first class business getter who would let the world know about the service. If one person

possessed all these abilities, he might carry on the business alone, until it outgrew him.

The woman who prepared the "Personal Service Sales Plan" for her son now receives

requests from all parts of the country for her cooperation in preparing similar plans for others

who desire to market their personal services for more money. She has a staff of expert

typists, artists, and writers who have the ability to dramatize the case history so effectively

that one's personal services can be marketed for much more money than the prevailing wages

for similar services. She is so confident of her ability that she accepts, as the major portion of

her fee, a percentage of the increased pay she helps her clients to earn.

It must not be supposed that her plan merely consists of clever salesmanship by which she

helps men and women to demand and receive more money for he same services they

formerly sold for less pay. She looks after the interests of the purchaser as well as the seller

of personal services, and so prepares her plans that the employer receives full value for the

additional money he pays. The method by which she accomplishes this astonishing result is a

professional secret which she discloses to no one excepting her own clients.

If you have the IMAGINATION, and seek a more profitable outlet for your personal

services, this suggestion may be the stimulus for which you have been searching. The IDEA

is capable of yielding an income far greater than that of the "average" doctor, lawyer, or

engineer whose education required several years in college. The idea is saleable to those

seeking new positions, in practically all positions calling for managerial or executive ability,

and those desiring re-arrangement of incomes in their present positions.

There is no fixed price for sound IDEAS! Back of all IDEAS is specialized knowledge.

Unfortunately, for those who do not find riches in abundance, specialized knowledge is more

abundant and more easily acquired than IDEAS. Because of this very truth, there is a

universal demand and an ever-increasing opportunity for the person capable of helping men

and women to sell their personal services advantageously. Capability means

IMAGINATION, the one quality needed to combine specialized knowledge with IDEAS, in

the form of ORGANIZED PLANS designed to yield riches.

If you have IMAGINATION this chapter may present you with an idea sufficient to serve as

the beginning of the riches you desire. Remember, the IDEA is the main thing. Specialized

knowledge may be found just around the corner-any corner!

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CHAPTER 6

IMAGINATION: THE WORKSHOP OF THE MIND

The Fifth Step toward Riches

The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man.

The impulse, the DESIRE, is given shape, form, and ACTION through the aid of the

imaginative faculty of the mind.

It has been said that man can create anything which he can imagine.

Of all the ages of civilization, this is the most favorable for the development of the

imagination, because it is an age of rapid change. On every hand one may contact stimuli

which develop the imagination.

Through the aid of his imaginative faculty, man has discovered, and harnessed, more of

Nature's forces during the past fifty years than during the entire history of the human race,

previous to that time. He has conquered the air so completely, that the birds are a poor match

for him in flying. He has harnessed the ether, and made it serve as a means of instantaneous

communication with any part of the world. He has analyzed, and weighed the sun at a

distance of millions of miles, and has determined, through the aid of IMAGINATION, the

elements of which it consists. He has discovered that his own brain is both a broadcasting,

and a receiving station for the vibration of thought, and he is beginning now to learn how to

make practical use of this discovery. He has increased the speed of locomotion, until he may

now travel at a speed of more than three hundred miles an hour.

The time will soon come when a man may breakfast in New York, and lunch in San

Francisco.

MAN'S ONLY LIMITATION, within reason, LIES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE

OF HIS IMAGINATION. He has not yet reached the apex of development in the use of his

imaginative faculty. He has merely discovered that he has an imagination, and has

commenced to use it in a very elementary way.

TWO FORMS OF IMAGINATION

The imaginative faculty functions in two forms. One is known as "synthetic imagination,"

and the other as "creative imagination." SYNTHETIC IMAGINATION:-Through this

faculty, one may arrange old concepts, ideas, or plans into new combinations. This faculty

creates nothing. It merely works with the material of experience, education, and observation

with which it is fed. It is the faculty used most by the inventor, with the exception of the who

draws upon the creative imagination, when he cannot solve his problem through synthetic

imagination. CREATIVE IMAGINATION:-Through the faculty of creative imagination, the

finite mind of man has direct communication with Infinite Intelligence. It is the faculty

through which "hunches" and "inspirations" are received. It is by this faculty that all basic, or

new ideas are handed over to man.

It is through this faculty that thought vibrations from the minds of others are received. It is

through this faculty that one individual may "tune in," or communicate with the subconscious

minds of other men.

The creative imagination works automatically, in the manner described in subsequent pages.

This faculty functions ONLY when the conscious mind is vibrating at an exceedingly rapid

rate, as for example, when the conscious mind is stimulated through the emotion of a strong

desire.

The creative faculty becomes more alert, more receptive to vibrations from the sources

mentioned, in proportion to its development through USE. This statement is significant!

Ponder over it before passing on.

Keep in mind as you follow these principles, that the entire story of how one may convert

DESIRE into money cannot be told in one statement. The story will be complete, only when

one has MASTERED, ASSIMILATED, and BEGUN TO MAKE USE of all the principles.

The great leaders of business, industry, finance, and the great artists, musicians, poets, and

writers became great, because they developed the faculty of creative imagination.

Both the synthetic and creative faculties of imagination become more alert with use, just as

any muscle or organ of the body develops through use.

Desire is only a thought, an impulse. It is nebulous and ephemeral. It is abstract, and of no

value, until it has been transformed into its physical counterpart. While the synthetic

imagination is the one which will be used most frequently, in the process of transforming the

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impulse of DESIRE into money, you must keep in mind the fact, that you may face

circumstances and situations which demand use of the creative imagination as well.

Your imaginative faculty may have become weak through inaction. It can be revived and

made alert through USE. This faculty does not die, though it may become quiescent through

lack of use. Center your attention, for the time being, on the development of the synthetic

imagination, because this is the faculty which you will use more often in the process of

converting desire into money.

Transformation of the intangible impulse, of DESIRE, into the tangible reality, of MONEY,

calls for the use of a plan, or plans. These plans must be formed with the aid of the

imagination, and mainly, with the synthetic faculty.

Read the entire book through, then come back to this chapter, and begin at once to put your

imagination to work on the building of a plan, or plans, for the transformation of your

DESIRE into money. Detailed instructions for the building of plans have been given in

almost every chapter. Carry out the instructions best suited to your needs, reduce your plan to

writing, if you have not already done so. The moment you complete this, you will have

DEFINITELY given concrete form to the intangible DESIRE. Read the preceding sentence

once more. Read it aloud, very slowly, and as you do so, remember that the moment you

reduce the statement of your desire, and a plan for its realization, to writing, you have

actually TAKEN THE FIRST of a series of steps, which will enable you to convert the

thought into its physical counterpart.

The earth on which you live, you, yourself, and every other material thing are the result of

evolutionary change, through which microscopic bits of matter have been organized and

arranged in an orderly fashion.

Moreover-and this statement is of stupendous importance-this earth, every one of the billions

of individual cells of your body, and every atom of matter, began as an intangible form of

energy. DESIRE is thought impulse! Thought impulses are forms of energy. When you begin

with the thought impulse, DESIRE, to accumulate money, you are drafting into your service

the same "stuff" that Nature used in creating this earth, and every material form in the

universe, including the body and brain in which the thought impulses function.

As far as science has been able to determine, the entire universe consists of but two elements-

matter and energy. Through the combination of energy and matter, has been created

everything perceptible to man, from the largest star which floats in the heavens, down to, and

including man, himself.

You are now engaged in the task of trying to profit by Nature's method. You are (sincerely

and earnestly, we hope), trying to adapt yourself to Nature's laws, by endeavoring to convert

DESIRE into its physical or monetary equivalent. YOU CAN DO IT ! IT HAS BEEN DONE

BEFORE!

You can build a fortune through the aid of laws which are immutable. But, first, you must

become familiar with these laws, and learn to USE them. Through repetition, and by

approaching the description of these principles from every conceivable angle, the author

hopes to reveal to you the secret through which every great fortune has been accumulated.

Strange and paradoxical as it may seem, the "secret" is NOT A SECRET. Nature, herself,

advertises it in the earth on which we live, the stars, the planets suspended within our view,

in the elements above and around us, in every blade of grass, and every form of life within

our vision.

Nature advertises this "secret" in the terms of biology, in the conversion of a tiny cell, so

small that it may be lost on the point of a pin, into the HUMAN BEING now reading this

line. The conversion of desire into its physical equivalent is, certainly, no more miraculous!

Do not become discouraged if you do not fully comprehend all that has been stated. Unless

you have long been a student of the mind, it is not to be expected that you will assimilate all

that is in this chapter upon a first reading.

But you will, in time, make good progress. The principles which follow will open the way for

understanding of imagination. Assimilate that which you understand, as you read this

philosophy for the first time, then, when you reread and study it, you will discover that

something has happened to clarify it, and give you a broader understanding of the whole.

Above all, DO NOT STOP, nor hesitate in your study of these principles until you have read

the book at least THREE times, for then, you will not want to stop.

HOW TO MAKE PRACTICAL USE OF IMAGINATION

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes. Ideas are products of the imagination. Let us

examine a few well known ideas which have yielded huge fortunes, with the hope that these

illustrations will convey definite information concerning the method by which imagination

may be used in accumulating riches.

THE ENCHANTED KETTLE

Fifty years ago, an old country doctor drove to town, hitched his horse, quietly slipped into a

drug store by the back door, and began "dickering" with the young drug clerk. His mission

was destined to yield great wealth to many people. It was destined to bring to the South the

most far-flung benefit since the Civil War.

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For more than an hour, behind the prescription counter, the old doctor and the clerk talked in

low tones. Then the doctor left. He went out to the buggy and brought back a large, old

fashioned kettle, a big wooden paddle (used for stirring the contents of the kettle), and

deposited them in the back of the store.

The clerk inspected the kettle, reached into his inside pocket, took out a roll of bills, and

handed it over to the doctor. The roll contained exactly $500.00-the clerk's entire savings!

The doctor handed over a small slip of paper on which was written a secret formula. The

words on that small slip of paper were worth a King's ransom! But not to the doctor! Those

magic words were needed to start the kettle to boiling, but neither the doctor nor the young

clerk knew what fabulous fortunes were destined to flow from that kettle.

The old doctor was glad to sell the outfit for five hundred dollars. The money would pay off

his debts, and give him freedom of mind. The clerk was taking a big chance by staking his

entire life's savings on a mere scrap of paper and an old kettle! He never dreamed his

investment would start a kettle to overflowing with gold that would surpass the miraculous

performance of Aladdin's lamp. What the clerk really purchased was an IDEA! The old kettle

and the wooden paddle, and the secret message on a slip of paper were incidental. The

strange performance of that kettle began to take place after the new owner mixed with the

secret instructions an ingredient of which the doctor knew nothing.

Read this story carefully, give your imagination a test! See if you can discover what it was

that the young man added to the secret message, which caused the kettle to overflow with

gold. Remember, as you read, that this is not a story from Arabian Nights. Here you have a

story of facts, stranger than fiction, facts which began in the form of an IDEA.

Let us take a look at the vast fortunes of gold this idea has produced. It has paid, and still

pays huge fortunes to men and women all over the world, who distribute the contents of the

kettle to millions of people.

The Old Kettle is now one of the world's largest consumers of sugar, thus providing jobs of a

permanent nature to thousands of men and women engaged in growing sugar cane, and in

refining and marketing sugar.

The Old Kettle consumes, annually, millions of glass bottles, providing jobs to huge numbers

of glass workers. The Old Kettle gives employment to an army of clerks, stenographers, copy

writers, and advertising experts throughout the nation. It has brought fame and fortune to

scores of artists who have created magnificent pictures describing the product.

The Old Kettle has converted a small Southern city into the business capital of the South,

where it now benefits, directly, or indirectly, every business and practically every resident of

the city.

The influence of this idea now benefits every civilized country in the world, pouring out a

continuous stream of gold to all who touch it. Gold from the kettle built and maintains one of

the most prominent colleges of the South, where thousands of young people receive the

training essential for success.

The Old Kettle has done other marvelous things. All through the world depression, when

factories, banks and business houses were folding up and quitting by the thousands, the

owner of this Enchanted Kettle went marching on, giving continuous employment to an army

of men and women all over the world, and paying out extra portions of gold to those who,

long ago, had faith in the idea. If the product of that old brass kettle could talk, it would tell

thrilling tales of romance in every language. Romances of love, romances of business,

romances of professional men and women who are daily being stimulated by it.

The author is sure of at least one such romance, for he was a part of it, and it all began not far

from the very spot on which the drug clerk purchased the old kettle. It was here that the

author met his wife, and it was she who first told him of the Enchanted Kettle.

It was the product of that Kettle they were drinking when he asked her to accept him "for

better or worse."

Now that you know the content of the Enchanted Kettle is a world famous drink, it is fitting

that the author confess that the home city of the drink supplied him with a wife, also that the

drink itself provides him with stimulation of thought without intoxication, and thereby it

serves to give the refreshment of mind which an author must have to do his best work.

Whoever you are, wherever you may live, whatever occupation you may be engaged in, just

remember in the future, every time you see the words "Coca-Cola," that its vast empire of

wealth and influence grew out of a single IDEA, and that the mysterious ingredient the drug

clerk-Asa Candler-mixed with the secret formula was. . . IMAGINATION!

Stop and think of that, for a moment. Remember, also, that the thirteen steps to riches,

described in this book, were the media through which the influence of Coca-Cola has been

extended to every city, town, village, and cross-roads of the world, and that ANY IDEA you

may create, as 8OUfld and meritorious as Coca-Cola, has the possibility of duplicating the

stupendous record of this world-wide thirst-killer.

Truly, thoughts are things, and their scope of operation is the world, itself.

WHAT I WOULD DO IF I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS

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This story proves the truth of that old saying, "where there's a will, there's a way." It was

told to me by that beloved educator and clergyman, the late Frank W. Gunsaulus, who began

his preaching career in the stockyards region of South Chicago.

While Dr. Gunsaulus was going through college, he observed many defects in our

educational system, defects which he believed he could correct, if he were the head of a

college. His deepest desire was to become the directing head of an educational institution in

which young men and women would be taught to "learn by doing."

He made up his mind to organize a new college in which he could carry out his ideas,

without being handicapped by orthodox methods of education.

He needed a million dollars to put the project across! Where was he to lay his hands on so

large a sum of money? That was the question that absorbed most of this ambitious young

preacher's thought.

But he couldn't seem to make any progress. Every night he took that thought to bed with

him. He got up with it in the morning. He took it with him everywhere he went. He turned it

over and over in his mind until it became a consuming obsession with him. A million dollars

is a lot of money. He recognized that fact, but he also recognized the truth that the only

limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.

Being a philosopher as well as a preacher, Dr. Gunsaulus recognized, as do all who succeed

in life, that DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE is the starting point from which one must begin.

He recognized, too, that definiteness of purpose takes on animation, life, and power when

backed by a BURNING DESIRE to translate that purpose into its material equivalent.

He knew all these great truths, yet he did not know where, or how to lay his hands on a

million dollars. The natural procedure would have been to give up and quit, by saying, "Ah

well, my idea is a good one, but I cannot do anything with it, because I never can procure the

necessary million dollars." That is exactly what the majority of people would have said, but it

is not what Dr. Gunsaulus said. What he said, and what he did are so important that I now

introduce him, and let him speak for himself.

"One Saturday afternoon I sat in my room thinking of ways and means of raising the money

to carry out my plans. For nearly two years, I had been thinking, but I had done nothing but

think!

"The time had come for ACTION!"

"I made up my mind, then and there, that I would get the necessary million dollars within a

week. How? I was not concerned about that. The main thing of importance was the decision

to get the money within a specified time, and I want to tell you that the moment I reached a

definite decision to get the money within a specified time, a strange feeling of assurance

came over me, such as I had never before experienced. Something inside me seemed to say,

'Why didn't you reach that decision a long time ago? The money was waiting for you all the

time!'

"Things began to happen in a hurry. I called the newspapers and announced I would preach a

sermon the following morning, entitled, 'What I would do if I had a Million Dollars.'

"I went to work on the sermon immediately, but I must tell you, frankly, the task was not

difficult, because I had been preparing that sermon for almost two years. The spirit back of it

was a part of me!

"Long before midnight I had finished writing the sermon. I went to bed and slept with a

feeling of confidence, for I could see myself already in. possession of the million dollars.

"Next morning I arose early, went into the bathroom, read the sermon, then knelt on my

knees and asked that my sermon might come to the attention of someone who would supply

the needed money.

"While I was praying I again had that feeling of assurance that the money would be

forthcoming. In my excitement, I walked out without my sermon, and did not discover the

oversight until I was in my pulpit and about ready to begin delivering it.

"It was too late to go back for my notes, and what a blessing that I couldn't go back! Instead,

my own subconscious mind yielded the material I needed. When I arose to begin my sermon,

I closed my eyes, and spoke with all my heart and soul of my dreams. I not only talked to my

audience, but I fancy I talked also to God. I told what I would do with a million dollars if that

amount were placed in my hands. I described the plan I had in mind for organizing a great

educational institution, where young people would learn to do practical things, and at the

same time develop their minds.

"When I had finished and sat down, a man slowly arose from his seat, about three rows from

the rear, and made his way toward the pulpit. I wondered what he was going to do. He came

into the pulpit, extended his hand, and said, 'Reverend, I liked your sermon. I believe you

can do everything you said you would, if you had a million dollars. To prove that I believe in

you and your sermon, if you will come to my office tomorrow morning, I will give you the

million dollars. My name is Phillip D. Armour."'

Young Gunsaulus went to Mr. Armour's office and the million dollars was presented to him.

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With the money, he founded the Armour Institute of Technology.

That is more money than the majority of preachers ever see in an entire lifetime, yet the

thought impulse back of the money was created m the young preacher's mind in a fraction of

a minute. The necessary million dollars came as a result of an idea. Back of the idea was a

DESIRE which young Gunsaulus had been nursing in his mind for almost two years.

Observe this important fact... HE GOT THE MONEY WITHIN THIRTY-SIX HOURS

AFTER HE REACHED A DEFINITE DECISION IN HIS OWN MIND TO GET IT, AND

DECIDED UPON A DEFINITE PLAN FOR GETTING IT!

There was nothing new or unique about young Gunsaulus' vague thinking about a million

dollars, and weakly hoping for it. Others before him, and many since his time, have had

similar thoughts. But there was something very unique and different about the decision he

reached on that memorable Saturday, when he put vagueness into the background, and

definitely said, "I WILL get that money within a week!"

God seems to throw Himself on the side of the man who knows exactly what he wants, if he

is determined to get JUST THAT! Moreover, the principle through which Dr. Gunsaulus got

his million dollars is still alive! It is available to you! This universal law is as workable today

as it was when the young preacher made use of it so successfully. This book describes, step

by step, the thirteen elements of this great law, and suggests how they may be put to use.

Observe that Asa Candler and Dr. Frank Gunsaulus had one characteristic in common. Both

knew the astounding truth that IDEAS CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO CASH THROUGH

THE POWER OF DEFINITE PURPOSE, PLUS DEFINITE PLANS.

If you are one of those who believe that hard work and honesty, alone, will bring riches,

perish the thought! It is not true!

Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work! Riches

come, if they come at all, in response to definite demands, based upon the application of

definite principles, and not by chance or luck. Generally speaking, an idea is an impulse of

thought that impels action, by an appeal to the imagination. All master salesmen know that

ideas can be sold where merchandise cannot. Ordinary salesmen do not know this-that is why

they are "ordinary".

A publisher of books, which sell for a nickel, made a discovery that should be worth much to

publishers generally. He learned that many people buy titles, and not contents of books. By

merely changing the name of one book that was not moving, his sales on that book jumped

upward more than a million copies. The inside of the book was not changed in any way. He

merely ripped off the cover bearing the title that did not sell, and put on a new cover with a

title that had "box-office" value.

That, as simple as it may seem, was an IDEA! It was IMAGINATION.

There is no standard price on ideas. The creator of ideas makes his own price, and, if he is

smart, gets it. The moving picture industry created a whole flock of millionaires. Most of

them were men who couldn't create ideas-BUT-they had the imagination to recognize ideas

when they saw them. The next flock of millionaires will grow out of the radio business,

which is new and not overburdened with men of keen imagination. The money will be made

by those who discover or create new and more meritorious radio programmes and have the

imagination to recognize merit, and to give the radio listeners a chance to profit by it.

The sponsor! That unfortunate victim who now pays the cost of all radio "entertainment,"

soon will become idea conscious, and demand something for his money. The man who beats

the sponsor to the draw, and supplies programmes that render useful service, is the man who

will become rich in this new industry.

Crooners and light chatter artists who now pollute the air with wisecracks and silly giggles,

will go the way of all light timbers, and their places will be taken by real artists who interpret

carefully planned programmes which have been designed to service the minds of men, as

well as provide entertainment.

Here is a wide open field of opportunity screaming its protest at the way it is being

butchered, because of lack of imagination, and begging for rescue at any price. Above all, the

thing that radio needs is new IDEAS!

If this new field of opportunity intrigues you, perhaps you might profit by the suggestion that

the successful radio programmes of the future will give more attention to creating "buyer"

audiences, and less attention to "listener" audiences. Stated more plainly, the builder of radio

programmes who succeeds in the future, must find practical ways to convert "listeners" into

"buyers."

Moreover, the successful producer of radio programmes in the future must key his features so

that he can definitely show its effect upon the audience.

Sponsors are becoming a bit weary of buying glib selling talks, based upon statements

grabbed out of thin air. They want, and in the future will demand, indisputable proof that the

Whoosit programme not only gives millions of people the silliest giggle ever, but that the

silly giggler can sell merchandise!

Another thing that might as well be understood by those who contemplate entering this new

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field of opportunity, radio advertising is going to be handled by an entirely new group of

advertising experts, separate and distinct from the old time newspaper and magazine

advertising agency men. The old timers in the advertising game cannot read the modern radio

scripts, because they have been schooled to SEE ideas. The new radio technique demands

men who can interpret ideas from a written manuscript in terms of SOUND! It cost the

author a year of hard labor, and many thousands of dollars to learn this.

Radio, right now, is about where the moving pictures were, when Mary Pickford and her

curls first appeared on the screen.

There is plenty of room in radio for those who can produce or recognize IDEAS. If the

foregoing comment on the opportunities of radio has not started your idea factory to work,

you had better forget it. Your opportunity is in some other field. If the comment intrigued

you in the slightest degree, then go further into it, and you may find the one IDEA you need

to round out your career.

Never let it discourage you if you have no experience in radio. Andrew Carnegie knew very

little about making steel-I have Carnegie's own word for this-but he made practical use of

two of the principles described in this book, and made the steel business yield him a fortune.

The story of practically every great fortune starts with the day when a creator of ideas and a

seller of ideas got together and worked in harmony. Carnegie surrounded himself with men

who could do all that he could not do. Men who created ideas, and men who put ideas into

operation, and made himself and the others fabulously rich.

Millions of people go through life hoping for favorable "breaks." Perhaps a favorable break

can get one an opportunity, but the safest plan is not to depend upon luck. It was a favorable

"break" that gave me the biggest opportunity of my life- but-twenty-five years of determined

effort had to be devoted to that opportunity before it became an asset.

The "break" consisted of my good fortune in meeting and gaining the cooperation of Andrew

Carnegie. On that occasion Carnegie planted in my mind the idea of organizing the principles

of achievement into a philosophy of success. Thousands of people have profited by the

discoveries made in the twenty-five years of research, and several fortunes have been

accumulated through the application of the philosophy. The beginning was simple. It was an

IDEA which anyone might have developed.

The favorable break came through Carnegie, but what about the DETERMINATION,

DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE, and the DESIRE TO ATTAIN THE GOAL, and the

PERSISTENT EFFORT OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS? It was no ordinary DESIRE that

survived disappointment, discouragement, temporary defeat, criticism, and the constant

reminding of "waste of time." It was a BURNING DESIRE! AN OBSESSION!

When the idea was first planted in my mind by Mr. Carnegie, it was coaxed, nursed, and

enticed to remain alive. Gradually, the idea became a giant under its own power, and it

coaxed, nursed, and drove me. Ideas are like that. First you give life and action and guidance

to ideas, then they take on power of their own and sweep aside all opposition.

Ideas are intangible forces, but they have more power than the physical brains that give birth

to them. They have the power to live on, after the brain that creates them has returned to dust.

For example, take the power of Christianity. That began with a simple idea, born in the brain

of Christ. Its chief tenet was, "do unto others as you would have others do unto you." Christ

has gone back to the source from whence He came, but His IDEA goes marching on.

Some day, it may grow up, and come into its own, then it will have fulfilled Christ's deepest

DESIRE. The IDEA has been developing only two thousand years. Give it time!

SUCCESS REQUIRES NO EXPLANATIONS

FAILURE PERMITS NO ALIBIS

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CHAPTER 7

ORGANIZED PLANNING THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF DESIRE INTO ACTION

The Sixth Step toward Riches

You have learned that everything man creates or acquires, begins in the form of DESIRE,

that desire is taken on the first lap of its journey, from the abstract to the concrete, into the

workshop of the IMAGINATION, where PLANS for its transition are created and organized.

In Chapter two, you were instructed to take six definite, practical steps, as your first move in

translating the desire for money into its monetary equivalent. One of these steps is the

formation of a DEFINITE, practical plan, or plans, through which this transformation may be

made. You will now be instructed how to build plans which will be practical, viz:-

(a) Ally yourself with a group of as many people as you may need for the creation, and

carrying out of your plan, or plans for the accumulation of money-making use of the "Master

Mind" principle described in a later chapter. (Compliance with this instruction is absolutely

essential. Do not neglect it.)

(b) Before forming your "Master Mind" alliance, decide what advantages, and benefits,

you may offer the individual embers of your group, in return for their cooperation. No one

will work indefinitely without some form of compensation. No intelligent person will either

request or expect another to work without adequate compensation, although this may not

always be in the form of money.

(c) Arrange to meet with the members of your "Master Mind" group at least twice a week,

and more often if possible, until you have jointly perfected the necessary plan, or plans for

the accumulation of money.

(d) Maintain PERFECT HARMONY between yourself and every member of your "Master

Mind" group. If you fail to carry out this instruction to the letter, you may expect to meet

with failure. The "Master Mind" principle cannot obtain where PERFECT HARMONY does

not prevail.

Keep in mind these facts:-

First. You are engaged in an undertaking of major importance to you. To be sure of success,

you must have plans which are faultless.

Second. You must have the advantage of the experience, education, native ability and

imagination of other minds. This is in harmony with the methods followed by every person

who has accumulated a great fortune.

No individual has sufficient experience, education, native ability, and knowledge to insure

the accumulation of a great fortune, without the cooperation of other people. Every plan you

adopt, in your endeavor to accumulate wealth, should be the joint creation of yourself and

every other member of your "Master Mind" group. You may originate your own plans, either

in whole or in part, but SEE THAT THOSE PLANS ARE CHECKED, AND APPROVED

BY THE MEMBERS OF YOUR "MASTER MIND" ALLIANCE.

If the first plan which you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan, if

this new plan fails to work, replace it, in turn with still another, and so on, until you find a

plan which DOES WORK. Right here is the point at which the majority of men meet with

failure, because of their lack of PERSISTENCE in creating new plans to take the place of

those which fail.

The most intelligent man living cannot succeed in accumulating money-nor in any other

undertaking-without plans which are practical and workable. Just keep this fact in mind, and

remember when your plans fail, that temporary defeat is not permanent failure. It may only

mean that your plans have not been sound. Build other plans. Start all over again.

Thomas A. Edison "failed" ten thousand times before he perfected the incandescent electric

light bulb. That is-he met with temporary defeat ten thousand times, before his efforts were

crowned with success.

Temporary defeat should mean only one thing, the certain knowledge that there is something

wrong with your plan. Millions of men go through life in misery and poverty, because they

lack a sound plan through which to accumulate a fortune.

Henry Ford accumulated a fortune, not because of his superior mind, but because he adopted

and followed a PLAN which proved to be sound. A thousand men could be pointed out, each

with a better education than Ford's, yet each of whom lives in poverty, because he does not

possess the RIGHT plan for the accumulation of money.

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Your achievement can be no greater than your PLANS are sound. That may seem to be an

axiomatic statement, but it is true. Samuel Insull lost his fortune of over one hundred million

dollars.

The Insull fortune was built on plans which were sound. The business depression forced Mr.

Insull to CHANGE HIS PLANS; and the CHANGE brought "temporary defeat," because his

new plans were NOT SOUND. Mr. Insull is now an old man, he may, consequently, accept

"failure" instead of "temporary defeat," but if his experience turns out to be FAILURE, it will

be for the reason that he lacks the fire of PERSISTENCE to rebuild his plans.

No man is ever whipped, until he QUITS-in his own mind. This fact will be repeated many

times, because it is so easy to "take the count" at the first sign of defeat.

James J. Hill met with temporary defeat when he first endeavored to raise the necessary

capital to build a railroad from the East to the West, but he, too turned defeat into victory

through new plans.

Henry Ford met with temporary defeat, not only at the beginning of his automobile career,

but after he had gone far toward the top. He created new plans, and went marching on to

financial victory.

We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph,

overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before "arriving".

NO FOLLOWER OF THIS PHILOSOPHY CAN REASONABLY EXPECT TO

ACCUMULATE A FORTUNE WITHOUT EXPERIENCING "TEMPORARY DEFEAT."

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans,

and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. If you give up before your goal has been

reached, you are a "quitter."

A QUITTER NEVER WINS-AND-A WINNER NEVER QUITS.

Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where

you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work.

When you begin to select members for your "Master Mind" group, endeavor to select those

who do not take defeat seriously. Some people foolishly believe that only MONEY can make

money. This is not true! DESIRE, transmuted into its monetary equivalent, through the

principles laid down here, is the agency through which money is "made." Money, of itself, is

nothing but inert matter. It cannot move, think, or talk, but it can "hear" when a man who

DESIRES it, calls it to come!

PLANNING THE SALE OF SERVICES

The remainder of this chapter has been given over to a description of ways and means of

marketing personal services. The information here conveyed will be of practical help to any

person having any form of personal services to market, but it will be of priceless benefit to

those who aspire to leadership in their chosen occupations.

Intelligent planning is essential for success in any undertaking designed to accumulate riches.

Here will be found detailed instructions to those who must begin the accumulation of riches

by selling personal services.

It should be encouraging to know that practically all the great fortunes began in the form of

compensation for personal services, or from the sale of IDEAS. What else, except ideas and

personal services, would one not possessed of property have to give in return for riches?

Broadly speaking, there are two types of people in the world. One type is known as

LEADERS, and the other as FOLLOWERS. Decide at the outset whether you intend to

become a leader in your chosen calling, or remain a follower. The difference in compensation

is vast. The follower cannot reasonably expect the compensation to which a leader is entitled,

although many followers make the mistake of expecting such pay.

It is no disgrace to be a follower. On the other hand, it is no credit to remain a follower. Most

great leaders began in the capacity of followers. They became great leaders because they

were INTELLIGENT FOLLOWERS. With few exceptions, the man who cannot follow a

leader intelligently, cannot become an efficient leader. The man who can follow a leader

most efficiently, is usually the man who develops into leadership most rapidly. An intelligent

follower has many advantages, among them the OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE

KNOWLEDGE FROM HIS LEADER.

THE MAJOR ATTRIBUTES OF LEADERSHIP

The following are important factors of leadership:-

1. UNWAVERING COURAGE based upon knowledge of self, and of one's occupation. No

follower wishes to be dominated by a leader who lacks self-confidence and courage. No

intelligent follower will be dominated by such a leader very long.

2. SELF-CONTROL. The man who cannot control himself, can never control others. Self-

control sets a mighty example for one's followers, which the more intelligent will emulate.

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3. A KEEN SENSE OF JUSTICE. Without a sense of fairness and justice, no leader can

command and retain the respect of his followers.

4. DEFINITENESS OF DECISION. The man who wavers in his decisions, shows that he

is not sure of himself. He cannot lead others successfully.

5. DEFINITENESS OF PLANS. The successful leader must plan his work, and work his

plan. A leader who moves by guesswork, without practical, definite plans, is comparable to a

ship without a rudder. Sooner or later he will land on the rocks.

6. THE HABIT OF DOING MORE THAN PAID FOR. One of the penalties of leadership

is the necessity of willingness, upon the part of the leader, to do more than he requires

of his followers.

7. A PLEASING PERSONALITY. No slovenly, careless person can become a successful

leader. Leadership calls for respect. Followers will not respect a leader who does not grade

high on all of the factors of a Pleasing Personality.

8. SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING. The successful leader must be in sympathy

with his followers. Moreover, he must understand them and their problems.

9. MASTERY OF DETAIL. Successful leadership calls for mastery of details of the

leader's position.

10. WILLINGNESS TO ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY. The successful leader must

be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers. If

he tries to shift this responsibility, he will not remain the leader. If one of his followers

makes a mistake, and shows himself incompetent, the leader must consider that it is he who

failed.

11. COOPERATION. The successful leader must understand, and apply the principle of

cooperative effort and be able to induce his followers to do the same. Leadership calls for

POWER, and power calls for COOPERATION. There are two forms of Leadership. The

first, and by far the most effective, is LEADERSHIP BY CONSENT of, and with the

sympathy of the followers. The second is LEADERSHIP BY FORCE, without the consent

and sympathy of the followers.

History is filled with evidences that Leadership by Force cannot endure. The downfall and

disappearance of "Dictators" and kings is significant. It means that people will not follow

forced leadership indefinitely.

The world has just entered a new era of relationship between leaders and followers, which

very clearly calls for new leaders, and a new brand of leadership in business and industry.

Those who belong to the old school of leadership-by-force, must acquire an understanding of

the new brand of leadership (cooperation) or be relegated to the rank and file of the

followers. There is no other way out for them.

The relationship of employer and employee, or of leader and follower, in the future, will be

one of mutual cooperation, based upon an equitable division of the profits of business. In the

future, the relationship of employer and employee will be more like a partnership than it has

been in the past.

Napoleon, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, the Czar of Russia, and the King of Spain were

examples of leadership by force. Their leadership passed. Without much difficulty, one might

point to the prototypes of these ex-leaders, among the business, financial, and labor leaders

of America who have been dethroned or slated to go. Leadership-by-consent of the followers

is the only brand which can endure!

Men may follow the forced leadership temporarily, but they will not do so willingly.

The new brand of LEADERSHIP will embrace the eleven factors of leadership, described in

this chapter, as well as some other factors. The man who makes these the basis of his

leadership, will find abundant opportunity to lead in any walk of life. The depression was

prolonged, largely, because the world lacked LEADERSHIP of the new brand. At the end of

the depression, the demand for leaders who are competent to apply the new methods of

leadership has greatly exceeded the supply. Some of the old type of leaders will reform and

adapt themselves to the new brand of leadership, but generally speaking, the world will have

to look for new timber for its leadership. This necessity may be your OPPORTUNITY!

THE 10 MAJOR CAUSES OF FAILURE IN LEADERSHIP

We come now to the major faults of leaders who fail, because it is just as essential to know

WHAT NOT TO DO as it is to know what to do.

1. INABILITY TO ORGANIZE DETAILS. Efficient leadership calls for ability to organize

and to master details. No genuine leader is ever "too busy" to do anything which may be

required of him in his capacity as leader. When a man, whether he is a leader or follower,

admits that he is "too busy" to change his plans, or to give attention to any emergency, he

admits his inefficiency. The successful leader must be the master of all details connected

with his position. That means, of course, that he must acquire the habit of relegating details

to capable lieutenants.

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2. UNWILLINGNESS TO RENDER HUMBLE SERVICE. Truly great leaders are willing,

when occasion demands, to perform any sort of labor which they would ask another to

perform. "The greatest among ye shall be the servant of all" is a truth which all able leaders

observe and respect.

3. EXPECTATION OF PAY FOR WHAT THEY "KNOW" INSTEAD OF WHAT THEY

DO WITH THAT WHICH THEY KNOW. The world does not pay men for that which they

"know." It pays them for what they DO, or induce others to do.

4. FEAR OF COMPETITION FROM FOLLOWERS. The leader who fears that one of his

followers may take his position is practically sure to realize that fear sooner or later. The able

leader trains understudies to whom he may delegate, at will, any of the details of his position.

Only in this way may a leader multiply himself and prepare himself to be at many places, and

give attention to many things at one time. It is an eternal truth that men receive more pay for

their ABILITY TO GET OTHERS TO PERFORM, than they could possibly earn by their

own efforts. An efficient leader may, through his knowledge of his job and the magnetism of

his personality, greatly increase the efficiency of others, and induce them to render more

service and better service than they could render without his aid.

5. LACK OF IMAGINATION. Without imagination, the leader is incapable of meeting

emergencies, and of creating plans by which to guide his followers efficiently.

6. SELFISHNESS. The leader who claims all the honor for the work of his followers, is

sure to be met by resentment. The really great leader CLAIMS NONE OF THE HONORS.

He is contented to see the honors, when there are any, go to his followers, because he knows

that most men will work harder for commendation and recognition than they will for money

alone.

7. INTEMPERANCE. Followers do not respect an intemperate leader. Moreover,

intemperance in any of its various forms, destroys the endurance and the vitality of all who

indulge in it.

8. DISLOYALTY. Perhaps this should have come at the head of the list. The leader who is

not loyal to his trust, and to his associates, those above him, and those below him, cannot

long maintain his leadership. Disloyalty marks one as being less than the dust of the earth,

and brings down on one's head the contempt he deserves. Lack of loyalty is one of the major

causes of failure in every walk of life.

9. EMPHASIS OF THE "AUTHORITY" OF LEADERSHIP. The efficient leader leads by

encouraging, and not by trying to instill fear in the hearts of his followers. The leader who

tries to impress his followers with his "authority" comes within the category of leadership

through FORCE. If a leader is a REAL LEADER, he will have no need to advertise that fact

except by his conduct-his sympathy, understanding, fairness, and a demonstration that he

knows his job.

10. EMPHASIS OF TITLE. The competent leader requires no "title" to give him the

respect of his followers. The man who makes too much over his title generally has little else

to emphasize. The doors to the office of the real leader are open to all who wish to enter, and

his working quarters are free from formality or ostentation.

These are among the more common of the causes of failure in leadership. Any one of these

faults is sufficient to induce failure. Study the list carefully if you aspire to leadership, and

make sure that you are free of these faults.

SOME FERTILE FIELDS IN WHICH "NEW LEADERSHIP" WILL BE REQUIRED

Before leaving this chapter, your attention is called to a few of the fertile fields in which

there has been a decline of leadership, and in which the new type of leader may find an

abundance of OPPORTUNITY.

First. In the field of politics there is a most insistent demand for new leaders; a demand

which indicates nothing less than an emergency. The majority of politicians have, seemingly,

become high-grade, legalized racketeers. They have increased taxes and debauched the

machinery of industry and business until the people can no longer stand the burden.

Second. The banking business is undergoing a reform. The leaders in this field have almost

entirely lost the confidence of the public. Already the bankers have sensed the need of

reform, and they have begun it.

Third. Industry calls for new leaders. The old type of leaders thought and moved in terms of

dividends instead of thinking and moving in terms of human equations! The future leader in

industry, to endure, must regard himself as a quasi-public official whose duty it is to manage

his trust in such a way that it will work hardship on no individual, or group of individuals.

Exploitation of working men is a thing of the past. Let the man who aspires to leadership in

the field of business, industry, and labor remember this.

Fourth. The religious leader of the future will be forced to give more attention to the

temporal needs of his followers, in the solution of their economic and personal problems of

the present, and less attention to the dead past, and the yet unborn future.

Fifth. In the professions of law, medicine, and education, a new brand of leadership, and to

some extent, new leaders will become a necessity. This is especially true in the field of

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education. The leader in that field must, in the future, find ways and means of teaching

people HOW TO APPLY the knowledge they receive in school. He must deal more with

PRACTICE and less with THEORY.

Sixth. New leaders will be required in the field of Journalism. Newspapers of the future, to

be conducted successfully, must be divorced from "special privilege" and relieved from the

subsidy of advertising. They must cease to be organs of propaganda for the interests which

patronize their advertising columns. The type of newspaper which publishes scandal and

lewd pictures will eventually go the way of all forces which debauch the human mind.

These are but a few of the fields in which opportunities for new leaders and a new brand of

leadership are now available. The world is undergoing a rapid change. This means that the

media through which the changes in human habits are promoted, must be adapted to the

changes. The media here described, are the ones which, more than any others, determine the

trend of civilization.

WHEN AND HOW TO APPLY FOR A POSITION

The information described here is the net result of many years of experience during which

thousands of men and women were helped to market their services effectively. It can,

therefore, be relied upon as sound and practical.

MEDIA THROUGH WHICH SERVICES MAY BE MARKETED

Experience has proved that the following media offer the most direct and effective methods

of bringing the buyer and seller of personal services together.

1. EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS. Care must be taken to select only reputable bureaus, the

management of which can show adequate records of achievement of satisfactory results.

There are comparatively few such bureaus.

2. ADVERTISING in newspapers, trade journals, magazines, and radio. Classified

advertising may usually be relied upon to produce satisfactory results in the case of those

who apply for clerical or ordinary salaried positions. Display advertising is more desirable in

the case of those who seek executive connections, the copy to appear in the section of the

paper which is most apt to come to the attention of the class of employer being sought. The

copy should be prepared by an expert, who understands how to inject sufficient selling

qualities to produce replies.

3. PERSONAL LETTERS OF APPLICATION, directed to particular firms or individuals

most apt to need such services as are being offered. Letters should be neatly typed,

ALWAYS, and signed by hand. With the letter, should be sent a complete "brief" or outline

of the applicant's qualifications. Both the letter of application and the brief of experience or

qualifications should be prepared by an expert. (See instructions as to information to be

supplied).

4. APPLICATION THROUGH PERSONAL ACQUAINTANCES. When possible, the

applicant should endeavor to approach prospective employers through some mutual

acquaintance. This method of approach is particularly advantageous in the case of those who

seek executive connections and do not wish to appear to be "peddling" themselves.

5. APPLICATION IN PERSON. In some in-stances, it may be more effective if the

applicant offers personally, his services to prospective employers, in which event a complete

written statement of qualifications for the position should be presented, for the reason that

prospective employers often wish to discuss with associates, one's record.

INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED IN A WRITFEN "BRIEF"

This brief should be prepared as carefully as a lawyer would prepare the brief of a case to be

tried m court. Unless the applicant is experienced in the preparation of such briefs, an expert

should be consulted, and his services enlisted for this purpose. Successful merchants employ

men and women who understand the art and the psychology of advertising to present the

merits of their merchandise. One who has personal services for sale should do the same. The

following information should appear in the brief:

1. Education. State briefly, but definitely, what schooling you have had, and in what

subjects you specialized in school, giving the reasons for that specialization.

2. Experience. If you have had experience in connection with positions similar to the one you

seek, describe it fully, state names and addresses of former employers. Be sure to bring out

clearly any special experience you may have had which would equip you to fill the position

you seek.

3. References. Practically every business firm desires to know all about the previous

records, antecedents, etc., of prospective employees who seek positions of responsibility.

Attach to your brief photostatic copies of letters from:

a. Former employers

b. Teachers under whom you studied

c. Prominent people whose judgement may be relied upon.

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4. Photograph of self. Attach to your brief a recent, unmounted photograph of yourself.

5. Apply for a specific position. Avoid application for a position without describing

EXACTLY what particular position you seek. Never apply for "just a position." That

indicates you lack specialized qualifications.

6. State your qualifications for the particular position for which you apply. Give full details

as to the reason you believe you are qualified for the particular position you seek. This is

THE APPLICATION. It will determine, more than anything else, what consideration you

receive.

7. Offer to go to work on probation. In the majority of instances if you are determined to

have the position for which you apply, it will be most effective if you offer to work for a

week, or a month, or for a sufficient length of time to enable your prospective employer to

judge your value WITHOUT PAY. This may appear to be a radical suggestion, but

experience has proved that it seldom fails to win at least a trial. If you are SURE OF YOUR

QUALIFICATIONS, a trial is all you need. Incidentally, such an offer indicates that you

have confidence in your ability to fill the position you seek. It is most convincing. If your

offer is accepted, and you make good, more than likely you will be paid for your "probation"

period. Make clear the fact that your offer is based upon:

a. Your confidence in your ability to fill the position.

b. Your confidence in your prospective employer's decision to employ you after

trial.

c. Your DETERMINATION to have the position you seek.

8. Knowledge of your prospective employer's business. Before applying for a position, do

sufficient research in connection with the business to familiarize yourself thoroughly with

that business, and indicate in your brief the knowledge you have acquired in this field.

This will be impressive, as it will indicate that you have im-agination, and a real interest in

the position you seek. Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the

one who best prepares his case, who wins. If your "case" is properly prepared and presented,

your victory will have been more than half won at the outset.

Do not be afraid of making your brief too long. Employers are just as much interested in

purchasing the services of well-qualified applicants as you are in securing employment. In

fact, the success of most successful employers is due, in the main, to their ability to select

well-qualified lieutenants. They want all the information available.

Remember another thing; neatness in the preparation of your brief will indicate that you are a

painstaking person. I have helped to prepare briefs for clients which were so striking and out

of the ordinary that they resulted in the employment of the applicant without a personal

interview.

When your brief has been completed, have it neatly bound by an experienced binder, and

lettered by an artist, or printer similar to the following:

BRIEF OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OF

Robert K. Smith

APPLYING FOR THE POSITION OF

Private Secretary to

The President of

THE BLANK COMPANY, Inc.

Change names each time brief is shown.

This personal touch is sure to command attention. Have your brief neatly typed or

mimeographed on the finest paper you can obtain, and bound with a heavy paper of the book-

cover variety, the binder to be changed, and the proper firm name to be inserted if it is to be

shown to more than one company. Your photograph should be pasted on one of the pages of

your brief. Follow these instructions to the letter, improving upon them wherever your

imagination suggests.

Successful salesmen groom themselves with care. They understand that first impressions are

lasting. Your brief is your salesman. Give it a good suit of clothes, so it will stand out in bold

contrast to anything your prospective employer ever saw, in the way of an application for a

position. If the position you seek is worth having, it is worth going after with care. Moreover,

if you sell yourself to an employer in a manner that impresses him with your individuality,

you probably will receive more money for your services from the very start, than you would

if you applied for employment in the usual conventional way.

If you seek employment through an advertising agency, or an employment agency, have the

agent use copies of your brief in marketing your services. This will help to gain preference

for you, both with the agent, and the prospective employers.

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HOW TO GET THE EXACT POSITION YOU DESIRE

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited. An artist loves to work

with paints, a craftsman with his hands, a writer loves to write. Those with less definite

talents have their preferences for certain fields of business and industry. If America does

anything well, it offers a full range of occupations, tilling the soil, manufacturing, marketing,

and the professions.

First. Decide EXACTLY what kind of a job you want. If the job doesn't already exist,

perhaps you can create it.

Second. Choose the company, or individual for whom you wish to work.

Third. Study your prospective employer, as to policies, personnel, and chances of

advancement.

Fourth. By analysis of yourself, your talents and capabilities, figure WHAT YOU CAN

OFFER, and plan ways and means of giving advantages, services, developments, ideas that

you believe you can successfully deliver.

Fifth. Forget about "a job." Forget whether or not there is an opening. Forget the usual

routine of "have you got a job for me?" Concentrate on what you can give.

Sixth. Once you have your plan in mind, arrange with an experienced writer to put it on

paper in neat form, and in full detail.

Seventh. Present it to the proper person with authority and he will do the rest. Every

company is looking for men who can give something of value, whether it be ideas, services,

or "con-nections." Every company has room for the man who has a definite plan of action

which is to the advantage of that company.

This line of procedure may take a few days or weeks of extra time, but the difference in

income, in advancement, and in gaining recognition will save years of hard work at small

pay. It has many advantages, the main one being that it will often save from one to five years

of time in reaching a chosen goal.

Every person who starts, or "gets in" half way up the ladder, does so by deliberate and

careful planning, (excepting, of course, the Boss' son).

THE NEW WAY OF MARKETING SERVICES "JOBS" ARE NOW "PARTNERSHIPS"

Men and women who market their services to best advantage in the future, must recognize

the stupendous change which has taken place in connection with the relationship between

employer and employee.

In the future, the "Golden Rule," and not the "Rule of Gold" will be the dominating factor in

the marketing of merchandise as well as personal services. The future relationship between

employers and their employees will be more in the nature of a partnership consisting of:

a. The employer

b. The employee

c. The public they serve

This new way of marketing personal services is called new for many reasons, first, both the

employer and the employee of the future will be considered as fellow-employees whose

business it will be to SERVE THE PUBLIC EFFICIENTLY. In times past, employers, and

employees have bartered among themselves, driving the best bargains they could with one

another, not considering that in the final analysis they were, in reality, BARGAINING AT

THE EXPENSE OF THE THIRD PARTY, THE PUBLIC THEY SERVED.

The depression served as a mighty protest from an injured public, whose rights had been

trampled upon in every direction by those who were clamoring for individual advantages and

profits. When the debris of the depression shall have been cleared away, and business shall

have been once again restored to balance, both employers and employees will recognize that

they are NO LONGER PRIVILEGED TO DRIVE BARGAINS AT THE EXPENSE OF

THOSE WHOM THEY SERVE. The real employer of the future will be the public. This

should be kept uppermost in mind by every person seeking to market personal services

effectively.

Nearly every railroad in America is in financial difficulty. Who does not remember the day

when, if a citizen enquired at the ticket office, the time of departure of a train, he was

abruptly referred to the bulletin board instead of being politely given the information?

The street car companies have experienced a "change of times" also. There was a time not so

very long ago when street car conductors took pride in giving argument to passengers. Many

of the street car tracks have been removed and passengers ride on a bus, whose driver is "the

last word in politeness."

All over the country street car tracks are rusting from abandonment, or have been taken up.

Where-ever street cars are still in operation, passengers may now ride without argument, and

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one may even hail the car in the middle of the block, and the motorman will OBLIGINGLY

pick him up.

HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED! That is just the point I am trying to emphasize. TIMES

HAVE CHANGED! Moreover, the change is reflected not merely in railroad offices and on

street cars, but in other walks of life as well. The "public-be-damned" policy is now passé. It

has been supplanted by the "we-are-obligingly-at-your-service, sir," policy.

The bankers have learned a thing or two during this rapid change which has taken place

during the past few years. Impoliteness on the part of a bank official, or bank employee today

is as rare as it was conspicuous a dozen years ago. In the years past, some bankers (not all of

them, of course), carried an atmosphere of austerity which gave every would-be borrower a

chill when he even thought of approaching his banker for a loan.

The thousands of bank failures during the depression had the effect of removing the

mahogany doors behind which bankers formerly barricaded themselves. They now sit at

desks in the open, where they may be seen and approached at will by any depositor, or by

anyone who wishes to see them, and the whole atmosphere of the bank is one of courtesy and

understanding.

It used to be customary for customers to have to stand and wait at the corner grocery until the

clerks were through passing the time of day with friends, and the proprietor had finished

making up his bank deposit, before being waited upon. Chain stores, managed by

COURTEOUS MEN who do everything in the way of service, short of shining the

customer's shoes, have PUSHED THE OLD-TIME MERCHANTS INTO THE

BACKGROUND. TIME MARCHES ON! "Courtesy" and "Service" are the watch-words of

merchandising today, and apply to the person who is marketing personal services even more

directly than to the employer whom he serves, because, in the final analysis, both the

employer and his employee are EMPLOYED BY THE PUBLIC THEY SERVE. If they fail

to serve well, they pay by the loss of their privilege of serving.

We can all remember the time when the gas-meter reader pounded on the door hard enough

to break the panels. When the door was opened, he pushed his way in, uninvited, with a

scowl on his face which plainly said, "what-the-hell-did-you-keep-me-waiting-for?" All that

has undergone a change. The meter-man now conducts himself as a gentleman who is

"delighted-to-be-at-your-service-sir." Before the gas companies learned that their scowling

meter-men were accumulating liabilities never to be cleared away, the polite salesmen of oil

burners came along and did a land office business.

During the depression, I spent several months in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania,

studying conditions which all but destroyed the coal industry. Among several very significant

discoveries, was the fact that greed on the part of operators and their employees was the chief

cause of the loss of business for the operators, and loss of jobs for the miners.

Through the pressure of a group of overzealous labor leaders, representing the employees,

and the greed for profits on the part of the operators, the anthracite business suddenly

dwindled. The coal operators and their employees drove sharp bargains with one another,

adding the cost of the "bargaining" to the price of the coal, until, finally, they discovered they

had BUILT UP A WONDERFUL BUSINESS FOR THE MANUFACTURERS OF OIL

BURNING OUTFITS AND THE PRODUCERS OF CRUDE OIL.

"The wages of sin is death!" Many have read this in the Bible, but few have discovered its

meaning. Now, and for several years, the entire world has been listening BY FORCE, to a

sermon which might well be called "WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH, THAT SHALL

HE ALSO REAP."

Nothing as widespread and effective as the depression could possibly be "just a coincidence."

Behind the depression was a CAUSE. Nothing ever happens without a CAUSE. In the main,

the cause of the depression is traceable directly to the worldwide habit of trying to REAP

without SOWING.

This should not be mistaken to mean that the depression represents a crop which the world is

being FORCED to reap without having SOWN. The trouble is that the world sowed the

wrong sort of seed. Any farmer knows he cannot sow the seed of thistles, and reap a harvest

of grain. Beginning at the outbreak of the world war, the people of the world began to sow

the seed of service inadequate in both quality and quantity. Nearly everyone was engaged in

the pastime of trying to GET WITHOUT GIVING.

These illustrations are brought to the attention of those who have personal services to market,

to show that we are where we are, and what we are, because of our own conduct! If there is a

principle of cause and effect, which controls business, finance, and transportation, this same

principle controls individuals and determines their economic status.

WHAT IS YOUR "QQS" RATING?

The causes of success in marketing services EFFECTIVELY and permanently, have been

clearly described. Unless those causes are studied, analyzed, understood and APPLIED, no

man can market his services effectively and permanently. Every person must be his own

salesman of personal services. The QUALITY and the QUANTITY of service rendered, and

the SPIRIT in which it is rendered, determine to a large extent, the price, and the duration of

employment. To market Personal services effectively, (which means a permanent market, at

a satisfactory price, under pleasant conditions), one must adopt and follow the "QQS"

formula which means that QUALITY, plus QUANTITY, plus the proper SPIRIT of

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cooperation, equals perfect salesmanship of service. Remember the "QQS" formula, but do

more-APPLY IT AS A HABIT!

Let us analyze the formula to make sure we understand exactly what it means.

1. QUALITY of service shall be construed to mean the performance of every detail, in

connection with your position, in the most efficient manner possible, with the object of

greater efficiency always in mind.

2. QUANTITY of service shall be understood to mean the HABIT of rendering all the

service of which you are capable, at all times, with the purpose of increasing the amount of

service ren-dered as greater skill is developed through practice and experience. Emphasis is

again placed on the word HABIT.

3. SPIRIT of service shall be construed to mean the HABIT of agreeable, harmonious

conduct which will induce cooperation from associates and fellow employees.

Adequacy of QUALITY and QUANTITY of service is not sufficient to maintain a

permanent market for your services. The conduct, or the SPIRIT in which you deliver

service, is a strong determining factor in connection with both the price you receive, and the

duration of employment.

Andrew Carnegie stressed this point more than others in connection with his description of

the factors which lead to success in the marketing of personal services. He emphasized again,

and again, the necessity for HARMONIOUS CONDUCT. He stressed the fact that he would

not retain any man, no matter how great a QUANTITY, or how efficient the QUALITY of

his work, unless he worked in a spirit of HARMONY. Mr. Carnegie insisted upon men

being AGREEABLE.

To prove that he placed a high value upon this quality, he permitted many men who

conformed to his standards to become very wealthy. Those who did not conform, had to

make room for others.

The importance of a pleasing personality has been stressed, because it is a factor which

enables one to render service in the proper SPIRIT. If one has a personality which

PLEASES, and renders service in a spirit of HARMONY, these assets often make up for

deficiencies in both the QUALITY, and the QUANTITY of service one renders. Nothing,

however, can be SUCCESSFULLY SUBSTITUTED FOR PLEASING CONDUCT.

THE CAPITAL VALUE OF YOUR SERVICES

The person whose income is derived entirely from the sale of personal services is no less a

merchant than the man who sells commodities, and it might well be added, such a person is

subject to EXACTLY THE SAME RULES of conduct as the merchant who sells

merchandise.

This has been emphasized, because the majority of people who live by the sale of personal

services make the mistake of considering themselves free from the rules of conduct, and the

responsibilities attached to those who are engaged in marketing commodities.

The new way of marketing services has practically forced both employer and. employee into

partnership alliances, through which both take into consideration the rights of the third party,

THE PUBLIC THEY SERVE.

The day of the "go-getter" has passed. He has been supplanted by the "go-giver." High-

pressure methods in business finally blew the lid off. There will never be the need to put the

lid back on, because, in the future, business will be conducted by methods that will require

no pressure.

The actual capital value of your brains may be determined by the amount of income you can

produce (by marketing your services). A fair estimate of the capital value of your services

may be made by multiplying your annual income by sixteen and two-thirds, as it is

reasonable to estimate that your annual income represents six percent of your capital value.

Money rents for 6% per annum.

Money is worth no more than brains. It is often worth much less. Competent "brains," if

effectively marketed, represent a much more desirable form of capital than that which is

required to conduct a business dealing in commodities, because "brains" are a form of capital

which cannot be permanently depreciated through depressions, nor can this form of capital be

stolen or spent.

Moreover, the money which is essential for the conduct of business is as worthless as a sand

dune, until it has been mixed with efficient "brains."

THE THIRTY MAJOR CAUSES OF FAILURE

HOW MANY OF THESE ARE HOLDING YOU BACK?

Life's greatest tragedy consists of men and women who earnestly try, and fail! The tragedy

lies in the overwhelmingly large majority of people who fail, as compared to the few who

succeed. I have had the privilege of analyzing several thousand men and women, 98% of

whom were classed as "failures." There is something radically wrong with a civilization, and

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a system of education, which permit 98% of the people to go through life as failures. But I

did not write this book for the purpose of moralizing on the rights and wrongs of the world;

that would require a book a hundred times the size of this one.

My analysis work proved that there are thirty major reasons for failure, and thirteen major

principles through which people accumulate fortunes. In this chapter, a description of the

thirty major causes of failure will be given. As you go over the list, check yourself by it,

point by point, for the purpose of discovering how many of these causes-of-failure stand

between you and success.

1. UNFAVORABLE HEREDITARY BACKGROUND. There is but little, if anything,

which can be done for people who are born with a deficiency in brain power. This

philosophy offers but one method of bridging this weakness-through the aid of the Master

Mind. Observe with profit, however, that this is the ONLY one of the thirty causes of failure

which may not be easily corrected by any individual.

2. LACK OF A WELL-DEFINED PURPOSE IN LIFE. There is no hope of success for the

person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim. Ninety-eight

out of every hundred of those whom I have analyzed, had no such aim. Perhaps this was the

3. LACK OF AMBITION TO AIM ABOVE MEDIOCRITY. We offer no hope for the

person who is so indifferent as not to want to get ahead in life, and who is not willing to pay

the price.

4. INSUFFICIENT EDUCATION. This is a handicap which may be overcome with

comparative ease. Experience has proven that the best-educated people are often those who

are known as "self-made," or self-educated. It takes more than a college degree to make one a

person of education. Any person who is educated is one who has learned to get whatever he

wants in life without violating the rights of others. Education consists, not so much of

knowledge, but of knowledge effectively and persistently APPLIED. Men are paid, not

merely for what they know, but more particularly for WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT

WHICH THEY KNOW.

5. LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINE. Discipline comes through self-control. This means that

one must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first

control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer

self, you will be conquered by self. You may see at one and the same time both your best

friend and your greatest enemy, by stepping in front of a mirror.

6. ILL HEALTH. No person may enjoy outstanding success without good health. Many of

the causes of ill health are subject to mastery and control. These, in the main are:

a. Overeating of foods not conducive to health

b. Wrong habits of thought; giving expression to negatives.

c. Wrong use of, and over indulgence in sex.

d. Lack of proper physical exercise

e. An inadequate supply of fresh air, due to improper breathing.

7. UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES DURING CHILDHOOD. "As

the twig is bent, so shall the tree grow." Most people who have criminal tendencies acquire

them as the result of bad environment, and improper associates during childhood.

8. PROCRASTINATION. This is one of the most common causes of failure. "Old Man

Procrastination" stands within the shadow of every human being, waiting his opportunity to

spoil one's chances of success. Most of us go through life as failures, because we are waiting

for the "time to be right" to start doing something worthwhile. Do not wait. The time will

never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at

your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

9. LACK OF PERSISTENCE. Most of us are good "starters" but poor "finishers" of

everything we begin. Moreover, people are prone to give up at the first signs of defeat. There

is no substitute for PERSISTENCE. The person who makes PERSISTENCE his watch-word,

discovers that "Old Man Failure" finally becomes tired, and makes his departure. Failure

cannot cope with PERSISTENCE.

10. NEGATIVE PERSONALITY. There is no hope of success for the person who repels

people through a negative personality. Success comes through the application of POWER,

and power is attained through the cooperative efforts of other people. A negative personality

will not induce cooperation.

11. LACK OF CONTROLLED SEXUAL URGE. Sex energy is the most powerful of all the

stimuli which move people into ACTION. Because it is the most powerful of the emotions, it

must be controlled, through transmutation, and converted into other channels.

12. UNCONTROLLED DESIRE FOR "SOMETHING FOR NOTHING." The gambling

instinct drives millions of people to failure. Evidence of this may be found in a study of the

Wall Street crash of '29, during which millions of people tried to make money by gambling

on stock margins.

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13. LACK OF A WELL DEFINED POWER OF DECISION. Men who succeed reach

decisions promptly, and change them, if at all, very slowly. Men who fail, reach decisions, if

at all, very slowly, and change them frequently, and quickly. Indecision and procrastination

are twin brothers. Where one is found, the other may usually be found also. Kill off this pair

before they completely "hog-tie" you to the treadmill of FAILURE.

14. ONE OR MORE OF THE SIX BASIC FEARS. These fears have been analyzed for you

in a later chapter. They must be mastered before you can market your services effectively.

15. WRONG SELECTION OF A MATE IN MARRIAGE. This a most common cause of

failure. The relationship of marriage brings people intimately into contact. Unless this

relationship is harmonious, failure is likely to follow. Moreover, it will be a form of failure

that is marked by misery and unhappiness, destroying all signs of AMBITION.

16. OVER-CAUTION. The person who takes no chances, generally has to take whatever is

left when others are through choosing. Over-caution is as bad as under-caution. Both are

extremes to be guarded against. Life itself is filled with the element of chance.

17. WRONG SELECTION OF ASSOCIATES IN BUSINESS. This is one of the most

common causes of failure in business. In marketing personal services, one should use great

care to select an employer who will be an inspiration, and who is, himself, intelligent and

successful. We emulate those with whom we associate most closely. Pick an employer who

is worth emu-lating.

18. SUPERSTITION AND PREJUDICE. Superstition is a form of fear. It is also a sign of

ignorance. Men who succeed keep open minds and are afraid of nothing.

19. WRONG SELECTION OF A VOCATION. No man can succeed in a line of endeavor

which he does not like. The most essential step in the marketing of personal services is that

of selecting an occupation into which you can throw yourself wholeheartedly.

20. LACK OF CONCENTRATION OF EFFORT. The "jack-of-all-trades" seldom is

good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one DEFINITE CHIEF AIM.

21. THE HABIT OF INDISCRIMINATE SPENDING. The spend-thrift cannot succeed,

mainly because he stands eternally in FEAR OF POVERTY. Form the habit of systematic

saving by putting aside a definite percentage of your income. Money in the bank gives one a

very safe foundation of COURAGE when bargaining for the sale of personal services.

Without money, one must take what one is offered, and be glad to get it.

22. LACK OF ENTHUSIASM. Without enthusiasm one cannot be convincing. Moreover,

enthusiasm is contagious, and the person who has it, under control, is generally welcome in

any group of people.

23. INTOLERANCE. The person with a "closed" mind on any subject seldom gets ahead.

Intolerance means that one has stopped acquiring knowledge. The most damaging forms of

intolerance are those connected with religious, racial, and political differences of opinion.

24. INTEMPERANCE. The most damaging forms of intemperance are connected with

eating, strong drink, and sexual activities. Overindulgence in any of these is fatal to success.

25. INABILITY TO COOPERATE WITH OTHERS. More people lose their positions and

their big opportunities in life, because of this fault, than for all other reasons combined. It is a

fault which no well-informed business man, or leader will tolerate.

26. POSSESSION OF POWER THAT WAS NOT ACQUIRED THROUGH SELF

EFFORT. (Sons and daughters of wealthy men, and others who inherit money which they did

not earn). Power in the hands of one who did not acquire it gradually, is often fatal to

success. QUICK RICHES are more dangerous than poverty.

27. INTENTIONAL DISHONESTY. There is no substitute for honesty. One may be

temporarily dishonest by force of circumstances over which one has no control, without

permanent damage. But, there is NO HOPE for the person who is dishonest by choice.

Sooner or later, his deeds will catch up with him, and he will pay by loss of reputation, and

perhaps even loss of liberty.

28. EGOTISM AND VANITY. These qualities serve as red lights which warn others to keep

away. THEY ARE FATAL TO SUCCESS.

29. GUESSING INSTEAD OF THINKING. Most people are too indifferent or lazy to

acquire FACTS with which to THINK ACCURATELY. They prefer to act on "opinions"

created by guesswork or snap-judgments.

30. LACK OF CAPITAL. This is a common cause of failure among those who start out in

business for the first time, without sufficient reserve of capital to absorb the shock of their

mistakes, and to carry them over until they have established a REPUTATION.

31. Under this, name any particular cause of failure from which you have suffered that has

not been included in the foregoing list.

In these thirty major causes of failure is found a description of the tragedy of life, which

obtains for practically every person who tries and fails. It will be helpful if you can induce

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someone who knows you well to go over this list with you, and help to analyze you by the

thirty causes of failure. It may be beneficial if you try this alone. Most people cannot see

themselves as others see them. You may be one who cannot.

The oldest of admonitions is "Man, know thyself!" If you market merchandise successfully,

you must know the merchandise. The same is true in marketing personal services. You

should know all of your weaknesses in order that you may either bridge them or eliminate

them entirely. You should know your strength in order that you may call attention to it when

selling your services. You can know yourself only through accurate analysis.

The folly of ignorance in connection with self was displayed by a young man who applied to

the manager of a well known business for a position. He made a very good impression until

the manager asked him what salary he expected. He replied that he had no fixed

sum in mind (lack of a definite aim). The manager then said, "We will pay you all you are

worth, alter we try you out for a week."

"I will not accept it," the applicant replied, "because I AM GETTING MORE THAN THAT

WHERE I AM NOW EMPLOYED."

Before you even start to negotiate for a readjustment of your salary in your present position,

or to seek employment elsewhere, BE SURE THAT YOU ARE WORTH MORE THAN

YOU NOW RECEIVE.

It is one thing to WANT money-everyone wants more-but it is something entirely different to

be WORTH MORE! Many people mistake their WANTS for their JUST DUES. Your

financial requirements or wants have nothing whatever to do with your WORTH. Your value

is established entirely by your ability to render useful service or your capacity to induce

others to render such service.

TAKE INVENTORY OF YOURSELF

28 QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ANSWER

Annual self-analysis is an essential in the effective marketing of personal services, as is

annual inventory in merchandising. Moreover, the yearly analysis should disclose a

DECREASE IN FAULTS, and an increase in VIRTUES. One goes ahead, stands still, or

goes backward in life. One's object should be, of course, to go ahead. Annual self-analysis

will disclose whether advancement has been, made, and if so, how much. It will also disclose

any backward steps one may have made. The effective marketing of personal services

requires one to move forward even if the progress is slow.

Your annual self-analysis should be made at the end of each year, so you can include in your

New Year's Resolutions any improvements which the analysis indicates should be made.

Take this inventory by asking yourself the following questions, and by checking your

answers with the aid of someone who will not permit you to deceive yourself as to their

accuracy.

SELF-ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PERSONAL INVENTORY

1. Have I attained the goal which I established as my objective for this year? (You should

work with a definite yearly objective to be attained as a part of your major life objective).

2. Have I delivered service of the best possible QUALITY of which I was capable, or could I

have improved any part of this service?

3. Have I delivered service in the greatest possible QUANTITY of which I was capable?

4. Has the spirit of my conduct been harmonious, and cooperative at all times?

5. Have I permitted the habit of PROCRASTINATION to decrease my efficiency, and if so,

to what extent?

6. Have I improved my PERSONALITY, and if so, in what ways?

7. Have I been PERSISTENT in following my plans through to completion?

8. Have I reached DECISIONS PROMPTLY AND DEFINITELY on all occasions?

9. Have I permitted any one or more of the six basic fears to decrease my efficiency?

10. Have I been either "over-cautious," or "under-cautious?"

11. Has my relationship with my associates in work been pleasant, or unpleasant? If it has

been unpleasant, has the fault been partly, or wholly mine?

12. Have I dissipated any of my energy through lack of CONCENTRATION of effort?

13. Have I been open minded and tolerant in connection with all subjects?

14. In what way have I improved my ability to render service?

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15. Have I been intemperate in any of my habits?

16. Have I expressed, either openly or secretly, any form of EGOTISM?

17. Has my conduct toward my associates been such that it has induced them to RESPECT

me?

18. Have my opinions and DECISIONS been based upon guesswork, or accuracy of analysis

and THOUGHT?

19. Have I followed the habit of budgeting my time, my expenses, and my income, and have

I been conservative in these budgets?

20. How much time have I devoted to UNPROFITABLE effort which I might have used to

better advantage?

21. How may I RE-BUDGET my time, and change my habits so I will be more efficient

during the coming year?

22. Have I been guilty of any conduct which was not approved by my conscience?

23. In what ways have I rendered MORE SERVICE AND BETTER SERVICE than I was

paid to render?

24. Have I been unfair to anyone, and if so, in what way?

25. If I had been the purchaser of my own services for the year, would I be satisfied with my

purchase?

26. Am I in the right vocation, and if not, why not?

27. Has the purchaser of my services been satisfied with the service I have rendered, and if

not, why not?

28. What is my present rating on the fundamental principles of success? (Make this rating

fairly, and frankly, and have it checked by someone who is courageous enough to do it

accurately).

Having read and assimilated the information conveyed through this chapter, you are now

ready to create a practical plan for marketing your personal services. In this chapter will be

found an adequate description of every principle essential in planning the sale of personal

services, including the major attributes of leadership; the most common causes of failure in

leadership; a description of the fields of opportunity for leadership; the main causes of failure

in all walks of life, and the important questions which should be used in self-analysis. This

extensive and detailed presentation of accurate information has been included, because it will

be needed by all who must begin the accumulation of riches by marketing personal services.

Those who have lost their fortunes, and those who are just beginning to earn money, have

nothing but personal services to offer in return for riches, therefore it is essential that they

have available the practical information needed to market services to best advantage.

The information contained in this chapter will be of great value to all who aspire to attain

leadership in any calling. It will be particularly helpful to those aiming to market their

services as business or industrial executives.

Complete assimilation and understanding of the information here conveyed will be helpful in

marketing one's own services, and it will also help one to become more analytical and

capable of judging people. The information will be priceless to personnel directors,

employment managers, and other executives charged with the selection of employees, and

the maintenance of efficient organizations. If you doubt this statement, test its soundness by

answering in writing the twenty-eight self-analysis questions. That might be both interesting

and profitable, even though you do not doubt the sound -ness of the statement.

WHERE AND HOW ONE MAY FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCUMULATE

RICHES

Now that we have analyzed the principles by which riches may be accumulated, we naturally

ask, "where may one find favorable opportunities to apply these principles?" Very well, let us

take inventory and see what the United States of America offer the person seeking riches,

great or small.

To begin with, let us remember, all of us, that we live in a country where every law-abiding

citizen enjoys freedom of thought and freedom of deed unequaled anywhere in the world.

Most of us have never taken inventory of the advantages of this freedom. We have never

compared our unlimited freedom with the curtailed freedom in other countries.

Here we have freedom of thought, freedom in the choice and enjoyment of education,

freedom in religion, freedom in politics, freedom in the choice of a business, profession or

occupation, freedom to accumulate and own without molestation, ALL THE PROPERTY

WE CAN ACCUMULATE, freedom to choose our place of residence, freedom in marriage,

freedom through equal opportunity to all races, freedom of travel from one state to another,

freedom in our choice of foods, and freedom to AIM FOR ANY STATION IN LIFE FOR

WHICH WE HAVE PREPARED OURSELVES, even for the presidency of the United

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States.

We have other forms of freedom, but this list will give a bird's eye view of the most

important, which constitute OPPORTUNITY of the highest order. This advantage of freedom

is all the more conspicuous because the United States is the only country guaranteeing to

every citizen, whether native born or naturalized, so broad and varied a list of freedom.

Next, let us recount some of the blessings which our widespread freedom has placed within

our hands. Take the average American family for example (meaning, the family of average

income) and sum up the benefits available to every member of the family, in this land of

OPPORTUNITY and plenty!

a. FOOD. Next to freedom of thought and deed comes FOOD, CLOTHING, and

SHELTER, the three basic necessities of life. Because of our universal freedom the average

American family has available, at its very door, the choicest selection of food to be found

anywhere in the world, and at prices within its financial range. A family of two, living in the

heart of Times Square district of New York City, far removed from the source of production

of foods, took careful inventory of the cost of a simple breakfast, with this astonishing result:

Articles of food;

Cost at the breakfast table:

Grape Fruit Juice, (From Florida) . . . . . . . . . . . . 02

Rippled Wheat Breakfast food (Kansas Farm). . . . 02

Tea (From China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 02

Bananas (From South America) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02½

Toasted Bread (From Kansas Farm) . . . . . . .. . . . 01

Fresh Country Eggs (From Utah) . . . . . . . . . . . . .07

Sugar (From Cuba, or Utah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00½

Butter and Cream (From New England) . . . . . . . . .03

Grand total . . . .20

It is not very difficult to obtain FOOD in a country where two people can have breakfast

consisting of all they want or need for a dime apiece! Observe that this simple breakfast was

gathered, by some strange form of magic (?) from China, South America, Utah, Kansas and

the New England States, and delivered on the breakfast table, ready for consumption, in the

very heart of the most crowded city in America, at a cost well within the means of the most

humble laborer.

The cost included all federal, state and city taxes! (Here is a fact the politicians did not

mention when they were crying out to the voters to throw their opponents out of office

because the people were being taxed to death).

b. SHELTER. This family lives in a comfortable apartment, heated by steam, lighted with

electricity, with gas for cooking, all for $65.00 a month. In a smaller city, or a more sparsely

settled part of New York city, the same apartment could be had for as low as $20.00 a month.

The toast they had for breakfast in the food estimate was toasted on an electric toaster, which

cost but a few dollars, the apartment is cleaned with a vacuum sweeper that is run by

electricity. Hot &nd cold water is available, at all times, in the kitchen and the bathroom. The

food is kept cool in a refrigerator that is run by electricity. The wife curls her hair, washes her

clothes and irons them with easily operated electrical equipment, on power obtained by

sticking a plug in the wall. The husband shaves with an electric shaver, and they receive

entertainment from all over the world, twenty four hours a day, if they want it, without cost,

by merely turning the dial of their radio. There are other conveniences in this apartment, but

the foregoing list will give a fair idea of some of the concrete evidences of the freedom we,

of America, enjoy. (And this is neither political nor economic propaganda).

c. CLOTHING. Anywhere in the United States, the woman of average clothing

requirements can dress very comfortably and neatly for less than $200.00 a year, and the

average man can dress for the same, or less.

Only the three basic necessities of food, clothing, and shelter have been mentioned. The

average American citizen has other privileges and advantages available in return for modest

effort, not exceeding eight hours per day of labor. Among these is the privilege of automobile

transportation, with which one can go and come at will, at very small cost.

The average American has security of property rights not found in any other country in the

world. He can place his surplus money in a bank with the assurance that his government will

protect it, and make good to him if the bank fails. If an American citizen wants to travel from

one state to another he needs no passport, no one's permission. He may go when he pleases,

and return at will. Moreover, he may travel by train, private automobile, bus, airplane, or

ship, as his pocketbook permits. In Germany, Russia, Italy, and most of the other European

and Oriental countries, the people cannot travel with so much freedom, and at so little cost.

THE "MIRACLE" THAT HAS PROVIDED THESE BLESSINGS

We often hear politicians proclaiming the freedom of America, when they solicit votes, but

seldom do they take the time or devote sufficient effort to the analysis of the source or nature

of this "freedom." Having no axe to grind, no grudge to express, no ulterior motives to be

carried out, I have the privilege of going into a frank analysis of that mysterious, abstract,

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greatly misunderstood "SOMETHING" which gives to every citizen of America more

blessings, more opportunities to accumulate wealth, more freedom of every nature, than may

be found in any other country.

I have the right to analyze the source and nature of this UNSEEN POWER, because I know,

and have known for more than a quarter of a century, many of the men who organized that

power, and many who are now responsible for its maintenance. The name of this mysterious

benefactor of mankind is CAPITAL!

CAPITAL consists not alone of money, but more particularly of highly organized, intelligent

groups of men who plan ways and means of using money efficiently for the good of the

public, and profitably to themselves. These groups consist of scientists, educators, chemists,

inventors, business analysts, publicity men, transportation experts, accountants, lawyers,

doctors, and both men and women who have highly specialized knowledge in all fields of

industry and business.

They pioneer, experiment, and blaze trails in new fields of endeavor. They support colleges,

hospitals, public schools, build good roads, publish newspapers, pay most of the cost of

government, and take care of the multitudinous detail essential to human progress.

Stated briefly, the capitalists are the brains of civilization, because they supply the entire

fabric of which all education, enlightenment and human progress consists.

Money, without brains, always is dangerous. Properly used, it is the most important essential

of civilization. The simple breakfast here described could not have been delivered to the New

York family at a dime each, or at any other price, if organized capital had not provided the

machinery, the ships, the railroads, and the huge armies of trained men to operate them.

Some slight idea of the importance of ORGANIZED CAPITAL may be had by trying to

imagine yourself burdened with the responsibility of collecting, without the aid of capital,

and delivering to the New York City family, the simple breakfast described.

To supply the tea, you would have to make a trip to China or India, both a very long way

from America. Unless you are an excellent swimmer, you would become rather tired before

making the round trip. Then, too, another problem would confront you.

What would you use for money, even if you had the physical endurance to swim the ocean?

To supply the sugar, you would have to take another long swim to Cuba, or a long walk to

the sugar beet section of Utah. But even then, you might come back without the sugar,

because organized effort and money are necessary to produce sugar, to say nothing of what is

required to refine, transport, and deliver it to the breakfast table anywhere in the United

States.

The eggs, you could deliver easily enough from the barn yards near New York City, but you

would have a very long walk to Florida and return, before you could serve the two glasses of

grapefruit juice. You would have another long walk, to Kansas, or one of the other wheat

growing states, when you went after the four slices of wheat bread.

The Rippled Wheat Biscuits would have to be omitted from the menu, because they would

not be available except through the labor of a trained organization of men and suitable

machinery, ALL OF WHICH CALL FOR CAPITAL.

While resting, you could take off for another little swim down to South America, where you

would pick up a couple of bananas, and on your return, you could take a short walk to the

nearest farm having a dairy and pick up some butter and cream. Then your New York City

family would be ready to sit down and enjoy breakfast, and you could collect your two dimes

for your labor!

Seems absurd, doesn't it? Well, the procedure described would be the only possible way

these simple items of food could be delivered to the heart of New York City, if we had no

capitalistic system.

The sum of money required for the building and maintenance of the railroads and steam ships

used in the delivery of that simple breakfast is so huge that it staggers one's imagination. It

runs into hundreds of millions of dollars, not to mention the armies of trained employees

required to man the ships and trains. But, transportation is only a part of the requirements of

modern civilization in capitalistic America. Before there can be anything to haul, something

must be grown from the ground, or manufactured and prepared for market. This calls for

more millions of dollars for equipment, machinery, boxing, marketing, and for the wages of

millions of men and women.

Steam ships and railroads do not spring up from the earth and function automatically. They

come in response to the call of civilization, through the labor and ingenuity and organizing

ability of men who have IMAGINATION, FAITH, ENTHUSIASM, DECISION,

PERSISTENCE! These men are known as capitalists. They are motivated by the desire to

build, construct, achieve, render useful service, earn profits and accumulate riches. And,

because they RENDER SERVICE WITHOUT WHICH THERE WOULD BE NO

CIVILIZATION, they put themselves in the way of great riches.

Just to keep the record simple and understandable, I will add that these capitalists are the

self-same men of whom most of us have heard soap-box orators speak. They are the same

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men to whom radicals, racketeers, dishonest politicians and grafting labor leaders refer as

"the predatory interests," or "Wall Street."

I am not attempting to present a brief for or against any group of men or any system of

economics. I am not attempting to condemn collective bargaining when I refer to "grafting

labor leaders," nor do I aim to give a clean bill of health to all individuals known as

capitalists.

The purpose of this book-A purpose to which I have faithfully devoted over a quarter of a

century-is to present to all who want the knowledge, the most dependable philosophy

through which individuals may accumulate riches in whatever amounts they desire.

I have here analyzed the economic advantages of the capitalistic system for the two-fold

purpose of showing:

1. that all who seek riches must recognize and adapt themselves to the system that controls

all approaches to fortunes, large or small, and

2. to present the side of the picture opposite to that being shown by politicians and

demagogues who deliberately becloud the issues they bring up, by referring to organized

capital as if it were something poisonous.

This is a capitalistic country, it was developed through the use of capital, and we who claim

the right to partake of the blessings of freedom and opportunity, we who seek to accumulate

riches here, may as well know that neither riches nor opportunity would be available to us if

ORGANIZED CAPITAL had not provided these benefits.

For more than twenty years it has been a somewhat popular and growing pastime for radicals,

self-seeking politicians, racketeers, crooked labor leaders, and on occasion religious leaders,

to take pot-shots at "WALL STREET, THE MONEY CHANGERS, and BIG BUSINESS."

The practice became so general that we witnessed during the business depression, the

unbelievable sight of high government officials lining up with the cheap politicians, and

labor leaders, with the openly avowed purpose of throttling the system which has made

Industrial America the richest country on earth. The line-up was so general and so well

organized that it prolonged the worst depression America has ever known. It cost millions of

men their jobs, because those jobs were inseparably a part of the industrial and capitalistic

system which form the very backbone of the nation.

During this unusual alliance of government officials and self-seeking individuals who were

endeavoring to profit by declaring "open season" on the American system of industry, a

certain type of labor leader joined forces with the politicians and offered to deliver voters in

return for legislation designed to permit men to TAKE RICHES AWAY FROM INDUSTRY

BY ORGANIZED FORCE OF NUMBERS, INSTEAD OF THE BETTER METHOD OF

GIVING A FAIR DAY'S WORK FOR A FAIR DAY'S PAY.

Millions of men and women throughout the nation are still engaged in this popular pastime of

trying to GET without GIVING. Some of them are lined up with labor unions, where they

demand SHORTER HOURS AND MORE PAY! Others do not take the trouble to work at

all. THEY DEMAND GOVERNMENT RELIEF AND ARE GETTING IT. Their idea of

their rights of freedom was demonstrated in New York City, where violent complaint was

registered with the Postmaster, by a group of "relief beneficiaries," because the Postmen

awakened them at 7:30 A.M. to deliver Government relief checks. They DEMANDED that

the time of delivery be set up to 10:00 o'clock.

If you are one of those who believe that riches can be accumulated by the mere act of men

who organize themselves into groups and demand MORE PAY for LESS SERVICE, if you

are one of those who DEMAND Government relief without early morning disturbance when

the money is delivered to you, if you are one of those who believe in trading their votes to

politicians in return for the passing of laws which permit the raiding of the public treasury,

you may rest securely on your belief, with certain knowledge that no one will disturb you,

because THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY WHERE EVERY MAN MAY THINK AS HE

PLEASES, where nearly everybody can live with but little effort, where many may live well

without doing any work whatsoever.

However, you should know the full truth concerning this FREEDOM of which so many

people boast, and so few understand. As great as it is, as far as it reaches, as many privileges

as it provides, IT DOES NOT, AND CANNOT BRING RICHES WITHOUT EFFORT.

There is but one dependable method of accumulating, and legally holding riches, and that is

by rendering useful service. No system has ever been created by which men can legally

acquire riches through mere force of numbers, or without giving in return an equivalent value

of one form or another.

There is a principle known as the law of ECONOMICS! This is more than a theory. It is a

law no man can beat. Mark well the name of the principle, and remember it, because

it is far more powerful than all the politicians and political machines. It is above and beyond

the control of all the labor unions. It cannot be swayed, nor influenced nor bribed by

racketeers or self-appointed leaders in any calling. Moreover, IT HAS AN ALL-SEEING

EYE, AND A PERFECT SYSTEM OF BOOKKEEPING, in which it keeps an accurate

account of the transactions of every human being engaged in the business of trying to get

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without giving. Sooner or later its auditors come around, look over the records of individuals

both great and small, and demand an accounting.

"Wall Street, Big Business, Capital Predatory Interests," or whatever name you choose to

give the system which has given us AMERICAN FREEDOM, represents a group of men

who understand, respect, and adapt themselves to this powerful LAW OF ECONOMICS!

Their financial continuation depends upon their respecting the law. Most people living in

America like this country, its capitalistic system and all. I must confess I know of no better

country, where one may find greater opportunities to accumulate riches. Judging by their acts

and deeds, there are some in this country who do not like it. That, of course is their privilege;

if they do not like this country, its capitalistic system, its boundless opportunities, THEY

HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF CLEARING OUT! Always there are other countries, such as

Germany, Russia, and Italy, where one may try one's hand at enjoying freedom, and

accumulating riches providing one is not too particular.

America provides all the freedom and all the opportunity to accumulate riches that any

honest person may require. When one goes hunting for game, one selects hunting grounds

where game is plentiful. When seeking riches, the same rule would naturally obtain.

If it is riches you are seeking, do not overlook the possibilities of a country whose citizens

are so rich that women, alone, spend over two hundred million dollars annually for lip-sticks,

rouge and cosmetics. Think twice, you who are seeking riches, before trying to destroy the

Capitalistic System of a country whose citizens spend over fifty million dollars a year for

GREETING CARDS, with which to express their appreciation of their FREEDOM!

If it is money you are seeking, consider carefully a country that spends hundreds of millions

of dollars annually for cigarettes, the bulk of the income from which goes to only four major

companies engaged in supplying this national builder of "non-chalance" and "quiet nerves."

By all means give plenty of consideration to a country whose people spend annually more

than fifteen million dollars for the privilege of seeing moving pictures, and toss in a few

additional millions for liquor, narcotics, and other less potent soft drinks and giggle-waters.

Do not be in too big a hurry to get away from a country whose people willingly, even

eagerly, hand over millions of dollars annually for football, baseball, and prize fights. And,

by all means, STICK by a country whose inhabitants give up more than a million dollars a

year for chewing gum, and another million for safety razor blades.

Remember, also, that this is but the beginning of the available sources for the accumulation

of wealth. Only a few of the luxuries and non-essentials have been mentioned. But,

remember that the business of producing, transporting, and marketing these few items of

merchandise gives regular employment to MANY MILLIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN,

who receive for their services MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MONTHLY, and spend it

freely for both the luxuries and the necessities.

Especially remember, that back of all this exchange of merchandise and personal services

may be found an abundance of OPPORTUNITY to accumulate riches. Here our

AMERICAN FREE-DOM comes to one's aid. There is nothing to stop you, or anyone from

engaging in any portion of the effort necessary to carry on these businesses. If one has

superior talent, training, experience, one may accumulate riches in large amounts. Those not

so fortunate may accumulate smaller amounts. Anyone may earn a living in return for a very

nominal amount of labor.

So-there you are!

OPPORTUNITY has spread its wares before you. Step up to the front, select what you want,

create your plan, put the plan into action, and follow through with PERSISTENCE.

"Capitalistic" America will do the rest. You can depend upon this much-CAPITALISTIC

AMERICA INSURES EVERY PERSON THE OPPORTUNITY TO RENDER USEFUL

SERVICE, AND TO COLLECT RICHES IN PROPORTION TO THE VALUE OF THE

SERVICE.

The "System" denies no one this right, but it does not, and cannot promise SOMETHING

FOR NOTHING, because the system, itself, is irrevocably controlled by the LAW OF

ECONOMICS which neither recognizes nor tolerates for long, GETTING WITHOUT

GIVING.

The LAW OF ECONOMICS was passed by Nature! There is no Supreme Court to which

violators of this law may appeal. The law hands out both penalties for its violation, and

appropriate rewards for its observance, without interference or the possibility of interference

by any human being. The law cannot be repealed. It is as fixed as the stars in the heavens,

and subject to, and a part of the same system that controls the stars.

May one refuse to adapt one's self to the LAW OF ECONOMICS?

Certainly! This is a free country, where all men are born with equal rights, including the

privilege of ignoring the LAW OF ECONOMICS.

What happens then?

Well, nothing happens until large numbers of men join forces for the avowed purpose of

ignoring the law, and taking what they want by force.

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THEN COMES THE DICTATOR, WITH WELL ORGANIZED FIRING SQUADS AND

MACHINE GUNS!

We have not yet reached that stage in America! But we have heard all we want to know

about how the system works. Perhaps we hal1 be fortunate enough not to demand personal

knowledge of so gruesome a reality. Doubtless we shall prefer to continue with our

FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF DEED, and FREEDOM TO RENDER USEFUL

SERVICE IN RETURN FOR RICHES.

The practice, by Government officials of extending to men and women the privilege of

raiding the public treasury in return for votes, sometimes results in election, but as night

follows day, the final payoff comes; when every penny wrongfully used, must be repaid with

compound interest on compound interest. If those who make the grab are not forced to repay,

the burden falls on their children, and their children's children, "even unto the third and

fourth generations." There is no way to avoid the debt. Men can, and sometimes do, form

themselves into groups for the purpose of crowding wages up, and working hours down.

There is a point beyond which they cannot go. It is the point at which the LAW OF

ECONOMICS steps in, and the sheriff gets both the employer and the employees.

For six years, from 1929, to 1935, the people of America, both rich and poor, barely missed

seeing the Old Man Economics hand over to the sheriff all the businesses, and industries and

banks. It was not a pretty sight! It did not increase our respect for mob psychology through

which men cast reason to the winds and start trying to GET without GIVING.

We who went through those six discouraging years, when FEAR WAS IN THE SADDLE,

AND FAITH WAS ON THE GROUND, cannot forget how ruthlessly the LAW OF

ECONOMICS exacted its toll from both rich and poor, weak and strong, old and young. We

shall not wish to go through another such experience.

These observations are not founded upon short-time experience. They are the result of

twenty-five years of careful analysis of the methods of both the most successful and the most

unsuccessful men America has known.

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CHAPTER 8

DECISION: THE MASTERY OF PROCRASTINATION

The Seventh Step toward Riches

ACCURATE analysis of over 25,000 men and women who had experienced failure,

disclosed the fact that LACK OF DECISION was near the head of the list of the 30 major

causes of FAILURE. This is no mere statement of a theory-it is a fact.

PROCRASTINATION, the opposite of DECISION, is a common enemy which practically

every man must conquer.

You will have an opportunity to test your capacity to reach quick and definite DECISIONS

when you finish reading this book, and are ready to begin putting into ACTION the

principles which it describes.

Analysis of several hundred people who had accumulated fortunes well beyond the million

dollar mark, disclosed the fact that every one of them had the habit of REACHING

DECISIONS PROMPTLY, and of changing these decisions SLOWLY, if, and when they

were changed. People who fail to accumulate money, without exception, have the habit of

reaching decisions, IF AT ALL, very slowly, and of changing these decisions quickly and

often.

One of Henry Ford's most outstanding qualities is his habit of reaching decisions quickly and

definitely, and changing them slowly. This quality is so pronounced in Mr. Ford, that it has

given him the reputation of being obstinate. It was this quality which prompted Mr. Ford to

continue to manufacture his famous Model "T" (the world's ugliest car), when all of his

advisors, and many of the purchasers of the car, were urging him to change it.

Perhaps, Mr. Ford delayed too long in making the change, but the other side of the story is,

that Mr. Ford's firmness of decision yielded a huge fortune, before the change in model

became necessary. There is but little doubt that Mr. Ford's habit of definiteness of decision

assumes the proportion of obstinacy, but this quality is preferable to slowness in reaching

decisions and quickness in changing them.

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs, are,

generally, easily influenced by the "opinions" of others. They permit the newspapers and the

"gossiping" neighbors to do their "thinking" for them. "Opinions are the cheapest

commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone

who will accept them. If you are influenced by "opinions" when you reach DECISIONS, you

will not succeed in any undertaking, much less in that of transmuting YOUR OWN DESIRE

into money.

If you are influenced by the opinions of others, you will have no DESIRE of your own. Keep

your own counsel, when you begin to put into practice the principles described here, by

reaching your own decisions and following them. Take no one into your confidence,

EXCEPT the members of your "Master Mind" group, and be very sure in your selection of

this group, that you choose ONLY those who will be in COMPLETE SYMPATHY AND

HARMONY WITH YOUR PURPOSE.

Close friends and relatives, while not meaning to do so, often handicap one through

"opinions" and sometimes through ridicule, which is meant to be humorous. Thousands of

men and women carry inferiority complexes with them all through life, because some well-

meaning, but ignorant person destroyed their confidence through "opinions" or ridicule.

You have a brain and mind of your own. USE IT, and reach your own decisions. If you need

facts or information from other people, to enable you to reach decisions, as you probably will

in many instances; acquire these facts or secure the information you need quietly, without

disclosing your purpose.

It is characteristic of people who have but a smattering or a veneer of knowledge to try to

give the impression that they have much knowledge. Such people generally do TOO MUCH

talking, and TOO LITTLE listening. Keep your eyes and ears wide open-and your mouth

CLOSED, if you wish to acquire the habit of prompt DECISION. Those who talk too much

do little else. If you talk more than you listen, you not only deprive yourself of many

opportunities to accumulate useful knowledge, but you also disclose your PLANS and

PURPOSES to people who will take great delight in defeating you, because they envy you.

Remember, also, that every time you open your mouth in the presence of a person who has

an abundance of knowledge, you display to that person, your exact stock of knowledge, or

your LACK of it! Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence.

Keep in mind the fact that every person with whom you associate is, like yourself, seeking

the opportunity to accumulate money. If you talk about your plans too freely, you may be

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surprised when you learn that some other person has beaten you to your goal by PUTTING

INTO ACTION AHEAD OF YOU, the plans of which you talked unwisely.

Let one of your first decisions be to KEEP A CLOSED MOUTH AND OPEN EARS AND

EYES. As a reminder to yourself to follow this advice, it will be helpful if you copy the

following epigram in large letters and place it where you will see it daily.

"TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT."

This is the equivalent of saying that "deeds, and not words, are what count most."

FREEDOM OR DEATH ON A DECISION

The value of decisions depends upon the courage required to render them. The great

decisions, which served as the foundation of civilization, were reached by assuming great

risks, which often meant the possibility of death.

Lincoln's decision to issue his famous Proclamation of Emancipation, which gave freedom to

the colored people of America, was rendered with full understanding that his act would turn

thousands of friends and political supporters against him. He knew, too, that the carrying out

of that proclamation would mean death to thousands of men on the battlefield. In the end, it

cost Lincoln his life. That required courage.

Socrates' decision to drink the cup of poison, rather than compromise in his personal belief,

was a decision of courage. It turned Time ahead a thousand years, and gave to people then

unborn, the right to freedom of thought and of speech.

The decision of Gen. Robert E. Lee, when he came to the parting of the way with the Union,

and took up the cause of the South, was a decision of courage, for he well knew that it might

cost him his own life, that it would surely cost the lives of others.

But, the greatest decision of all time, as far as any American citizen is concerned, was

reached in Philadelphia, July 4, 1776, when fifty-six men signed their names to a document,

which they well knew would bring freedom to all Americans, or leave every one of the fifty-

six hanging from a gallows!

You have heard of this famous document, but you may not have drawn from it the great

lesson in personal achievement it so plainly taught.

We all remember the date of this momentous decision, but few of us realize what courage

that decision required. We remember our history, as it was taught; we remember dates, and

the names of the men who fought; we remember Valley Forge, and Yorktown; we remember

George Washington, and Lord Cornwallis. But we know little of the real forces back of these

names, dates, and places. We know still less of that intangible POWER, which insured us

freedom long before Washington's armies reached Yorktown.

We read the history of the Revolution, and falsely imagine that George Washington was the

Father of our Country, that it was he who won our freedom, while the truth is-Washington

was only an accessory after the fact, because victory for his armies had been insured long

before Lord Cornwallis surrendered. This is not intended to rob Washington of any of the

glory he so richly merited.

Its purpose, rather, is to give greater attention to the astounding POWER that was the real

cause of his victory. It is nothing short of tragedy that the writers of history have missed,

entirely, even the slightest reference to the irresistible POWER, which gave birth and

freedom to the nation destined to set up new standards of independence for all the peoples of

the earth. I say it is a tragedy, because it is the self-same POWER which must be used by

every individual who surmounts the difficulties of Life, and forces Life to pay the price

asked.

Let us briefly review the events which gave birth to this POWER. The story begins with an

incident in Boston, March 5, 1770. British soldiers were patroling the streets, by their

presence, openly threatening the citizens. The colonists resented armed men marching in

their midst. They began to express their resentment openly, hurling stones as well as epithets,

at the marching soldiers, until the commanding officer gave orders, "Fix

bayonets.....Charge!"

The battle was on. It resulted in the death and injury of many. The incident aroused such

resentment that the Provincial Assembly, (made up of prominent colonists), called a meeting

for the purpose of taking definite action. Two of the members of that Assembly were, John

Hancock, and Samuel Adams-LONG LIVE THEIR NAMES! They spoke up courageously,

and declared that a move must be made to eject all British soldiers from Boston.

Remember this-a DECISION, in the minds of two men, might properly be called the

beginning of the freedom which we, of the United States now enjoy. Remember, too, that the

DECISION of these two men called for FAITH, and COURAGE, because it was dangerous.

Before the Assembly adjourned, Samuel Adams was appointed to call on the Governor of the

Province, Hutchinson, and demand the withdrawal of the British troops. The request was

granted, the troops were removed from Boston, but the incident was not closed. It had caused

a situation destined to change the entire trend of civilization. Strange, is it not, how the great

changes, such as the American Revolution, and the World War, often have their beginnings

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in circumstances which seem unimportant? It is interesting, also, to observe that these

important changes usually begin in the form of a DEFINITE DECISION in the minds of a

relatively small number of people. Few of us know the history of our country well enough to

realize that John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Richard Henry Lee (of the Province of

Virginia) were the real Fathers of our Country.

Richard Henry Lee became an important factor in this story by reason of the fact that he and

Samuel Adams communicated frequently (by correspondence), sharing freely their fears and

their hopes concerning the welfare of the people of their Provinces. From this practice,

Adams conceived the idea that a mutual exchange of letters between the thirteen Colonies

might help to bring about the coordination of effort so badly needed in connection with the

solution of their problems. Two years after the clash with the soldiers in Boston (March '72),

Adams presented this idea to the Assembly, in the form of a motion that a Correspondence

Committee be established among the Colonies, with definitely appointed correspondents in

each Colony, "for the purpose of friendly cooperation for the betterment of the Colonies of

British America."

Mark well this incident! It was the beginning of the organization of the far-flung POWER

destined to give freedom to you, and to me. The Master Mind had already been organized. It

consisted of Adams, Lee, and Hancock. "I tell you further, that if two of you agree upon the

earth concerning anything for which you ask, it will come to you from My Father, who is in

Heaven."

The Committee of Correspondence was organized. Observe that this move provided the way

for increasing the power of the Master Mind by adding to it men from all the Colonies. Take

notice that this procedure constituted the first ORGANIZED PLANNING of the disgruntled

Colonists.

In union there is strength! The citizens of the Colonies had been waging disorganized warfare

against the British soldiers, through incidents similar to the Boston riot, but nothing of

benefit had been accomplished. Their individual grievances had not been consolidated under

one Master Mind. No group of individuals had put their hearts, minds, souls, and bodies

together in one definite DECISION to settle their difficulty with the British once and for all,

until Adams, Hancock, and Lee got together.

Meanwhile, the British were not idle. They, too, were doing some PLANNING and "Master-

Minding" on their own account, with the advantage of having back of them money, and

organized soldiery. The Crown appointed Gage to supplant Hutchinson as the Governor of

Massachusetts. One of the new Governor's first acts was to send a messenger to call on

Samuel Adams, for the purpose of endeavoring to stop his opposition-by FEAR.

We can best understand the spirit of what happened by quoting the conversation between

Col. Fenton, (the messenger sent by Gage), and Adams.

Col. Fenton: "I have been authorized by Governor Gage, to assure you, Mr. Adams, that the

Governor has been empowered to confer upon you such benefits as would be satisfactory,

[endeavor to win Adams by promise of bribes], upon the condition that you engage to cease

in your opposition to the measures of the government. It is the Governor's advice to you, Sir,

not to incur the further displeasure of his majesty. Your conduct has been such as makes you

liable to penalties of an Mt of Henry VIII, by which persons can be sent to England for trial

for treason, or misprision of treason, at the discretion of a governor of a province. But, BY

CHANGING YOUR POLITICAL COURSE, you will not only receive great personal

advantages, but you will make your peace with the King."

Samuel Adams had the choice of two DECISIONS. He could cease his opposition, and

receive personal bribes, or he could CONTINUE, AND RUN THE RISK OF BEING

HANGED!

Clearly, the time had come when Adams was forced to reach instantly, a DECISION which

could have cost his life. The majority of men would have found it difficult to reach such a

decision. The majority would have sent back an evasive reply, but not Adams! He insisted

upon Col. Fenton's word of honor, that the Colonel would deliver to the Governor the answer

exactly as Adams would give it to him. Adams' answer, "Then you may tell Governor Gage

that I trust I have long since made my peace with the King of Kings. No personal

consideration shall induce me to abandon the righteous cause of my Country. And, TELL

GOVERNOR GAGE IT IS THE ADVICE OF SAMUEL ADAMS TO HIM, no longer to

insult the feelings of an exasperated people."

Comment as to the character of this man seems unnecessary. It must be obvious to all who

read this astounding message that its sender possessed loyalty of the highest order. This is

important. (Racketeers and dishonest politicians have prostituted the honor for which such

men as Adams died).

When Governor Gage received Adams' caustic reply, he flew into a rage, and issued a

proclamation which read, "I do, hereby, in his majesty's name, offer and promise his most

gracious pardon to all persons who shall forthwith lay down their arms, and return to the

duties of peaceable subjects, excepting only from the benefit of such pardon, SAMUEL

ADAMS AND JOHN HANCOCK, whose offences are of too flagitious a nature to admit of

any other consideration but that of condign punishment."

As one might say, in modern slang, Adams and Hancock were "on the spot!" The threat of

the irate Governor forced the two men to reach another DECISION, equally as dangerous.

They hurriedly called a secret meeting of their staunchest followers. (Here the Master Mind

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began to take on momentum). After the meeting had been called to order, Adams locked the

door, placed the key in his pocket, and informed all present that it was imperative that a

Congress of the Colonists be organized, and that NO MAN SHOULD LEAVE THE ROOM

UNTIL THE DECISION FOR SUCH A CONGRESS HAD BEEN REACHED.

Great excitement followed. Some weighed the possible consequences of such radicalism.

(Old Man Fear). Some expressed grave doubt as to the wisdom of so definite a decision in

defiance of the Crown. Locked in that room were TWO MEN immune to Fear, blind to the

possibility of Failure. Hancock and Adams. Through the influence of their minds, the others

were induced to agree that, through the Correspondence Committee, arrangements should be

made for a meeting of the First Continental Congress, to be held in Philadelphia, September

5, 1774. Remember this date. It is more important than July 4, 1776. If there had been no

DECISION to hold a Continental Congress, there could have been no signing of the

Declaration of Independence.

Before the first meeting of the new Congress, another leader, in a different section of the

country was deep in the throes of publishing a "Summary View of the Rights of British

America." He was Thomas Jefferson, of the Province of Virginia, whose relationship to Lord

Dunmore, (representative of the Crown in Virginia), was as strained as that of Hancock and

Adams with their Governor.

Shortly after his famous Summary of Rights was published, Jefferson was informed that he

was subject to prosecution for high treason against his majesty's government. Inspired by the

threat, one of Jefferson's colleagues, Patrick Henry, boldly spoke his mind, concluding his

remarks with a sentence which shall remain forever a classic, "If this be treason, then make

the most of it."

It was such men as these who, without power, without authority, without military strength,

without money, sat in solemn consideration of the destiny of the colonies, beginning at the

opening of the First Continental Congress, and continuing at intervals for two years-until on

June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee arose, addressed the Chair, and to the startled Assembly

made this motion:

"Gentlemen, I make the motion that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be free

and independent states, that they be absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and

that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be

totally dissolved."

Lee's astounding motion was discussed fervently, and at such length that he began to lose

patience. Finally, after days of argument, he again took the floor, and declared, in a clear,

firm voice, "Mr. President, we have discussed this issue for days. It is the only course for us

to follow. Why, then Sir, do we longer delay? Why still deliberate? Let this happy day give

birth to an American Republic. Let her arise, not to devastate and to conquer, but to

reestablish the reign of peace, and of law. The eyes of Europe are fixed upon us. She

demands of us a living example of freedom, that may exhibit a contrast, in the felicity of the

citizen, to the ever increasing tyranny."

Before his motion was finally voted upon, Lee was called back to Virginia, because of

serious family illness, but before leaving, he placed his cause in the hands of his friend,

Thomas Jefferson, who promised to fight until favorable action was taken. Shortly thereafter

the President of the Congress (Hancock), appointed Jefferson as Chairman of a Committee to

draw up a Declaration of Independence.

Long and hard the Committee labored, on a document which would mean, when accepted by

the Congress, that EVERY MAN WHO SIGNED IT, WOULD BE SIGNING HIS OWN

DEATH WARRANT, should the Colonies lose in the fight with Great Britain, which was

sure to follow.

The document was drawn, and on June 28, the original draft was read before the Congress.

For several days it was discussed, altered, and made ready. On July 4, 1776, Thomas

Jefferson stood before the Assembly, and fearlessly read the most momentus DECISION

ever placed upon paper.

"When in the course of human events it is necessary for one people to dissolve the political

bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the

earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of Nature, and of Nature's God entitle

them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes

which impel them to the separation. . .

When Jefferson finished, the document was voted upon, accepted, and signed by the fifty-six

men, every one staking his own life upon his DECISION to write his name. By that

DECISION came into existence a nation destined to bring to mankind forever, the privilege

of making DECISIONS.

By decisions made in a similar spirit of Faith, and only by such decisions, can men solve

their personal problems, and win for themselves high estates of material and spiritual wealth.

Let us not forget this!

Analyze the events which led to the Declaration of Independence, and be convinced that this

nation, which now holds a position of commanding respect and power among all nations of

the world, was born of a DECISION created by a Master Mind, consisting of fifty-six men.

Note well, the fact that it was their DECISION which insured the success of Washington's

armies, because the spirit of that decision was in the heart of every soldier who fought with

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him, and served as a spiritual power which recognizes no such thing as FAILURE.

Note, also, (with great personal benefit), that the POWER which gave this nation its freedom,

is the self-same power that must be used by every individual who becomes self-determining.

This POWER is made up of the principles described in this book. It will not be difficult to

detect, in the story of the Declaration of Independence, at least six of these principles;

DESIRE, DECISION, FAITH, PERSISTENCE, THE MASTER MIND, and ORGANIZED

PLANNING.

Throughout this philosophy will be found the suggestion that thought, backed by strong

DESIRE, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent. Before passing on, I

wish to leave with you the suggestion that one may find in this story, and in the story of the

organization of the United States Steel Corporation, a perfect description of the method by

which thought makes this astounding transformation.

In your search for the secret of the method, do not look for a miracle, because you will not

find it. You will find only the eternal laws of Nature. These laws are available to every

person who has the FAITH and the COURAGE to use them. They may be used to bring

freedom to a nation, or to accumulate riches. There is no charge save the time necessary to

understand and appropriate them. Those who reach DECISIONS promptly and definitely,

know what they want, and generally get it. The leaders in every walk of life DECIDE

quickly, and firmly. That is the major reason why they are leaders. The world has the habit of

making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.

INDECISION is a habit which usually begins in youth. The habit takes on permanency as the

youth goes through graded school, high school, and even through college, without

DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE. The major weakness of all educational systems is that they

neither teach nor encourage the habit of DEFINITE DECISION.

It would be beneficial if no college would permit the enrollment of any student, unless and

until the student declared his major purpose in matriculating. It would be of still greater

benefit, if every student who enters the graded schools were compelled to accept training in

the HABIT OF DECISION, and forced to pass a satisfactory examination on this subject

before being permitted to advance in the grades.

The habit of INDECISION acquired because of the deficiencies of our school systems, goes

with the student into the occupation he chooses . . . IF . . in fact, he chooses his occupation.

Generally, the youth just out of school seeks any job that can be found. He takes the first

place he finds, because he has fallen into the habit of INDECISION. Ninety-eight out of

every hundred people working for wages today, are in the positions they hold, because they

lacked the DEFINITENESS OF DECISION to PLAN A DEFINITE POSITION, and the

knowledge of how to choose an employer.

DEFINITENESS OF DECISION always requires courage, sometimes very great courage.

The fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence staked their lives on the

DECISION to affix their signatures to that document. The person who reaches a DEFINITE

DECISION to procure the particular job, and make life pay the price he asks, does not stake

his life on that decision; he stakes his ECONOMIC FREEDOM. Financial independence,

riches, desirable business and professional positions are not within reach of the person who

neglects or refuses to EXPECT, PLAN, and DEMAND these things. The person who desires

riches in the same spirit that Samuel Adams desired freedom for the Colonies, is sure to

accumulate wealth.

In the chapter on Organized Planning, you will find complete instructions for marketing

every type of personal services. You will find also detailed information on how to choose the

employer you prefer, and the particular job you desire. These instructions will be of no value

to you UNLESS YOU DEFINITELY DECIDE to organize them into a plan of action.

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CHAPTER 9

PERSISTENCE: THE SUSTAINED EFFORT NECESSARY TO INDUCE FAITH

The Eighth Step toward Riches

PERSISTENCE is an essential factor in the procedure of transmuting DESIRE into its

monetary equivalent. The basis of persistence is the POWER OF WILL.

Will-power and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair. Men who

accumulate great fortunes are generally known as cold-blooded, and sometimes ruthless.

Often they are misunderstood. What they have is will-power, which they mix with

persistence, and place back of their desires to insure the attainment of their objectives.

Henry Ford has been generally misunderstood to be ruthless and cold-blooded. This

misconception grew out of Ford's habit of following through in all of his plans with

PERSISTENCE.

The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at

the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they

attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons.

There may be no heroic connotation to the word "persistence," but the quality is to the

character of man what carbon is to steel. The building of a fortune, generally, involves the

application of the entire thirteen factors of this philosophy. These principles must be

understood, they must be applied with PERSISTENCE by all who accumulate money.

If you are following this book with the intention of applying the knowledge it conveys, your

first test as to your PERSISTENCE will come when you begin to follow the six steps

described in the second chapter. Unless you are one of the two out of every hundred who

already have a DEFINITE GOAL at which you are aiming, and a DEFINITE PLAN for its

attainment, you may read the instructions, and then pass on with your daily routine, and

never comply with those instructions.

The author is checking you up at this point, because lack of persistence is one of the major

causes of failure. Moreover, experience with thousands of people has proved that lack of

persistence is a weakness common to the majority of men. It is a weakness which may be

overcome by effort. The ease with which lack of persistence may be conquered will depend

entirely upon the

INTENSITY OF ONE'S DESIRE.

The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires

bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. If you find

yourself lacking in persistence, this weakness may be remedied by building a stronger fire

under your desires.

Continue to read through to the end, then go back to Chapter two, and start immediately to

carry out the instructions given in connection with the six steps. The eagerness with which

you follow these instructions will indicate clearly, how much, or how little you really

DESIRE to accumulate money. If you find that you are indifferent, you may be sure that you

have not yet acquired the "money consciousness" which you must possess, before you can be

sure of accumulating a fortune.

Fortunes gravitate to men whose minds have been prepared to "attract" them, just as surely as

water gravitates to the ocean. In this book may be found all the stimuli necessary to "attune"

any normal mind to the vibrations which will attract the object of one's desires.

If you find you are weak in PERSISTENCE, center your attention upon the instructions

contained in the chapter on "Power"; surround yourself with a "MASTER MIND" group, and

through the cooperative efforts of the members of this group, you can develop persistence.

You will find additional instructions for the development of persistence in the chapters on

auto-suggestion, and the subconscious mind. Follow the instructions outlined in these

chapters until your habit nature hands over to your subconscious mind, a clear picture of the

object of your DESIRE. From that point on, you will not be handicapped by lack of

persistence.

Your subconscious mind works continuously, while you are awake, and while you are asleep.

Spasmodic, or occasional effort to apply the rules will be of no value to you. To get

RESULTS, you must apply all of the rules until their application becomes a fixed habit with

you. In no other way can you develop the necessary "money consciousness."

POVERTY is attracted to the one whose mind is favorable to it, as money is attracted to him

whose mind has been deliberately prepared to attract it, and through the same laws.

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POVERTY CONSCIOUSNESS WILL VOLUNTARILY SEIZE THE MIND WHICH IS

NOT OCCUPIED WITH THE MONEY CONSCIOUSNESS. A poverty consciousness

develops without conscious application of habits favorable to it. The money consciousness

must be created to order, unless one is born with such a consciousness.

Catch the full significance of the statements in the preceding paragraph, and you will

understand the importance of PERSISTENCE in the accumulation of a fortune. Without

PERSISTENCE, you will be defeated, even before you start. With PERSISTENCE you will

win.

If you have ever experienced a nightmare, you will realize the value of persistence. You are

lying in bed, half awake, with a feeling that you are about to smother. You are unable to turn

over, or to move a muscle. You realize that you MUST BEGIN to regain control over your

muscles. Through persistent effort of will-power, you finally manage to move the fingers of

one hand. By continuing to move your fingers, you extend your control to the muscles of one

arm, until you can lift it. Then you gain control of the other arm in the same manner. You

finally gain control over the muscles of one leg, and then extend it to the other leg. THEN-

WITH ONE SUPREME EFFORT OF WILL- you regain complete control over your

muscular system, and "snap" out of your nightmare. The trick has been turned step by step.

You may find it necessary to "snap" out of your mental inertia, through a similar procedure,

moving slowly at first, then increasing your speed, until you gain complete control over your

will. Be PERSISTENT no matter how slowly you may, at first, have to move.

WITH PERSISTENCE WILL COME SUCCESS.

If you select your "Master Mind" group with care, you will have in it, at least one person who

will aid you in the development of PERSISTENCE. Some men who have accumulated great

fortunes, did so because of NECESSITY. They developed the habit of PERSISTENCE,

because they were so closely driven by circumstances, that they had to become persistent.

THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR PERSISTENCE! It cannot be supplanted by any other

quality! Remember this, and it will hearten you, in the beginning, when the going may seem

difficult and slow. Those who have cultivated the HABIT of persistence seem to enjoy

insurance against failure. No matter how many times they are defeated, they finally arrive up

toward the top of the ladder.

Sometimes it appears that there is a hidden Guide whose duty is to test men through all sorts

of discouraging experiences. Those who pick themselves up after defeat and keep on trying,

arrive; and the world cries, "Bravo! I knew you could do it!" The hidden Guide lets no one

enjoy great achievement without passing the PERSISTENCE TEST. Those who can't take it,

simply do not make the grade.

Those who can "take it" are bountifully rewarded for their PERSISTENCE. They receive, as

their compensation, whatever goal they are pursuing. That is not all! They receive something

infinitely more important than material compensation-the knowledge that

"EVERY FAILURE BRINGS WITH IT THE SEED OF AN EQUIVALENT

ADVANTAGE."

There are exceptions to this rule; a few people know from experience the soundness of

persistence. They are the ones who have not accepted defeat as being anything more than

temporary.

They are the ones whose DESIRES are so PERSISTENTLY APPLIED that defeat is finally

changed into victory. We who stand on the side-lines of Life see the overwhelmingly large

number who go down in defeat, never to rise again. We see the few who take the punishment

of defeat as an urge to greater effort. These, fortunately, never learn to accept Life's reverse

gear. But what we DO NOT SEE, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but

irresistible POWER which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of

discouragement. If we speak of this power at all we call it PERSISTENCE, and let it go

at that. One thing we all know, if one does not possess PERSISTENCE, one does not achieve

noteworthy success in any calling.

As these lines are being written, I look up from my work, and see before me, less than a

block away, the great mysterious "Broadway," the "Graveyard of Dead Hopes," and the

"Front Porch of Opportunity." From all over the world people have come to Broadway,

seeking fame, fortune, power, love, or whatever it is that human beings call success. Once in

a great while someone steps out from the long procession of seekers, and the world hears that

another person has mastered Broadway. But Broadway is not easily nor quickly conquered.

She acknowledges talent, recognizes genius, pays off in money, only after one has refused to

QUIT.

Then we know he has discovered the secret of how to conquer Broadway. The secret is

always inseparably attached to one word, PERSISTENCE!

The secret is told in the struggle of Fannie Hurst, whose PERSISTENCE conquered the

Great White Way. She came to New York in 1915, to convert writing into riches. The

conversion did not come quickly, BUT IT CAME. For four years Miss Hurst learned about

"The Sidewalks of New York" from first hand experience. She spent her days laboring, and

her nights HOPING. When hope grew dim, she did not say, "Alright Broadway, you win!"

She said, "Very well, Broadway, you may whip some, but not me. I'm going to force you to

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give up."

One publisher (The Saturday Evening Post) sent her thirty six rejection slips, before she

"broke the ice and got a story across. The average writer, like the "average" in other walks of

life, would have given up the job when the first rejection slip came. She pounded the

pavements for four years to the tune of the publisher's "NO," because she was determined to

win.

Then came the "payoff." The spell had been broken, the unseen Guide had tested Fannie

Hurst, and she could take it. From that time on publishers made a beaten path to her door.

Money came so fast she hardly had time to count it. Then the moving picture men discovered

her, and money came not in small change, but in floods. The moving picture rights to her

latest novel, "Great Laughter," brought $100,000.00, said to be the highest price ever paid for

a story before publication. Her royalties from the sale of the book probably will run much

more.

Briefly, you have a description of what PERSISTENCE is capable of achieving. Fannie

Hurst is no exception. Wherever men and women accumulate great riches, you may be sure

they first acquired PERSISTENCE. Broadway will give any beggar a cup of coffee and a

sandwich, but it demands PERSISTENCE of those who go after the big stakes.

Kate Smith will say "amen" when she reads this. For years she sang, without money, and

without price, before any microphone she could reach. Broadway said to her, "Come and get

it, if you can take it." She did take it until one happy day Broadway got tired and said, "Aw,

what's the use? You don't know when you're whipped, so name your price, and go to work in

earnest." Miss Smith named her price!

It was plenty. Away up in figures so high that one week's salary is far more than most people

make in a whole year.

Verily it pays to be PERSISTENT!

And here is an encouraging statement which carries with it a suggestion of great significance-

THOUSANDS OF SINGERS WHO EXCEL KATE SMITH ARE WALKING UP AND

DOWN BROADWAY LOOKING FOR A "BREAK"- WITHOUT SUCCESS. Countless

others have come and gone, many of them sang well enough, but they failed to make the

grade because they lacked the courage to keep on keeping on, until Broadway became tired

of turning them away. Persistence is a state of mind, therefore it can be cultivated.

Like all states of mind, persistence is based upon definite causes, among them these:-

a. DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE. Knowing what one wants is the first and, perhaps, the

most important step toward the development of persistence. A strong motive forces one to

surmount many difficulties.

b. DESIRE. It is comparatively easy to acquire and to maintain persistence in pursuing the

object of intense desire.

c. SELF-RELIANCE. Belief in one's ability to carry out a plan encourages one to follow

the plan through with persistence. (Self-reliance can be developed through the principle

described in the chapter on auto-suggestion).

d. DEFINITENESS OF PLANS. Organized plans, even though they may be weak and

entirely impractical, encourage persistence.

e. ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE. Knowing that one's plans are sound, based upon

experience or observation, encourages persistence; "guessing" instead of "knowing" destroys

persistence.

f. CO-OPERATION. Sympathy, understanding, and harmonious cooperation with others

tend to develop persistence.

g. WILL-POWER. The habit of concentrating one's thoughts upon the building of plans for

the attainment of a definite purpose, leads to persistence.

h. HABIT. Persistence is the direct result of habit. The mind absorbs and becomes a part of

the daily experiences upon which it feeds. Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively

cured by forced repetition of cwt8 of courage. Everyone who has seen active service in war

knows this.

Before leaving the subject of PERSISTENCE, take inventory of yourself, and determine in

what particular, if any, you are lacking in this essential quality. Measure yourself

courageously, point by point, and see how many of the eight factors of persistence you lack.

The analysis may lead to discoveries that will give you a new grip on yourself.

SYMPTOMS OF LACK OF PERSISTENCE

Here you will find the real enemies which stand between you and noteworthy achievement.

Here you will find not only the "symptoms" indicating weakness of PERSISTENCE, but also

the deeply seated subconscious causes of this weakness. Study the list carefully, and face

yourself squarely IF YOU REALLY WISH TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE, AND WHAT

YOU ARE CAPABLE OF DOING.

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These are the weaknesses which must be mastered by all who accumulate riches.

1. Failure to recognize and to clearly define exactly what one wants.

2. Procrastination, with or without cause. (Usually backed up with a formidable array of

alibis and excuses).

3. Lack of interest in acquiring specialized knowledge.

4. Indecision, the habit of "passing the buck" on all occasions, instead of facing issues

squarely. (Also backed by alibis).

5. The habit of relying upon alibis instead of creating definite plans for the solution of

problems.

6. Self-satisfaction. There is but little remedy for this affliction, and no hope for those who

suffer from it.

7. Indifference, usually reflected in one's readiness to compromise on all occasions, rather

than meet opposition and fight it.

8. The habit of blaming others for one's mistakes, and accepting unfavorable circumstances

as being unavoidable.

9. WEAKNESS OF DESIRE, due to neglect in the choice of MOTIVES that impel action.

10. Willingness, even eagerness, to quit at the first sign of defeat. (Based upon one or more

of the 6 basic fears).

11. Lack of ORGANIZED PLANS, placed in writing where they may be analyzed.

12. The habit of neglecting to move on ideas, or to grasp opportunity when it presents itself.

13. WISHING instead of WILLING.

14. The habit of compromising with POVERTY instead of aiming at riches. General absence

of ambition to be, to do, and to own.

15. Searching for all the short-cuts to riches, trying to GET without GIVING a fair

equivalent, usually reflected in the habit of gambling, endeavoring to drive "sharp" bargains.

16. FEAR OF CRITICISM, failure to create plans and to put them into action, because of

what other people will think, do, or say. This enemy belongs at the head of the list, because it

generally exists in one's subconscious mind, where its presence is not recognized. (See the

Six Basic Fears in a later chapter).

Let us examine some of the symptoms of the Fear of Criticism. The majority of people

permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live

their own lives, because they fear criticism.

Huge numbers of people make mistakes in marriage, stand by the bargain, and go through

life miserable and unhappy, because they fear criticism which may follow if they correct the

mistake. (Anyone who has submitted to this form of fear knows the irreparable damage it

does, by destroying ambition, self-reliance, and the desire to achieve).

Millions of people neglect to acquire belated educations, after having left school, because

they fear criticism. Countless numbers of men and women, both young and old, permit

relatives to wreck their lives in the name of DUTY, because they fear criticism. (Duty does

not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to

live his own life in his own way).

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if

they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.

Too many people refuse to set high goals for themselves, or even neglect selecting a career,

because they fear the criticism of relatives and "friends" who may say "Don't aim so high,

people will think you are crazy.

When Andrew Carnegie suggested that I devote twenty years to the organization of a

philosophy of individual achievement my first impulse of thought was fear of what people

might say. The suggestion set up a goal for me, far out of proportion to any I had ever

conceived. As quick as a flash, my mind began to create alibis and excuses, all of them

traceable to the inherent FEAR OF CRITICISM. Something inside of me said, "You can't do

it-the job is too big, and requires too much time-what will your relatives think of you ?-how

will you earn a living?-no one has ever organized a philosophy of success, what right have

you to believe you can do it?-who are you, anyway, to aim so high?- remember your humble

birth-what do you know about philosophy-people will think you are crazy-(and they did)-

why hasn't some other person done this before now?"

These, and many other questions flashed into my mind, and demanded attention. It seemed as

if the whole world had suddenly turned its attention to me with the purpose of ridiculing me

into giving up all desire to carry out Mr. Carnegie's suggestion.

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I had a fine opportunity, then and there, to kill off ambition before it gained control of me.

Later in life, after having analyzed thousands of people, I discovered that MOST IDEAS

ARE STILL-BORN, AND NEED THE BREATH OF LIFE INJECTED INTO THEM

THROUGH DEFINITE PLANS OF IMMEDIATE ACTION. The time to nurse an idea is at

the time of its birth. Every minute it lives, gives it a better chance of surviving. The FEAR

OF CRITICISM is at the bottom of the destruction of most ideas which never reach the

PLANNING and ACTION stage.

Many people believe that material success is the result of favorable "breaks." There is an

element of ground for the belief, but those depending entirely upon luck, are nearly always

disappointed, because they overlook another important factor which must be present before

one can be sure of success. It is the knowledge with which favorable "breaks" can be made to

order.

During the depression, W. C. Fields, the comedian, lost all his money, and found himself

without income, without a job, and his means of earning a living (vaudeville) no longer

existed. Moreover, he was past sixty, when many men consider themselves "old." He was so

eager to stage a comeback that he offered to work without pay, in a new field (movies). In

addition to his other troubles, he fell and injured his neck. To many that would have been the

place to give up and QUIT. But Fields was PERSISTENT. He knew that if he carried on he

would get the "breaks" sooner or later, and he did get them, but not by chance.

Marie Dressler found herself down and out, with her money gone, with no job, when she was

about sixty. She, too, went after the "breaks," and got them. Her PERSISTENCE brought an

astounding triumph late in life, long beyond the age when most men and women are done

with ambition to achieve.

Eddie Cantor lost his money in the 1929 stock crash, but he still had his PERSISTENCE and

his courage. With these, plus two prominent eyes, he exploited himself back into an income

of $10,000 a week! Verily, if one has PERSISTENCE, one can get along very well without

many other qualities. The only "break" anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made "break."

These come through the application of PERSISTENCE. The starting point is

DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE.

Examine the first hundred people you meet, ask them what they want most in life, and ninety

eight of them will not be able to tell you. If you press them for an answer, some will say-

SECURITY, many will say-MONEY, a few will say-HAPPINESS, others will say-FAME

AND POWER, and still others will say-SOCIAL RECOGNITION, EASE IN LIVING,

ABILITY TO SING, DANCE, or WRITE, but none of them will be able to define these

terms, or give the slightest indication of a PLAN by which they hope to attain these vaguely

expressed wishes. Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans,

backed by definite desires, through constant PERSISTENCE.

HOW TO DEVELOP PERSISTENCE

There are four simple steps which lead to the habit of PERSISTENCE. They call for no great

amount of intelligence, no particular amount of education, and but little time or effort. The

necessary steps are:-

1. A DEFINITE PURPOSE BACKED BY BURNING DESIRE FOR ITS FULFILLMENT.

2. A DEFINITE PLAN, EXPRESSED IN CONTINUOUS ACTION.

3. A MIND CLOSED TIGHTLY AGAINST ALL NEGATIVE AND DISCOURAGING

INFLUENCES, including negative suggestions of relatives, friends and acquaintances.

4. A FRIENDLY ALLIANCE WITH ONE OR MORE PERSONS WHO WILL

ENCOURAGE ONE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH BOTH PLAN AND PURPOSE.

These four steps are essential for success in all walks of life. The entire purpose of the

thirteen principles of this philosophy is to enable one to take these four steps as a matter of

habit. These are the steps by which one may control one's economic destiny. They are the

steps that lead to freedom and independence of thought. They are the steps that lead to

riches, in small or great quantities. They lead the way to power, fame, and worldly

recognition. They are the four steps which guarantee favorable "breaks." They are the steps

that convert dreams into physical realities.

They lead, also, to the mastery of FEAR, DISCOURAGEMENT, INDIFFERENCE.

There is a magnificent reward for all who learn to take these four steps. It is the privilege of

writing one's own ticket, and of making Life yield whatever price is asked.

I have no way of knowing the facts, but I venture to conjecture that Mrs. Wallis Simpson's

great love for a man was not accidental, nor the result of favorable "breaks" alone. There was

a burning desire, and careful searching at every step of the way. Her first duty was to love.

What is the greatest thing on earth? The Master called it love-not man made rules, criticism,

bitterness, slander, or political "marriages," but love.

She knew what she wanted, not after she met the Prince of Wales, but long before that. Twice

when she had failed to find it, she had the courage to continue her search. "To thine own self

be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."

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Her rise from obscurity was of the slow, progressive, PERSISTENT order, but it was SURE!

She triumphed over unbelievably long odds; and, no matter who you are, or what you may

think of Wallis Simpson, or the king who gave up his Crown for her love, she is an

astounding example of applied PERSISTENCE, an instructor on the rules of self-

determination, from whom the entire world might profitably take lessons.

When you think of Wallis Simpson, think of one who knew what she wanted, and shook the

greatest empire on earth to get it. Women who complain that this is a man's world, that

women do not have an equal chance to win, owe it to themselves to study carefully the life of

this unusual woman, who, at an age which most women consider "old," captured the

affections of the most desirable bachelor in the entire world.

And what of King Edward? What lesson may we learn from his part in the world's greatest

drama of recent times? Did he pay too high a price for the affections of the woman of his

choice?

Surely no one but he can give the correct answer. The rest of us can only conjecture. This

much we know, the king came into the world without his own consent. He was born to great

riches, without requesting them. He was persistently sought in marriage; politicians and

statesmen throughout Europe tossed dowagers and princesses at his feet. Because he was the

first born of his parents, he inherited a crown, which he did not seek, and perhaps did not

desire. For more than forty years he was not a free agent, could not live his life in his own

way, had but little privacy, and finally assumed duties inflicted upon him when he ascended

the throne.

Some will say, "With all these blessings, King Edward should have found peace of mind,

contentment, and joy of living." The truth is that back of all the privileges of a crown, all the

money, the fame, and the power inherited by King Edward, there was an emptiness which

could be filled only by love.

His greatest DESIRE was for love. Long before he met Wallis Simpson, he doubtless felt this

great universal emotion tugging at the strings of his heart, beating upon the door of his soul,

and crying out for expression. And when he met a kindred spirit, crying out for this same

Holy privilege of expression, he recognized it, and without fear or apology, opened his heart

and bade it enter. All the scandal-mongers in the world cannot destroy the beauty of this

international drama, through which two people found love, and had the courage to face open

criticism, renounce ALL ELSE to give it holy expression.

King Edward's DECISION to give up the crown of the world's most powerful empire, for the

privilege of going the remainder of the way through life with the woman of his choice, was a

decision that required courage. The decision also had a price, but who has the right to say the

price was too great? Surely not He who said, "He among you who is without sin, let him cast

the first stone."

As a suggestion to any evil-minded person who chooses to find fault with the Duke of

Windsor, because his DESIRE was for LOVE, and for openly declaring his love for Wallis

Simpson, and giving up his throne for her, let it be remembered that the OPEN

DECLARATION was not essential. He could have followed the custom of clandestine

liaison which has prevailed in Europe for centuries, without giving up either his throne, or

the woman of his choice, and there would have been NO COMPLAINT FROM EITHER

CHURCH OR LAITY. But this unusual man was built of sterner stuff. His love was clean. It

was deep and sincere. It represented the one thing which, above ALL ELSE he truly

DESIRED, therefore, he took what he wanted, and paid the price demanded.

If Europe had been blessed with more rulers with the human heart and the traits of honesty of

ex-king Edward, for the past century, that unfortunate hemisphere now seething with greed,

hate, lust, political connivance, and threats of war, would have a DIFFERENT AND A

BETTER STORY TO TELL. A story in which Love and not Hate would rule.

In the words of Stuart Austin Wier we raise our cup and drink this toast to ex-king Edward

and Wallis Simpson: "Blessed is the man who has come to know that our muted thoughts

are our sweetest thoughts. "Blessed is the man who, from the blackest depths, can see the

luminous figure of LOVE, and seeing, sing; and singing, say: 'Sweeter far than uttered lays

are the thoughts I have of you.'"

In these words would we pay tribute to the two people who, more than all others of modern

times, have been the victims of criticism and the recipients of abuse, because they found

Life's greatest treasure, and claimed it. *Mrs. Simpson read and approved this analysis.

Most of the world will applaud the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, because of their

PERSISTENCE in searching until they found life's greatest reward. ALL OF US CAN

PROFIT by following their example in our own search for that which we demand of life.

What mystical power gives to men of PERSISTENCE the capacity to master difficulties?

Does the quality of PERSISTENCE set up in one's mind some form of spiritual, mental or

chemical activity which gives one access to supernatural forces? Does Infinite Intelligence

throw itself on the side of the person who still fights on, after the battle has been lost, with

the whole world on the opposing side?

These and many other similar questions have arisen in my mind as I have observed men like

Henry Ford, who started at scratch, and built an Industrial Empire of huge proportions, with

little else in the way of a beginning but PERSISTENCE. Or, Thomas A. Edison, who, with

less than three months of schooling, became the world's leading inventor and converted

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PERSISTENCE into the talking machine, the moving picture machine, and the incandescent

light, to say nothing of half a hundred other useful inventions.

I had the happy privilege of analyzing both Mr. Edison and Mr. Ford, year by year, over a

long period of years, and therefore, the opportunity to study them at close range, so I speak

from actual knowledge when I say that I found no quality save PERSISTENCE, in either of

them, that even remotely suggested the major source of their stupendous achievements.

As one makes an impartial study of the prophets, philosophers, "miracle" men, and religious

leaders of the past, one is drawn to the inevitable conclusion that PERSISTENCE,

concentration of effort, and DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE, were the major sources of their

achievements.

Consider, for example, the strange and fascinating story of Mohammed; analyze his life,

compare him with men of achievement in this modern age of industry and finance, and

observe how they have one outstanding trait in common, PERSISTENCE!

If you are keenly interested in studying the strange power which gives potency to

PERSISTENCE, read a biography of Mohammed, especially the one by Essad Bey. This

brief review of that book, by Thomas Sugrue, in the Herald-Tribune, will provide a preview

of the rare treat in store for those who take the time to read the entire story of one of the most

astounding examples of the power of PERSISTENCE known to civilization.

THE LAST GREAT PROPHET

Reviewed by Thomas Sugrue

"Mohammed was a prophet, but he never performed a miracle. He was not a mystic; he had

no formal schooling; he did not begin his mission until he was forty. When he announced

that he was the Messenger of God, bringing word of the true religion, he was ridiculed and

labeled a lunatic. Children tripped him and women threw filth upon him. He was banished

from his native city, Mecca, and his followers were stripped of their worldly goods and sent

into the desert after him. When he had been preaching ten years he had nothing to show for it

but banishment, poverty and ridicule. Yet before another ten years had passed, he was

dictator of all Arabia, ruler of Mecca, and the head of a New World religion which was to

sweep to the Danube and the Pyrenees before exhausting the impetus he gave it. That

impetus was three-fold: the power of words, the efficacy of prayer and man's kinship with

God.

"His career never made sense. Mohammed was born to impoverished members of a leading

family of Mecca. Because Mecca, the crossroads of the world, home of the magic stone

called the Caaba, great city of trade and the center of trade routes, was unsanitary, its

children were sent to be raised in the desert by Bedouins. Mohammed was thus nurtured,

drawing strength and health from the milk of nomad, vicarious mothers. He tended sheep and

soon hired out to a rich widow as leader of her caravans. He traveled to all parts of the

Eastern World, talked with many men of diverse beliefs and observed the decline of

Christianity into warring sects. When he was twenty-eight, Khadija, the widow, looked upon

him with favor, and married him. Her father would have objected to such a marriage, so she

got him drunk and held him up while he gave the paternal blessing. For the next twelve years

Mohammed lived as a rich and respected and very shrewd trader. Then he took to wandering

in the desert, and one day he returned with the first verse of the Koran and told Khadija that

the archangel Gabriel had appeared to him and said that he was to be the Messenger of God.

"The Koran, the revealed word of God, was the closest thing to a miracle in Mohammed's

life. He had not been a poet; he had no gift of words. Yet the verses of the Koran, as he

received them and recited them to the faithful, were better than any verses which the

professional poets of the tribes could produce. This, to the Arabs, was a miracle. To them the

gift of words was the greatest gift, the poet was all-powerful. In addition the Koran said that

all men were equal before God, that the world should be a democratic state-Islam. It was this

political heresy, plus Mohammed's desire to destroy all the 360 idols in the courtyard of the

Caaba, which brought about his banishment. The idols brought the desert tribes to Mecca,

and that meant trade. So the business men of Mecca, the capitalists, of which he had been

one, set upon Mohammed. Then he retreated to the desert and demanded sovereignty over the

world.

"The rise of Islam began. Out of the desert came a flame which would not be extinguished-a

democratic army fighting as a unit and prepared to die without wincing. Mohammed had

invited the Jews and Christians to join him; for he was not building a new religion. He was

calling all who believed in one God to join in a single faith. If the Jews and Christians had

accepted his invitation Islam would have conquered the world. They didn't. They would not

even accept Mohammed's innovation of humane warfare. When the armies of the prophet

entered Jerusalem not a single person was killed because of his faith. When the crusaders

entered the city, centuries later, not a Moslem man, woman, or child was spared. But the

Christians did accept one Moslem idea-the place of learning, the university."

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CHAPTER 10

POWER OF THE MASTER MIND: THE DRIVING FORCE

The Ninth Step toward Riches

POWER is essential for success in the accumulation of money. PLANS are inert and useless,

without sufficient POWER to translate them into ACTION. This chapter will describe the

method by which an individual may attain and apply POWER.

POWER may be defined as "organized and intelligently directed KNOWLEDGE." Power, as

the term is here used, refers to ORGANIZED effort, sufficient to enable an individual to

transmute DESIRE into its monetary equivalent. ORGANIZED effort is produced through

the coordination of effort of two or more people, who work toward a DEFINITE end, in a

spirit of harmony.

POWER IS REQUIRED FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF MONEY!

POWER IS NECESSARY FOR THE RETENTION OF MONEY AFTER IT HAS BEEN

ACCUMULATED!

Let us ascertain how power may be acquired. If power is "organized knowledge," let us

examine the sources of knowledge:

a. INFINITE INTELLIGENCE. This source of knowledge may be contacted through the

procedure described in another chapter, with the aid of Creative Imagination.

b. ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE. The accumulated experience of man, (or that portion

of it which has been organized and recorded), may be found in any well-equipped public

library. An important part of this accumulated experience is taught in public schools and

colleges, where it has been classified and organized.

c. EXPERIMENT AND RESEARCH. In the field of science, and in practically every other

walk of life, men are gathering, classifying, and organizing new facts daily. This is the source

to which one must turn when knowledge is not available through "accumulated experience."

Here, too, the Creative Imagination must often be used.

Knowledge may be acquired from any of the foregoing sources. It may be converted into

POWER by organizing it into definite PLANS and by expressing those plans in terms of

ACTION. Examination of the three major sources of knowledge will readily disclose the

difficulty an individual would have, if he depended upon his efforts alone, in assembling

knowledge and expressing it through definite plans in terms of ACTION. If his plans are

comprehensive, and if they contemplate large proportions, he must, generally, induce others

to cooperate with him, before he can inject into them the necessary element of POWER.

GAINING POWER THROUGH THE ''MASTER MIND"

The "Master Mind" may be defined as: "Coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of

harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite purpose."

No individual may have great power without availing himself of the "Master Mind." In a

preceding chapter, instructions were given for the creation of PLANS for the purpose of

translating DESIRE into its monetary equivalent. If you carry out these instructions with

PERSISTENCE and intelligence, and use discrimination in the selection of your "Master

Mind" group, your objective will have been half-way reached, even before you begin to

recognize it.

So you may better understand the "intangible" potentialities of power available to you,

through a properly chosen "Master Mind" group, we will here explain the two characteristics

of the Master Mind principle, one of which is economic in nature, and the other psychic. The

economic feature is obvious. Economic advantages may be created by any person who

surrounds himself with the advice, counsel, and personal cooperation of a group of men who

are willing to lend him wholehearted aid, in a spirit of PERFECT HARMONY. This form of

cooperative alliance has been the basis of nearly every great fortune. Your understanding of

this great truth may definitely determine your financial status.

The psychic phase of the Master Mind principle is much more abstract, much more difficult

to comprehend, because it has reference to the spiritual forces with which the human race, as

a whole, is not well acquainted. You may catch a significant suggestion from this statement:

"No two minds ever come together without, thereby, creating a third, invisible, intangible

force which may be likened to a third mind."

Keep in mind the fact that there are only two known elements in the whole universe, energy

and matter. It is a well known fact that matter may be broken down into units of molecules,

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atoms, and electrons. There are units of matter which may be isolated, separated, and

analyzed.

Likewise, there are units of energy. The human mind is a form of energy, a part of it being

spiritual in nature. When the minds of two people are coordinated in a SPIRIT OF

HARMONY, the spiritual units of energy of each mind form an affinity, which constitutes

the "psychic" phase of the Master Mind.

The Master Mind principle, or rather the economic feature of it, was first called to my

attention by Andrew Carnegie, over twenty-five years ago. Discovery of this principle was

responsible for the choice of my life's work.

Mr. Carnegie's Master Mind group consisted of a staff of approximately fifty men, with

whom he surrounded himself, for the DEFINITE PURPOSE of manufacturing and marketing

steel. He attributed his entire fortune to the POWER he accumulated through this "Master

Mind."

Analyze the record of any man who has accumulated a great fortune, and many of those who

have accumulated modest fortunes, and you will find that they have either consciously, or

unconsciously employed the "Master Mind" principle.

GREAT POWER CAN BE ACCUMULATED THROUGH NO OTHER PRINCIPLE!

ENERGY is Nature's universal set of building blocks, out of which she constructs every

material thing in the universe, including man, and every form of animal and vegetable life.

Through a process which only Nature completely understands, she translates energy into

matter. Nature's building blocks are available to man, in the energy involved in THINKING!

Man's brain may be compared to an electric battery. It absorbs energy from the ether, which

permeates every atom of matter, and fills the entire universe.

It is a well known fact that a group of electric batteries will provide more energy than a

single battery. It is also a well known fact that an individual battery will provide energy in

proportion to the number and capacity of the cells it contains.

The brain functions in a similar fashion. This accounts for the fact that some brains are more

efficient than others, and leads to this significant statement-a group of brains coordinated (or

connected) in a spirit of harmony, will provide more thought-energy than a single brain, just

as a group of electric batteries will provide more energy than a single battery.

Through this metaphor it becomes immediately obvious that the Master Mind principle holds

the secret of the POWER wielded by men who surround themselves with other men of

brains. There follows, now, another statement which will lead still nearer to an understanding

of the psychic phase of the Master Mind principle: When a group of individual brains are

coordinated and function in Harmony, the increased energy created through that alliance,

becomes available to every individual brain in the group.

It is a well known fact that Henry Ford began his business career under the handicap of

poverty, illiteracy, and ignorance. It is an equally well known fact that, within the

inconceivably short period of ten years, Mr. Ford mastered these three handicaps, and that

within twenty-five years he made himself one of the richest men in America. Connect with

this fact, the additional knowledge that Mr. Ford's most rapid strides became noticeable, from

the time he became a personal friend of Thomas A. Edison, and you will begin to understand

what the influence of one mind upon another can accomplish. Go a step farther, and consider

the fact that Mr. Ford's most outstanding achievements began from the time that he formed

the acquaintances of Harvey Firestone, John Burroughs, and Luther Burbank, (each a man of

great brain capacity), and you will have further evidence that POWER may be produced

through friendly alliance of minds.

There is little if any doubt that Henry Ford is one of the best informed men in the business

and industrial world. The question of his wealth needs no discussion. Analyze Mr. Ford's

intimate personal friends, some of whom have already been mentioned, and you will be

prepared to understand the following statement:- "Men take on the nature and the habits and

the POWER OF THOUGHT of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and

harmony."

Henry Ford whipped poverty, illiteracy, and ignorance by allying himself with great minds,

whose vibrations of thought he absorbed into his own mind. Through his association with

Edison, Burbank, Burroughs, and Firestone, Mr. Ford added to his own brain power, the sum

and substance of the intelligence, experience, knowledge, and spiritual forces of these four

men. Moreover, he appropriated, and made use of the Master Mind principle through the

methods of procedure described in this book.

This principle is available to you! We have already mentioned Mahatma Gandhi. Perhaps the

majority of those who have heard of Gandhi, look upon him as merely an eccentric little man,

who goes around without formal wearing apparel, and makes trouble for the British

Government.

In reality, Gandhi is not eccentric, but HE IS THE MOST POWERFUL MAN NOW

LIVING.

(Estimated by the number of his followers and their faith in their leader.) Moreover, he is

probably the most powerful man who has ever lived. His power is passive, but it is real.

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Let us study the method by which he attained his stupendous POWER. It may be explained

in a few words. He came by POWER through inducing over two hundred million people to

coordinate, with mind and body, in a spirit of HARMONY, for a DEFINITE PURPOSE.

In brief, Gandhi has accomplished a MIRACLE, for it is a miracle when two hundred million

people can be induced-not forced-to cooperate in a spirit of HARMONY, for a limitless time.

If you doubt that this is a miracle, try to induce ANY TWO PEOPLE to cooperate in a spirit

of harmony for any length of time.

Every man who manages a business knows what a difficult matter it is to get employees to

work together in a spirit even remotely resembling HARMONY.

The list of the chief sources from which POWER may be attained is, as you have seen,

headed by INFINITE INTELLIGENCE. When two or more people coordinate in a spirit of

HARMONY, and work toward a definite objective, they place themselves in position,

through that alliance, to absorb power directly from the great universal storehouse of Infinite

Intelligence. This is the greatest of all sources of POWER. It is the source to which the

genius turns. It is the source to which every great leader turns, (whether he may be conscious

of the fact or not).

The other two major sources from which the knowledge, necessary for the accumulation of

POWER, may be obtained are no more reliable than the five senses of man. The senses are

not always reliable. Infinite Intelligence DOES NOT ERR.

In subsequent chapters, the methods by which Infinite Intelligence may be most readily

contacted will be adequately described. This is not a course on religion. No fundamental

principle described in this book should be interpreted as being intended to interfere either

directly, or indirectly, with any man's religious habits. This book has been confined,

exclusively, to instructing the reader how to transmute the DEFINITE PURPOSE OF

DESIRE FOR MONEY, into its monetary equivalent.

Read, THINK, and meditate as you read. Soon, the entire subject will unfold, and you will

see it in perspective. You are now seeing the detail of the individual chapters.

Money is as shy and elusive as the "old time" maiden. It must be wooed and won by methods

not unlike those used by a determined lover, in pursuit of the girl of his choice. And,

coincidental as it is, the POWER used in the "wooing" of money is not greatly different from

that used in wooing a maiden. That power, when successfully used in the pursuit of money

must be mixed with FAITH. It must be mixed with DESIRE. It must be mixed with

PERSISTENCE. It must be applied through a plan, and that plan must be set into ACTION.

When money comes in quantities known as "the big money," it flows to the one who

accumulates it, as easily as water flows down hill. There exists a great unseen stream of

POWER, which may be compared to a river; except that one side flows in one direction,

carrying all who get into that side of the stream, onward and upward to WEALTH-and the

other side flows in the opposite direction, carrying all who are unfortunate enough to get into

it (and not able to extricate themselves from it), downward to misery and POVERTY.

Every man who has accumulated a great fortune, has recognized the existence of this stream

of life. It consists of one's THINKING PROCESS. The positive emotions of thought form the

side of the stream which carries one to fortune. The negative emotions form the side which

carries one down to poverty. This carries a thought of stupendous importance to the person

who is following this book with the object of accumulating a fortune.

If you are in the side of the stream of POWER which leads to poverty, this may serve as an

oar, by which you may propel yourself over into the other side of the stream. It can serve you

ONLY through application and use. Merely reading, and passing judgment on it, either one

way or another, will in no way benefit you.

Some people undergo the experience of alternating between the positive and negative sides

of the stream, being at times on the positive side, and at times on the negative side. The Wall

Street crash of '29 swept millions of people from the positive to the negative side of the

stream. These millions are struggling, some of them in desperation and fear, to get back to

the positive side of the stream. This book was written especially for those millions.

Poverty and riches often change places. The Crash taught the world this truth, although the

world will not long remember the lesson. Poverty may, and generally does, voluntarily take

the place of riches. When riches take the place of poverty, the change is usually brought

about through well conceived and carefully executed PLANS. Poverty needs no plan. It

needs no one to aid it, because it is bold and ruthless. Riches are shy and timid. They have to

be "attracted."

ANYBODY can WISH for riches, and most people do, but only a few know that a definite

plan, plus a BURNING DESIRE for wealth, are the only dependable means of accumulating

wealth.

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CHAPTER 11

THE MYSTERY OF SEX: TRANSMUTATION

The Tenth Step toward Riches

The meaning of the word "transmute" is, in simple language, "the changing, or

transferring of one element, or form of energy, into another."

The emotion of sex brings into being a state of mind. Because of ignorance on the

subject, this state of mind is generally associated with the physical, and because of improper

influences, to which most people have been subjected, in acquiring knowledge of sex, things

essentially physical have highly biased the mind.

The emotion of sex has back of it the possibility of three constructive potentialities, they

are:-

1. The perpetuation of mankind.

2. The maintenance of health, (as a therapeutic agency, it has no equal).

3. The transformation of mediocrity into genius through transmutation.

Sex transmutation is simple and easily explained. It means the switching of the mind from

thoughts of physical expression, to thoughts of some other nature.

Sex desire is the most powerful of human desires. When driven by this desire, men develop

keenness of imagination, courage, will-power, persistence, and creative ability unknown to

them at other times. So strong and impelling is the desire for sexual contact that men freely

run the risk of life and reputation to indulge it. When harnessed, and redirected along other

lines, this motivating force maintains all of its attributes of keenness of imagination, courage,

etc., which may be used as powerful creative forces in literature, art, or in any other

profession or calling, including, of course, the accumulation of riches.

The transmutation of sex energy calls for the exercise of will-power, to be sure, but the

reward is worth the effort. The desire for sexual expression is inborn and natural. The desire

cannot, and should not be submerged or eliminated. But it should be given an outlet through

forms of expression which enrich the body, mind, and spirit of man. If not given this form of

outlet, through transmutation, it will seek outlets through purely physical channels.

A river may be dammed, and its water controlled for a time, but eventually, it will force an

outlet. The same is true of the emotion of sex. It may be submerged and controlled for a

time, but its very nature causes it to be ever seeking means of expression. If it is not

transmuted into some creative effort it will find a less worthy outlet.

Fortunate, indeed, is the person who has discovered how to give sex emotion an outlet

through some form of creative effort, for he has, by that discovery, lifted himself to the status

of a genius.

Scientific research has disclosed these significant facts:

1. The men of greatest achievement are men with highly developed sex natures; men who

have learned the art of sex transmutation.

2. The men who have accumulated great fortunes and achieved outstanding recognition in

literature, art, industry, architecture, and the professions, were motivated by the influence of

a woman.

The research from which these astounding discoveries were made, went back through the

pages of biography and history for more than two thousand years. Wherever there was

evidence available in connection with the lives of men and women of great achievement, it

indicated most convincingly that they possessed highly developed sex natures.

The emotion of sex is an "irresistible force," against which there can be no such opposition

as an "immovable body." When driven by this emotion, men become gifted with a super

power for action. Understand this truth, and you will catch the significance of the statement

that sex transmutation will lift one to the status of a genius.

The emotion of sex contains the secret of creative ability. Destroy the sex glands, whether in

man or beast, and you have removed the major source of action. For proof of this, observe

what happens to any animal after it has been castrated. A bull becomes as docile as a cow

after it has been altered sexually. Sex alteration takes out of the male, whether man or beast,

all the FIGHT that was in him. Sex alteration of the female has the same effect.

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THE TEN MIND STIMULI

The human mind responds to stimuli, through which it may be "keyed up" to high rates of

vibration, known as enthusiasm, creative imagination, intense desire, etc. The stimuli to

which the mind responds most freely are:-

1. The desire for sex expression

2. Love

3. A burning desire for fame, power, or financial gain, MONEY

4. Music

5. Friendship between either those of the same sex, or those of the opposite sex.

6. A Master Mind alliance based upon the harmony of two or more people who ally

themselves for spiritual or temporal advancement.

7. Mutual suffering, such as that experienced by people who are persecuted.

8. Auto-suggestion

9. Fear

10. Narcotics and alcohol.

The desire for sex expression comes at the head of the list of stimuli, which most effectively

"stepup" the vibrations of the mind and start the "wheels" of physical action. Eight of these

stimuli are natural and constructive. Two are destructive. The list is here presented for the

purpose of enabling you to make a comparative study of the major sources of mind

stimulation. From this study, it will be readily seen that the emotion of sex is, by great odds,

the most intense and powerful of all mind stimuli.

This comparison is necessary as a foundation for proof of the statement that transmutation of

sex energy may lift one to the status of a genius. Let us find out what constitutes a genius.

Some wiseacre has said that a genius is a man who "wears long hair, eats queer food, lives

alone, and serves as a target for the joke makers." A better definition of a genius is, "a man

who has discovered how to increase the vibrations of thought to the point where he can

freely communicate with sources of knowledge not available through the ordinary rate of

vibration of thought."

The person who thinks will want to ask some questions concerning this definition of genius.

The first question will be, "How may one communicate with sources of knowledge which

are not available through the ORDINARY rate of vibration of thought?"

The next question will be, "Are there known sources of knowledge which are available only

to genii, and if so, WHAT ARE THESE SOURCES, and exactly how may they be reached?"

We shall offer proof of the soundness of some of the more important statements made in this

book-or at least we shall offer evidence through which you may secure your own proof

through experimentation, and in doing so, we shall answer both of these questions.

"GENIUS" IS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE SIXTH SENSE

The reality of a "sixth sense" has been fairly well established. This sixth sense is "Creative

Imagination." The faculty of creative imagination is one which the majority of people never

use during an entire lifetime, and if used at all, it usually happens by mere accident. A

relatively small number of people use, WITH DELIBERATION AND PURPOSE

AFORETHOUGHT, the faculty of creative imagination. Those who use this faculty

voluntarily, and with understanding of its functions, are GENII.

The faculty of creative imagination is the direct link between the finite mind of man and

Infinite Intelligence. All so-called revelations, referred to in the realm of religion, and all

discoveries of basic or new principles in the field of invention, take place through the faculty

of creative imagination.

When ideas or concepts flash into one's mind, through what is popularly called a "hunch,"

they come from one or more of the following sources:-

1. Infinite Intelligence

2. One's subconscious mind, wherein is stored every sense impression and thought impulse

which ever reached the brain through any of the five senses

3. From the mind of some other person who has just released the thought , or picture of the

idea or concept, through conscious thought, or

4. From the other person's subconscious storehouse. There are no other KNOWN sources

from which "inspired" ideas or "hunches" may be received.

The creative imagination functions best when the mind is vibrating (due to some form of

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mind stimulation) at an exceedingly high rate. That is, when the mind is functioning at a rate

of vibration higher than that of ordinary, normal thought.

When brain action has been stimulated, through one or more of the ten mind stimulants, it

has the effect of lifting the individual far above the horizon of ordinary thought, and permits

him to envision distance, scope, and quality of THOUGHTS not available on the lower

plane, such as that occupied while one is engaged in the solution of the problems of business

and professional routine.

When lifted to this higher level of thought, through any form of mind stimulation, an

individual occupies, relatively, the same position as one who has ascended in an airplane to a

height from which he may see over and beyond the horizon line which limits his vision,

while on the ground. Moreover, while on this higher level of thought, the individual is not

hampered or bound by any of the stimuli which circumscribe and limit his vision while

wrestling with the problems of gaining the three basic necessities of food, clothing, and

shelter. He is in a world of thought in which the ORDINARY, work-a-day thoughts have

been as effectively removed as are the hills and valleys and other limitations of physical

vision, when he rises in an airplane.

While on this exalted plane of THOUGHT, the creative faculty of the mind is given freedom

for action. The way has been cleared for the sixth sense to function, it becomes receptive to

ideas which could not reach the individual under any other circumstances. The "sixth sense"

is the faculty which marks the difference between a genius and an ordinary individual.

The creative faculty becomes more alert and receptive to vibrations, originating outside the

individual's subconscious mind, the more this faculty is used, and the more the individual

relies upon it, and makes demands upon it for thought impulses. This faculty can be

cultivated and developed only through use.

That which is known as ones 'conscience operates entirely through the faculty of the sixth

sense. The great artists, writers, musicians, and poets become great, because they acquire the

habit of relying upon the "still small voice" which speaks from within, through the faculty of

creative imagination. It is a fact well known to people who have "keen" imaginations that

their best ideas come through so-called "hunches."

There is a great orator who does not attain to greatness, until he closes his eyes and begins to

rely entirely upon the faculty of Creative Imagination. When asked why he closed his eyes

just before the climaxes of his oratory, he replied, "I do it, because, then I speak through

ideas which come to me from within."

One of America's most successful and best known financiers followed the habit of closing

his eyes for two or three minutes before making a decision.

When asked why he did this, he replied, "With my eyes closed, I am able to draw upon a

source of superior intelligence."

The late Dr. Elmer R. Gates, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, created more than 200 useful

patents, many of them basic, through the process of cultivating and using the creative

faculty. His method is both significant and interesting to one interested in attaining to the

status of genius, in which category Dr. Gates, unquestionably belonged. Dr. Gates was one

of the really great, though less publicized scientists of the world.

In his laboratory, he had what he called his "personal communication room." It was

practically sound proof, and so arranged that all light could be shut out. It was equipped with

a small table, on which he kept a pad of writing paper. In front of the table, on the wall, was

an electric pushbutton, which controlled the lights. When Dr. Gates desired to draw upon the

forces available to him through his Creative Imagination, he would go into this room, seat

himself at the table, shut off the lights, and CONCENTRATE upon the KNOWN factors of

the invention on which he was working, remaining in that position until ideas began to

"flash" into his mind in connection with the UNKNOWN factors of the invention.

On one occasion, ideas came through so fast that he was forced to write for almost three

hours. When the thoughts stopped flowing, and he examined his notes, he found they

contained a minute description of principles which bad not a parallel among the known data

of the scientific world.

Moreover, the answer to his problem was intelligently presented in those notes. In this

manner Dr. Gates completed over 200 patents, which had been begun, but not completed, by

"half-baked" brains. Evidence of the truth of this statement is in the United States Patent

Office.

Dr. Gates earned his living by "sitting for ideas" for individuals and corporations. Some of

the largest corporations in America paid him substantial fees, by the hour, for "sitting for

ideas."

The reasoning faculty is often faulty, because it is largely guided by one's accumulated

experience. Not all knowledge, which one accumulates through "experience," is accurate.

Ideas received through the creative faculty are much more reliable, for the reason that they

come from sources more reliable than any which are available to the reasoning faculty of the

mind.

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the fact that the genius works through his faculty of creative imagination, while the "crank"

knows nothing of this faculty. The scientific inventor (such as Mr. Edison, and Dr. Gates),

makes use of both the synthetic and the creative faculties of imagination.

For example, the scientific inventor, or "genius, begins an invention by organizing and

combining the known ideas, or principles accumulated through experience, through the

synthetic faculty (the reasoning faculty). If he finds this accumulated knowledge to be

insufficient for the completion of his invention, he then draws upon the sources of

knowledge available to him through his creative faculty. The method by which he does this

varies with the individual, but this is the sum and substance of his procedure:

1. HE STIMULATES HIS MIND SO THAT IT VIBRATES ON A HIGHER-THAN-

AVERAGE PLANE, using one or more of the ten mind stimulants or some other stimulant

of his choice.

2. HE CONCENTRATES upon the known factors (the finished part) of his invention, and

creates in his mind a perfect picture of unknown factors (the unfinished part), of his

invention. He holds this picture in mind until it has been taken over by the subconscious

mind, then relaxes by clearing his mind of ALL thought, and waits for his answer to "flash"

into his mind.

Sometimes the results are both definite and immediate. At other times, the results are

negative, depending upon the state of development of the "sixth sense," or creative faculty.

Mr. Edison tried out more than 10,000 different combinations of ideas through the synthetic

faculty of his imagination before he "tuned in" through the creative faculty, and got the

answer which perfected the incandescent light. His experience was similar when he produced

the talking machine.

There is plenty of reliable evidence that the faculty of creative imagination exists. This

evidence is available through accurate analysis of men who have become leaders in their

respective callings, without having had extensive educations. Lincoln was a notable example

of a great leader who achieved greatness, through the discovery, and use of his faculty of

creative imagination. He discovered, and began to use this faculty as the result of the

stimulation of love which he experienced after he met Anne Rutledge, a statement of the

highest significance, in connection with the study of the source of genius.

The pages of history are filled with the records of great leaders whose achievements may be

traced directly to the influence of women who aroused the creative faculties of their minds,

through the stimulation of sex desire. Napoleon Bonaparte was one of these.

When inspired by his first wife, Josephine, he was irresistible and invincible. When his

"better judgment" or reasoning faculty prompted him to put Josephine aside, he began to

decline. His defeat and St. Helena were not far distant.

If good taste would permit, we might easily mention scores of men, well known to the

American people, who climbed to great heights of achievement under the stimulating

influence of their wives, only to drop back to destruction AFTER money and power went to

their heads, and they put aside the old wife for a new one.

Napoleon was not the only man to discover that sex influence, from the right source, is more

powerful than any substitute of expediency, which may be created by mere reason.

The human mind responds to stimulation! Among the greatest, and most powerful of these

stimuli is the urge of sex. When harnessed and transmuted, this driving force is capable of

lifting men into that higher sphere of thought which enables them to master the sources of

worry and petty annoyance which beset their pathway on the lower plane.

Unfortunately, only the genii have made the discovery. Others have accepted the experience

of sex urge, without discovering one of its major potentialities-a fact which accounts for the

great number of "others" as compared to the limited number of genii.

For the purpose of refreshing the memory, in connection with the facts available from the

biographies of certain men, we here present the names of a few men of outstanding

achievement, each of whom was known to have been of a highly sexed nature. The genius

which was their's, undoubtedly found its source of power in transmuted sex energy:

GEORGE WASHINGTON

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

ROBERT BURNS

THOMAS JEFFERSON

ELBERT HUBBARD

ELBERT H. GARY

OSCAR WILDE

WOODROW WILSON

JOHN H. PATTERSON

ANDREW JACKSON

ENRICO CARUSO

Your own knowledge of biography will enable you to add to this list. Find, if you can, a

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single man, in all history of civilization, who achieved outstanding success in any calling,

who was not driven by a well developed sex nature.

If you do not wish to rely upon biographies of men not now living, take inventory of those

whom you know to be men of great achievement, and see if you can find one among them

who is not highly sexed. Sex energy is the creative energy of all genii. There never has been,

and never will be a great leader, builder, or artist lacking in this driving force of sex.

Surely no one will misunderstand these statements to mean that ALL who are highly sexed

are genii! Man attains to the status of a genius ONLY when, and IF, he stimulates his mind

so that it draws upon the forces available, through the creative faculty of the imagination.

Chief among the stimuli with which this "stepping up" of the vibrations may be produced is

sex energy. The mere possession of this energy is not sufficient to produce a genius. The

energy must be transmuted from desire for physical contact, into some other form of desire

and action, before it will lift one to the status of a genius.

Far from becoming genii, because of great sex desires, the majority of men lower

themselves, through misunderstanding and misuse of this great force, to the status of the

lower animals.

WHY MEN SELDOM SUCCEED BEFORE FORTY

I discovered, from the analysis of over 25,000 people, that men who succeed in an

outstanding way, seldom do so before the age of forty, and more often they do not strike

their real pace until they are well beyond the age of fifty. This fact was so astounding that it

prompted me to go into the study of its cause most carefully, carrying the investigation over

a period of more than twelve years.

This study disclosed the fact that the major reason why the majority of men who succeed do

not begin to do so before the age of forty to fifty, is their tendency to DISSIPATE their

energies through over indulgence in physical expression of the emotion of sex. The majority

of men never learn that the urge of sex has other possibilities, which far transcend in

importance, that of mere physical expression. The majority of those who make this

discovery, do so after having wasted many years at a period when the sex energy is at its

height, prior to the age of forty-five to fifty. This usually is followed by noteworthy

achievement.

The lives of many men up to, and sometimes well past the age of forty, reflect a continued

dissipation of energies, which could have been more profitably turned into better channels.

Their finer and more powerful emotions are sown wildly to the four winds. Out of this habit

of the male, grew the term, "sowing his wild oats."

The desire for sexual expression is by far the strongest and most impelling of all the human

emotions, and for this very reason this desire, when harnessed and transmuted into action,

other than that of physical expression, may raise one to the status of a genius.

One of America's most able business men frankly admitted that his attractive secretary was

responsible for most of the plans he created. He admitted that her presence lifted him to

heights of creative imagination, such as he could experience under no other stimulus.

One of the most successful men in America owes most of his success to the influence of a

very charming young woman, who has served as his source of inspiration for more than

twelve years.

Everyone knows the man to whom this reference is made, but not everyone knows the REAL

SOURCE of his achievements.

History is not lacking in examples of men who attained to the status of genii, as the result of

the use of artificial mind stimulants in the form of alcohol and narcotics. Edgar Allen Poe

wrote the "Raven" while under the influence of liquor, "dreaming dreams that mortal never

dared to dream before." James Whitcomb Riley did his best writing while under the

influence of alcohol. Perhaps it was thus he saw "the ordered intermingling of the real and

the dream, the mill above the river, and the mist above the stream." Robert Burns wrote best

when intoxicated, "For Auld Lang Syne, my dear, we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for Auld

Lang Syne." But let it be remembered that many such men have destroyed themselves in the

end. Nature has prepared her own potions with which men may safely stimulate their minds

so they vibrate on a plane that enables them to tune in to fine and rare thoughts which come

from-no man knows where! No satisfactory substitute for Nature's stimulants has ever been

found.

It is a fact well known to psychologists that there is a very close relationship between sex

desires and spiritual urges-a fact which accounts for the peculiar behavior of people who

participate in the orgies known as religious "revivals," common among the primitive types.

The world is ruled, and the destiny of civilization is established, by the human emotions.

People are influenced in their actions, not by reason so much as by "feelings." The creative

faculty of the mind is set into action entirely by emotions, and not by cold reason. The most

powerful of all human emotions is that of sex. There are other mind stimulants, some of

which have been listed, but no one of them, nor all of them combined, can equal the driving

power of sex.

A mind stimulant is any influence which will either temporarily, or permanently, increase the

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vibrations of thought. The ten major stimulants, described, are those most commonly

resorted to.

Through these sources one may commune with Infinite Intelligence, or enter, at will, the

storehouse of the subconscious mind, either one's own, or that of another person, a procedure

which is all there is of genius.

A teacher, who has trained and directed the efforts of more than 30,000 sales people, made

the astounding discovery that highly sexed men are the most efficient salesmen. The

explanation is, that the factor of personality known as "personal magnetism" is nothing more

nor less than sex energy. Highly sexed people always have a plentiful supply of magnetism.

Through cultivation and understanding, this vital force may be drawn upon and used to great

advantage in the relationships between people. This energy may be communicated to others

through the following media:

1. The hand-shake. The touch of the hand indicates, instantly, the presence of magnetism,

or the lack of it.

2. The tone of voice. Magnetism, or sex energy, is the factor with which the voice may be

colored, or made musical and charming.

3. Posture and carriage of the body. Highly sexed people move briskly, and with grace and

ease.

4. The vibrations of thought. Highly sexed people mix the emotion of sex with their

thoughts, or may do so at will, and in that way, may influence those around them.

5. Body adornment. People who are highly sexed are usually very careful about their

personal appearance. They usually select clothing of a style becoming to their personality,

physique, complexion, etc.

When employing salesmen, the more capable sales manager looks for the quality of personal

magnetism as the first requirement of a salesman. People who lack sex energy will never

become enthusiastic nor inspire others with enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is one of the most

important requisites in salesmanship, no matter what one is selling.

The public speaker, orator, preacher, lawyer, or salesman who is lacking in sex energy is a

"flop," as far as being able to influence others is concerned. Couple with this the fact, that

most people can be influenced only through an appeal to their emotions, and you will

understand the importance of sex energy as a part of the salesman's native ability. Master

salesmen attain the status of mastery in selling, because they, either consciously, or

unconsciously, transmute the energy of sex into SALES ENTHUSIASM! In this statement

may be found a very practical suggestion as to the actual meaning of sex transmutation.

The salesman who knows how to take his mind off the subject of sex, and direct it in sales

effort with as much enthusiasm and determination as he would apply to its original purpose,

has acquired the art of sex transmutation, whether he knows it or not.

The majority of salesmen who transmute their sex energy do so without being in the least

aware of what they are doing, or how they are doing it.

Transmutation of sex energy calls for more will power than the average person cares to use

for this purpose. Those who find it difficult to summon will-power sufficient for

transmutation, may gradually acquire this ability. Though this requires will-power, the

reward for the practice is more than worth the effort. The entire subject of sex is one with

which the majority of people appear to be unpardonably ignorant. The urge of sex has been

grossly misunderstood, slandered, and burlesqued by the ignorant and the evil minded, for so

long that the very word sex is seldom used in polite society. Men and women who are known

to be blessed-yes, BLESSED-with highly sexed natures, are usually looked upon as being

people who will bear watching. Instead of being called blessed, they are usually called

cursed.

Millions of people, even in this age of enlightenment, have inferiority complexes which they

developed because of this false belief that a highly sexed nature is a curse. These statements,

of the virtue of sex energy, should not be construed as justification for the libertine. The

emotion of sex is a virtue ONLY when used intelligently, and with discrimination. It may be

misused, and often is, to such an extent that it debases, instead of enriches, both body and

mind. The better use of this power is the burden of this chapter.

It seemed quite significant to the author, when he made the discovery that practically every

great leader, whom he had the privilege of analyzing, was a man whose achievements were

largely inspired by a woman. In many instances, the "woman in the case" was a modest, self-

denying wife, of whom the public had heard but little or nothing. In a few instances, the

source of inspiration has been traced to the "other woman." Perhaps such cases may not be

entirely unknown to you.

Intemperance in sex habits is just as detrimental as intemperance in habits of drinking and

eating. In this age in which we live, an age which began with the world war, intemperance in

habits of sex is common. This orgy of indulgence may account for the shortage of great

leaders. No man can avail himself of the forces of his creative imagination, while dissipating

them. Man is the only creature on earth which violates Nature's purpose in this connection.

Every other animal indulges its sex nature in moderation, and with purpose which

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harmonizes with the laws of nature. Every other animal responds to the call of sex only in

"season." Man's inclination is to declare "open season."

Every intelligent person knows that stimulation in excess, through alcoholic drink and

narcotics, is a form of intemperance which destroys the vital organs of the body, including

the brain. Not every person knows, however, that over indulgence in sex expression may

become a habit as destructive and as detrimental to creative effort as narcotics or liquor.

A sex-mad man is not essentially different than a dope-mad man! Both have lost control over

their faculties of reason and will-power. Sexual overindulgence may not only destroy reason

and will-power, but it may also lead to either temporary, or permanent insanity. Many cases

of hypochondria (imaginary illness) grow out of habits developed in ignorance of the true

function of sex.

From these brief references to the subject, it may be readily seen that ignorance on the

subject of sex transmutation, forces stupendous penalties upon the ignorant on the one hand,

and withholds from them equally stupendous benefits, on the other.

Widespread ignorance on the subject of sex is due to the fact that the subject has been

surrounded with mystery and beclouded by dark silence. The conspiracy of mystery and

silence has had the same effect upon the minds of young people that the psychology of

prohibition had. The result has been increased curiosity, and desire to acquire more

knowledge on this "verboten" subject; and to the shame of all lawmakers, and most

physicians-by training best qualified to educate youth on that subject-information has not

been easily available.

Seldom does an individual enter upon highly creative effort in any field of endeavor before

the age of forty. The average man reaches the period of his greatest capacity to create

between forty and sixty. These statements are based upon analysis of thousands of men and

women who have been carefully observed. They should be encouraging to those who fail to

arrive before the age of forty, and to those who become frightened at the approach of "old

age," around the forty-year mark. The years between forty and fifty are, as a rule, the most

fruitful. Man should approach this age, not with fear and trembling, but with hope and eager

anticipation.

If you want evidence that most men do not begin to do their best work before the age of

forty, study the records of the most successful men known to the American people, and you

will find it.

Henry Ford had not "hit his pace" of achievement until he had passed the age of forty.

Andrew Carnegie was well past forty before he began to reap the reward of his efforts.

James J. Hill was still running a telegraph key at the age of forty. His stupendous

achievements took place after that age. Biographies of American industrialists and financiers

are filled with evidence that the period from forty to sixty is the most productive age of man.

Between the ages of thirty and forty, man begins to learn (if he ever learns), the art of sex

transmutation. This discovery is generally accidental, and more often than otherwise, the

man who makes it is totally unconscious of his discovery. He may observe that his powers of

achievement have increased around the age of thirty-five to forty, but in most cases, he is not

familiar with the cause of this change; that Nature begins to harmonize the emotions of love

and sex in the individual, between the ages of thirty and forty, so that he may draw upon

these great forces, and apply them jointly as stimuli to action.

Sex, alone, is a mighty urge to action, but its forces are like a cyclone-they are often

uncontrollable. When the emotion of love begins to mix itself with the emotion of sex, the

result is calmness of purpose, poise, accuracy of judgment, and balance. What person, who

has attained to the age of forty, is so unfortunate as to be unable to analyze these statements,

and to corroborate them by his own experience?

When driven by his desire to please a woman, based solely upon the emotion of sex, a man

may be, and usually is, capable of great achievement, but his actions may be disorganized,

distorted, and totally destructive. When driven by his desire to please a woman, based upon

the motive of sex alone, a man may steal, cheat, and even commit murder. But when the

emotion of LOVE is mixed with the emotion of sex, that same man will guide his actions

with more sanity, balance, and reason.

Criminologists have discovered that the most hardened criminals can be reformed through

the influence of a woman's love. There is no record of a criminal having been reformed

solely through the sex influence. These facts are well known, but their cause is not.

Reformation comes, if at all, through the heart, or the emotional side of man, not through his

head, or reasoning side.

Reformation means, "a change of heart." It does not mean a "change of head." A man may,

because of reason, make certain changes in his personal conduct to avoid the consequences

of undesirable effects, but GENUINE REFORMATION comes only through a change of

heart-through a DESIRE to change. Love, Romance, and Sex are all emotions capable of

driving men to heights of super achievement. Love is the emotion which serves as a safety

valve, and insures balance, poise, and constructive effort. When combined, these three

emotions may lift one to an altitude of a genius. There are genii, however, who know but

little of the emotion of love. Most of them may be found engaged in some form of action

which is destructive, or at least, not based upon justice and fairness toward others. If good

taste would permit, a dozen genii could be named in the field of industry and finance, who

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The reader can easily supply his own list of such men.

The emotions are states of mind. Nature has provided man with a "chemistry of the mind"

which operates in a manner similar to the principles of chemistry of matter. It is a well

known fact that, through the aid of chemistry of matter, a chemist may create a deadly

poison by mixing certain elements, none of which are-in themselves-harmful in the right

proportions. The emotions may, likewise, be combined so as to create a deadly poison. The

emotions of sex and jealousy, when mixed, may turn a person into an insane beast.

The presence of any one or more of the destructive emotions in the human mind, through the

chemistry of the mind, sets up a poison which may destroy one's sense of justice and

fairness. In extreme cases, the presence of any combination of these emotions in the mind

may destroy one's reason.

The road to genius consists of the development, control, and use of sex, love, and romance.

Briefly, the process may be stated as follows:

Encourage the presence of these emotions as the dominating thoughts in one's mind, and

discourage the presence of all the destructive emotions. The mind is a creature of habit. It

thrives upon the dominating thoughts fed it. Through the faculty of will-power, one may

discourage the presence of any emotion, and encourage the presence of any other. Control of

the mind, through the power of will, is not difficult. Control comes from persistence, and

habit. The secret of control lies in understanding the process of transmutation. When any

negative emotion presents itself in one's mind, it can be transmuted into a positive, or

constructive emotion, by the simple procedure of changing one's thoughts.

THERE IS NO OTHER ROAD TO GENIUS THAN THROUGH VOLUNTARY SELF

EFFORT! A man may attain to great heights of financial or business achievement, solely by

the driving force of sex energy, but history is filled with evidence that he may, and usually

does, carry with him certain traits of character which rob him of the ability to either hold, or

enjoy his fortune. This is worthy of analysis, thought, and meditation, for it states a truth, the

knowledge of which may be helpful to women as well as men. Ignorance of this has cost

thousands of people their privilege of HAPPINESS, even though they possessed riches.

The emotions of love and sex leave their unmistakable marks upon the features. Moreover,

these signs are so visible, that all who wish may read them. The man who is driven by the

storm of passion, based upon sex desires alone, plainly advertises that fact to the entire

world, by the expression of his eyes, and the lines of his face. The emotion of love, when

mixed with the emotion of sex, softens, modifies, and beautifies the facial expression. No

character analyst is needed to tell you this- you may observe it for yourself.

The emotion of love brings out, and develops, the artistic and the aesthetic nature of man. It

leaves its impress upon one's very soul, even after the fire has been subdued by time and

circumstance.

Memories of love never pass. They linger, guide, and influence long after the source of

stimulation has faded. There is nothing new in this. Every person, who has been moved by

GENUINE LOVE, knows that it leaves enduring traces upon the human heart. The effect of

love endures, because love is spiritual in nature. The man who cannot be stimulated to great

heights of achievement by love, is hopeless-he is dead, though he may seem to live.

Even the memories of love are sufficient to lift one to a higher plane of creative effort. The

major force of love may spend itself and pass away, like a fire which has burned itself out,

but it leaves behind indelible marks as evidence that it passed that way. Its departure often

prepares the human heart for a still greater love. Go back into your yesterdays, at times, and

bathe your mind in the beautiful memories of past love. It will soften the influence of the

present worries and annoyances. It will give you a source of escape from the unpleasant

realities of life, and maybe-who knows?-your mind will yield to you, during this temporary

retreat into the world of fantasy, ideas, or plans which may change the entire financial or

spiritual status of your life.

If you believe yourself unfortunate, because you have "loved and lost," perish the thought.

One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. Love is whimsical and temperamental. Its

nature is ephemeral, and transitory. It comes when it pleases, and goes away without

warning. Accept and enjoy it while it remains, but spend no time worrying about its

departure. Worry will never bring it back.

Dismiss, also, the thought that love never comes but once. Love may come and go, times

without number, but there are no two love experiences which affect one in just the same

way. There may be, and there usually is, one love experience which leaves a deeper imprint

on the heart than all the others, but all love experiences are beneficial, except to the person

who becomes resentful and cynical when love makes its departure.

There should be no disappointment over love, and there would be none if people understood

the difference between the emotions of love and sex. The major difference is that love is

spiritual, while sex is biological. No experience, which touches the human heart with a

spiritual force, can possibly be harmful, except through ignorance, or jealousy.

Love is, without question, life's greatest experience. It brings one into communion with

Infinite Intelligence. When mixed with the emotions of romance and sex, it may lead one far

up the ladder of creative effort. The emotions of love, sex, and romance, are sides of the

eternal triangle of achievement-building genius. Nature creates genii through no other force.

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Love is an emotion with many sides, shades, and colors. The love which one feels for

parents, or children is quite different from that which one feels for one's sweetheart. The one

is mixed with the emotion of sex, while the other is not.

The love which one feels in true friendship is not the same as that felt for one's sweetheart,

parents, or children, but it, too, is a form of love.

Then, there is the emotion of love for things inanimate, such as the love of Nature's

handiwork. But the most intense and burning of all these various kinds of love, is that

experienced in the blending of the emotions of love and sex. Marriages, not blessed with the

eternal affinity of love, properly balanced and proportioned, with sex, cannot be happy ones-

and seldom endure. Love, alone, will not bring happiness in marriage, nor will sex alone.

When these two beautiful emotions are blended, marriage may bring about a state of mind,

closest to the spiritual that one may ever know on this earthly plane.

When the emotion of romance is added to those of love and sex, the obstructions between the

finite mind of man and Infinite Intelligence are removed.

Then a genius has been born! What a different story is this, than those usually associated

with the emotion of sex. Here is an interpretation of the emotion which lifts it out of the

commonplace, and makes of it potter's clay in the hands of God, from which He fashions all

that is beautiful and inspiring. It is an interpretation which would, when properly understood,

bring harmony out of the chaos which exists in too many marriages. The disharmonies often

expressed in the form of nagging, may usually be traced to lack of knowledge on the subject

of sex. Where love, romance and the proper understanding of the emotion and function of

sex abide, there is no disharmony between married people.

Fortunate is the husband whose wife understands the true relationship between the emotions

of love, sex, and romance. When motivated by this holy triumvirate, no form of labor is

burdensome, because even the most lowly form of effort takes on the nature of a labor of

love.

It is a very old saying that "a man's wife may either make him or break him," but the reason

is not always understood. The "making" and "breaking" is the result of the wife's

understanding, or lack of understanding of the emotions of love, sex, and romance. Despite

the fact that men are polygamous, by the very nature of their biological inheritance, it is true

that no woman has as great an influence on a man as his wife, unless he is married to a

woman totally unsuited to his nature. If a woman permits her husband to lose interest in her,

and become more interested in other women, it is usually because of her ignorance, or

indifference toward the subjects of sex, love, and romance. This statement presupposes, of

course, that genuine love once existed between a man and his wife.

The facts are equally applicable to a man who permits his wife's interest in him to die.

Married people often bicker over a multitude of trivialities. If these are analyzed accurately,

the real cause of the trouble will often be found to be indifference, or ignorance on these

subjects. Man's greatest motivating force is his desire to please woman! The hunter who

excelled during prehistoric days, before the dawn of civilization, did so, because of his desire

to appear great in the eyes of woman. Man's nature has not changed in this respect. The

"hunter" of today brings home no skins of wild animals, but he indicates his desire for her

favor by supplying fine clothes, motor cars, and wealth. Man has the same desire to please

woman that he had before the dawn of civilization. The only thing that has changed, is his

method of pleasing. Men who accumulate large fortunes, and attain to great heights of power

and fame, do so, mainly, to satisfy their desire to please women.

Take women out of their lives, and great wealth would be useless to most men. It is this

inherent desire of man to please woman, which gives woman the power to make or break a

man.

The woman who understands man's nature and tactfully caters to it, need have no fear of

competition from other women. Men may be "giants" with indomitable will-power when

dealing with other men, but they are easily managed by the women of their choice.

Most men will not admit that they are easily influenced by the women they prefer, because it

is in the nature of the male to want to be recognized as the stronger of the species. Moreover,

the intelligent woman recognizes this "manly trait" and very wisely makes no issue of it.

Some men know that they are being influenced by the women of their choice-their wives,

sweethearts, mothers or sisters-but they tactfully refrain from rebelling against the influence

because they are intelligent enough to know that NO MAN IS HAPPY OR COMPLETE

WITHOUT THE MODIFYING INFLUENCE OF THE RIGHT WOMAN. The man who

does not recognize this important truth deprives himself of the power which has done more

to help men achieve success than all other forces combined.

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CHAPTER 12

THE SUBCONSCIOUS: MIND THE CONNECTING LINK

The Eleventh Step toward Riches

THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND consists of a field of consciousness, in which every impulse

of thought that reaches the objective mind through any of the five senses, is classified and

recorded, and from which thoughts may be recalled or withdrawn as letters may be taken

from a filing cabinet.

It receives, and files, sense impressions or thoughts, regardless of their nature. You may

VOLUNTARILY plant in your subconscious mind any plan, thought, or purpose which you

desire to translate into its physical or monetary equivalent. The subconscious acts first on the

dominating desires which have been mixed with emotional feeling, such as faith.

Consider this in connection with the instructions given in the chapter on DESIRE, for taking

the six steps there outlined, and the instructions given in the chapter on the building and

execution of plans, and you will understand the importance of the thought conveyed.

THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND WORKS DAY AND NIGHT.

Through a method of procedure, unknown to man, the subconscious mind draws upon the

forces of Infinite Intelligence for the power with which it voluntarily transmutes one's desires

into their physical equivalent, making use, always of the most practical media by which this

end may be accomplished.

You cannot entirely control your subconscious mind, but you can voluntarily hand over to it

any plan, desire, or purpose which you wish transformed into concrete form. Read, again,

instructions for using the subconscious mind, in the chapter on autosuggestion.

There is plenty of evidence to support the belief that the subconscious mind is the connecting

link between the finite mind of man and Infinite Intelligence. It is the intermediary through

which one may draw upon the forces of Infinite Intelligence at will. It, alone, contains the

secret process by which mental impulses are modified and changed into their spiritual

equivalent. It, alone, is the medium through which prayer may be transmitted to the source

capable of answering prayer.

The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous and

imponderable. They inspire one with awe.

I never approach the discussion of the subconscious mind without a feeling of littleness and

inferiority due, perhaps, to the fact that man's entire stock of knowledge on this subject is so

pitifully limited. The very fact that the subconscious mind is the medium of communication

between the thinking mind of man and Infinite Intelligence is, of itself, a thought which

almost paralyzes one's reason.

After you have accepted, as a reality, the existence of the subconscious mind, and understand

its possibilities, as a medium for transmuting your DESIRES into their physical or monetary

equivalent, you will comprehend the full significance of the instructions given in the chapter

on DESIRE. You will also understand why you have been repeatedly admonished to MAKE

YOUR DESIRES CLEAR, AND TO REDUCE THEM TO WRITING.

You will also understand the necessity of PERSISTENCE in carrying out instructions.

The thirteen principles are the stimuli with which you acquire the ability to reach, and to

influence your subconscious mind. Do not become discouraged, if you cannot do this upon

the first attempt. Remember that the subconscious mind may be voluntarily directed only

through habit, under the directions given in the chapter on FAITH. You have not yet had

time to master faith. Be patient. Be persistent.

A good many statements in the chapters on faith and auto-suggestion will be repeated here,

for the benefit of YOUR subconscious mind. Remember, your subconscious mind functions

voluntarily, whether you make any effort to influence it or not. This, naturally, suggests to

you that thoughts of fear and poverty, and all negative thoughts serve as stimuli to your

subconscious mind, unless, you master these impulses and give it more desirable food upon

which it may feed.

The subconscious mind will not remain idle! If you fail to plant DESIRES in your

subconscious mind, it will feed upon the thoughts which reach it as the result of your

neglect. We have already explained that thought impulses, both negative and positive are

reaching the subconscious mind continuously, from the four sources which were mentioned

in the chapter on Sex Transmutation.

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For the present, it is sufficient if you remember that you are living daily, in the midst of all

manner of thought impulses which are reaching your subconscious mind, without your

knowledge. Some of these impulses are negative, some are positive. You are now engaged in

trying to help shut oil the flow of negative impulses, and to aid in voluntarily influencing

your subconscious mind, through positive impulses of DESIRE.

When you achieve this, you will possess the key which unlocks the door to your

subconscious mind. Moreover, you will control that door so completely, that no undesirable

thought may influence your subconscious mind.

Everything which man creates, BEGINS in the form of a thought impulse. Man can create

nothing which he does not first conceive in THOUGHT. Through the aid of the imagination,

thought impulses may be assembled into plans. The imagination, when under control, may

be used for the creation of plans or purposes that lead to success in one's chosen occupation.

All thought impulses, intended for transmutation into their physical equivalent, voluntarily

planted in the subconscious mind, must pass through the imagination, and be mixed with

faith. The "mixing" of faith with a plan, or purpose, intended for submission to the

subconscious mind, may be done ONLY through the imagination.

From these statements, you will readily observe that voluntary use of the subconscious mind

calls for coordination and application of all the principles.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox gave evidence of her understanding of the power of the subconscious

mind when she wrote:

"You never can tell what a thought will do

In bringing you hate or love-

For thoughts are things, and their airy wings

Are swifter than carrier doves.

They follow the law of the universe-

Each thing creates its kind,

And they speed O'er the track to bring you back

Whatever went out from your mind."

Mrs. Wilcox understood the truth, that thoughts which go out from one's mind, also imbed

themselves deeply in one's subconscious mind, where they serve as a magnet, pattern, or

blueprint by which the subconscious mind is influenced while translating them into their

physical equivalent. Thoughts are truly things, for the reason that every material thing begins

in the form of thought-energy.

The subconscious mind is more susceptible to influence by impulses of thought mixed with

"feeling" or emotion, than by those originating solely in the reasoning portion of the mind. In

fact, there is much evidence to support the theory, that ONLY emotionalized thoughts have

any ACTION influence upon the subconscious mind.

It is a well known fact that emotion or feeling, rules the majority of people. If it is true that

the subconscious mind responds more quickly to, and is influenced more readily by thought

impulses which are well mixed with emotion, it is essential to become familiar with the more

important of the emotions. There are seven major positive emotions, and seven major

negative emotions. The negatives voluntarily inject themselves into the thought impulses,

which insure passage into the subconscious mind. The positives must be injected, through

the principle of auto-suggestion, into the thought impulses which an individual wishes to

pass on to his subconscious mind. (Instructions have been given in the chapter on auto-

suggestion.)

These emotions, or feeling impulses, may be likened to yeast in a loaf of bread, because they

constitute the ACTION element, which transforms thought impulses from the passive to the

active state. Thus may one understand why thought impulses, which have been well mixed

with emotion, are acted upon more readily than thought impulses originating in "cold

reason."

You are preparing yourself to influence and control the "inner audience" of your

subconscious mind, in order to hand over to it the DESIRE for money, which you wish

transmuted into its monetary equivalent. It is essential, therefore, that you understand the

method of approach to this "inner audience." You must speak its language, or it will not heed

your call. It understands best the language of emotion or feeling. Let us, therefore describe

here the seven major positive emotions, and the seven major negative emotions, so that you

may draw upon the positives, and avoid the negatives, when giving instructions to your

subconscious mind.

THE SEVEN MAJOR POSITIVE EMOTIONS

The emotion of DESIRE

The emotion of FAITH

The emotion of LOVE

The emotion of SEX

The emotion of ENTHUSIASM

The emotion of ROMANCE

The emotion of HOPE

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commonly used in creative effort. Master these seven emotions (they can be mastered only

by USE), and the other positive emotions will be at your command when you need them.

Remember, in this connection, that you are studying a book which is intended to help you

develop a "money conscious-ness" by filling your mind with positive emotions. One does

not become money conscious by filling one's mind with negative emotions.

THE SEVEN MAJOR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS

(To be avoided)

The emotion of FEAR

The emotion of JEALOUSY

The emotion of HATRED

The emotion of REVENGE

The emotion of GREED

The emotion of SUPERSTITION

The emotion of ANGER

Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time. One or the other

must dominate. It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the

dominating influence of your mind. Here the law of HABIT will come to your aid.

Form the habit of applying and using the positive emotions! Eventually, they will dominate

your mind so completely, that the negatives cannot enter it.

Only by following these instructions literally, and continuously, can you gain control over

your subconscious mind. The presence of a single negative in your conscious mind is

sufficient to destroy all chances of constructive aid from your subconscious mind.

If you are an observing person, you must have noticed that most people resort to prayer

ONLY after everything else has FAILED! Or else they pray by a ritual of meaningless

words. And, because it is a fact that most people who pray, do so ONLY AFTER

EVERYTHING ELSE HAS FAILED, they go to prayer with their minds filled with FEAR

and DOUBT, which are the emotions the subconscious mind acts upon, and passes on to

Infinite Intelligence.

Likewise, that is the emotion which Infinite Intelligence receives, and ACTS UPON.

If you pray for a thing, but have fear as you pray, that you may not receive it, or that your

prayer will not be acted upon by Infinite Intelligence, your prayer will have been in vain.

Prayer does, sometimes, result in the realization of that for which one prays. If you have ever

had the experience of receiving that for which YOU prayed, go back in your memory,

and recall your actual STATE OF MIND, while you were praying, and you will know, for

sure, that the theory here described is more than a theory.

The time will come when the schools and educational institutions of the country will teach

the "science of prayer." Moreover, then prayer may be, and will be reduced to a science.

When that time comes, (it will come as soon as mankind is ready for it, and demands it), no

one will approach the Universal Mind in a state of fear, for the very good reason that there

will be no such emotion as fear. Ignorance, superstition, and false teaching will have

disappeared, and man will have attained his true status as a child of Infinite Intelligence. A

few have already attained this blessing.

If you believe this prophesy is far-fetched, take a look at the human race in retrospect.

Less than a hundred years ago, men believed the lightning to be evidence of the wrath of

God, and feared it. Now, thanks to the power of FAITH, men have harnessed the lightning

and made it turn the wheels of industry. Much less than a hundred years ago, men believed

the space between the planets to be nothing but a great void, a stretch of dead nothingness.

Now, thanks to this same power of FAITH, men know that far from being either dead or a

void, the space between the planets is very much alive, that it is the highest form of vibration

known, excepting, perhaps, the vibration of THOUGHT. Moreover, men know that this

living, pulsating, vibratory energy which permeates every atom of matter, and fills every

niche of space, connects every human brain with every other human brain.

What reason have men to believe that this same energy does not connect every human brain

with Infinite Intelligence? There are no toll-gates between the finite mind of man and Infinite

Intelligence. The communication costs nothing except Patience, Faith, Persistence,

Understanding, and a SINCERE DESIRE to communicate. Moreover, the approach can be

made only by the individual himself. Paid prayers are worthless. Infinite Intelligence does no

business by proxy. You either go direct, or you do not communicate.

You may buy prayer books and repeat them until the day of your doom, without avail.

Thoughts which you wish to communicate to Infinite Intelligence, must undergo

transformation, such as can be given only through your own subconscious mind. The method

by which you may communicate with Infinite Intelligence is very similar to that through

which the vibration of sound is communicated by radio. If you understand the working

principle of radio, you of course, know that sound cannot be communicated through the ether

until it has been "stepped up," or changed into a rate of vibration which the human ear cannot

detect.

The radio sending station picks up the sound of the human voice, and "scrambles," or

modifies it by stepping up the vibration millions of times. Only in this way, can the vibration

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of sound be communicated through the ether. After this transformation has taken place, the

ether "picks up" the energy (which originally was in the form of vibrations of sound), carries

that energy to radio receiving stations, and these receiving sets "step" that energy back down

to its original rate of vibration so it is recognized as sound.

The subconscious mind is the intermediary, which translates one's prayers into terms which

Infinite Intelligence can recognize, presents the message, and brings back the answer in the

form of a definite plan or idea for procuring the object of the prayer.

Understand this principle, and you will know why mere words read from a prayer book

cannot, and will never serve as an agency of communication between the mind of man and

Infinite Intelligence.

Before your prayer will reach Infinite Intelligence (a statement of the author's theory only), it

probably is transformed from its original thought vibration into terms of spiritual vibration.

Faith is the only known agency which will give your thoughts a spiritual nature. FAITH and

FEAR make poor bedfellows. Where one is found, the other cannot exist.

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CHAPTER 13

THE BRAIN: A BROADCASTING AND RECEIVING STATION FOR THOUGHT

The Twelfth Step toward Riches

MORE than twenty years ago, the author, working in conjunction with the late Dr.

Alexander Graham Bell, and Dr. Elmer R. Gates, observed that every human brain is both a

broadcasting and receiving station for the vibration of thought.

Through the medium of the ether, in a fashion similar to that employed by the radio

broadcasting principle, every human brain is capable of picking up vibrations of thought

which are being released by other brains.

In connection with the statement in the preceding paragraph, compare, and consider the

description of the Creative Imagination, as outlined in the chapter on Imagination. The

Creative Imagination is the "receiving set" of the brain, which receives thoughts, released by

the brains of others. It is the agency of communication between one's conscious, or reasoning

mind, and the four sources from which one may receive thought stimuli.

When stimulated, or "stepped up" to a high rate of vibration, the mind becomes more

receptive to the vibration of thought which reaches it through the ether from outside sources.

This "stepping up" process takes place through the positive emotions, or the negative

emotions. Through the emotions, the vibrations of thought may be increased.

Vibrations of an exceedingly high rate are the only vibrations picked up and carried, by the

ether, from one brain to another. Thought is energy travelling at an exceedingly high rate of

vibration. Thought, which has been modified or "stepped up" by any of the major emotions,

vibrates at a much higher rate than ordinary thought, and it is this type of thought which

passes from one brain to another, through the broadcasting machinery of the human brain.

The emotion of sex stands at the head of the list of human emotions, as far as intensity and

driving force are concerned. The brain which has been stimulated by the emotion of sex,

vibrates at a much more rapid rate than it does when that emotion is quiescent or absent.

The result of sex transmutation, is the increase of the rate of vibration of thoughts to such a

pitch that the Creative Imagination becomes highly receptive to ideas, which it picks up from

the ether.

On the other hand, when the brain is vibrating at a rapid rate, it not only attracts thoughts and

ideas released by other brains through the medium of the ether, but it gives to one's own

thoughts that "feeling" which is essential before those thoughts will be picked up and acted

upon by one's subconscious mind.

Thus, you will see that the broadcasting principle is the factor through which you mix

feeling, or emotion with your thoughts and pass them on to your subconscious mind.

The subconscious mind is the "sending station" of the brain, through which vibrations of

thought are broadcast. The Creative Imagination is the "receiving set," through which the

vibrations of thought are picked up from the ether.

Along with the important factors of the subconscious mind, and the faculty of the Creative

Imagination, which constitute the sending and receiving sets of your mental broadcasting

machinery, consider now the principle of auto-suggestion, which is the medium by which

you may put into operation your "broadcasting" station.

Through the instructions described in the chapter on auto-suggestion, you were definitely

informed of the method by which DESIRE may be transmuted into its monetary equivalent.

Operation of your mental "broadcasting" station is a comparatively simple procedure. You

have but three principles to bear in mind, and to apply, when you wish to use your

broadcasting station-the SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, CREATIVE IMAGINATION, and

AUTO-SUGGESTION. The stimuli through which you put these three principles into action

have been described-the procedure begins with DESIRE.

THE GREATEST FORCES ARE "INTANGIBLE"

The depression brought the world to the very border-line of understanding of the forces

which are intangible and unseen. Through the ages which have passed, man has depended

too much upon his physical senses, and has limited his knowledge to physical things, which

he could see, touch, weigh, and measure.

We are now entering the most marvelous of all ages-an age which will teach us something of

the intangible forces of the world about us. Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this

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age, that the "other self" is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a

mirror.

Sometimes men speak lightly of the intangibles- the things which they cannot perceive

through any of their five senses, and when we hear them, it should remind us that all of us

are controlled by forces which are unseen and intangible.

The whole of mankind has not the power to cope with, nor to control the intangible force

wrapped up in the rolling waves of the oceans. Man has not the capacity to understand the

intangible force of gravity, which keeps this little earth suspended in mid-air, and keeps man

from falling from it, much less the power to control that force. Man is entirely subservient to

the intangible force which comes with a thunder storm, and he is just as helpless in the

presence of the intangible force of electricity- nay, he does not even know what electricity is,

where it comes from, or what is its purpose!

Nor is this by any means the end of man's ignorance in connection with things unseen and

intangible. He does not understand the intangible force (and intelligence) wrapped up in the

soil of the earth-the force which provides him with every morsel of food he eats, every

article of clothing he wears, every dollar he carries in his pockets.

THE DRAMATIC STORY OF THE BRAIN

Last, but not least, man, with all of his boasted culture and education, understands little or

nothing of the intangible force (the greatest of all the intangibles) of thought. He knows but

little concerning the physical brain, and its vast network of intricate machinery through

which the power of thought is translated into its material equivalent, but he is now entering

an age which shall yield enlightenment on the subject. Already men of science have begun to

turn their attention to the study of this stupendous thing called a brain, and, while they are

still in the kindergarten stage of their studies, they have uncovered enough knowledge to

know that the central switchboard of the human brain, the number of lines which connect the

brain cells one with another, equal the figure one, followed by fifteen million ciphers.

"The figure is so stupendous," said Dr. C. Judson Herrick, of the University of Chicago, "that

astronomical figures dealing with hundreds of millions of light years, become insignificant

by comparison.

It has been determined that there are from 10,000,000,000 to 14,000,000,000 nerve cells in

the human cerebral cortex, and we know that these are arranged in definite patterns. These

arrangements are not haphazard. They are orderly. Recently developed methods of electro-

physiology draw off action currents from very precisely located cells, or fibers with micro-

electrodes, amplify them with radio tubes, and record potential differences to a millionth of a

volt."

It is inconceivable that such a network of intricate machinery should be in existence for the

sole purpose of carrying on the physical functions incidental to growth and maintenance of

the physical body. Is it not likely that the same system, which gives billions of brain cells the

media for communication one with another, provides, also the means of communication with

other intangible forces?

After this book had been written, just before the manuscript went to the publisher, there

appeared in the New York Times, an editorial showing that at least one great University, and

one intelligent investigator in the field of mental phenomena, are carrying on an organized

research through which conclusions have been reached that parallel many of those described

in this and the following chapter. The editorial briefly analyzed the work carried on by Dr.

Rhine, and his associates at Duke University, viz:- "What is 'Telepathy'?

"A month ago we cited on this page some of the remarkable results achieved by

Professor Rhine and his associates in Duke University from more than a hundred thousand

tests to determine the existence of 'telepathy' and 'clairvoyance.' These results were

summarized in the first two articles in Harpers Magazine. In the second which has now

appeared, the author, E. H. Wright, attempts to summarize what has been learned, or what it

seems reasonable to infer, regarding the exact nature of these 'extrasensory' modes of

perception.

"The actual existence of telepathy and clairvoyance now seems to some scientists

enormously probable as the result of Rhine's experiments. Various percipients were asked to

name as many cards in a special pack as they could without looking at them and without

other sensory access to them. About a score of men and women were discovered who could

regularly name so many of the cards correctly that 'there was not one chance in many a

million million of their having done their feats by luck or accident.'

"But how did they do them? These powers, assuming that they exist, do not seem to be

sensory. There is no known organ for them. The experiments worked just as well at distances

of several hundred miles as they did in the same room. These facts also dispose, in Mr.

Wright's opinion, of the attempt to explain telepathy or clairvoyance through any physical

theory of radiation. All known forms of radiant energy decline inversely as the square of the

distance traversed. Telepathy and clairvoyance do not. But they do vary through physical

causes as our other mental powers do.

Contrary to widespread opinion, they do not improve when the percipient is asleep or half-

asleep, but, on the contrary, when he is most wide-awake and alert. Rhine discovered that a

narcotic will invariably lower a percipient's score, while a stimulant will always send it

higher. The most reliable performer apparently cannot make a good score unless he tries to

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do his best.

"One conclusion that Wright draws with some confidence is that telepathy and clairvoyance

are really one and the same gift. That is, the faculty that 'sees' a card face down on a table

seems to be exactly the same one that 'reads' a thought residing only in another mind. There

are several grounds for believing this. So far, for example, the two gifts have been found in

every person who enjoys either of them. In every one so far the two have been of equal

vigor, almost exactly. Screens, walls, distances, have no effect at all on either. Wright

advances from this conclusion to express what he puts forward as no more than the mere

'hunch' that other extra-sensory experiences, prophetic dreams, premonitions of disaster, and

the like, may also prove to be part of the same faculty. The reader is not asked to accept any

of these conclusions unless he finds it necessary, but the evidence that Rhine has piled up

must remain impressive."

In view of Dr. Rhine's announcement in connection with the conditions under which the

mind responds to what he terms "extra-sensory modes of perception, I now feel privileged to

add to his testimony by stating that my associates and I have discovered what we believe to

be the ideal conditions under which the mind can be stimulated so that the sixth sense

described in the next chapter, can be made to function in a practical way.

The conditions to which I refer consist of a close working alliance between myself and two

members of my staff. Through experimentation and practice, we have discovered how to

stimulate our minds (by applying the principle used in connection with the "Invisible

Counselors" described in the next chapter) so that we can, by a process of blending our three

minds into one, find the solution to a great variety of personal problems which are submitted

by my clients.

The procedure is very simple. We sit down at a conference table, clearly state the nature of

the problem we have under consideration, then begin discussing it. Each contributes

whatever thoughts that may occur. The strange thing about this method of mind stimulation

is that it places each participant in communication with unknown sources of knowledge

definitely outside his own experience.

If you understand the principle described in the chapter on the Master Mind, you of course

recognize the round-table procedure here described as being a practical application of the

Master Mind. This method of mind stimulation, through harmonious discussion of definite

subjects, between three people, illustrates the simplest and most practical use of the Master

Mind.

By adopting and following a similar plan any student of this philosophy may come into

possession of the famous Carnegie formula briefly described in the introduction. If it means

nothing to you at this time, mark this page and read it again after you have finished the last

chapter.

THE "depression" was a blessing in disguise. It reduced the whole world to a new starting

point that gives every one a new opportunity.

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CHAPTER 14

THE SIXTH SENSE: THE DOOR TO THE TEMPLE OF WISDOM

The Thirteenth Step toward Riches

THE "thirteenth" principle is known as the SIXTH SENSE, through which Infinite

Intelligence may, and will communicate voluntarily, without any effort from, or demands by,

the individual.

This principle is the apex of the philosophy. It can be assimilated, understood, and applied

ONLY by first mastering the other twelve principles.

The SIXTH SENSE is that portion of the subconscious mind which has been referred to as

the Creative Imagination. It has also been referred to as the "receiving set" through which

ideas, plans, and thoughts flash into the mind. The "flashes" are sometimes called "hunches"

or "inspirations."

The sixth sense defies description! It cannot be described to a person who has not mastered

the other principles of this philosophy, because such a person has no knowledge, and no

experience with which the sixth sense may be compared. Understanding of the sixth sense

comes only by meditation through mind development from within. The sixth sense probably

is the medium of contact between the finite mind of man and Infinite Intelligence, and for

this reason, it is a mixture of both the mental and the spiritual. It is believed to be the point

at which the mind of man contacts the Universal Mind.

After you have mastered the principles described in this book, you will be prepared to accept

as truth a statement which may, otherwise, be incredible to you, namely:

Through the aid of the sixth sense, you will be warned of impending dangers in time to avoid

them, and notified of opportunities in time to embrace them.

There comes to your aid, and to do your bidding, with the development of the sixth sense, a

"guardian angel" who will open to you at all times the door to the Temple of Wisdom.

Whether or not this is a statement of truth, you will never know, except by following the

instructions described in the pages of this book, or some similar method of procedure.

The author is not a believer in, nor an advocate of "miracles," for the reason that he has

enough knowledge of Nature to understand that Nature never deviates from her established

laws.

Some of her laws are so incomprehensible that they produce what appear to be "miracles."

The sixth sense comes as near to being a miracle as anything I have ever experienced, and it

appears so, only because I do not understand the method by which this principle is operated.

This much the author does know-that there is a power, or a First Cause, or an Intelligence,

which permeates every atom of matter, and embraces every unit of energy perceptible to

man-that this Infinite Intelligence converts acorns into oak trees, causes water to flow down

hill in response to the law of gravity, follows night with day, and winter with summer, each

maintaining its proper place and relationship to the other. This Intelligence may, through the

principles of this philosophy, be induced to aid in transmuting DESIRES into concrete, or

material form. The author has this knowledge, because he has experimented with it- and has

EXPERIENCED IT.

Step by step, through the preceding chapters, you have been led to this, the last principle. If

you have mastered each of the preceding principles, you are now prepared to accept, without

being skeptical, the stupendous claims made here. If you have not mastered the other

principles, you must do so before you may determine, definitely, whether or not the claims

made in this chapter are fact or fiction.

While I was passing through the age of "hero-worship" I found myself trying to imitate those

whom I most admired. Moreover, I discovered that the element of FAITH, with which I

endeavored to imitate my idols, gave me great capacity to do so quite successfully.

I have never entirely divested myself of this habit of hero-worship, although I have passed

the age commonly given over to such. My experience has taught me that the next best thing

to being truly great, is to emulate the great, by feeling and action, as nearly as possible.

Long before I had ever written a line for publication, or endeavored to deliver a speech in

public, I followed the habit of reshaping my own character, by trying to imitate the nine men

whose lives and life-works had been most impressive to me. These nine men were, Emerson,

Paine, Edison, Darwin, Lincoln, Burbank, Napoleon, Ford, and Carnegie.

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Every night, over a long period of years, I held an imaginary Council meeting with this

group whom I called my "Invisible Counselors."

The procedure was this. Just before going to sleep at night, I would shut my eyes, and see, in

my imagination, this group of men seated with me around my Council Table. Here I had not

only an opportunity to sit among those whom I considered to be great, but I actually

dominated the group, by serving as the Chairman.

I had a very DEFINITE PURPOSE in indulging my imagination through these nightly

meetings. My purpose was to rebuild my own character so it would represent a composite of

the characters of my imaginary counselors. Realizing, as I did, early in life, that I had to

overcome the handicap of birth in an environment of ignorance and superstition, I

deliberately assigned myself the task of voluntary rebirth through the method here described.

BUILDING CHARACTER THROUGH AUTO-SUGGESTION

Being an earnest student of psychology, I knew, of course, that all men have become what

they are, because of their DOMINATING THOUGHTS AND DESIRES. I knew that every

deeply seated desire has the effect of causing one to seek outward expression through which

that desire may be transmuted into reality. I knew that self-suggestion is a powerful factor in

building character, that it is, in fact, the sole principle through which character is builded.

With this knowledge of the principles of mind operation, I was fairly well armed with the

equipment needed in rebuilding my character. In these imaginary Council meetings I called

on my Cabinet members for the knowledge I wished each to contribute, addressing myself to

each member in audible words, as follows:

"Mr. Emerson, I desire to acquire from you the marvelous understanding of Nature which

distinguished your life. I ask that you make an impress upon my subconscious mind, of

whatever qualities you possessed, which enabled you to understand and adapt yourself to the

laws of Nature. I ask that you assist me in reaching and drawing upon whatever sources of

knowledge are available to this end.

"Mr. Burbank, I request that you pass on to me the knowledge which enabled you to so

harmonize the laws of Nature that you caused the cactus to shed its thorns, and become an

edible food.

Give me access to the knowledge which enabled you to make two blades of grass grow

where but one grew before, and helped you to blend the coloring of the flowers with more

splendor and harmony, for you, alone, have successfully gilded the lily.

"Napoleon, I desire to acquire from you, by emulation, the marvelous ability you possessed

to inspire men, and to arouse them to greater and more determined spirit of action. Also to

acquire the spirit of enduring FAITH, which enabled you to turn defeat into victory, and to

surmount staggering obstacles. Emperor of Fate, King of Chance, Man of Destiny, I salute

you!

"Mr. Paine, I desire to acquire from you the freedom of thought and the courage and clarity

with which to express convictions, which so distinguished you!

"Mr. Darwin, I wish to acquire from you the marvelous patience, and ability to study cause

and effect, without bias or prejudice, so exemplified by you in the field of natural science.

"Mr. Lincoln, I desire to build into my own character the keen sense of justice, the untiring

spirit of patience, the sense of humor, the human understanding, and the tolerance, which

were your distinguishing characteristics.

"Mr. Carnegie, I am already indebted to you for my choice of a life-work, which has brought

me great happiness and peace of mind. I wish to acquire a thorough understanding of the

principles of organized effort, which you used so effectively in the building of a great

industrial enterprise.

"Mr. Ford, you have been among the most helpful of the men who have supplied much of the

material essential to my work. I wish to acquire your spirit of persistence, the determination,

poise, and self-confidence which have enabled you to master poverty, organize, unify, and

simplify human effort, so I may help others to follow in your footsteps.

"Mr. Edison, I have seated you nearest to me, at my right, because of the personal

cooperation you have given me, during my research into the causes of success and failure. I

wish to acquire from you the marvelous spirit of FAITH, with which you have uncovered so

many of Nature's secrets, the spirit of unremitting toil with which you have so often wrested

victory from defeat."

My method of addressing the members of the imaginary Cabinet would vary, according to

the traits of character in which I was, for the moment, most interested in acquiring. I studied

the records of their lives with painstaking care. After some months of this nightly procedure,

I was astounded by the discovery that these imaginary figures became, apparently real.

Each of these nine men developed individual characteristics, which surprised me. For

example, Lincoln developed the habit of always being late, then walking around in solemn

parade. When he came, he walked very slowly, with his hands clasped behind him, and once

in a while, he would stop as he passed, and rest his hand, momentarily, upon my shoulder.

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He always wore an expression of seriousness upon his face. Rarely did I see him smile. The

cares of a sundered nation made him grave.

That was not true of the others. Burbank and Paine often indulged in witty repartee which

seemed, at times, to shock the other members of the cabinet. One night Paine suggested that I

prepare a lecture on "The Age of Reason," and deliver it from the pulpit of a church which I

formerly attended. Many around the table laughed heartily at the suggestion. Not Napoleon!

He drew his mouth down at the corners and groaned so loudly that all turned and looked at

him with amazement. To him the church was but a pawn of the State, not to be reformed, but

to be used, as a convenient inciter to mass activity by the people.

On one occasion Burbank was late. When he came, he was excited with enthusiasm, and

explained that he had been late, because of an experiment he was making, through which he

hoped to be able to grow apples on any sort of tree. Paine chided him by reminding him that

it was an apple which started all the trouble between man and woman. Darwin chuckled

heartily as he suggested that Paine should watch out for little serpents, when he went into the

forest to gather apples, as they had the habit of growing into big snakes. Emerson observed-

"No serpents, no apples," and Napoleon remarked, "No apples, no state!"

Lincoln developed the habit of always being the last one to leave the table after each

meeting. On one occasion, he leaned across the end of the table, his arms folded, and

remained in that position for many minutes. I made no attempt to disturb him. Finally, he

lifted his head slowly, got up and walked to the door, then turned around, came back, and

laid his hand on my shoulder and said, "My boy, you will need much courage if you remain

steadfast in carrying out your purpose in life. But remember, when difficulties overtake you,

the common people have common sense. Adversity will develop it."

One evening Edison arrived ahead of all the others. He walked over and seated himself at my

left, where Emerson was accustomed to sit, and said, "You are destined to witness the

discovery of the secret of life. When the time comes, you will observe that life consists of

great swarms of energy, or entities, each as intelligent as human beings think themselves to

be. These units of life group together like hives of bees, and remain together until they

disintegrate, through lack of harmony.

These units have differences of opinion, the same as human beings, and often fight among

themselves. These meetings which you are conducting will be very helpful to you. They will

bring to your rescue some of the same units of life which served the members of your

Cabinet, during their lives. These units are eternal. THEY NEVER DIE! Your own thoughts

and DESIRES serve as the magnet which attracts units of life, from the great ocean of life

out there. Only the friendly units are attracted-the ones which harmonize with the nature of

your DESIRES."

The other members of the Cabinet began to enter the room. Edison got up, and slowly

walked around to his own seat. Edison was still living when this happened. It impressed me

so greatly that I went to see him, and told him about the experience. He smiled broadly, and

said, "Your dream was more a reality than you may imagine it to have been." He added no

further explanation to his statement.

These meetings became so realistic that I became fearful of their consequences, and

discontinued them for several months. The experiences were so uncanny, I was afraid if I

continued them I would lose sight of the fact that the meetings were purely experiences of

my imagination.

Some six months after I had discontinued the practice I was awakened one night, or thought I

was, when I saw Lincoln standing at my bedside. He said, "The world will soon need your

services. It is about to undergo a period of chaos which will cause men and women to lose

faith, and become panic stricken. Go ahead with your work and complete your philosophy.

That is your mission in life. If you neglect it, for any cause whatsoever, you will be reduced

to a primal state, and be compelled to retrace the cycles through which you have passed

during thousands of years."

I was unable to tell, the following morning, whether I had dreamed this, or had actually been

awake, and I have never since found out which it was, but I do know that the dream, if it

were a dream, was so vivid in my mind the next day that I resumed my meetings the

following night.

At our next meeting, the members of my Cabinet all filed into the room together, and stood

at their accustomed places at the Council Table, while Lincoln raised a glass and said,

"Gentlemen, let us drink a toast to a friend who has returned to the fold."

After that, I began to add new members to my Cabinet, until now it consists of more than

fifty, among them Christ, St. Paul, Galileo, Copernicus, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Homer,

Voltaire, Bruno, Spinoza, Drummond, Kant, Schopenhauer, Newton, Confucius, Elbert

Hubbard, Brann, Ingersol, Wilson, and William James.

This is the first time that I have had the courage to mention this. Heretofore, I have remained

quiet on the subject, because I knew, from my own attitude in connection with such matters,

that I would be misunderstood if I described my unusual experience. I have been

emboldened now to reduce my experience to the printed page, because I am now less

concerned about what "they say" than I was in the years that have passed. One of the

blessings of maturity is that it sometimes brings one greater courage to be truthful, regardless

of what those who do not understand, may think or say.

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Lest I be misunderstood, I wish here to state most emphatically, that I still regard my Cabinet

meetings as being purely imaginary, but I feel entitled to suggest that, while the members of

my Cabinet may be purely fictional, and the meetings existent only in my own imagination,

they have led me into glorious paths of adventure, rekindled an appreciation of true

greatness, encouraged creative endeavor, and emboldened the expression of honest thought.

Somewhere in the cell-structure of the brain, is located an organ which receives vibrations of

thought ordinarily called "hunches." So far, science has not discovered where this organ of

the sixth sense is located, but this is not important. The fact remains that human beings do

receive accurate knowledge, through sources other than the physical senses. Such

knowledge, generally, is received when the mind is under the influence of extraordinary

stimulation. Any emergency which arouses the emotions, and causes the heart to beat more

rapidly than normal may, and generally does, bring the sixth sense into action. Anyone who

has experienced a near accident while driving, knows that on such occasions, the sixth sense

often comes to one's rescue, and aids, by split seconds, in avoiding the accident.

These facts are mentioned preliminary to a statement of fact which I shall now make,

namely, that during my meetings with the "Invisible Counselors" I find my mind most

receptive to ideas, thoughts, and knowledge which reach me through the sixth sense. I can

truthfully say that I owe entirely to my "Invisible Counselors" full credit for such ideas,

facts, or knowledge as I received through "inspiration."

On scores of occasions, when I have faced emergencies, some of them so grave that my life

was in jeopardy, I have been miraculously guided past these difficulties through the

influence of my "Invisible Counselors."

My original purpose in conducting Council meetings with imaginary beings, was solely that

of impressing my own subconscious mind, through the principle of auto-suggestion, with

certain characteristics which I desired to acquire. In more recent years, my experimentation

has taken on an entirely different trend.

I now go to my imaginary counselors with every difficult problem which confronts me and

my clients. The results are often astonishing, although I do not depend entirely on this form

of Counsel.

You, of course, have recognized that this chapter covers a subject with which a majority of

people are not familiar. The Sixth Sense is a subject that will be of great interest and benefit

to the person whose aim is to accumulate vast wealth, but it need not claim the attention of

those whose desires are more modest.

Henry Ford, undoubtedly understands and makes practical use of the sixth sense. His vast

business and financial operations make it necessary for him to understand and use this

principle. The late Thomas A. Edison understood and used the sixth sense in connection with

the development of inventions, especially those involving basic patents, in connection with

which he had no human experience and no accumulated knowledge to guide him, as was the

case while he was working on the talking machine, and the moving picture machine.

Nearly all great leaders, such as Napoleon, Bismark, Joan of Arc, Christ, Buddha, Confucius,

and Mohammed, understood, and probably made use of the sixth sense almost continuously.

The major portion of their greatness consisted of their knowledge of this principle.

The sixth sense is not something that one can take off and put on at will. Ability to use this

great power comes slowly, through application of the other principles outlined in this book.

Seldom does any individual come into workable knowledge of the sixth sense before the age

of forty. More often the knowledge is not available until one is well past fifty, and this, for

the reason that the spiritual forces, with which the sixth sense is so closely related, do not

mature and become usable except through years of meditation, self-examination, and serious

thought.

No matter who you are, or what may have been your purpose in reading this book, you can

profit by it without understanding the principle described in this chapter. This is especially

true if your major purpose is that of accumulation of money or other material things.

The chapter on the sixth sense was included, because the book is designed for the purpose of

presenting a complete philosophy by which individuals may unerringly guide themselves in

attaining whatever they ask of life. The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. The

finishing point is that brand of KNOWLEDGE which leads to understanding-understanding

of self, understanding of others, understanding of the laws of Nature, recognition and

understanding of HAPPINESS.

This sort of understanding comes in its fullness only through familiarity with, and use of the

principle of the sixth sense, hence that principle had to be included as a part of this

philosophy, for the benefit of those who demand more than money.

Having read the chapter, you must have observed that while reading it, you were lifted to a

high level of mental stimulation. Splendid! Come back to this again a month from now, read

it once more, and observe that your mind will soar to a still higher level of stimulation.

Repeat this experience from time to time, giving no concern as to how much or how little

you learn at the time, and eventually you will find yourself in possession of a power that will

enable you to throw off discouragement, master fear, overcome procrastination, and draw

freely upon your imagination. Then you will have felt the touch of that unknown

"something" which has been the moving spirit of every truly great thinker leader, artist,

musician, writer, statesman. Then you will be in position to transmute your DESIRES into

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their physical or financial counterpart as easily as you may lie down and quit at the first sign

of opposition.

FAITH VS. FEAR!

Previous chapters have described how to develop FAITH, through Auto-suggestion, Desire

and the Subconscious. The next chapter presents detailed instructions for the mastery of

FEAR.

Here will be found a full description of the six fears which are the cause of all

discouragement, timidity, procrastination, indifference, indecision, and the lack of ambition,

self-reliance, initiative, self-control, and enthusiasm.

Search yourself carefully as you study these six enemies, as they may exist only in your

subconscious mind, where their presence will be hard to detect.

Remember, too, as you analyze the "Six Ghosts of Fear," that they are nothing but ghosts

because they exist only in one's mind.

Remember, also, that ghosts-creations of uncontrolled imagination-have caused most of the

damage people have done to their own minds, therefore, ghosts can be as dangerous as if

they lived and walked on the earth in physical bodies.

The Ghost of the Fear of Poverty, which seized the minds of millions of people in 1929, was

so real that it caused the worst business depression this country has ever known. Moreover,

this particular ghost still frightens some of us out of our wits.

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CHAPTER 15

HOW TO OUTWIT THE SIX GHOSTS OF FEAR

Take Inventory of Yourself, As You Read This Closing Chapter, and Find Out How Many of

the "Ghosts" Are Standing in Your Way BEFORE you can put any portion of this

philosophy into successful use, your mind must be prepared to receive it. The preparation is

not difficult. It begins with study, analysis, and understanding of three enemies which you

shall have to clear out.

These are INDECISION, DOUBT, and FEAR!

The Sixth Sense will never function while these three negatives, or any of them remain in

your mind. The members of this unholy trio are closely related; where one is found, the other

two are close at hand.

INDECISION is the seedling of FEAR! Remember this, as you read. Indecision crystalizes

into DOUBT, the two blend and become FEAR! The "blending" process often is slow. This

is one reason why these three enemies are so dangerous. They germinate and grow without

their presence being observed.

The remainder of this chapter describes an end which must be attained before the

philosophy, as a whole, can be put into practical use. It also analyzes a condition which has,

but lately, reduced huge numbers of people to poverty, and it states a truth which must be

understood by all who accumulate riches, whether measured in terms of money or a state of

mind of far greater value than money. The purpose of this chapter is to turn the spotlight of

attention upon the cause and the cure of the six basic fears. Before we can master an enemy,

we must know its name, its habits, and its place of abode. As you read, analyze yourself

carefully, and determine which, if any, of the six common fears have attached themselves to

you.

Do not be deceived by the habits of these subtle enemies. Sometimes they remain hidden in

the subconscious mind, where they are difficult to locate, and still more difficult to eliminate.

THE SIX BASIC FEARS

There are six basic fears, with some combination of which every human suffers at one tune

or another. Most people are fortunate if they do not suffer from the entire six. Named in the

order of their most common appearance, they are:-

The fear of POVERTY

The fear of CRITICISM

} most of one's

The fear of ILL HEALTH

} worries

The fear of LOSS OF LOVE OF SOMEONE

The fear of OLD AGE

The fear of DEATH

All other fears are of minor importance, they can be grouped under these six headings.

The prevalence of these fears, as a curse to the world, runs in cycles. For almost six years,

while the depression was on, we floundered in the cycle of FEAR OF POVERTY. During

the world-war, we were in the cycle of FEAR OF DEATH. Just following the war, we were

in the cycle of FEAR OF ILL HEALTH, as evidenced by the epidemic of disease which

spread itself all over the world.

Fears are nothing more than states of mind. One's state of mind is subject to control and

direction. Physicians, as everyone knows, are less subject to attack by disease than ordinary

laymen, for the reason that physicians DO NOT FEAR DISEASE. Physicians, without fear

or hesitation, have been known to physically contact hundreds of people, daily, who were

suffering from such contagious diseases as small-pox, without becoming infected. Their

immunity against the disease consisted, largely, if not solely, in their absolute lack of FEAR.

Man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in the form of an impulse of

thought. Following this statement, comes another of still greater importance, namely, MAN'S

THOUGHT IMPULSES BEGIN IMMEDIATELY TO TRANSLATE THEMSELVES

INTO THEIR PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT, WHETHER THOSE THOUGHTS ARE

VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY. Thought impulses which are picked up through the

ether, by mere chance (thoughts which have been released by other minds) may determine

one's financial, business, professional, or social destiny just as surely as do the thought

impulses which one creates by intent and design.

We are here laying the foundation for the presentation of a fact of great importance to the

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person who does not understand why some people appear to be "lucky" while others of equal

or greater ability, training, experience, and brain capacity, seem destined to ride with

misfortune. This fact may be explained by the statement that every human being has the

ability to completely control his own mind, and with this control, obviously, every person

may open his mind to the tramp thought impulses which are being released by other brains,

or close the doors tightly and admit only thought impulses of his own choice.

Nature has endowed man with absolute control over but one thing, and that is THOUGHT.

This fact, coupled with the additional fact that everything which man creates, begins in the

form of a thought, leads one very near to the principle by which FEAR may be mastered.

If it is true that ALL THOUGHT HAS A TENDENCY TO CLOTHE ITSELF IN ITS

PHYSICAL EQUIVALENT (and this is true, beyond any reasonable room for doubt), it is

equally true that thought impulses of fear and poverty cannot be translated into terms of

courage and financial gain.

The people of America began to think of poverty, following the Wall Street crash of 1929.

Slowly, but surely that mass thought was crystalized into its physical equivalent, which was

known as a "depression." This had to happen, it is in conformity with the laws of Nature.

THE FEAR OF POVERTY

There can be no compromise between POVERTY and RICHES! The two roads that lead to

poverty and riches travel in opposite directions. If you want riches, you must refuse to accept

any circumstance that leads toward poverty. (The word "riches" is here used in its broadest

sense, meaning financial, spiritual, mental and material estates). The starting point of the

path that leads to riches is DESIRE. In chapter one, you received full instructions for the

proper use of DESIRE. In this chapter, on FEAR, you have complete instructions for

preparing your mind to make practical use of DESIRE.

Here, then, is the place to give yourself a challenge which will definitely determine how

much of this philosophy you have absorbed. Here is the point at which you can turn prophet

and foretell, accurately, what the future holds in store for you. If, after reading this chapter,

you are willing to accept poverty, you may as well make up your mind to receive poverty.

This is one decision you cannot avoid.

If you demand riches, determine what form, and how much will be required to satisfy you.

You know the road that leads to riches. You have been given a road map which, if followed,

will keep you on that road. If you neglect to make the start, or stop before you arrive, no one

will be to blame, but YOU. This responsibility is yours. No alibi will save you from

accepting the responsibility if you now fail or refuse to demand riches of Life, because the

acceptance calls for but one thing-incidentally, the only thing you can control-and that is a

STATE OF MIND. A state of mind is something that one assumes. It cannot be purchased, it

must be created.

Fear of poverty is a state of mind, nothing else! But it is sufficient to destroy one's chances of

achievement in any undertaking, a truth which became painfully evident during the

depression.

This fear paralyzes the faculty of reason, destroys the faculty of imagination, kills off self-

reliance, undermines enthusiasm, discourages initiative, leads to uncertainty of purpose,

encourages procrastination, wipes out enthusiasm and makes self-control an impossibility. It

takes the charm from one's personality, destroys the possibility of accurate thinking, diverts

concentration of effort, it masters persistence, turns the will-power into nothingness, destroys

ambition, beclouds the memory and invites failure in every conceivable form; it kills love

and assassinates the finer emotions of the heart, discourages friendship and invites disaster in

a hundred forms, leads to sleeplessness, misery and unhappiness-and all this despite the

obvious truth that we live in a world of over-abundance of everything the heart could desire,

with nothing standing between us and our desires, excepting lack of a definite purpose.

The Fear of Poverty is, without doubt, the most destructive of the six basic fears. It has been

placed at the head of the list, because it is the most difficult to master. Considerable courage

is required to state the truth about the origin of this fear, and still greater courage to accept

the truth after it has been stated. The fear of poverty grew out of man's inherited tendency to

PREY UPON HIS FELLOW MAN ECONOMICALLY. Nearly all animals lower than man

are motivated by instinct, but their capacity to "think" is limited, therefore, they prey upon

one another physically. Man, with his superior sense of intuition, with the capacity to think

and to reason, does not eat his fellowman bodily, he gets more satisfaction out of "eating"

him FINANCIALLY. Man is so avaricious that every conceivable law has been passed to

safeguard him from his fellowman.

Of all the ages of the world, of which we know anything, the age in which we live seems to

be one that is outstanding because of man's money-madness. A man is considered less than

the dust of the earth, unless he can display a fat bank account; but if he has money-NEVER

MIND HOW HE ACQUIRED IT-he is a "king" or a "big shot"; he is above the law, he rules

in politics, he dominates in business, and the whole world about him bows in respect when

he passes.

Nothing brings man so much suffering and humility as POVERTY! Only those who have

experienced poverty understand the full meaning of this.

It is no wonder that man fears poverty. Through a long line of inherited experiences man has

learned, for sure, that some men cannot be trusted, where matters of money and earthly

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possessions are concerned. This is a rather stinging indictment, the worst part of it being that

it is TRUE.

The majority of marriages are motivated by the wealth possessed by one, or both of the

contracting parties. It is no wonder, therefore, that the divorce courts are busy.

So eager is man to possess wealth that he will acquire it in whatever manner he can-through

legal methods if possible-through other methods if necessary or expedient.

Self-analysis may disclose weaknesses which one does not like to acknowledge. This form

of examination is essential to all who demand of Life more than mediocrity and poverty.

Remember, as you check yourself point by point, that you are both the court and the jury, the

prosecuting attorney and the attorney for the defense, and that you are the plaintiff and the

defendant, also, that you are on trial. Face the facts squarely. Ask yourself definite questions

and demand direct replies. When the examination is over, you will know more about

yourself. If you do not feel that you can be an impartial judge in this self-examination, call

upon someone who knows you well to serve as judge while you cross-examine yourself. You

are after the truth. Get it, no matter at what cost even though it may temporarily embarrass

you!

The majority of people, if asked what they fear most, would reply, "I fear nothing." The

reply would be inaccurate, because few people realize that they are bound, handicapped,

whipped spiritually and physically through some form of fear. So subtle and deeply seated is

the emotion of fear that one may go through life burdened with it, never recognizing its

presence. Only a courageous analysis will disclose the presence of this universal enemy.

When you begin such an analysis, search deeply into your character. Here is a list of the

symptoms for which you should look:

SYMPTOMS OF THE FEAR OF POVERTY

INDIFFERENCE. Commonly expressed through lack of ambition; willingness to tolerate

poverty; acceptance of whatever compensation life may offer without protest; mental and

physical laziness; lack of initiative, imagination, enthusiasm and self-control

INDECISION. The habit of permitting others to do one's thinking. Staying "on the fence."

DOUBT. Generally expressed through alibis and excuses designed to cover up, explain

away, or apologize for one's failures, sometimes expressed in the form of envy of those who

are successful, or by criticising them.

WORRY. Usually expressed by finding fault with others, a tendency to spend beyond one's

income, neglect of personal appearance, scowling and frowning; intemperance in the use of

alcoholic drink, sometimes through the use of narcotics; nervousness, lack of poise, self-

consciousness and lack of self-reliance.

OVER-CAUTION. The habit of looking for the negative side of every circumstance,

thinking and talking of possible failure instead of concentrating upon the means of

succeeding. Knowing all the roads to disaster, but never searching for the plans to avoid

failure. Waiting for "the right time" to begin putting ideas and plans into action, until the

waiting becomes a permanent habit. Remembering those who have failed, and forgetting

those who have succeeded. Seeing the hole in the doughnut, but overlooking the doughnut.

Pessimism, leading to indigestion, poor elimination, auto-intoxication, bad breath and bad

disposition.

PROCRASTINATION. The habit of putting off until tomorrow that which should have

been done last year. Spending enough time in creating alibis and excuses to have done the

j ob. This symptom is closely related to over-caution, doubt and worry. Refusal to accept

responsibility when it can be avoided. Willingness to compromise rather than put up a stiff

fight. Compromising with difficulties instead of harnessing and using them as stepping

stones to advancement. Bargaining with Life for a penny, instead of demanding prosperity,

opulence, riches, contentment and happiness. Planning what to do IF AND WHEN

OVERTAKEN BY FAILURE, INSTEAD OF BURNING ALL BRIDGES AND MAKING

RETREAT IMPOSSIBLE. Weakness of, and often total lack of self-confidence, definiteness

of purpose, self-control, initiative, enthusiasm, ambition, thrift and sound reasoning ability.

EXPECTING POVERTY INSTEAD OF DEMANDING RICHES. Association with those

who accept poverty instead of seeking the company of those who demand and receive riches.

MONEY TALKS!

Some will ask, "why did you write a book about money? Why measure riches in dollars,

alone?" Some will believe, and rightly so, that there are other forms of riches more desirable

than money.

Yes, there are riches which cannot be measured in terms of dollars, but there are millions of

people who will say, "Give me all the money I need, and I will find everything else I want."

The major reason why I wrote this book on how to get money is the fact that the world has

but lately passed through an experience that left millions of men and women paralyzed with

the FEAR OF POVERTY. What this sort of fear does to one was well described by

Westbrook Pegler, in the New York World-Telegram, viz:

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"Money is only clam shells or metal discs or scraps of paper, and there are treasures of the

heart and soul which money cannot buy, but most people, being broke, are unable to keep

this in mind and sustain their spirits. When a man is down and out and on the street, unable

to get any job at all, something happens to his spirit which can be observed in the droop of

his shoulders, the set of his hat, his walk and his gaze. He cannot escape a feeling of

inferiority among people with regular employment, even though he knows they are definitely

not his equals in character, intelligence or ability.

"These people-even his friends-feel, on the other hand, a sense of superiority and regard him,

perhaps unconsciously, as a casualty. He may borrow for a time, but not enough to carry on

in his accustomed way, and he cannot continue to borrow very long.

But borrowing in itself, when a man is borrowing merely to live, is a depressing experience,

and the money lacks the power of earned money to revive his spirits. Of course, none of this

applies to bums or habitual ne'er-do-wells, but only to men of normal ambitions and self-

respect.

"WOMEN CONCEAL DESPAIR.

"Women in the same predicament must be different. We somehow do not think of women at

all in considering the down-and-outers. They are scarce in the breadlines, they rarely are

seen begging on the streets, and they are not recognizable in crowds by the same plain signs

which identify busted men. Of course, I do not mean the shuffling hags of the city streets

who are the opposite number of the confirmed male bums. I mean reasonably young, decent

and intelligent women. There must be many of them, but their despair is not apparent.

Maybe they kill themselves.

"When a man is down and out he has time on his hands for brooding. He may travel miles to

see a man about a job and discover that the job is filled or that it is one of those jobs with no

base pay but only a commission on the sale of some useless knick-knack which nobody

would buy, except out of pity. Turning that down, he finds himself back on the street with

nowhere to go but just anywhere. So he walks and walks. He gazes into store windows at

luxuries which are not for him, and feels inferior and gives way to people who stop to look

with an active interest. He wanders into the railroad station or puts himself down in the

library to ease his legs and soak up a little heat, but that isn't looking for a job, so he gets

going again. He may not know it, but his aimlessness would give him away even if the very

lines of his figure did not. He may be well dressed in the clothes left over from the days

when he had a steady job, but the clothes cannot disguise the droop.

"MONEY MAKES DIFFERENCE.

"He sees thousands of other people, bookkeepers or clerks or chemists or wagon hands, busy

at their work and envies them from the bottom of his soul. They have their independence,

their self-respect and manhood, and he simply cannot convince himself that he is a good

man, too, though he argue it out and arrive at a favorable verdict hour after hour.

"It is just money which makes this difference in him. With a little money he would be

himself again.

"Some employers take the most shocking advantage of people who are down and out. The

agencies hang out little colored cards offering miserable wages to busted men-$12 a week,

$15 a week.

An $18 a week job is a plum, and anyone with $25 a week to offer does not hang the job in

front of an agency on a colored card. I have a want ad clipped from a local paper demanding

a clerk, a good, clean penman, to take telephone orders for a sandwich shop from 11 A.M. to

2 P.M. for $8 a month-not $8 a week but $8 a month.

The ad says also, 'State religion.' Can you imagine the brutal effrontery of anyone who

demands a good, clean penman for 11 cents an hour inquiring into the victim's religion? But

that is what busted people are offered."

THE FEAR OF CRITICISM

Just how man originally came by this fear, no one can state definitely, but one thing is

certain- he has it in a highly developed form. Some believe that this fear made its appearance

about the time that politics became a "profession." Others believe it can be traced to the age

when women first began to concern themselves with "styles" in wearing apparel.

This author, being neither a humorist nor a prophet, is inclined to attribute the basic fear of

criticism to that part of man's inherited nature which prompts him not only to take away his

fellowman's goods and wares, but to justify his action by CRITICISM of his fellowman's

character. It is a well known fact that a thief will criticise the man from whom he steals-that

politicians seek office, not by displaying their own virtues and qualifications, but by

attempting to besmirch their opponents.

The fear of criticism takes on many forms, the majority of which are petty and trivial. Bald-

headed men, for example, are bald for no other reason than their fear of criticism. Heads

become bald because of the tight fitting bands of hats which cut off the circulation from the

roots of the hair. Men wear hats, not because they actually need them, but mainly because

"everyone is doing it."

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The individual falls into line and does likewise, lest some other individual CRITICISE him.

Women seldom have bald heads, or even thin hair, because they wear hats which fit their

heads loosely, the only purpose of the hats being adornment.

But, it must not be supposed that women are free from the fear of criticism. If any woman

claims to be superior to man with reference to this fear, ask her to walk down the street

wearing a hat of the vintage of 1890.

The astute manufacturers of clothing have not been slow to capitalize this basic fear of

criticism, with which all mankind has been cursed. Every season the styles in many articles

of wearing apparel change. Who establishes the styles? Certainly not the purchaser of

clothing, but the manufacturer. Why does he change the styles so often? The answer is

obvious. He changes the styles so he can sell more clothes.

For the same reason the manufacturers of automobiles (with a few rare and very sensible

exceptions) change styles of models every season. No man wants to drive an automobile

which is not of the latest style, although the older model may actually be the better car. We

have been describing the manner in which people behave under the influence of fear of

criticism as applied to the small and petty things of life. Let us now examine human behavior

when this fear affects people in connection with the more important events of human

relationship. Take for example practically any person who has reached the age of "mental

maturity" (from 35 to 40 years of age, as a general average), and if you could read the secret

thoughts of his mind, you would find a very decided disbelief in most of the fables taught by

the majority of the dogmatists and theologians a few decades back.

Not often, however, will you find a person who has the courage to openly state his belief on

this subject. Most people will, if pressed far enough, tell a lie rather than admit that they do

not believe the stories associated with that form of religion which held people in bondage

prior to the age of scientific discovery and education.

Why does the average person, even in this day of enlightenment, shy away from denying his

belief in the fables which were the basis of most of the religions a few decades ago? The

answer is, "because of the fear of criticism." Men and women have been burned at the stake

for daring to express disbelief in ghosts. It is no wonder we have inherited a consciousness

which makes us fear criticism. The time was, and not so far in the past, when criticism

carried severe punishments-it still does in some countries.

The fear of criticism robs man of his initiative, destroys his power of imagination, limits his

individuality, takes away his self-reliance, and does him damage in a hundred other ways.

Parents often do their children irreparable injury by criticising them. The mother of one of

my boyhood chums used to punish him with a switch almost daily, always completing the

j ob with the statement, "You'll land in the penitentiary before you are twenty." He was sent

to a Reformatory at the age of seventeen. Criticism is the one form of service, of which

everyone has too much. Everyone has a stock of it which is handed out, gratis, whether

called for or not. One's nearest relatives often are the worst offenders. It should be

recognized as a crime (in reality it is a crime of the worst nature), for any parent to build

inferiority complexes in the mind of a child, through unnecessary criticism. Employers who

understand human nature, get the best there is in men, not by criticism, but by constructive

suggestion. Parents may accomplish the same results with their children. Criticism will plant

FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection.

SYMPTOMS OF THE FEAR OF CRITICISM

This fear is almost as universal as the fear of poverty, and its effects are just as fatal to

personal achievement, mainly because this fear destroys initiative, and discourages the use of

imagination.

The major symptoms of the fear are:

SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. Generally expressed through nervousness, timidity in

conversation and in meeting strangers, awkward movement of the hands and limbs, shifting

of the eyes.

LACK OF POISE. Expressed through lack of voice control, nervousness in the presence of

others, poor posture of body, poor memory.

PERSONALITY. Lacking in firmness of decision, personal charm, and ability to express

opinions definitely. The habit of side-stepping issues instead of meeting them squarely.

Agreeing with others without careful examination of their opinions.

INFERIORITY COMPLEX. The habit of expressing self-approval by word of mouth and by

actions, as a means of covering up a feeling of inferiority. Using "big words" to impress

others, (often without knowing the real meaning of the words). Imitating others in dress,

speech and manners. Boasting of imaginary achievements. This sometimes gives a surface

appearance of a feeling of superiority.

EXTRAVAGANCE. The habit of trying to "keep up with the Joneses," spending beyond

one's income.

LACK OF INITIATIVE. Failure to embrace opportunities for self-advancement, fear to

express opinions, lack of confidence in one's own ideas, giving evasive answers to questions

asked by superiors, hesitancy of manner and speech, deceit in both words and deeds.

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LACK OF AMBITION. Mental and physical laziness, lack of self-assertion, slowness in

reaching decisions, easily influenced by others, the habit of criticising others behind their

backs and flattering them to their faces, the habit of accepting defeat without protest, quitting

an undertaking when opposed by others, suspicious of other people without cause, lacking in

tactfulness of manner and speech, unwillingness to accept the blame for mistakes.

THE FEAR OF ILL HEALTH

This fear may be traced to both physical and social heredity. It is closely associated, as to its

origin, with the causes of fear of Old Age and the fear of Death, because it leads one closely

to the border of "terrible worlds" of which man knows not, but concerning which he has been

taught some discomforting stories. The opinion is somewhat general, also, that certain

unethical people engaged in the business of "selling health" have had not a little to do with

keeping alive the fear of ill health.

In the main, man fears ill health because of the terrible pictures which have been planted in

his mind of what may happen if death should overtake him. He also fears it because of

the economic toll which it may claim.

A reputable physician estimated that 75% of all people who visit physicians for professional

service are suffering with hypochondria (imaginary illness). It has been shown most

convincingly that the fear of disease, even where there is not the slightest cause for fear,

often produces the physical symptoms of the disease feared.

Powerful and mighty is the human mind! It builds or it destroys. Playing upon this common

weakness of fear of ill health, dispensers of patent medicines have reaped fortunes. This

form of imposition upon credulous humanity became so prevalent some twenty years ago

that Colliers' Weekly Magazine conducted a bitter campaign against some of the worst

offenders in the patent medicine business.

During the "flu" epidemic which broke out during the world war, the mayor of New York

City took drastic steps to check the damage which people were doing themselves through

their inherent fear of ill health. He called in the newspaper men and said to them,

"Gentlemen, I feel it necessary to ask you not to publish any scare headlines concerning the

'flu' epidemic. Unless you cooperate with me, we will have a situation which we cannot

control." The newspapers quit publishing stories about the "flu," and within one month the

epidemic had been successfully checked.

Through a series of experiments conducted some years ago, it was proved that people may

be made ill by suggestion. We conducted this experiment by causing three acquaintances to

visit the "victims," each of whom asked the question, "What ails you?

You look terribly ill." The first questioner usually provoked a grin, and a nonchalant "Oh,

nothing, I'm alright," from the victim. The second questioner usually was answered with the

statement, "I don't know exactly, but I do feel badly." The third questioner was usually met

with the frank admission that the victim was actually feeling ill.

Try this on an acquaintance if you doubt that it will make him uncomfortable, but do not

carry the experiment too far. There is a certain religious sect whose members take vengeance

upon their enemies by the "hexing" method. They call it "placing a spell" on the victim.

There is overwhelming evidence that disease sometimes begins in the form of negative

thought impulse. Such an impulse may be passed from one mind to another, by suggestion,

or created by an individual in his own mind.

A man who was blessed with more wisdom than this incident might indicate, once said

"When anyone asks me how I feel, I always want to answer by knocking him down."

Doctors send patients into new climates for their health, because a change of "mental

attitude" is necessary. The seed of fear of ill health lives in every human mind. Worry, fear,

discouragement, disappointment in love and business affairs, cause this seed to germinate

and grow. The recent business depression kept the doctors on the run, because every form of

negative thinking may cause ill health.

Disappointments in business and in love stand at the head of the list of causes of fear of ill

health. A young man suffered a disappointment in love which sent him to a hospital. For

months he hovered between life and death. A specialist in suggestive therapeutics was called

in. The specialist changed nurses, placing him in charge of a very charming young woman

who began (by pre-arrangement with the doctor) to make love to him the first day of her

arrival on the job. Within three weeks the patient was discharged from the hospital, still

suffering, but with an entirely different malady. HE WAS IN LOVE AGAIN. The remedy

was a hoax, but the patient and the nurse were later married. Both are in good health at the

time of this writing.

SYMPTOMS OF THE FEAR OF ILL HEALTH

The symptoms of this almost universal fear are:

AUTO-SUGGESTION. The habit of negative use of self-suggestion by looking for, and

expecting to find the symptoms of all kinds of disease. "Enjoying" imaginary illness and

speaking of it as being real. The habit of trying all "fads" and "isms" recommended by others

as having therapeutic value. Talking to others of operations, accidents and other forms of

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illness.

Experimenting with diets, physical exercises, reducing systems, without professional

guidance. Trying home remedies, patent medicines and "quack" remedies.

HYPOCHONDRIA. The habit of talking of illness, concentrating the mind upon disease, and

expecting its appearance until a nervous break occurs. Nothing that comes in bottles can cure

this condition. It is brought on by negative thinking and nothing but positive thought can

affect a cure.

Hypochondria, (a medical term for imaginary disease) is said to do as much damage on

occasion, as the disease one fears might do. Most so-called cases of "nerves" come from

imaginary illness.

EXERCISE. Fear of ill health often interferes with proper physical exercise, and results in

over-weight, by causing one to avoid outdoor life.

SUSCEPTIBILITY. Fear of ill health breaks down Nature's body resistance, and creates a

favorable condition for any form of disease one may contact. The fear of ill health often is

related to the fear of Poverty, especially in the case of the hypochondriac, who constantly

worries about the possibility of having to pay doctor's bills, hospital bills, etc. This type of

person spends much time preparing for sickness, talking about death, saving money for

cemetery lots, and burial expenses, etc.

SELF-CODDLING. The habit of making a bid for sympathy, using imaginary illness as the

lure. (People often resort to this trick to avoid work). The habit of feigning illness to cover

plain laziness, or to serve as an alibi for lack of ambition.

INTEMPERANCE. The habit of using alcohol or narcotics to destroy pains such as

headaches, neuralgia, etc., instead of eliminating the cause.

The habit of reading about illness and worrying over the possibility of being stricken by it.

The habit of reading patent medicine advertisements.

THE FEAR OF LOSS OF LOVE

The original source of this inherent fear needs but little description, because it obviously

grew out of man's polygamous habit of stealing his fellow-man's mate, and his habit of

taking liberties with her whenever he could.

Jealousy, and other similar forms of dementia praecox grow out of man's inherited fear of the

loss of love of someone. This fear is the most painful of all the six basic fears. It probably

plays more havoc with the body and mind than any of the other basic fears, as it often leads

to permanent insanity.

The fear of the loss of love probably dates back to the stone age, when men stole women by

brute force. They continue to steal females, but their technique has changed. Instead of force,

they now use persuasion, the promise of pretty clothes, motor cars, and other "bait" much

more effective than physical force. Man's habits are the same as they were at the dawn of

civilization, but he expresses them differently.

Careful analysis has shown that women are more susceptible to this fear than men. This fact

is easily explained. Women have learned, from experience, that men are polygamous by

nature, that they are not to be trusted in the hands of rivals.

SYMPTOMS OF THE FEAR OF LOSS OF LOVE

The distinguishing symptoms of this fear are:-

JEALOUSY. The habit of being suspicious of friends and loved ones without any

reasonable evidence of sufficient grounds. (Jealousy is a form of dementia praecox which

sometimes becomes violent without the slightest cause). The habit of accusing wife or

husband of infidelity without grounds. General suspicion of everyone, absolute faith in no

one.

FAULT FINDING. The habit of finding fault with friends, relatives, business associates

and loved ones upon the slightest provocation, or without any cause whatsoever.

GAMBLING. The habit of gambling, stealing, cheating, and otherwise taking hazardous

chances to provide money for loved ones, with the belief that love can be bought. The habit

of spending beyond one's means, or incurring debts, to provide gifts for loved ones, with the

object of making a favorable showing. Insomnia, nervousness, lack of persistence, weakness

of will, lack of self-control, lack of self-reliance, bad temper.

THE FEAR OF OLD AGE

In the main, this fear grows out of two sources. First, the thought that old age may bring

with it POVERTY. Secondly, and by far the most common source of origin, from false and

cruel teachings of the past which have been too well mixed with "fire and brimstone," and

other bogies cunningly designed to enslave man through fear.

In the basic fear of old age, man has two very sound reasons for his apprehension-one

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growing out of his distrust of his fellowman, who may seize whatever worldly goods he may

possess, and the other arising from the terrible pictures of the world beyond, which were

planted in his mind, through social heredity before he came into full possession of his mind.

The possibility of ill health, which is more common as people grow older, is also a

contributing cause of this common fear of old age. Eroticism also enters into the cause of the

fear of old age, as no man cherishes the thought of diminishing sex attraction.

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.

"Poorhouse" is not a pretty word. It throws a chill into the mind of every person who faces

the possibility of having to spend his declining years on a poor farm.

Another contributing cause of the fear of old age, is the possibility of loss of freedom and

independence, as old age may bring with it the loss of both physical and economic freedom.

SYMPTOMS OF THE FEAR OF OLD AGE

The commonest symptoms of this fear are:

The tendency to slow down and develop an inferiority complex at the age of mental

maturity, around the age of forty, falsely believing one's self to be "slipping" because of age.

(The truth is that man's most useful years, mentally and spiritually, are those between forty

and sixty).

The habit of speaking apologetically of one's self as "being old" merely because one has

reached the age of forty, or fifty, instead of reversing the rule and expressing gratitude for

having reached the age of wisdom and understanding.

The habit of killing off initiative, imagination, and self-reliance by falsely believing one's

self too old to exercise these qualities.

The habit of the man or woman of forty dressing with the aim of trying to appear much

younger, and affecting mannerisms of youth; thereby inspiring ridicule by both friends and

strangers.

THE FEAR OF DEATH

To some this is the cruelest of all the basic fears. The reason is obvious. The terrible pangs

of fear associated with the thought of death, in the majority of cases, may be charged directly

to religious fanaticism. So-called "heathen" are less afraid of death than the more "civilized."

For hundreds of millions of years man has been asking the still unanswered questions,

"whence" and "whither."

Where did I come from, and where am I going? During the darker ages of the past, the more

cunning and crafty were not slow to offer the answer to these questions, FOR A PRICE.

Witness, now, the major source of origin of the FEAR OF DEATH.

"Come into my tent, embrace my faith, accept my dogmas, and I will give you a ticket that

will admit you straightaway into heaven when you die," cries a leader of sectarianism.

"Remain out of my tent," says the same leader, "and may the devil take you and burn you

throughout eternity."

ETERNITY is a long time. FIRE is a terrible thing. The thought of eternal punishment, with

fire, not only causes man to fear death, it often causes him to lose his reason. It destroys

interest in life and makes happiness impossible.

During my research, I reviewed a book entitled "A Catalogue of the Gods," in which were

listed the 30,000 gods which man has worshiped. Think of it! Thirty thousand of them,

represented by everything from a crawfish to a man. It is little wonder that men have become

frightened at the approach of death.

While the religious leader may not be able to provide safe conduct into heaven, nor, by lack

of such provision, allow the unfortunate to descend into hell, the possibility of the latter

seems so terrible that the very thought of it lays hold of the imagination in such a realistic

way that it paralyzes reason, and sets up the fear of death.

In truth, NO MAN KNOWS, and no man has ever known, what heaven or hell is like, nor

does any man know if either place actually exists. This very lack of positive knowledge

opens the door of the human mind to the charlatan so he may enter and control that mind

with his stock of legerdemain and various brands of pious fraud and trickery.

The fear of DEATH is not as common now as it was during the age when there were no great

colleges and universities. Men of science have turned the spotlight of truth upon the world,

and this truth is rapidly freeing men and women from this terrible fear of DEATH. The

young men and young women who attend the colleges and universities are not easily

impressed by "fire" and "brimstone."

Through the aid of biology, astronomy, geology, and other related sciences, the fears of the

dark ages which gripped the minds of men and destroyed their reason have been dispelled.

Insane asylums are filled with men and women who have gone mad, because of the FEAR

OF DEATH.

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This fear is useless. Death will come, no matter what anyone may think about it. Accept it as

a necessity, and pass the thought out of your mind. It must be a, necessity, or it would not

come to all. Perhaps it is not as bad as it has been pictured.

The entire world is made up of only two things, ENERGY and MATTER. In elementary

physics we learn that neither matter nor energy (the only two realities known to man) can be

created nor destroyed. Both matter and energy can be transformed, but neither can be

destroyed.

Life is energy, if it is anything. If neither energy nor matter can be destroyed, of course life

cannot be destroyed. Life, like other forms of energy, may be passed through various

processes of transition, or change, but it cannot be destroyed. Death is mere transition.

If death is not mere change, or transition, then nothing comes after death except a long,

eternal, peaceful sleep, and sleep is nothing to be feared. Thus you may wipe out, forever,

the fear of Death.

SYMPTOMS OF THE FEAR OF DEATH

The general symptoms of this fear are:-

The habit of THINKING about dying instead of making the most of LIFE, due, generally, to

lack of purpose, or lack of a suitable occupation. This fear is more prevalent among the aged,

but sometimes the more youthful are victims of it. The greatest of all remedies for the fear of

death is a BURNING DESIRE FOR ACHIEVEMENT, backed by useful service to others. A

busy person seldom has time to think about dying. He finds life too thrilling to worry about

death. Sometimes the fear of death is closely associated with the Fear of Poverty, where

one's death would leave loved ones poverty-stricken. In other cases, the fear of death is

caused by illness and the consequent breaking down of physical body resistance. The

commonest causes of the fear of death are: ill-health, poverty, lack of appropriate

occupation, disappointment over love, insanity, religious fanaticism.

OLD MAN WORRY

Worry is a state of mind based upon fear. It works slowly, but persistently. It is insiduous

and subtle. Step by step it "digs itself in" until it paralyzes one's reasoning faculty, destroys

self-confidence and initiative. Worry is a form of sustained fear caused by indecision

therefore it is a state of mind which can be controlled. An unsettled mind is helpless.

Indecision makes an unsettled mind. Most individuals lack the willpower to reach decisions

promptly, and to stand by them after they have been made, even during normal business

conditions. During periods of economic unrest (such as the world recently experienced), the

individual is handicapped, not alone by his inherent nature to be slow at reaching decisions,

but he is influenced by the indecision of others around him who have created a state of "mass

indecision."

During the depression the whole atmosphere, all over the world, was filled with "Fearenza"

and "Worryitis," the two mental disease germs which began to spread themselves after the

Wall Street frenzy in 1929. There is only one known antidote for these germs; it is the habit

of prompt and firm DECISION. Moreover, it is an antidote which every individual must

apply for himself.

We do not worry over conditions, once we have reached a decision to follow a definite line

of action.

I once interviewed a man who was to be electrocuted two hours later. The condemned man

was the calmest of some eight men who were in the death-cell with him. His calmness

prompted me to ask him how it felt to know that he was going into eternity in a short while.

With a smile of confidence on his face, he said, "It feels fine.

Just think, brother, my troubles will soon be over. I have had nothing but trouble all my life.

It has been a hardship to get food and clothing. Soon I will not need these things. I have felt

fine ever since I learned FOR CERTAIN that I must die. I made up my mind then, to accept

my fate in good spirit."

As he spoke he devoured a dinner of proportions sufficient for three men, eating every

mouthful of the food brought to him, and apparently enjoying it as much as if no disaster

awaited him.

DECISION gave this man resignation to his fate! Decision can also prevent one's acceptance

of undesired circumstances. The six basic fears become translated into a state of worry,

through indecision. Relieve yourself, forever of the fear of death, by reaching a decision to

accept death as an inescapable event. Whip the fear of poverty by reaching a decision to get

along with whatever wealth you can accumulate WITHOUT WORRY. Put your foot upon

the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision NOT TO WORRY about what other

people think, do, or say. Eliminate the fear of old age by reaching a decision to accept it, not

as a handicap, but as a great blessing which carries with it wisdom, self-control, and

understanding not known to youth.

Acquit yourself of the fear of ill health by the decision to forget symptoms. Master the fear

of loss of love by reaching a decision to get along without love, if that is necessary.

Kill the habit of worry, in all its forms, by reaching a general, blanket decision that nothing

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which life has to offer is worth the price of worry. With this decision will come poise, peace

of mind, and calmness of thought which will bring happiness.

A man whose mind is filled with fear not only destroys his own chances of intelligent action,

but, he transmits these destructive vibrations to the minds of all who come into contact with

him, and destroys, also their chances.

Even a dog or a horse knows when its master lacks courage; moreover, a dog or a horse will

pick up the vibrations of fear thrown off by its master, and behave accordingly. Lower down

the line of intelligence in the animal kingdom, one finds this same capacity to pick up the

vibrations of fear. A honey-bee immediately senses fear in the mind of a person-for reasons

unknown, a bee will sting the person whose mind is releasing vibrations of fear, much more

readily than it will molest the person whose mind registers no fear.

The vibrations of fear pass from one mind to another just as quickly and as surely as the

sound of the human voice passes from the broadcasting station to the receiving set of a radio-

and BY THE SELF-SAME MEDIUM.

Mental telepathy is a reality. Thoughts pass from one mind to another, voluntarily, whether

or not this fact is recognized by either the person releasing the thoughts, or the persons who

pick up those thoughts.

The person who gives expression, by word of mouth, to negative or destructive thoughts is

practically certain to experience the results of those words in the form of a destructive "kick-

back." The release of destructive thought impulses, alone, without the aid of words, produces

also a "kickback" in more ways than one. First of all, and perhaps most important to be

remembered, the person who releases thoughts of a destructive nature, must suffer damage

through the breaking down of the faculty of creative imagination.

Secondly, the presence in the mind of any destructive emotion develops a negative

personality which repels people, and often converts them into antagonists. The third source

of damage to the person who entertains or releases negative thoughts, lies in this significant

fact-these thought-impulses are not only damaging to others, but they IMBED

THEMSELVES IN THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND OF THE PERSON RELEASING

THEM, and there become a part of his character.

One is never through with a thought, merely by releasing it. When a thought is released, it

spreads in every direction, through the medium of the ether, but it also plants itself

permanently in the subconscious mind of the person releasing it.

Your business in life is, presumably to achieve success. To be successful, you must find

peace of mind, acquire the material needs of life, and above all, attain HAPPINESS. All of

these evidences of success begin in the form of thought impulses.

You may control your own mind, you have the power to feed it whatever thought impulses

you choose. With this privilege goes also the responsibility of using it constructively. You

are the master of your own earthly destiny just as surely as you have the power to control

your own thoughts. You may influence, direct, and eventually control your own

environment, making your life what you want it to be-or, you may neglect to exercise the

privilege which is yours, to make your life to order, thus casting yourself upon the broad sea

of "Circumstance" where you will be tossed hither and yon, like a chip on the waves of the

ocean.

THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP

THE SEVENTH BASIC EVIL

In addition to the Six Basic Fears, there is another evil by which people suffer. It constitutes

a rich soil in which the seeds of failure grow abundantly. It is so subtle that its presence often

is not detected. This affliction cannot properly be classed as a fear. IT IS MORE DEEPLY

SEATED AND MORE OFTEN FATAL THAN ALL OF THE SIX FEARS. For want of a

better name, let us call this evil SUSCEPTIBILITY TO NEGATIVE INFLUENCES.

Men who accumulate great riches always protect themselves against this evil! The poverty

stricken never do! Those who succeed in any calling must prepare their minds to resist the

evil. If you are reading this philosophy for the purpose of accumulating riches, you should

examine yourself very carefully, to determine whether you are susceptible to negative

influences. If you neglect this self-analysis, you will forfeit your right to attain the object of

your desires.

Make the analysis searching. After you read the questions prepared for this self-analysis,

hold yourself to a strict accounting in your answers. Go at the task as carefully as you would

search for any other enemy you knew to be awaiting you in ambush and deal with your own

faults as you would with a more tangible enemy. You can easily protect yourself against

highway robbers, because the law provides organized cooperation for your benefit, but the

"seventh basic evil" is more difficult to master, because it strikes when you are not aware of

its presence, when you are asleep, and while you are awake. Moreover, its weapon is

intangible, because it consists of merely-a STATE OF MIND. This evil is also dangerous

because it strikes in as many different forms as there are human experiences. Sometimes it

enters the mind through the well-meant words of one's own relatives. At other times, it bores

from within, through one's own mental attitude. Always it is as deadly as poison, even

though it may not kill as quickly.

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HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST NEGATIVE INFLUENCES

To protect yourself against negative influences, whether of your own making, or the result

of the activities of negative people around you, recognize that you have a WILL-POWER,

and put it into constant use, until it builds a wall of immunity against negative influences in

your own mind.

Recognize the fact that you, and every other human being, are, by nature, lazy, indifferent,

and susceptible to all suggestions which harmonize with your weaknesses.

Recognize that you are, by nature, susceptible to all the six basic fears, and set up. habits for

the purpose of counteracting all these fears.

Recognize that negative influences often work on you through your subconscious mind,

therefore they are difficult to detect, and keep your mind closed against all people who

depress or discourage you in any way.

Clean out your medicine chest, throw away all pill bottles, and stop pandering to colds,

aches, pains and imaginary illness.

Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to

THINK AND ACT FOR YOURSELF.

Do not EXPECT troubles as they have a tendency not to disappoint.

Without doubt, the most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their

minds open to the negative influence of other people. This weakness is all the more

damaging, because most people do not recognize that they are cursed by it, and many who

acknowledge it, neglect or refuse to correct the evil until it becomes an uncontrollable part of

their daily habits.

To aid those who wish to see themselves as they really are, the following list of questions

has been prepared. Read the questions and state your answers aloud, so you can hear your

own voice. This will make it easier for you to be truthful with yourself.

SELF-ANALYSIS TEST QUESTIONS

Do you complain often of "feeling bad," and if so, what is the cause?

Do you find fault with other people at the slightest provocation?

Do you frequently make mistakes in your work, and if so, why?

Are you sarcastic and offensive in your conversation?

Do you deliberately avoid the association of anyone, and if so, why?

Do you suffer frequently with indigestion? If so, what is the cause?

Does life seem futile and the future hopeless to you? If so, why?

Do you like your occupation? If not, why?

Do you often feel self-pity, and if so why?

Are you envious of those who excel you?

To which do you devote most time, thinking of SUCCESS, or of FAILURE?

Are you gaining or losing self-confidence as you grow older?

Do you learn something of value from all mistakes?

Are you permitting some relative or acquaintance to worry you? If so, why?

Are you sometimes "in the clouds" and at other times in the depths of despondency?

Who has the most inspiring influence upon you? What is the cause?

Do you tolerate negative or discouraging influences which you can avoid?

Are you careless of your personal appearance? If so, when and why?

Have you learned how to "drown your troubles" by being too busy to be annoyed by them?

Would you call yourself a "spineless weakling" if you permitted others to do your thinking

for you?

Do you neglect internal bathing until auto-intoxication makes you ill-tempered and irritable?

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How many preventable disturbances annoy you, and why do you tolerate them?

Do you resort to liquor, narcotics, or cigarettes to "quiet your nerves"? If so, why do you not

try will-power instead?

Does anyone "nag" you, and if so, for what reason?

Do you have a DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE, and if so, what is it, and what plan have you

for achieving it?

Do you suffer from any of the Six Basic Fears? If so, which ones?

Have you a method by which you can shield yourself against the negative influence of

others?

Do you make deliberate use of auto-suggestion to make your mind positive?

Which do you value most, your material possessions, or your privilege of controlling your

own thoughts?

Are you easily influenced by others, against your own judgment?

Has today added anything of value to your stock of knowledge or state of mind?

Do you face squarely the circumstances which make you unhappy, or sidestep the

responsibility?

Do you analyze all mistakes and failures and try to profit by them or, do you take the attitude

that this is not your duty?

Can you name three of your most damaging weaknesses?

What are you doing to correct them?

Do you encourage other people to bring their worries to you for sympathy?

Do you choose, from your daily experiences, lessons or influences which aid in your

personal advancement?

Does your presence have a negative influence on other people as a rule?

What habits of other people annoy you most?

Do you form your own opinions or permit yourself to be influenced by other people?

Have you learned how to create a mental state of mind with which you can shield yourself

against all discouraging influences?

Does your occupation inspire you with faith and hope?

Are you conscious of possessing spiritual forces of sufficient power to enable you to keep

your mind free from all forms of FEAR?

Does your religion help you to keep your own mind positive?

Do you feel it your duty to share other people's worries? If so, why?

If you believe that "birds of a feather flock together" what have you learned about yourself

by studying the friends whom you attract?

What connection, if any, do you see between the people with whom you associate most

closely, and any unhappiness you may experience?

Could it be possible that some person whom you consider to be a friend is, in reality, your

worst enemy, because of his negative influence on your mind?

By what rules do you judge who is helpful and who is damaging to you?

Are your intimate associates mentally superior or inferior to you?

How much time out of every 24 hours do you devote to:

a. your occupation

b. sleep

c. play and relaxation

d. acquiring useful knowledge

e. plain waste

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Who among your acquaintances,

a. encourages you most

b. cautions you most

c. discourages you most

d. helps you most in other ways

What is your greatest worry? Why do you tolerate it?

When others offer you free, unsolicited advice, do you accept it without question, or analyze

their motive?

What, above all else, do you most DESIRE? Do you intend to acquire it?

Are you willing to subordinate all other desires for this one?

How much time daily do you devote to acquiring it?

Do you change your mind often? If so, why?

Do you usually finish everything you begin?

Are you easily impressed by other people's business or professional titles, college degrees, or

wealth?

Are you easily influenced by what other people think or say of you?

Do you cater to people because of their social or financial status?

Whom do you believe to be the greatest person living?

In what respect is this person superior to yourself?

How much time have you devoted to studying and answering these questions? (At least one

day is necessary for the analysis and the answering of the entire list.)

If you have answered all these questions truthfully, you know more about yourself than the

majority of people. Study the questions carefully, come back to them once each week for

several months, and be astounded at the amount of additional knowledge of great value to

yourself, you will have gained by the simple method of answering the questions truthfully. If

you are not certain concerning the answers to some of the questions, seek the counsel of

those who know you well, especially those who have no motive in flattering you, and see

yourself through their eyes. The experience will be astonishing.

You have ABSOLUTE CONTROL over but one thing, and that is your thoughts. This is the

most significant and inspiring of all facts known to man! It reflects man's Divine nature. This

Divine prerogative is the sole means by which you may control your own destiny. If you fail

to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.

If you must be careless with your possessions, let it be in connection with material things.

Your mind is your spiritual estate ! Protect and use it with the care to which Divine Royalty is

entitled.

You were given a WILL-POWER for this purpose.

Unfortunately, there is no legal protection against those who, either by design or ignorance,

poison the minds of others by negative suggestion. This form of destruction should be

punishable by heavy legal penalties, because it may and often does destroy one's chances of

acquiring material things which are protected by law. Men with negative minds tried to

convince Thomas A. Edison that he could not build a machine that would record and

reproduce the human voice, "because" they said, "no one else had ever produced such a

machine." Edison did not believe them. He knew that the mind could produce ANYTHING

THE MIND COULD CONCEIVE AND BELIEVE, and that knowledge was the thing that

lifted the great Edison above the common herd.

Men with negative minds told F. W. Woolworth, he would go "broke" trying to run a store

on five and ten cent sales. He did not believe them. He knew that he could do anything,

within reason, if he backed his plans with faith. Exercising his right to keep other men's

negative suggestions out of his mind, he piled up a fortune of more than a hundred million

dollars.

Men with negative minds told George Washington he could not hope to win against the

vastly superior forces of the British, but he exercised his Divine right to BELIEVE, therefore

this book was published under the protection of the Stars and Stripes, while the name of Lord

Cornwallis has been all but forgotten.

Doubting Thomases scoffed scornfully when Henry Ford tried out his first crudely built

automobile on the streets of Detroit. Some said the thing never would become practical.

Others said no one would pay money for such a contraption.

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FORD SAID, "I'LL BELT THE EARTH WITH DEPENDABLE MOTOR CARS," AND

HE DID!

His decision to trust his own judgment has already piled up a fortune far greater than the next

five generations of his descendents can squander. For the benefit of those seeking vast

riches, let it be remembered that practically the sole difference between Henry Ford and a

majority of the more than one hundred thousand men who work for him, is this-FORD HAS

A MIND AND CONTROLS IT, THE OTHERS HAVE MINDS WHICH THEY DO NOT

TRY TO CONTROL.

Henry Ford has been repeatedly mentioned, because he is an astounding example of what a

man with a mind of his own, and a will to control it, can accomplish. His record knocks the

foundation from under that time-worn alibi, "I never had a chance." Ford never had a chance,

either, but he CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY AND BACKED IT WITH PERSISTENCE

UNTIL IT MADE HIM RICHER THAN CROESUS.

Mind control is the result of self-discipline and habit. You either control your mind or it

controls you. There is no hall-way compromise. The most practical of all methods for

controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a

definite plan. Study the record of any man who achieves noteworthy success, and you will

observe that he has control over his own mind, moreover, that he exercises that control and

directs it toward the attainment of definite objectives. Without this control, success is not

possible.

"FIFTY-SEVEN" FAMOUS ALIBIS

By Old Man IF

People who do not succeed have one distinguishing trait in common. They know all the

reasons for failure, and have what they believe to be air-tight alibis to explain away their

own lack of achievement.

Some of these alibis are clever, and a few of them are justifiable by the facts. But alibis

cannot be used for money. The world wants to know only one thing-HAVE YOU

ACHIEVED SUCCESS?

A character analyst compiled a list of the most commonly used alibis. As you read the list,

examine yourself carefully, and determine how many of these alibis, if any, are your own

property.

Remember, too, the philosophy presented in this book makes every one of these alibis

obsolete.

IF I didn't have a wife and family . . .

IF I had enough "pull" . . .

IF I had money . . .

IF I had a good education . . .

IF I could get a job . . .

IF I had good health . . .

IF I only had time . . .

IF times were better . . .

IF other people understood me . . .

IF conditions around me were only different . . .

IF I could live my life over again . . .

IF I did not fear what "THEY" would say . . .

IF I had been given a chance . . .

IF I now had a chance . . .

IF other people didn't "have it in for me" . . .

IF nothing happens to stop me . . .

IF I were only younger . . .

IF I could only do what I want . . .

IF I had been born rich . . .

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IF I could meet "the right people" . . .

IF I had the talent that some people have . . .

IF I dared assert myself . . .

IF I only had embraced past opportunities . . .

IF people didn't get on my nerves . . .

IF I didn't have to keep house and look after the children . . .

IF I could save some money . . .

IF the boss only appreciated me . . .

IF I only had somebody to help me . . .

IF my family understood me . . .

IF I lived in a big city . . .

IF I could just get started . . .

IF I were only free . . .

IF I had the personality of some people . . .

IF I were not so fat . . .

IF my talents were known . . .

IF I could just get a "break" . . .

IF I could only get out of debt . . .

IF I hadn't failed . . .

IF I only knew how . . .

IF everybody didn't oppose me . . .

IF I didn't have so many worries . . .

IF I could marry the right person . . .

IF people weren't so dumb . . .

IF my family were not so extravagant . . .

IF I were sure of myself . . .

IF luck were not against me . . .

IF I had not been born under the wrong star . . .

IF it were not true that "what is to be will be" . . .

IF I did not have to work so hard . . .

IF I hadn't lost my money . . .

IF I lived in a different neighborhood . . .

IF I didn't have a "past" . . .

IF I only had a business of my own . . .

IF other people would only listen to me . . .

IF * * * and this is the greatest of them all * * * I had the courage to see myself as I really

am, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to

profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others, for I know that

there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF

I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.

Building alibis with which to explain away failure is a national pastime. The habit is as old

as the human race, and is fatal to success! Why do people cling to their pet alibis? The

answer is obvious. They defend their alibis because THEY CREATE them! A man's alibi is

the child of his own imagination. It is human nature to defend one's own brain-child.

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Building alibis is a deeply rooted habit. Habits are difficult to break, especially when they

provide justification for something we do. Plato had this truth in mind when he said, "The

first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most

shameful and vile."

Another philosopher had the same thought in mind when he said, "It was a great surprise to

me when I discovered that most of the ugliness I saw in others, was but a reflection of my

own nature."

"It has always been a mystery to me," said Elbert Hubbard, "why people spend so much time

deliberately fooling themselves by creating alibis to cover their weaknesses. If used

differently, this same time would be sufficient to cure the weakness, then no alibis would be

needed."

In parting, I would remind you that "Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is

TIME. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped

off the board by TIME. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate

INDECISION!"

Previously you may have had a logical excuse for not having forced Life to come through

with whatever you asked, but that alibi is now obsolete, because you are in possession of the

Master Key that unlocks the door to Life's bountiful riches.

The Master Key is intangible, but it is powerful! It is the privilege of creating, in your own

mind, a BURNING DESIRE for a definite form of riches. There is no penalty for the use of

the Key, but there is a price you must pay if you do not use it. The price is FAILURE. There

is a reward of stupendous proportions if you put the Key to use. It is the satisfaction that

comes to all who conquer self and force Life to pay whatever is asked.

The reward is worthy of your effort. Will you make the start and be convinced?

"If we are related," said the immortal Emerson, "we shall meet."

In closing, may I borrow his thought, and say, "If we are related, we have, through these

pages, met."

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