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The books are original to Stone’s private collection, but as our library grows, we lack space for some of the older materials. Rather than keep them in storage, I have decided to enable you to own a book from Stone’s collection.
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Do not expect something for nothing. Be willing to give an equivalent value for all that you desire, and include in your plans a definite provision for doing so. –Napoleon Hill
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Listen to this rare and
fascinating interview
with Judith Williamson, Christina Chia and Dr. J.B. Hill as they discuss the behind the scenes account of the writing of Think and Grow Rich and the real magic in the Law of Attraction.
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Dear Readers:
Healing professionals come to us in many shapes and sizes. Whether we call them nurses, teachers, or even angels is our discretion. The person who enters into our life at just the right moment, provides us the help, motivation, or inspiration that is needed, and then leaves us with improved health and an enhanced state of mind is truly a godsend. The “teacher” always shows up when the student is ready.
This can work in reverse too. Each of us can become an instrument of change sent to someone in need. Whether we reach out via a chance encounter, through a writing such as this, or in a professional capacity when helping someone in need, a change for good can occur if we allow the force for good to flow through us. As a vehicle or vessel for spirit, we provide the potential for good to survive in the world.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross wrote about the process of death and dying and documented five stages in the process. If you consider change, it is the same process. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance are the sequential stages. Each one is a step toward a new life whether on the earthly or spiritual plane.
The best service professionals put people first. They care about the people they serve above and beyond the product they deliver. Shakespeare, Emerson, Aristotle, Mother Teresa, and Joan of Arc are all significant teachers from the past but they are only relevant today if they help someone process through their own journey in life. Just as advances in medicine are only useful if they enable doctors and nurses to deliver an improved quality of life for their patients, so too personal gifts are only relevant if they help the recipient in the area where help is needed.
In reality, each and every one of us is put here to serve in some capacity. Our degree of service determines the love we receive from others. This “love” is our spiritual bank account, and far exceeds any financial reward we may accrue in our portfolio of assets and investments. Emphasis needs to be placed on a balance between the two. Love and money do make the world go round, but too much or not enough of one or the other makes a very imbalanced and unstable person.
So, thank a nurse, a teacher, a minister, and your banker, financial advisor, and employer for providing you with the tools to make a better life for yourself and most importantly for the others you deal with on a daily basis. Give and take is the ebb and flow of the universe, but be sure that while you are on the receiving end, you are equally aligned with the giving end.
Be Your Very Best Always,
Judy Williamson
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Call to ACTION
Action Assignment #19:
Review the five stages of Death and Dying identified by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her first book On Death and Dying published in 1969. They are: Denial (this isn’t happening to me!), Anger (why is this happening to me?), Bargaining (I promise I’ll be a better person if . . . ), Depression (I don’t care anymore), and Acceptance (I’m ready for whatever comes).
Now, consider three significant changes that have occurred in your life. Going through the five steps, detail your experience with each of the stages. Use the prompts to jumpstart your memory. Notice that each time when you reached the Acceptance Stage you were ready to move beyond past experiences and grow beyond where you were before. This cycle of change can be identified in all lives. As we work through the cycle we grow beyond where we initially found ourselves. When you accept your past experiences and learn from them, you can next begin to create a better future.
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Positive Mental Attitude
by Napoleon Hill
Whether you write, preach sermons, sell merchandise or service, or produce food from the soil of the earth, you can and you should learn to be yourself at all times; and remember always that the one thing people frown upon is a “phony” who tries to imitate others.
Learn to relate yourself to every circumstance which influences your life as something which happened for the best, for it may well be that your saddest experience will bring you your greatest assets if you will give time a chance to mellow the experience.
If you should ever be so unfortunate as to feel the urge for power over others against their will, squelch that desire before it destroys you, and divert that urge to better control over your own mind.
Use your mind to shape your destiny to fulfill whatever purposes in life you choose, and to avail yourself of all the riches which come in that sealed envelope labeled Rewards. Keep your mind so busy doing the things you want to do that no time will be left for it to stray into the things you do not want.
Source: PMA Science of Success. Educational Edition. Napoleon Hill Foundation. 1983. Pg. 227. 
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From the masters…
Character: The True Gentleman (Graceful Behavior)
by Samuel Smiles
As daylight can be seen through very small holes, so little things will illustrate a person’s character. Indeed, character consists in little acts, well and honourably performed; daily life being the quarry from which we build it up, and rough-hew the habits which form it. One of the most marked tests of character is the manner in which we conduct ourselves towards others. A graceful behavior towards superiors, inferiors, and equals is a constant source of pleasure. It pleases others because it indicates respect for their personality; but it gives tenfold more pleasure to ourselves. Every man may to a large extent be a self-educator in good behaviours, as in everything else; he can be civil and kind, if he will, though he have not a penny in his purse. Gentleness in society is like the silent influence of light, which gives colour to all nature; it is far more powerful than loudness or force, and far more fruitful. It pushes its way quietly and persistently, like the tiniest daffodil in spring, which raises the clod and thrusts it aside by the simple persistency of growing.
Source: Self-Help. Samuel Smiles. John Murray (Publishers) Ltd. 1958. Pgs.366-367.
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How to Attract Men and Money
By: Rosa Lee Hill
As an historical document, this work is of utmost importance because it establishes the milleu in which Think and Grow Rich comes to life. By putting ourselves into the situation the newlyweds found themselves in, we can begin to picture the enthusiasm, energy, dedication, and self-discipline that each partner put forward in bringing this work to the world.
Now, only you as readers of our Ezine are being offered the missing link – the emotion part of the story that fulfills the equation Thought + Emotionalized Action = Success. Never before in such detail will you read and learn about how Napoleon and Rosa Lee created a living, classical masterpiece though their heartfelt attraction to each other. This is a love story, bittersweet in its abrupt ending, but enduring in its labor that brought the world the all-time motivational classic of Think and Grow Rich.
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Everything I Know About Success I Learned from Napoleon Hill
By: Don Green
This book is based on Napoleon Hill’s principles with lessons I learned in applying them. As a young entrepreneur, my career includes 38 years in banking of which 18 were as President and CEO. Now in my thirteenth year as CEO of The Napoleon Hill Foundation, I am sharing what I have learned with others.
Since Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich was published in 1937, millions of people have become devoted followers of his winning method of personal success, the Philosophy of Achievement. Now, Everything I Know About Success I Learned from Napoleon Hill offers step-by-step applications to help you get ahead in today’s highly challenging economy.
Everything I Know About Success I Learned from Napoleon Hill is a copyright of the non-profit Napoleon Hill Foundation, and the Foundation will receive all proceeds from the book sales. Your support of The Napoleon Hill Foundation in carrying out its mission of “making the world a better place in which to live” is appreciated.
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The 17 Principles of Success
A Musical Overview
Certain types of music have been shown to accelerate learning. Magical effects can occur when the ingredients of music are used to advance and underscore instruction. Both the emotional tone and the intellectual message of music can aid in the retention of new learning and assist in unblocking any abilities that may have become closed due to emotional constraints such as worry, fear, and anger.
Used in combination with the study of Napoleon Hill’s 17 Success Principles, this CD performed by Antonio Castillo de la Gala is certain to enhance your life not only due to the music played but also due to the intended alignment with the Principles of Success. Enjoy the performance and remember the message. Both are worthy of the investment of your time and energy.
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The Little Book of Leadership
By: Jeffrey Gitomer
This comprehensive book will help you understand your situation, identify your opportunities, create your objectives, execute by action and delegation, and establish a leadership position through enthusiasm, brilliance, action, collaboration, resilience, and achievement.
The time for real-world leadership is NOW. This is a leadership book that transcends theory and philosophy, and gets right down to brass tacks and brass tactics, and adds a few brass balls.It’s full of practical, pragmatic, actionable ideas and strategies that when implemented assure respect and loyalty – and ensure long-term success and legacy.
The 12.5 Leadership Strengths revealed in this book will challenge you, admonish you, guide you, and create new success opportunities for you.
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MAY 10, 2013 
