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“The man who is not the master of himself may never become the master of anything.”
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Work is usually thought of as something in order to earn money. If we accept the meaning of work as what we do to survive and lead a better a life, why should we not select work that we enjoy and be satisfied with as well as having our needs met?
The physical work we do can be described only as important as our mind displays. We know that we can learn to control our mind and we can choose the physical work that we wish to pursue.
Many people get into a position to control others, but the person who controls himself will discover that nothing will be impossible.
We all have read or should have read Think and Grow Rich, but unless we take action, which is work, nothing happens.
Many writers dedicate their lives to studying why some people are successful and why most are not. People who are successful do what others choose not to do and the unsuccessful people only do enough to get by and never reach their potential.
If you study the principles of success you will soon learn that finding your purpose is the starting point of all worthwhile achievement.
Reaching your purpose will no doubt involve a degree of physical labor, whether you are successful or not. The degree of quality and quantity you apply of physical labor will be the starting point of your success journey.
Physical labor involves personal initiative which is listed as one of the seventeen principles of success. Personal initiative entails the physical act of doing what needs to be done without being told.
Physical work and personal initiative is an absolute must to reach your goals. People with personal initiative tend to adopt a definite major purpose, the habit of going the extra mile, and a mastermind alliance.
Each of the principles of success depends upon the execution of all seventeen. It only makes sense that physical labor will be a major item once the definite major purpose has been adopted.
Nobody should expect to reach their goals without physical labor and the sooner one starts, the sooner they can expect results.
It was President Thomas Jefferson who said, “The saddest day in a man’s life is when he sits down and tries to get something for nothing.” To me, Jefferson’s statement means if you desire something, go to work.
I wish you the best at whatever you do!
~ Don Green
Executive Director
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My Wage
by Jessie B. Rittenhouse
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 paid.
Published in Poems that Inspire you to Think and Grow Rich
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“Any business whose management has the foresight to adopt a policy which consolidates management, employees and the public it serves in a spirit of team work, provides itself with an insurance policy against failure.” ~Napoleon Hill
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“There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.”
~Booker T. Washington
Dear Readers:
 Philosopher Thomas Carlyle wrote “Even in the meanest sorts of Labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.” Manual labor and mental labor can be fulfilling, but they are not the same thing. Physical work opens a pathway to our creative thinking and imagination via our subconscious mind. When we are engaged in a physical work activity, our mind is free to roam and explore ideas and opportunities that may be pushed to the back of our thoughts because other thoughts have priority. When we focus on “paint the fence,” “wash the cars,” and “sand the floors” as seen in the Karate Kid, we move into the flow of the repetitive motions and get lost in the ebb and tide of the activities we are processing. Eventually, this flow creates a grove in our brain that allows these physical actions to become habits that are programmed into our unconscious thinking. Lifting a fork to our lips, placing one foot in front of another, smiling or frowning, and standing upright are all things that become routine the more times we do them. Being engaged physically allows us to rest mentally, and consequently a mind at rest is free to explore and consider new ideas and ways of being. Mental exhaustion is real, and so too is physical exhaustion. The switchback from one to another makes the difference in our long term outcomes. It has been said that “if you do what you always have done, you’ll get what you have always got.” Why settle for more of the same when you can reprogram yourself for a broader experience and a more fulfilling life?
If you desire something, you will appreciate receiving it much more if you work for it. Simply being “gifted” something is not the same as earning it. That is why degrees earned are more meaningful than honorary ones. Putting yourself though the paces in order to accomplish something legitimate on your own makes the outcome more valuable to you. Consider a gift that you received from someone versus a treasured item that you earned from your own hard labor. Which would you be inclined to give up more freely? I bet in nearly all cases you would opt to keep the thing that you earned through your personal blood, sweat, and tears over the item someone thoughtfully gave to you. Children who are given everything they desire seldom develop a respect for anything. Simply put, when you invest yourself in the earning of your treasure you cherish it more because a piece of yourself went into the acquisition of the item and it reflects your personal commitment. A dream and a wish are not hard and fast goals that need to be worked step by step. Goals achieved are the result of a purpose and a plan followed up by work. Work is the elixir that makes dreams come true. Wishes and dreams seldom make it into the final stretch of the race because when the path is laid the road to achievement is deemed too long, too task oriented, and just too hard to complete. Dreams fulfilled require work completed. It is as simple and as difficult as that.
Work may be a four letter word, but in order to align with your star (another four letter word) you must be willing to pick up the tools of the trade and go to work! Work is the hidden key to success. May you make it your friend.
Be Your Very Best Always,
Judy Williamson
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WORK
by Napoleon Hill
One of the greatest earthly blessings is the privilege of wholesome, honorable work.
The only wealth of the world is that which is produced through work. Money is the long arm which sustains industry and commerce, but labor is the life-blood which keeps that arm alive!
To know the value of work one must have been without it for a while. Work builds the skyscrapers, and the mansions. It builds the locomotives and the palace chairs. It builds the airplanes and the ocean liners. Work wrests from nature the secrets which she will give up for nothing else.
Work brings happiness and joy; idleness brings misery and despondency. Work brings the greatest of life’s heritage – health!
Fame and fortune awaits the man who builds a system of education which will teach children to understand the value of work, and to love it.
The toymakers will bestow a favor upon the world if they build toys which will teach children to want to work!
A man begins to succeed when he finds the particular kind of work which he loves most. No man should engage in work which he does not love, no matter how much money he may receive for it.
Nature has planned that every living being on earth shall work. All who try to shun it come to grief sooner or later, in one way or another. A man must work, no matter how much money he may have, or he cannot digest his food and disease soon seizes him.
The man who plans to relieve his children from work because he has accumulated money is only storing up trouble for them. Fate waits around the corner with a loaded club for the boy whose over indulgent parents have spoiled his taste for wholesome work.
You can avoid work, but you cannot dodge paying the penalty. Nature will see you pay up in due time.
Source: Hill’s Golden Rule Magazine. The Corpus Christi Caller. March 11, 1920, pg. 4.
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FOCUS ON: Ron McCullough
“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement” ~ Napoleon Hill
How many people fallen victim to wandering aimless throughout life? How many times do we not know what lies ahead? Have you asked yourself what is your purpose recently?
We can all be guilty of not maximizing our time and efforts. However, that can be the exception instead of the norm. Making sure we set goals is important, but remembering those goals and making sure we obtain them gives purpose to travelling in the right direction. We can search for many things- peace, love, money, power, but having a sense of going in the direction typically requires two things- having a starting point, and having an ending point.
One of the most famous quotes by W. Clement Stone was ‘Do it now’! If you always prepare to do something, at what point will it get done? Some will wait for the perfect moment to start to do something until they realize they waited too long. “I think I will wait until I get a degree before I start looking for that job which requires it”. Do it now! “Once the kids are grown, I will go back to school”. Do it now!
Success is a worthy goal of those who desire to obtain it. However, success has an arch-enemy: procrastination. Procrastination kills purpose, destroys innovation, and hinders creativity. To have a definite major purpose means to definitely reduce procrastination to the point where it will not take you eye off the prize. Create the starting point, be courageous enough to believe your purpose will be fulfilled, and act on it with a positive mindset knowing you will achieve your goal. And do it now!
Ron O. McCullough
Program Chair of the Dept. of English and Communication
Assoc. Professor of Communication
Ivy Tech, Gary, Indiana
Ron can be reached at
rmccullough1@ivytech.edu
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Third Time’s a Charm
by Jim Stovall
As you read these words in a newspaper, magazine, or online publication somewhere around the world, I want you to know I owe you a great debt of gratitude. This weekly column began 20 years ago, and as we approach the 1,000th edition of Winners’ Wisdom, my publisher, in conjunction with The Napoleon Hill Foundation, is releasing a third compilation volume of these columns entitled Wisdom for Winners 3.
All the proceeds from this new book and the two previous volumes are being donated to The Napoleon Hill Foundation to support their ongoing work to extend the legacy and impact of Napoleon Hill and the message of Think and Grow Rich. Napoleon Hill was born in the 19th century, changed the world in the 20th century, and now his timeless message is the basis for many exciting new books, movies, and success tools. I will be releasing a new book and movie project later this year entitled Top of the Hill which is a part of my Homecoming Historical Series that focuses on great people from the past who lived their lives in such a manner that we can use their example as a way to build our own future.
Read the rest of Jim’s article >>>
Jim Stovall is the president of Narrative Television Network as well as a published author of many books including The Ultimate Gift. He is also a columnist and motivational speaker. He may be reached at 5840 South Memorial Drive, Suite 312, Tulsa, OK 74145-9082; by email at Jim@JimStovall.com; on Twitter at www.twitter.com/stovallauthor; or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jimstovallauthor.
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Think and Grow Rich:
The 1937 Edition
by Napoleon Hill
This edition of Napoleon Hill’s Classic Think and Grow Rich is a reproduction of Napoleon Hill’s personal copy of the first edition, the ONLY original version recommended by The Napoleon Hill Foundation, originally printed in March of 1937.
The most famous of all teachers of success spent a fortune and the better part of a lifetime of effort to produce the Law of Success philosophy that forms the basis of his books and that is so powerfully summarized and explained for the general public in this book.
Available on Amazon.com
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Napoleon Hill Is on the Air!: The Five Foundations for Success
by Napoleon Hill
In 1953, at the pinnacle of his career, beloved motivational speaker Napoleon Hill—whose classic Think and Grow Rich continues to inspire millions—distilled his lifetime work into a series of live radio broadcasts. In each one, Hill walked his listeners through one of the Five Foundations for Success—what he described as absolute musts connected to “practically all achievement that’s worth mentioning.”
Napoleon Hill Is on the Air! comprises those never-before-published transcripts in an engaging Q&A format. Together they provide deep analysis of the “Big Five” principles and how to apply them for maximum benefit in business and relationships. The transcripts also offer rich, off-the-cuff insights and inspirational stories derived from Hill’s years spent studying American icons, including Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Charles M. Schwab, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This remarkable book offers a unique perspective on Napoleon Hill’s groundbreaking principles of success—as practical and powerful today as when he first discovered them.
The Foundation has partnered with the Grand Harbor Press Division of Amazon to publish a number of previously unpublished radio and television broadcasts by Napoleon Hill. Called the “Napoleon Hill is On The Air” series, the first of the books is “The Five Foundations for Success.” It will be published on Tuesday and can be ordered now on Amazon. It consists of radio broadcasts made by Dr. Hill in Jackson, Mississippi in 1953. In these broadcasts, he concentrated on what he considered to be the “Big 5” of his seventeen success principles. This powerful book also contains an introduction by Dr. Charles Johnson, Dr. Hill’s nephew, which is the only public pronouncement about his uncle that Dr. Johnson has ever made.
Available now on Amazon.com!
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Napoleon Hill’s Daily Journal for Everyday Women
by Napoleon Hill & Judith Williamson
Napoleon Hill’s Daily Journal for Everyday Women is an intensive year long planning tool for a woman’s strategic life-plan development based upon Dr. Napoleon Hill’s 17 Success Principles. This journal is designed to coordinate with Dr. Hill’s teachings in such a way as to succinctly yet comprehensively cover all 17 success principles in the period of twelve months. Beginning at any time in the calendar year, this tool will coordinate a woman’s personal and professional goals in a systematic way so as to heighten personal success through daily planning and monthly reinforcement.
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Think and Grow Rich
by Napoleon Hill
As Executive Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, I receive many requests from people wanting the original 1937 copy of Think and Grow Rich. To satisfy those of you who desire to have a 1937 unedited copy, we have reproduced Napoleon Hill’s personal copy of the first edition, printed in March of 1937. The book has the notation, “not to be loaned,” and signed: Annie Lou Hill (the wife of Dr. Hill). This personal copy of Dr. Hill’s was given to me by Dr. Charles W. Johnson, Chairman of the Napoleon Hill Foundation and a nephew of Napoleon Hill. It was Napoleon Hill who sent Dr. Johnson to medical school, and today he is a practicing cardiologist. Charlie refers to Napoleon Hill as “Uncle Nap” and will often makes the statement, “Uncle Nap would be proud of the Foundation today.” The original 1937 manuscript was written and edited with the assistance of Napoleon’s wife. In later years, the existing document was again edited by Dr. Hill. For example, the Foundation owns a 1958 edition that Hill edited personally. This did not lessen the book’s value in Hill’s judgment. Hill made the editing remarks in his own handwriting and the resulting 1960 edited edition has sold over 100 million copies making it the most read self-help book of all time
Available on Amazon.com
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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 12, 2017 
