You should relate to your belief system or faith as a source of energy, but if there is a secret, it is this: action is a key component. Having your mind under your complete control will allow you to remove limitations that you have previously applied to yourself or allowed others to apply to you...
Thinking does not mean idly wasting time. You need to think with a purpose in mind and an end in view: trying to solve a problem. In The Master Mind, Theron Q. Dumont says that thinking is forced upon us when we are deciding on a course to pursue, perhaps a life’s work to take up. This is the kind of thinking that was forced upon us in our younger days when we had to find the solution to a problem in mathematics, or when we tackled psychology in college...
The qualities associated with a strong purpose are a well-disciplined intellect, character, influence, tranquility, and cheerfulness within—and those are what lead to success. Whatever a person’s talents and advantages may be, if he has no aim or a low one, he will be weak and despicable; if he has a high purpose, he cannot be other than respectable and influential. Without some definite object before us, some standard that we are earnestly striving to reach, we cannot expect to attain any great height, either mentally or morally. But setting high standards for ourselves and wishing to reach them without any further effort on our part is not enough to elevate us to any great degree...
Once you have developed your major purpose in life, the passion it creates will lead you to achieve greater self-discipline, self-reliance, and ENTHUSIASM. Enthusiasm is great but without a purpose, it can be uncontrolled enthusiasm. I appreciate the many students that come through our programs who are entrepreneurs and have a Definite Major Purpose. Their energy is directed toward a specific goal and defined with clear actions to get them to their desired results...
Since I was a lover of books on success, including biographies, I became partial to Dr. Napoleon Hill because his works have endured for close to a century. Napoleon Hill’s classic, Think and Grow Rich!, was first published in 1937...
W. Clement Stone’s own background provided few clues that one day he would become so wealthy that he could give away several hundred million dollars to charitable causes before he died at the age of 100...
An education enables people’s accomplishments, but getting an education does not assure one’s success. The world is full of educated people who do not realize that knowledge is important, but only when it is applied. Hard work is a good trait too, but untold numbers of people have worked hard and given long hours for years but never seen success. You can be very productive for someone else’s dreams but not your own...
The following well-known person with a pleasing personality is creating a legacy that is having positive effects on our most prized possessions—our youth. This is a person of whom I have firsthand knowledge. Dolly Parton, born in the small town of Sevierville, Tennessee, at the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, has accomplished remarkable things and influenced the lives of thousands, if not millions, of people around the world with her talent and her philanthropy....
Over a period of time, if you improve only a little, the cumulative effect will pay huge rewards. Why would anyone not do a little extra to gain great rewards? Author and speaker Jim Rohn says that the reason can be attributed to the mystery of the mind. We cannot compel others to always go the extra mile, but there is no reason that each of us cannot apply the going the extra mile principle in our daily life, both in our business and in our personal life. The rewards may not be immediate, but the principle works every time...