·
He shares some of the names and real-life
stories of many of these successful men
Chapter 1: Introduction
·
Story of Edward C Barnes, who accomplished his
desire to work as a business partner with Thomas A Edison through his thoughts
and intentions.
·
Opportunity has a sly habit of slipping in the
back door, often comes in disguised form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
That’s why so many fail to recognize opportunity.
·
An intangible impulse of thought can be
transmuted into its physical counterpart.
·
Story of R. U. Darby and his uncle, who went to
mine gold but gave up and sold the machinery to a junk dealer. The junk dealer,
hired a mining consultant and found out that the gold ore was there just within
3 feet where Darby had dug. Later Darby found this out and applied his lesson
in his insurance business and became successful.
·
Story of how Darby’s uncle budged to a neighbor
girl who came to his wheat mill and asked for 50 cents that her mother wanted.
Even after the uncle said no in a threatening voice several times, the girl
stood there unafraid. Finally, the uncle walked towards her. Darby thought he
was going to hurt her. But the uncle pulled 50 cents out of his pocket and gave
it to her.
·
The author spent 25 years researching and
analyzing more than 25,000 wealthy people.
·
We refuse to believe that which we do not
understand. We foolishly believe that our own limitations are the proper
measure of limitations.
·
Story of how Henry Ford made the 8-V engine
possible when his engineers said, it was impossible.
·
The ether (cosmos?) is filled with a form of
universal power which adopts itself to the nature of the thoughts we hold in
our minds, and influence us, in natural ways, to transmute our thoughts into
their physical equivalent.
·
Brain becomes magnetized with dominating
thoughts. These “magnets” attract to us the forces, the people, the
circumstances of life which harmonize with the nature of our dominating
thoughts.
Chapter
2: Desire: a starting point of all achievements (1st step)
·
Barnes travelled to Orange, NJ to meet Edison.
He did not go there with hope but a wish. A burning desire. He burnt all the
bridges. He left himself no possible way of retreat. He had to win or perish.
·
Every person must be willing to burn his ships
(like in a battle) and cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so one can be
sure of maintaining that state of mind known as burning desire to win.
·
Practical steps by which desire for riches can
be transmuted:
o 1.
Fix in your mind the exact amount of money you desire.
o 2.
Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the money you desire
o 3.
Establish a definite date when you intend to possess the money your desire
o 4.
Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether
you are read or not, to put this plan into action.
o 5.
Write your clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intend to
acquire, name the time limit for its acquisition.
o 6.
Read your written statement aloud, twice daily, once just before bed, and once
after waking up. As you read see and feel and believe yourself already in
procession of the money.
·
These steps can be used to attain any goal.
·
Once you set your dream/goal, don’t waiver or
what think about what others say.
·
Marconi’s friends had taken him into custody and
examined him in a psychopathic hospital, when he announced he had discovered a
principle through which he could send messages through air.
·
No one is ever defeated until defeat has been
accepted as a reality.
·
The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope
or wish.
·
Our only limits are those who we set up in our
minds.
·
The author gives several examples like John
Bunyan, Charles Dickens, Helen Keller, Beethoven, Milton who because successful
despite their disabilities or misfortunes.
·
Story of his own 2nd own, who was born
with no ears. He only could feebly hear some vibrations. Since his childhood,
the author told him “white lies” that his earing is normal and can live a
normal life like others. Finally, when he was in college, an earning aid
manufactures sent him a hearing device. He tried it and it worked great and he
was able to hear perfectly. He then contacted the manufactures and worked with
them to become the marketing person for the company. He made a living for
himself. The author inculcated faith and burning desire onto him from the
beginning. And nature, somehow, showed him the way to be what he desired to be.
·
Burning desire has devious ways of transmuting
itself into its physical equivalent.
Chapter
3: Faith: Visualization of, and Belief in, Attainment of Desire (2nd
step)
·
Faith is 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.
·
Emotion of faith, love, and sex are the most
powerful of all the major positive emotions. When these three are blended, the
vibration of thought instantly reaches the subconscious mind.
·
How to develop faith?
o 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 autosuggestion.
o Repetition
of affirmation of orders to your subconscious mind is the only known method of
voluntary development of the emotion of faith.
o Faith
is the “eternal elixir” which gives life, power, and action to the impulse of
thought.
·
The subconscious mind (the chemical laboratory),
makes no distinction between constructive and destructive thought impulses.
·
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 ether.
·
The self-confidence formula
o 1.
Believe that you have the ability to achieve the definite purpose in life.
o 2.
Realize that the dominating thoughts of mind will eventually reproduce
themselves into outward, physical action and transform into physical reality.
Concentrate 30 minutes daily upon thinking of the person that you intend to
become.
o 3.
Through the principle of autosuggestion, any desire persistently held in mind,
will materialize. Devote 10 minutes daily to demand yourself to develop
self-confidence.
o 4.
Write-down the definite chief aim in life and never stop until you develop
sufficient self-confidence for its attainment.
o 5.
Eliminate negative emotions towards others. Eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy,
selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for humanity.
·
The author gives examples of Abraham Lincoln and
Mahatma Gandhi.
·
Story of how US Steel corporation became on of
the largest corporation, which was born in the mind of Charles M. Schwab, in
the form of an idea created through his imagination.
·
There are no limitations to the mind except
those we acknowledge.
·
Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.
Chapter
4: Autosuggestion: the medium for influencing the subconscious mind (3rd
step)
·
Auto-suggestion is a term which applies to all
suggestions and all self-administered stimuli which reaches one’s mind through
the five senses.
·
Subconscious mind recognizes and acts upon only
thoughts which have been well-mixed with emotion or feeling.
·
Plain, unemotional words do not influence the
subconscious mind.
·
Fix the exact amount of money you desire and
concentrate your thoughts on it. Imagine and feel like you already have it.
·
Infinite intelligence will supply you with the
plan of action, in the form of a spark or inspiration. Quickly act upon it.
Write down the plan and start executing it. Don’t reason the inspiration.
Reasoning will interfere with your success.
·
When visualizing the money you intend to
accumulate, see yourself rendering the service, or delivering the merchandise
you intend to give in return for this money. This is important.
·
Summary of Instructions:
o 1.
Go to a quite spot (preferably in bed at night), close your eyes, and repeat
aloud the written statement of the amount of money you intend to accumulate,
the time limit for its accumulation, and the description of the service or
merchandise you intend to give in return for the money. See yourself already in
possession of the money.
o 2.
Repeat this program night and morning until you can see the money you intend to
accumulate.
o 3.
Place a written copy of your statement where you can see it night and morning,
and read it before retiring and upon rising until it has been memorized.
Chapter
5: Specialized Knowledge: Personal experiences or observations (4th
step)
·
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.
·
“Knowledge is Power” only when it is organized
into definite plans.
·
Story of a newspaper calling Henry Ford “an
ignorant pacifist”. Ford sued the paper company. The attorney of the paper
company placed Ford on the witness stand and asked general knowledge questions
to which Ford did not know any of the answers. After several questions, Ford
said, he has people who can, at a moment, can find the answers for him.
·
How to purchase knowledge?
o First,
decide the sort of specialized knowledge you require, and the purpose for which
it is needed.
o Some
means of acquiring specialized knowledge
§ Own
experience, education, libraries, colleges, training courses, etc.
·
Story of Stuart Austin Wier, who was a
construction engineer, lost his job during the depression. He decided to pursue
law and finished the law school in 2 years and started a successful practice.
He was over 40 years when he went back to college.
·
The way of success is the way of continuous
pursuit of knowledge.
·
Success and failure are largely the result of
habit.
·
Story of a women, who came up with a marketing
plan to sell personal services effectively. She became very successful and had
clients all over the country.
·
Idea is the main thing. Specialized knowledge
may be found in any corner.
Chapter
6: Imagination: The workshop of the mind (5th step)
·
Man can create anything which he can imagine.
·
Two forms:
o Synthetic
Imagination:
§ Arrange
old concepts, ideas, or plans into new combinations.
§ Creates
nothing, but works with the material of experience, education, and observation
with which it is fed.
o Creative
Imagination:
§ It
is that faculty through which:
·
the finite mind of man has direct communication
with Infinite Intelligence.
·
“hunches” and “inspirations” are received.
·
vibrations from the “mind” of others are
received.
·
one individual may “tune in” or communicate with
the subconscious mind of other men.
§ Functions
only when conscious mind is vibrating at an exceedingly rapid rate, for
example, when stimulated through the emotion of strong desire.
·
The imaginative faculty may have become weak
through in-action or lack of use.
·
Carry out the instructions best suited to your
needs: reduce your plan to writing. This will help give a concrete form to the
intangible desire.
·
Story of Asa Candler, who purchased Coca-cola
formula from a chemist and made a fortune. Author narrates the story as a
“fact, that is stranger than fiction”. The name of story is “The enchanted kettle”.
·
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point
from which one must begin.
·
Story of young preacher Dr Frank Gunsaulus who
desired for a million dollars to start a educational institute with a new
concept. He decided to give a sermon and surprisingly a man named Phillip D
Armour, came up and decided to give him the money and Gunsaulus started his
dream institution and named it Armour Institute of Technology (which is now
Illinois Institute of Technology)
·
“Success requires no explanations. Failure
permits no alibis”
Chapter
7: Organized Planning (6th step)
·
Crystallization of desire into action
·
Steps to build a plan:
o Ally
yourself with a group of as many people for creation and carrying out your plan
using “Master Mind” principle.
o Before
forming MM alliance, decide what advantages, benefits, and what you may offer
in return for their cooperation.
o Meet
with the members of your MM group at least twice a week.
o Maintain
perfect harmony between yourself and every member of your MM group.
·
If a plan doesn’t work successfully, keep
replacing it with a new plan, until you find a plan that does work.
·
“A quitter never wins and a winner never quits”
·
Major attributes of leadership:
o 1.
Unwavering courage
o 2.
Self-control
o 3.
Keen sense of justice
o 4.
Definiteness of decision
o 5.
Definiteness of plan
o 6.
Habit of doing more than paid for
o 7.
A pleasing personality
o 8.
Sympathy and understanding
o 9.
Mastery of detail
o 10.
Willingness to assume full responsibility
o 11.
Cooperation
·
Two forms of leadership:
o 1.
By consent and sympathy of followers
o 2.
By force, without consent or sympathy of followers.
o Second
form cannot endure.
·
Major causes of Failure in leadership:
o 1.
Inability of organize details
o 2.
Unwillingness to render humble service
o 3.
Expectation of pay for “what they know”, instead of “what they DO”
o 4.
Fear of competition from followers
o 5.
Lack of imagination
o 6.
Selfishness
o 7.
Intemperance
o 8.
Disloyalty
o 9.
Emphasis of “authority” of leadership
o 10.
Emphasis of title
·
QQS formula – Quality, Quantity, and Spirit of
service. Of the three, Spirit of service is the most important.
·
30 major causes of failure:
o 1.
Unfavorable hereditary background – born with deficiency in the brain power.
o 2.
Lack of well-defined purpose in life.
o 3.
Lack of ambition to aim above mediocrity
o 4.
Insufficient Education
o 5.
Lack of self-discipline
§ Most
important. You can see at the same time
both your best friend and your greatest enemy by looking into the
mirror.
§ Self-mastery
is the hardest job.
o 6.
Ill health
§ Overeating
or bad food
§ Wrong
habits of thought; giving expression to negatives
§ Wrong
use of, or over indulgence in sex
§ Lack
of proper physical exercise
§ Inadequate
supply of fresh air, improper breathing.
o 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 a result of bad
environment, and improper associates during childhood.
o 8.
Procrastination
§ Do
not wait. The time will never be “just right”. Start where you stand, and work
with whichever tools you may have at your command. You will find better tools
as you go along.
o 9.
Lack of persistence
o 10.
Negative personality
§ Success
comes through application of power. Power is attained through cooperation with
other people. A negative personality will not induce cooperation.
o 11.
Lack of controlled sexual urge
§ Sex
energy is the most powerful of all stimuli that move people in to action. It
must be controlled through transmutation and converted into other channel.
o 12.
Uncontrolled desire for “something for nothing”
o 13.
Lack of well-defined power of decision.
o 14.
One of more of the 6 basic fears
o 15.
Wrong selection of a mate in marriage
o 16.
Over-caution
o 17.
Wrong-selection of associates in business
o 18.
Superstition and prejudice
o 19.
Wrong selection of vocation
o 20.
Lack of concentration of effort
§ “Jack
of all trades” is seldom good at any.
o 21.
The habit of indiscriminate spending
o 22.
Lack of enthusiasm
o 23.
Intolerance
o 24.
Intemperance
§ The
most damaging forms are connected with eating, drinking, and sexual activities
o 25.Inability
to cooperate with others
o 26.
Possession of power not acquired with self-effort.
o 27.
Intentional dishonesty
o 28.
Egotism and vanity
o 29.
Guessing instead of thinking
o 30.
Lack of capital
·
Take an inventory of yourself
o Annual
self-analysis is essential. Yearly analysis should show decrease in faults and
increase in virtues
o Self-analysis
questionnaire for personal inventory – can be made in a way that it address the
30 causes failures.
Chapter
8: Decision (the mastery of procrastination – 7th step)
·
Don’t let other’s “opinions” influence your
decision
·
Take no one into confidence except the members
of your “ Master Mind” group.
·
TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INDEND TO DO, BUT FIRST
SHOW IT.
·
American Declaration of Independence was born
out of a decision created by a Master Mind consisting of 56 men.
·
Leaders in every walk of life decide quickly and
firmly
·
The example story of Fred Smith, the founder of
Fedex is narrated. Fred started a concept of All-freight airline and made it
successful despite all odds.
Chapter
9: Persistence (the sustained effort necessary to induce faith – 8th
step)
·
Power of will
·
Essential factor in transmuting desire into its
monitory equivalent
·
Story of Bruce Lee coming to Hollywood from
China and making it big after several disappointments.
·
Persistence if a state of mind and can be
cultivated. It is based upon:
o 1.
Definiteness of Purpose – knowing what you want
o 2.
Desire
o 3.
Self-reliance – belief in your ability
o 4.
Definiteness of plans
o 5.
Accurate knowledge – “guessing” instead of “knowing” destroys persistence.
o 6.
Cooperation – sympathy, understanding and harmonious cooperation with others.
o 7.
Will power –
o 8.
Habit -
·
Story of Tom Monaghan who started with one
Domino store and expanded it to 6000 stores in 30 years.
·
How to develop persistence
o 1.
A definite purpose backed by a burning desire for its fulfillment.
o 2.
A definite plan, expressed in continuous action
o 3.
A mind closed tightly against all negative and discouraging influences
o 4.
A friendly alliance with one or more persons who will encourage you to follow
through with both plan and purpose.
·
Story of Howard Schultz and hi Starbucks
business.
Chapter
10: Power of the Master Mind: the driving force (9th step)
·
Organized and intelligently directed knowledge
·
Power is required for the accumulation of money.
Necessary for the retention of money after it has been accumulated.
·
Sources of knowledge:
o 1.
Infinite Intelligence
o 2.
Accumulated experience
o 3.
Experiment and research
·
Two characteristics of the Master Mind
principle: 1. Economic, 2. Psychic
o 1.
Economic – Obvious. May be created by people who surround themselves with the
advice, counsel and personal cooperation of a group of people who are willing
to lend them wholehearted aid in a spirit of perfect harmony.
o 2.
Psychic – Abstract. Refers to spiritual forces. Matter and Energy.
§ Nature’s
building blocks are available to us in the energy involved in thinking.
§ When
a group of individual brains is coordinated and functions in harmony, the
increased energy created through alliance becomes available to every individual
brain in the group.
§ Examples
of Henry Ford, Franklin Roosevelt, and Gandhi. Gandhi accomplished a miracle
when he induced (not forced) 200 million to cooperate in a spirit of harmony.
§ When
two or more people work towards a definite purpose in alliance, they absorb the
power from the greatest universal storehouse of Infinite Intelligence.
·
Example of IBM CEO, Andrew Grove. He gave
generous stock options to employees and developed a culture of belonging.
·
Example of Ross Perot, who started EDS
(Electronic Data Systems). He was a top salesman at IBM. He quit IBM and
started EDS. His persistence was exemplified when he competed against IBM to
win on of the biggest contracts in the computer industry.
Chapter
11: The mystery of sex transmutation (10th step)
·
Transmute – changing or transferring of one
element, or form of energy, into another.
·
Because of ignorance of the subject, sex is
generally associated with the physical.
·
Emotions of sex has possibility of three
constructive potentialities:
o 1.
The perpetuation of mankind
o 2.
The maintenance of health
o 3.
The transformation of mediocrity into genius through transmutation.
·
Sex desire is the most powerful of human desires
·
The transmutation of sex energy calls for the
exercise of will power, but the reward is worth it.
·
The desire cannot and should not be submerged or
eliminated. But should be given an outlet through forms of expression that
enrich the body, mind and spirit.
·
If it is not transmuted into some creative
effort, it will find a less worthy outlet.
·
Scientific research has disclosed that:
o 1.
The men of greatest achievement are those with highly developed sex natures.
o 2.
The men who have accumulated great fortunes and achieved outstanding
recognition in literature, art, industry, architecture and other professions
were motivated by the influence of women.
·
The 10 stimuli to which mind responds to freely:
o 1.
The desire for sex expression
o 2.
Love
o 3.
A burning desire for fame, power, financial gain, money
o 4.
Music
o 5.
Friendship between either those of the same sex, or those of the opposite sex.
o 6.
A Master mind alliance based upon the harmony of two or more people who ally
themselves for spiritual or temporal advancement.
o 7.
Mutual suffering, such as that experienced by people who are persecuted.
o 8.
Autosuggestion
o 9.
Fear
o 10.
Narcotics and alcohol
·
Ideas or concepts flash into one’s mind “hunch”
through:
o 1.
Infinite Intelligence
o 2.
The subconscious mind, in which is stored every sense impression and thought
impulse that ever reached the brain through any of the five senses.
o 3.
The mind of some other person who has just released the thought, or picture of
the idea or concept, through conscious thought.
o 4.
The other person’s subconscious storehouse.
·
The creative imagination functions best when the
mind is vibrating (due to some form of stimulation) at an exceedingly higher
rate
·
Dr. Elmer R Gates, of Chevy Chase, Maryland,
created more than 200 patents through the process of cultivating and using the
creative faculty.
·
Scientific inventors or geniuses follow this:
o 1.
They stimulate their minds so that they vibrate on higher-than-average-plane
o 2.
They concentrate upon the factors of innovation.
·
Example of Lincoln and Napoleon who were
inspired by their wives achieves great success.
·
Seldom people succeed before 40 because they
don’t discover that the urge of sex can be transcended beyond a mere physical
expression. Majority discover this after wasting so many years.
·
Highly sexed people always have a plentiful
supply of magnetism
·
This energy can be communicated to others
through the following media:
o 1.
The handshake
o 2.
The tone of voice
o 3.
Posture and carriage of the body – highly sexed people more briskly, and with
grace and ease.
o 4.
The vibrations of thought
o 5.
Body adornment.
·
Overindulgence in sex expression may become a
habit as destructive and as detrimental to creative efforts as alcohol and
narcotics.
·
The years between 40 and 50 are, as a rule, the
most fruitful. One should approach this age not with fear and trembling, but
with hope and eager anticipation.
·
Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, James J. Hill all started
they success story after age 40.
·
Most people discover the art of sex
transmutation between 30 and 40 and mostly by accident.
·
When a negative emotion presents itself in your
mind, it can be transmuted into positive, or constructive, emotion by the simple
procedure of changing your thoughts.
·
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.
·
Those who cannot be stimulated to great heights
by love are hopeless. They are dead, though they may seem alive.
·
Dismiss the thought that love never comes but
once. Love may come and go, times without number.
·
There should be no disappointment over love.
·
Love is spiritual, while sex is biological.
·
When the emotions of romance is added to those
of love and sex, the obstructions between the finite mind of man and the
Infinite Intelligence are removed. Then a genius has been born!
·
Where love, romance and proper understanding of
the emotion and the function of the sex abide, there is no disharmony between
married people.
Chapter
12: The Subconscious Mind: the connecting link (11th step)
·
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.
·
The subconscious mind works day and night.
·
The negative emotions voluntarily inject
themselves into the subconscious, whereas the positive emotions must be
injected through the principle of autosuggestion.
·
The seven major positive emotions:
o 1.
Desire
o 2.
Faith
o 3.
Love
o 4.
Sex
o 5.
Enthusiasm
o 6.
Romance
o 7.
Hope
·
The seven major negative emotions (to be
avoided)
o 1.
Fear
o 2.
Jealousy
o 3.
Hatred
o 4.
Revenge
o 5.
Greed
o 6.
Superstition
o 7.
Anger
·
Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the
mind at the same time. It is your responsibility to make sure positives
dominate your mind.
·
The presence of a single negative emotion in
your conscious mind is sufficient to destroy all chances of constructive aid
from your subconscious mind.
·
If you pray for a thing, but you have fear as
you pray that your may not receive it, your prayer will have been in vain.
·
Faith and fear make poor bedfellows. Where one
is found, the other cannot exist.
Chapter
13: The Brain: the broadcasting and receiving station (12th step)
·
Every human brain is both broadcasting and
receiving station for the vibration of thought.
·
It is also capable of picking up vibrations of
thought released by other brains.
·
A brain stimulated by the emotion of sex vibrates
at a much rapid rate than it does when that emotion is quiescent or absent.
·
The greatest forces are intangible.
·
Three principles to be used to operate your “broadcasting”
station: Subconscious mind, Creative imagination, and Autosuggestion.
·
The number of connections between the brain
cells is estimated to be 10 to the power 15. There are about 10-15 billion
nerve cells in human cerebral cortex.
·
The existence of telepathy and clairvoyance seems
to some scientists enormously probable as a result of experiments conducted by Professor
Rhine at Duke University.
Chapter
14: The Sixth Sense – the door to the temple of wisdom (13th step)
·
The sixth sense is the portion of the subconscious
mind that has bed referred to as creative imagination.
·
Also referred to as “receiving set” through which
ideas, plans, and thoughts flash into the mind. “Hunches” or “inspirations”.
·
Author talks about his imaginary counsel of
round table where he imagined great leaders sitting around the table. He imagined
to be the chairman of the board. He would ask the counsel to give him ideas and
suggestions.
Chapter
15: How to Outwit the Six Ghosts of Fear (Clearing the brain for riches)
·
You have to clear out three enemies: indecision,
doubt and fear.
·
The sixth sense will never function while any of
these negatives remain in your mind.
·
Indecision of the seedling of fear. It crystalizes
into doubt. The two blend to become fear.
·
The six basic fears: fear of:
o 1.
Poverty
o 2.
Criticism
o 3.
Ill health
o 4.
Loss of love of someone
o 5.
Old age
o 6.
Death
·
Thought impulses begin immediately to translate
themselves into their physical equivalent, whether those thoughts are voluntary
or involuntary.
·
The fear of poverty
o The
road that leads to poverty and riches travel in the opposite directions. If you want riches you must refuse to accept
any circumstance that leads to poverty.
o If
you demand riches, determine what form and how much will be required to satisfy
you.
o Fear
of poverty is a state of mind. Only you have control over your state of mind.
o This
paralyzes the faculty of reason, destroys imagination, self-confidence,
enthusiasm, causes procrastination and the list goes on.
o Most
destructive of all the other types of fear
o Symptoms
of fear of poverty
§ Indifference
– expressed as lack of ambition, willingness to tolerate poverty, mental and
physical laziness, lack of initiative, imagination, enthusiasm, and self-control.
§ Indecision
– habit of permitting others to do one’s thinking.
§ Doubt
– excuses, or criticizing others.
§ Worry
– expressed by finding fault in others, neglect of personal appearance etc.
§ Overcaution
– habit of looking at the negative side of every circumstance.
§ Procrastination
·
The fear of criticism
o Robs
people of their initiative, destroys power of imagination, limits their
individuality, damages self-confidence.
o It
should be recognized as a crime for any parent to build inferiority complexes
in the mind of a child through criticism.
o Criticism
will plant fear or resentment in the human heart but it will not build love or
affection.
·
The fear of ill health
o Fear
of disease often produces the symptoms, even when there is no real illness.
·
The fear of loss of love
o Symptom
is jealousy. Being suspicious of loved ones without evidence.
·
The fear of old age
o No
one cherishes the thought of diminishing sexual attraction.
o Possibility
of loss of physical and economic freedom.
·
The fear of death
o Life
is energy. It may be passed through various transition, but it cannot be
destroyed. Death is mere transition.
o This
fear is useless. Death will come, no matter what.
·
Worry
o State
of mind based upon fear. It paralyzes one’s reasoning faculty and destroys
self-confidence.
o Unsettled
mind is helpless. Indecision makes unsettled mind.
o Even
a dog or horse can sense when it’s master lacks courage. A honeybee immediately
senses fear in the mind of a person and more likely it will sting a person with
vibration of fear.
o Mental
telepathy is a reality. Thoughts pass from one mind to another.
Chapter
16: The Devil’s Workshop (The seventh basic evil)
·
Susceptibility of negative influences – it is more
deeply seated and more often fatal than all of the six fears.
·
How to protect yourself from negative influences
o Keep
your mind closed from all people who depress or discourage you.
o Seek
company of people who influence you to think and ack for yourself.
·
Lists self-analysis test questions for 5 pages, answering
to which will help you overcome the fear.
·
Example of people who didn’t let negative
influences: Thomas A. Edison, F.W. Woolworth, George Washington, Henry Ford.
·
You either control your mind or it controls you.
·
55 famous alibis that people usually use as
reasons for failure are listed
·
“The first and the best victory is to conquer
self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile” –
Plato
“The ugliness I saw in others was but a reflection of my own
nature” – a philosopher.
