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Speaker 1: Lessens eleven and twelve of the power of concentration lesson eleven.

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Concentrate on courage. Courage is the backbone of man. The

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man with courage has persistence. He states what he believes

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and puts it into execution. The courageous man has confidence.

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He draws to himself all the moral qualities and mental

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forces which go to make up a strong man, whereas

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the man without courage draws to himself all the qualities

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of a weak man, vacillation, doubt, hesitancy, and unsteadiness of purpose.

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You can therefore see the value of concentration on courage.

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It is a most vital element of success. The lack

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of courage creates financial as well as mental and moral difficulties.

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When a new problem comes, instead of looking upon it

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as something to be achieved, the man or woman without

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courage looks for reasons why it cannot be done, and

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failure is naturally the almost inevitable result. This is a

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subject well worthy of your study. Look upon everything within

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your power as a possibility instead of is merely a probability,

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and you will accomplish a great deal more, because by

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considering a thing as impossible, you immediately draw to yourself

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all the elements that contribute to failure. Lack of courage

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destroys your confidence in yourself. It destroys that forceful, resolute

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attitude so important to success. The man without courage unconsciously

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draws to himself all that is contemptible, weakening, demoralizing, and destructive.

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He then blames his luck when he does not secure

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the things he weakly desires. We must first have the

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courage to strongly desire something. A desire to be fulfilled

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must be backed by the strength of all our mental forces.

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Such a desire has enough commanding force to change all

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unfavorable conditions. The man with courage commands, whether be on

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the battle field or in business life. What is courage?

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It is the will to do It. Takes no more

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energy to be courageous than to be cowardly. It is

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a matter of the right training in the right way.

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Courage concentrates the mental forces on the task at hand.

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It then directs them thoughtfully, steadily, deliberately, while attracting all

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the forces of success toward the desired end. Cowardice, on

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the other hand, dissipates both our mental and moral forces,

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thereby inviting failure. As we are creatures of habit. We

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should avoid persons that lack courage. They are easy to

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discover because of their habits of fear in attacking new problems.

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The man with courage is never afraid. Start out to

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day with the idea that there is no reason why

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you should not be courageous. If any fear thoughts come

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to you, cast them off, as you would do the

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deadly viper form the habit of never thinking of anything

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unfavorable to yourself or any one else. In dealing with

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difficulties new or old, hold ever the thought I am courageous.

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Whenever a doubt crosses the threshold of your mind, banish it.

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Remember you, as a master of your mind, control its

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every thought. And here is a good one to often affirm.

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I have courage because I desire it, because I need it,

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because I use it, and because I refuse to become

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such a weakling as a cowardice produces. There is no

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justification for the loss of courage. The evils by which

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you will almost certainly be overwhelmed without it are far

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greater than those which courage will help you to meet

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and overcome. Right, then must be the moralist who says

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that the only thing to fear is fear. Never let

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another's opinion affect you. He cannot tell you what you

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are able to do. He does not know what you

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can do with your forces. The truth is, you do

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not know yourself until you have put yourself to the test. Therefore,

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how can someone else know? Almost all wonderful achievements have

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been accomplished after it has been thoroughly demonstrated that they

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were impossibilities. Once we understand the law, all things are possible.

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If they were impossibilities, we could not conceive them. Just

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the moment you allow someone to influence you against what

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you think is right, you lose that confidence in yourself

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that inspires courage and carries with it all the forces

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which courage creates. Just the moment you begin to swerve

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in your plan, you begin to carry out another's thought

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and not your own. You become the directed and not

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the director. You forsake the courage and resolution of your

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own mind, and you therefore lack the very forces that

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you need to sustain and carry out your work. Instead

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of being self reliant, you become timid, and this invites

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fail failure. When you permit yourself to be influenced from

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your plan by another, You are unable to judge as

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you should because you have allowed another's influence to deprive

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you of your courage and determination without absorbing any of

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his in return. So you are in much the same

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predicament as you would be in if you turned over

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all your worldly possessions to another without getting value received.

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Concentrate on just the opposite of fear, want, poverty, sickness,

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et cetera. Never doubt your own ability. You have plenty

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if you will just use it. A great many men

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are failures because they doubt their own capacity. Instead of

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building up strong mental forces, which would be of the

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greatest use to them, their fear thoughts tear them down.

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Fear paralyzes energy. It keeps us from attracting the forces

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that go to make up success. Fear is the worst

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enemy we have. There are few people that really know

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that they can accomplish much. They desire the full extent

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of their powers. But alas it is only occasionally that

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you find a man that is aware of the great

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possibilities within him. When you believe with all your mind

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and heart and soul that you can do something, you

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thereby develop the courage to steadily and confidently live up

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to that belief. You have now gone a long way

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towards accomplishing it. The chances are that there will be

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obstacles big and little in your way, but resolute courage

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will overcome them, and nothing else will. Strong courage eliminates

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the injurious and opposing forces by summoning their masters, the

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yet stronger forces that will serve you. Courage is yours

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for the asking. All you have to do is to

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believe in it, claim it and use it to succeed

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in business. Believe that it will be successful, assert that

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it is successful, and work like a beaver to make

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it so. Difficulty soon melt away before the courageous one

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man of courage can fire with his spirit a whole

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army of men, whether it be military or industrial. Because courage,

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like cowardice, is contagious. The man of courage overcomes the

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trials and temptations of life. He commands success, he renders

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sound judgment. He develops personal influence and a forceful character,

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and often becomes the mentor of the community which he

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serves how to overcome depression and melancholia. Both of the

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former are harmful and make you unhappy. These are states

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that can be quickly overcome through concentrating more closely on

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the higher self, For when you do, you cut off

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the connection with the harmful force currents. You can also

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drive away moods by simply choosing and fully concentrating on

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an agreeable subject. Through will, power and thought control, we

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can accomplish anything we want to do. There is wonderful

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inherent power within us all, and there is never any

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sufficient cause for fear except ignorance. Every evil is but

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the product of ignorance, and every one that possesses the

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power to think has the power to overcome ignorance and evil.

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The pain that we suffer from doing evil are but

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the lessons of experience, and the object of the pain

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is to make us realize our ignorance. When we become depressed,

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it is evidence that our thought faculties are combining improperly

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and thereby attracting the wrong force currents. All that is

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necessary to do is to exercise the will and concentrate

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upon happy subjects. I will only think of subjects worthy

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of my higher self in its powers. Lesson twelve, concentrate

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on wealth. It was never intended that man should be poor.

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When wealth is obtained under the proper conditions, it broadens

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the life. Everything has its value, Everything has a good

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use and a bad use. The forces of mind, like wealth,

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can be directed either for good or evil. A little

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rest will recreate forces. Too much rest degenerates into laziness

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and brainless dreamy longings. If you acquire wealth unjustly from others,

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you are misusing your forces. But if your wealth comes

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through the right sources, you will be blessed. Through wealth,

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we can do things to uplift ourselves and humanity. Wealth

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is many persons goal. It therefore stimulates their endeavor. They

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long for it in order to dress and live in

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such a way as to attract friends. Without friends, they

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would not be so particular of their surroundings. The fact is,

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the more attractive we make ourselves and our surroundings, the

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more inspiring are their influences. It is not conducive to

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proper thought to be surrounded by conditions that are uncon

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genial and unpleasant. So the first step toward acquiring wealth

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is to surround yourself with helpful influences, to claim for

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yourself an environment of culture, place yourself in it, and

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be molded by its influences. Most great men of all

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ages have been comparatively rich. They have made or inherited money.

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Without money, they could not have accomplished what they did.

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The man engaged in physical drudgery is not likely to

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have the same high ideals as the man that can

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command comparative leisure. Wealth is usually the fruit of achievement.

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It is not, however, altogether the result of being industrious.

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Thousands of persons work hard who never grow wealthy. Others

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with much less effort acquire wealth. Seeing possibilities is another

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step toward acquiring wealth. A man may be as industrious

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as he can possibly be, but if he does not

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use his mental forces, he will be a laborer. To

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be directed by the man that uses to good advantage

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his mental forces. No one can become wealthy in an

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ordinary lifetime by mere savings from earnings. Many scrimp in

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economize all their lives, but by so doing waste all

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their vitality and energy. For example, I know a man

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that used to walk to work. It took him an

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hour to go and an hour to return. He could

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have taken a car and gone in twenty minutes. He

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saved ten cents a day but wasted an hour and

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a half. It was not a very profitable investment. Unless

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the time spent in physical exercise yielded him large returns

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in the way of health, the same amount of time

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spent in concentrated effort to overcome his unfavorable business environment

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might have firmly planted his feet in the path of prosperity.

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One of the big mistakes made by many persons of

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the present generation is that they associate with those who

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fail to call out or divy develop the best that

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is in them. When the social side of life is

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developed too exclusively, as it often is, and recreation or

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entertainment becomes the leading motive of a person's life, he

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acquires habits of extravagance instead of economy, habits of wasting

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his resources physical, mental, moral, and spiritual instead of conserving them.

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He is, in consequence lacking in proper motivation. His God

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given powers and forces are undeveloped, and he inevitably brings

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poor judgment to bear upon all the higher relationships of life,

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while as to his financial fortunes, he is ever the leaner,

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often a parasite, and always if opportunity affords as heavy

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a consumer as he is a poor producer. It seems

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a part of the tragedy of life that these persons

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have to be taught such painful lessons before they can

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understand the forces and laws that regulate life. Few profit

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by the mistakes of others. They must experience them for themselves,

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and then apply the knowledge so gained in reconstructing their lives.

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Any man that has ever amounted to anything has never

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done a great deal of detail work for long periods.

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At any given time, he needs his time to reflect.

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He does not do his duties to day in the

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same way as yesterday, but as the result of deliberate

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and concentrated effort, constantly tries to improve his methods. The

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other day I attended a lecture on prosperity. I knew

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the lecturer had been practically broke for ten years. I

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wanted to hear what he had to say. He spoke

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very well. He no doubt benefited some of his hearers,

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but he had not profited by his own teachings. I

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introduced myself and asked him if he believed in his maxims.

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He said he did. I asked him if they made

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him prosperous. He said not exactly. I asked him why.

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He answered that he thought he was not to experience prosperity.

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In half an hour, I showed that man why poverty

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had always been his companion. He had dressed poorly, he

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held his lectures in poor surroundings. By his actions and beliefs,

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he attracted poverty. He did not realize that his thoughts

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and his surroundings exercised an unfavorable influence. I said, thoughts

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are moving forces, great powers. Thoughts of wealth attract wealth. Therefore,

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if you desire wealth, you must attract the forces that

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will help you to secure it. Your thoughts attract a

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similar kind of thoughts. If you hold thoughts of poverty,

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you attract poverty. If you make up your mind you

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are going to be wealthy, you will instill this thought

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into all your mental forces, and you will, at the

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same time use every external condition to help you. Many

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persons are of the opinion that if you have money,

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it is easy to make more money, but this is

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not necessarily true. Ninety percent of the men that start

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in business fail. Money will not enable one to accumulate

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much more unless he is trained to seek and use

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good opportunities for its investment. If he inherits money, the

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chances are that he will lose it, while if he

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has made it, he not only knows its value, but

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has developed the power to use it as well as

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to make more if he loses it. Business success to

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day depends on foresight, good judgment, grit, firm resolution, and

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settled purpose. But never forget that thought is as real

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a force as electricity. Let your thoughts be such that

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you will send out as good as you receive. If

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you do not, you are not enriching others, and therefore

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deserve not to be enriched. The man that tries to

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get all he can from others for nothing becomes so

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selfish and mean that he does not even enjoy his

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own acquisitions. We see examples of this every day. What

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we take from others will in turn be taken from us.

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All obligations have to be met fairly and squarely. We

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cannot reach perfection until we discharge every obligation of our lives.

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We all realize this, so why not willingly give a

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fair exchange for all that we receive? Again, I repeat

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that the first as well as the last, step in

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acquiring wealth is to surround yourself with good influences. Good thought,

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good health, good home and business environment, and successful business

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associates cultivate by every legitimate means the acquaintance of men

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of big caliber. Bring your thought vibrations in regard to

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business into harmony with theirs. This will make your society

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not only agreeable, but sought after. And when you have

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formed intimate friendships with clean, reputable men of wealth, intrust

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to them for your investment your surplus earnings. However, until

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you have developed the initiative and business acumen to successfully

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manage your own investments. By this time you will, through

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such associations, have found your place in life, which, if

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you have rightly concentrated upon and used your opportunities, will

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not be among men of small parts. With a competence secured,

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you will take pleasure in using a part of it,

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in making the road you traveled in reaching your position

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easier for those who follow you. There is somewhere in

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every brain the energy that will get you out of

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that rut and put you far up on the mountain

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of success if you can only use the energy. You

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know that gasoline in the engine of an automobile doesn't

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move the car until the spark comes to explode. The gasoline.

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So it is with the mind of man. We are

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not speaking now of men of great genius, but of average,

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able citizens. Each one of them has in his brain

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the capacity to climb over the word impossible and get

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into the successful country beyond and hope. Self confidence and

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the determination to do something supply the spark that makes

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the energy work