(An excerpt from The Strangest Secret Library – available on Amazon) Chapter 10 – On Codes and Standards BUT what if you must have approval and acquiescence in one phase of your work before you go on to the next? What if your work is contributory to a group effort? That is, of course, more complicated, but imagination can still come to your aid. It can show you where you stand in the chain of causes which go to bring about a certain result, and thus teach you to be patient during the time when your work is being considered, to hold yourself in a state of balance until the verdict is passed. Then, if it is adverse - as it occasionally must be - you can do one of two things: tackle the same problem from a new angle, hoping this time to reach a good working basis with your co-workers, … [Read more...]
Persistence – Sustained Effort Necessary to Induce Faith – 02
(An excerpt from The Strangest Secret Library – available on Amazon) Persistence - Sustained Effort Necessary to Induce Faith The Eighth Step toward Riches PERSISTENCE is an essential factor in the procedure of transmuting DESIRE into its monetary equivalent. The basis of persistence is the POWER OF WILL. Will-power and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair. Men who accumulate great fortunes are generally known as cold-blooded, and sometimes ruthless. Often they are misunderstood. What they have is will-power, which they mix with persistence, and place back of their desires to insure the attainment of their objectives. Henry Ford has been generally misunderstood to be ruthless and cold-blooded. This misconception grew out of Ford’s habit of following through … [Read more...]
The Great Syndicated Book Challenge – Results Week 23
Farm life continues to be exhilarating, despite the hot weather and rain quitting (for now.) Not too oddly, I found a new real world project that's taking my time (for now)... "Enjoy life today. Yesterday is gone – and tomorrow may never come." ~ Alan Coren Metrics Total subscribers: 2275 New subscribers last seven days: 9 Course sign-ups: 0 Books published: Nothing this week... Courses in Progress: 10 mini-courses PMA: SOS - An Introduction How to Become a Wealthy Writer (3 parts) Becoming a Successful Writer - Your Guide to Unlimited Writing Success Becoming a Productive Writer - The Fiction Writer's Master Craft Guide Becoming a Wealthy Writer - Completely Change Your World Strangest Secret Collection (A few more … [Read more...]
Mind Stuff Experiments – Magic of Believing – 02
(An excerpt from "The Strangest Secret Library" - available on Amazon.) Mind Stuff Experiments - Magic of Believing In order to get a clearer understanding of our subject, you should give some thought to thought itself and to its phenomena. No one knows what thought really is, other than some sort of mental action. But like the unknown element of electricity, we see its manifestations everywhere. We see it in the actions and expressions of a child, in an aged person, in animals, and to varying degrees in every living thing. The more we contemplate and study thought, the more we realize what a terrific force it is and how unlimited its powers are. Glance around as you read this. If you are in a furnished room, your eyes tell you that you are looking at a number of inanimate … [Read more...]
Is Your Personal Corporation Growing?
(An excerpt from the bestseller How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds, based on talks by Earl Nightingale) Is Your Personal Corporation Growing? Every person is, in reality, in business for himself or herself in that each is building his or her own life regardless of who happens to write his or her paycheck. So for the purpose of this message, think of yourself as a corporation. You hold the office of president of this corporation, and you're responsible for its success or failure. You and the members of your family are stockholders in your corporation, and it's your responsibility to see that the value of the stock increases in the years ahead. If your company is growing, it will have a tendency to continue to grow. In other words, you're doing things right. Conversely, … [Read more...]
The Mindset Tragedy of Opal Whiteley – Faith Before a Fall?
(Click here to download audio.) The Mindset Tragedy of Opal Whiteley - Faith Before a Fall? The unique story of Opal Whiteley can give us all hope, or give us all warning. Raised in logging camps in poor surroundings, Opal was a self-trained naturalist whose playmates were the trees and wild animals of the forests she lived in. She also kept a diary of her life, on various scraps and pieces of paper. She believed she was a daughter of regal birth and given to the Whiteleys to raise as their adopted daughter. When old enough to make a living on her own, she lectured and authored, and had published a couple of books on the nature she knew. Saving up enough to visit publishers in New York City, she met the publisher of the Atlantic Monthly. While he wasn’t interested in her latest … [Read more...]
