The Master Key to riches (II)
This week, we’ll continue with ‘The Master Key to riches’ by Napoleon Hill
Analysis of the Master Mind Principle:
One’s major purpose must be backed up and followed through by continuous effort, the most important part of which consists in the sort of relationship one maintains with others.
The man with a constructive Definite Major Purpose will never envy his superiors, but he will study their methods and learn to acquire their knowledge.
The man who relates himself to his daily associates in a friendly, cooperative way, with the right sort of mental attitude toward them, stands a better chance of learning from them than does the man who is belligerent, irritable, discourteous or neglectful of the little amenities of courtesy which exist between all cultured people.
Love requires cultivation and food, just as does the physical body. Love does not thrive on indifference, nagging, fault-finding or domineering by either party.
It is a happy wife who sees to it that her love is sufficient to serve her husband and the children generously, without unfair preference in favour of either.
How to Demonstrate the Power of Faith:
a) Know what you want and determine what you have to give in return for it.
b) When you affirm the objects of your desires, through prayer, inspire your imagination to see yourself already in possession of them, and act precisely as if you were in the physical possession thereof.
c) Keep the mind open at all times for guidance from within, and when you are inspired by ‘hunches’ to modify your plans or to move on a new plan, move without hesitancy or doubt.
d) Learn to give expression to your power of Faith by writing out a clear description of your Definite Major Purpose in life and using it as the basis of your daily meditation.
e) Let not a single day pass without making at least one definite move toward the attainment of your Definite Major Purpose. Remember, ‘Faith without works is dead.’
f) Adopt a policy of never evading or running away from unpleasant circumstances, but recognize such circumstances and build a counter-fire against them right where they overtake you. You will discover that recognition of such circumstances, without fear of their consequence, is nine-tenths of the battle in mastering them.
g) Recognize the truth that everything worth having has a definite price. The price of Faith, among other things, is eternal vigilance in carrying out these simple instructions. Your watchword must be persistence.
17 Elements of the Master-Key:
a) The Habit of Going the Extra Mile — — it aids in conditioning the mind for the rendering of useful service.
b) Definiteness of Purpose — — With the aid of it one may give organized direction to the principle of Going the Extra Mile.
c) The Master Mind — — It provides him, when necessary, with any portion of the combined knowledge of mankind which has been accumulated down the ages.
d) Applied Faith — — The individual begins to take full possession of his own mind by mastering all fears, worries and doubts, by recognizing his oneness with the source of all power.
e) Pleasing personality — — It enables a man to sell himself and his ideas to other men.
f) Habit of learning from Defeat — — Sufficient hope may be found to inspire a man to make a fresh start when his plans go astray.
g) Creative Vision — — It enables one to look into the future and to judge it by a comparison with the past, and to build new and better plans for attaining his hopes and aims through the workshop of his imagination.
h) Personal Initiative — — It insures one against the destructive habits of procrastination, indifference and laziness.
i) Accurate Thinking — — It not only insures one against the misdirection of personal initiative, but it also insures one against errors of judgment, guess-work and premature decisions.
j) Self-discipline — — It is solely a product of the will. When mastered and applied, gives one complete control over his greatest enemy, himself.
k) Concentration of Endeavor — -Concentration saves one from the dissipation of his energies, and aids him in keeping his mind focused upon the object of his Definite Major Purpose.
l) Cooperation — — It differs from the Master Mind principle in that it is a human relationship that is needed. It is attained more freely and willingly by the application of the thirteenth principle: enthusiasm.
m) Enthusiasm — — It is a contagious state of mind which not only aids one in gaining the cooperation of others, but more important than this, it inspires the individual to draw upon and use the power of his own imagination.
n) The Habit of Health — — It provides a suitable housing place for the operation of the mind; hence it is an essential for enduring success.
o) Budgeting time and Money — — Independence and freedom of body and mind, the two great desires of all mankind, cannot become enduring realities without the self-discipline of a strict budgeting system.
p) The Golden Rule Applied — — Belief in the soundness of the golden rule is not enough. To be of enduring benefit, and in order that it may serve as a safe guide in the use of personal power, it must be applied as a matter of habit, in all human relationships.
q) Cosmic Habitforce — — It consists of a negative and a positive potentiality, as do all forms of energy. The negative application is called ‘hypnotic rhythm’ because it has a hypnotic effect on everything that it contacts. It is the sole means by which the ‘poverty consciousness’ becomes fixed as a habit. It is the builder of all established habits of fear, and envy, and greed, and revenge, and of desire for something for nothing. It fixes the habits of hopelessness and indifference.
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