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LESSON
XII. CONCENTRATE ON WEALTH
It was
never intended that man should be poor. When wealth is
obtained
under the proper conditions it broadens the life.
Everything
has its value. Everything has a good use and a bad
use. The
forces of mind like wealth can be directed either for
good or
evil. A little rest will re-create forces. Too much rest
degenerates
into laziness, and brainless, dreamy longings.
If you
acquire wealth unjustly from others, you are misusing your
forces;
but if your wealth comes through the right sources you
will be
blessed. Through wealth we can do things to uplift
ourselves
and humanity.
Wealth
is many persons' goal. It therefore stimulates their
endeavor.
They long for it in order to dress and live in such a
way as
to attract friends. Without friends they would not be so
particular
of their surroundings. The fact is the more attractive
we make
ourselves and our surroundings the more inspiring are
their
influences. It is not conducive to proper thought to be
surrounded
by conditions that are uncongenial and unpleasant.
So the
first step toward acquiring wealth is to surround yourself
with
helpful influences; to claim for yourself an environment of
culture,
place yourself in it and be molded by its influences.
Most
great men of all ages have been comparatively rich. They
have
made or inherited money. Without money they could not have
accomplished
what they did. The man engaged in physical drudgery
is not
likely to have the same high ideals as the man that can
command
comparative leisure.
Wealth
is usually the fruit of achievement. It is not, however,
altogether
the result of being industrious. Thousands of persons
work
hard who never grow wealthy. Others with much less effort
acquire
wealth. Seeing possibilities is another step toward
acquiring
wealth. A man may be as industrious as he can possibly
be, but
if he does not use his mental forces he will be a
laborer,
to be directed by the man that uses to good advantage
his
mental forces.
No one
can become wealthy in an ordinary lifetime, by mere
savings
from earnings. Many scrimp and economize all their lives;
but by
so doing waste all their vitality and energy. For example,
I know a
man that used to walk to work. It took him an hour to go
and an
hour to return. He could have taken a car and gone in
twenty
minutes. He saved ten cents a day but wasted an hour and a
half. It
was not a very profitable investment unless the time
spent in
physical exercise yielded him large returns in the way
of
health.
The same
amount of time spent in concentrated effort to overcome
his
unfavorable business environment might have firmly planted
his feet
in the path of prosperity.
One of
the big mistakes made by many persons of the present
generation
is that they associate with those who fail to call out
or
develop the best that is in them. When the social side of life
is
developed too exclusively, as it often is, and recreation or
entertainment
becomes the leading motive of a person's life, he
acquires
habits of extravagance instead of economy; habits of
wasting
his resources, physical, mental, moral and spiritual,
instead
of conserving them. He is, in consequence, lacking in
proper
motivation, his God-given powers and forces are
undeveloped
and he inevitably brings poor judgment to bear upon
all the
higher relationships of life, while, as to his financial
fortunes,
he is ever the leaner; often a parasite, and always, if
opportunity
affords, as heavy a consumer as he is a poor
producer.
It seems
a part of the tragedy of life that these persons have to
be
taught such painful lessons before they can understand the
forces
and laws that regulate life. Few profit by the mistakes of
others.
They must experience them for themselves and then apply
the
knowledge so gained in reconstructing their lives.
Any man
that has ever amounted to anything has never done a great
deal of
detail work for long periods at any given time. He needs
his time
to reflect. He does not do his duties today in the same
way as
yesterday, but as the result of deliberate and
concentrated
effort, constantly tries to improve his methods.
The
other day I attended a lecture on Prosperity. I knew the
lecturer
had been practically broke for ten years. I wanted to
hear
what he had to say. He spoke very well. He no doubt
benefited
some of his hearers, but he had not profited by his own
teachings.
I introduced myself and asked him if he believed in
his
maxims. He said he did. I asked him if they had made him
prosperous.
He said not exactly. I asked him why. He answered
that he
thought he was fated not to experience prosperity.
In half
an hour I showed that man why poverty had always been his
companion.
He had dressed poorly. He held his lectures in poor
surroundings.
By his actions and beliefs he attracted poverty. He
did not
realize that his thoughts and his surroundings exercised
an
unfavorable influence. I said: "Thoughts are moving forces;
great
powers. Thoughts of wealth attract wealth. Therefore, if
you
desire wealth you must attract the forces that will help you
to
secure it. Your thoughts attract a similar kind of thoughts.
If you
hold thoughts of poverty you attract poverty. If you make
up your
mind you are going to be wealthy, you will instil this
thought
into all your mental forces, and you will at the same
time use
every external condition to help you."
Many
persons are of the opinion that if you have money it is easy
to make
more money. But this is not necessarily true. Ninety per
cent of
the men that start in business fail. Money will not
enable
one to accumulate much more, unless he is trained to seek
and use
good opportunities for its investment. If he inherits
money
the chances are that he will lose it. While, if he has made
it, he
not only knows its value, but has developed the power to
use it
as well as to make more if he loses it.
Business
success today depends on foresight, good judgment, grit,
firm
resolution and settled purpose. But never forget that
thought
is as real a force as electricity. Let your thoughts be
such,
that you will send out as good as you receive; if you do
not, you
are not enriching others, and therefore deserve not to
be
enriched.
The man
that tries to get all he can from others for nothing
becomes
so selfish and mean that he does not even enjoy his
acquisitions.
We see examples of this every day. What we take
from
others, will in turn, be taken from us. All obligations have
to be
met fairly and squarely. We cannot reach perfection until
we
discharge every obligation of our lives. We all realize this,
so why
not willingly give a fair exchange for all that we
receive?
Again I
repeat that the first as well as the last step in
acquiring
wealth is to surround yourself with good
influences--good
thought, good health, good home and business
environment
and successful business associates. Cultivate, by
every
legitimate means, the acquaintance of men of big caliber.
Bring
your thought vibrations in regard to business into harmony
with
theirs. This will make your society not only agreeable, but
sought
after, and, when you have formed intimate friendships with
clean,
reputable men of wealth, entrust to them, for investment,
your
surplus earnings, however small, until you have developed
the
initiative and business acumen to successfully manage your
own
investments. By this time you will, through such
associations,
have found your place in life which, if you have
rightly
concentrated upon and used your opportunities, will not
be among
men of small parts. With a competence secured, you will
take
pleasure in using a part of it in making the road you
traveled
in reaching your position easier for those who follow
you.
There is
somewhere in every brain the energy that will get you
out of
that rut and put you far up on the mountain of success if
you can
only use the energy.
You know
that gasoline in the engine of an automobile doesn't
move the
car until the spark comes to explode the gasoline.
So it is
with the mind of man. We are not speaking now of men of
great
genius, but of average, able citizens.
Each one
of them has in his brain the capacity to climb over the
word
impossible and get into the successful country beyond.
And
hope, self-confidence and the determination to do something
supply
the spark that makes the energy work.
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