DO NOT “TELL” THE WORLD WHAT YOU CAN DO –
“SHOW” IT! Ahmed
life always seek the company of those who are in similar circumstances. "Misery loves company."
Water seeks its level with no finer certainty than man seeks the
company of those who occupy his own general status financially and
mentally. A professor of Yale University and an illiterate hobo have
nothing in common. They would be miserable if thrown together for any great length of time. Oil and water will mix as readily as will men who have nothing in common.
All of which leads up to this statement:
That you will attract to you people who harmonize with your own
philosophy of life, whether you wish it or not. This being true, can you
not see the importance of vitalizing your mind with a definite chief
aim that will attract to you people who will be of help to you and not a
hindrance? Suppose your definite chief aim is far above your present
station in life. What of it? It is your privilege - nay, your DUTY, to
aim high in life. You owe it to yourself and to the community in which
you live to set a high standard for yourself.
There is much evidence
to justify the belief that nothing within reason is beyond the
possibility of attainment by the man whose definite chief aim has been
well developed. Some years ago Louis Victor Eytinge was given a life
sentence in the Arizona penitentiary. At the time of his imprisonment he
was an all-around "bad man," according to his own admissions. In
addition to this it was believed that he would die of tuberculosis
within a year.
Eytinge had reason to feel discouraged, if anyone ever had. Public feeling against him was intense"from
LAW OF SUCCESS IN SIXTEEN LESSONS
Teaching, for the First Time in the History of the World, the True Philos-ophy upon which all Personal Success is Built.
BY
NAPOLEON HILL
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