17 Keys to SuccessOctober 26th 1883 November 8th 1970

Definiteness of Purpose

The starting point of all achievement, knowing what your goal is,Knowing what you want, fills you with a success consciousness and protects you against failure

Everyone is unique

Everyone is gifted with specific God given talents and strengths

We are all genius, (meaning one) with respect to our potential

in implementing our God given talents and strengths

Through definitive thought our questions are qualified and defined

It is only by the question that we are awakened to a greater level of

understanding (All learning is preceded by a question)

By exercising our choice for change, our potential is limitless

By choice, we can reformat our minds and change the very way we

think Our identity is defined by the way we think and exercise choice

Power of the Mind

Definiteness of purpose

The starting point of all achievement Knowing what your goal is, knowing what you

want This fills you with a success consciousness

and protects you against failure Successful people move on their own initiate,

but they know where they are going before

they start

Master Mind Principle

The coordination of effort between two or more people

A group in a spirit of perfect harmony in order to attain

a specific objective

Adopt a definite purpose and objective to be obtained by

the alliance

Determine what appropriate benefit each member

may receive in return for his cooperation in the alliance,

and see that she or he gets it

Surround yourself with people who can do things better

then yourself

Establish a plan through which each member makes a definite contribution

Ensure that harmony prevails in the group

Remember that your watchword is

definiteness of purpose

Calculate the number of individuals in the

group by the nature of the purpose to be

obtained

No person can become a permanent

success without taking others along with

them

Applied Faith

State of mind through which your

aims, plans and purpose are

translated into their physical

or financial equivalent

You can do it if you believe you can

Pleasing personality

A pleasing personality helps you master

the major cause of failure

Failure occurs: and presents its self with our inability

to get along with others harmoniously

Our personality is your greatest asset

or liability

Our personality embraces everything we control

our mind body and soul

Going the extra mile

Rendering more and better service,

then your are paid to render, doing

it all the time and doing it with a

pleasing and positive attitude

The most successful people are

those who serve the greatest

number of people

Personal initiative

The inner power that starts all action,

is the same power that inspires

us to completion of all that one

begins

No one is free until they learn to

do their own thinking and gain

the courage to act on their own

personal initiative

Self Discipline

The ability to control our thoughts

and emotions is the only thing in

life over which we have control

Direct our thoughts, exercise control

over our emotions and ordain

our destiny

Controlled Attention

The act of coordinating all your minds

faculties and directing their combined

power to a given end

Controlled attention is the highest form

of self discipline

You can keep your mind working

for you, even while you sleep,

with controlled attention

Enthusiasm

A contagious state of mind not only helps

one gain the cooperation of others but,

more importantly, it inspires one to draw

upon and use the power of our

imagination

Real enthusiasm comes from within,

and is faith in action

Imagination

Imagination is an exercise of the mind,

both challenging and adventurous

The mind uses old ideas and established

facts to form new combinations and

patterns to put to new uses

Imagination is the workshop of the soul

Learning from Adversity and Defeat

Every adversity carries with it an

equivalent of greater benefit

Budgeting Time and Money

Successful people know themselves, not as who

they think they are, but as their habits have

made them: the use of time and money are

the most vital of these habits

Tell me how you use your spare time and how

you spend your money, and I will tell where

and what you will be ten years from now

Positive Mental Attitude

To govern your life, you must be

able to govern your mind, and

that is the starting point of all

riches

Be careful what you wish for, for you

will surely achieve it

Accurate Thinking

The accurate thinker recognizes all the facts

of life, both good and bad, and assumes

the responsibility of separating and

organizing the two

The accurate thinker will choose the thoughts

that serve his needs and reject all others

We are what you think and do

Sound Physical Health

The key that coordinates all other principles

and sets all ideas into motion

Sound health provides the flavor to the

good things of life

Good health, a sense of well being and

a purpose for living will make any day

beautiful

Cooperation

Harmony exercised upon a definite motive

Cooperation is the medium through which

great personal power may be attained

The willing cooperation and coordination of

effort to achieve a specific objective

Harmonious cooperation is a priceless asset

that we can acquire in proportion to our

giving

Cosmic Habit Force

The cosmic habit force is the universes

law of equilibrium

The one natural law into which all other

natural laws resolve themselves

When one learns to weave unpleasant

circumstances into something useful

you are successful

Two Forms of Imagination

Synthetic Imagination :

Through this faculty, one may arrange old concepts,

ideas, or plans into new combinations.

This faculty merely works with the material of

experience, education and observation.

This faculty is used the most by the inventor with

exception to when he draws upon the creative

imagination.

The synthetic imagination creates nothing

Creative imagination

Through this faculty, the finite mind of man has direct communication with infinite intelligence.

It is through this faculty:

that all hunches and inspiration is received

that basic or new ideas are handed over to man

that thought vibrations from the minds of others may

be received

that one individual may communicate with the

subconscious of another

The great leaders of business, industry, finance, and the great artist,

poets, musicians, and writers became great, because they

developed the faculty of a creative imagination

Enlightenment a universal law

For learning to occur there must first be a question

Question define the domain and range of our desired development

Intensity or passion in pursuit of this desired development is equal

to its derived purity

A question purposefully asked will derive an answer

Model:

2 2 2

x + y = ?

This function is both odd and even

The domain and range are equal and symmetrical with respect to its origin and the X & Y axis

Like the ripples from a rock tossed into a pond a question is

constant

This a model for learning truth and experiencing enlightenment

When enlightenment opens our mind it rings true, therefore ring

of truth