The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale
by Parker · 106 things on Twos
- How To Achieve Greater Success & Happiness
- Men don't think
- America is the land of abundant opportunity
- 100 men at 25. By 65, 1 will be rich, 4 will be financially independent, 5 will still be working, 54 will be broke
- Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal
- Man's Search For Himself by Rollo May
- The opposite of courage is conformity
- People act like everyone else without knowing why, without knowing where they are going
- We believe our lives are shaped by circumstance, that things happen to us, exterior forces, we're outer directed people
- 19/20 people have no idea why they wake up in the morning
- I am going to become this and then begin working toward that goal
- Success is doing what you're doing because it is what you wanted to do
- A success is anyone who is doing deliberately a predetermined job because that is what he decided to do deliberately
- Instead of competing, all we really need to do is create
- People with goals succeed because they know where they are going
- Selling is the worlds highest paid profession if we're good at it and we know where we're going
- We become what we think about
- "A man's life is what his thoughts make of it." - Marcus Aurelius
- A human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it and that nothing can resist a will that will stake even existence for its fulfillment
- "A man is what he thinks about all day long." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind." - William James
- “We need only in cold blood ACT as if the thing in question were real, and keep acting as if it were real, and it will infallibly end by growing into such a connection with our life that it will become real.” - William James
- "If you only care enough for a result you will almost certainly attain it. If you wish to be rich, you will be rich. If you wish to be learned, you will be learned. If you wish to be good, you will be good. Only must you really wish these things and wish them exclusively and not wish at the same time a hundred other incompatible things just as strongly." - William James
- "If you think in negative terms, you'll get negative results. If you think in positive terms, you will achieve positive results." - Norman Vincent Peale
- Believe and succeed
- The human mind is like farmer's land. It will return what you plant in it. It does not care what you plant.
- As you sow so shall you reap
- We place little value on things that come to us for free. We value things that we pay money for. The paradox is exactly the reverse is true. Everything that is really worthwhile in life came to us for free. Our mind, our soul, our body, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence, our love of our family, children, and friends
- The things that cost us money are actually very cheap and can be replaced at any time
- The human mind isn't used because we take it for granted
- Decide now, what is it that you want? Plant your goal in your mind. It is the most important goal you'll ever make in your entire life
- Plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal and it will become a reality. It not only will, there's no way that it cannot. That is a law
- Think about your goal in a relaxed positive way. Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you will be doing when you've reached your goal
- Everyone of us is the sum total of his own thoughts. He is where he is because that is exactly where he really wants to be
- Each of us lives off the fruit of our thoughts in the future. You are guided by your mind
- You are in the drivers seat of your mind
- We must control our thinking
- Life should be an exciting adventure. It should never be a bore. A man should live fully, be alive. He should be glad to get out of bed in the morning. He should be doing a job he likes to do because he does it well
- People are basically good. We came from some place and we're going someplace. So we should make our time here an exciting adventure
- As you believe, so shall it be done unto you
- For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
- We can achieve nothing without paying the price
- The results of your 30 day experiment will be direct proportion of the effort you put forth
- Each of us succeeds to the extent of his ability to sell
- We literally become what we think about. We must control our thoughts if we are to control our lives
- You will become what you think about
- Cut away all the fetters of the mind and permitting it to sore as it was finely designed to do
- Realize our limitations are self-imposed and the opportunities for you today are enormous beyond belief
- Rise above narrow minded pettiness and prejudice
- Remember the word imagination, let your mind sore
- Use all your courage to force yourself to think positively on your own problem
- Set a definite and clearly defined goal for yourself. Let your marvelous mind think about your goal from all possible angles. Let your imagination speculate freely upon many different possible solutions. Refuse to believe there are any circumstances sufficiently strong to defeat you in the accomplishment of your purpose. Act promptly and decisively when your course is clear. Keep constantly aware of the fact that you are at this moment standing in the middle of your own acre of diamonds
- Courage. Concentrate on your goal every day
- Save at least 10% of what you earn
- Action. Ideas are worthless unless we act on them
- No matter what your present job it has enormous possibilities if you are willing to pay the price
- Each of us wants something and each of us is afraid of something
- Write on a card what it is you want more than anything else. Make sure it is a single goal and clearly defined
- You don't need to tell anyone, but carry it with you so you can look at it several times a day. Think about it in a cheerful, relaxed, positive way each morning when you get up and immediately you have something to work for, something to get out of bed for, something to live for. Look at it every chance you get during the day and just before going to bed at night. As you look at, remember that you must become what you think about. The goal is yours as soon as your write it down and begin to think about it
- Stop thinking about what it is you fear. Each time a fearful or negative thought comes into your consciousness, replace it with a mental picture of your positive and worthwhile goal
- There will come times where you think about giving up. It's easier for a human being to think negatively than positively that's why only 5% are successful
- For 30 days, you must take control of your mind. You will think about only what you permit it to think. Each day, do more than you have to do. In addition to maintaining a cheerful and positive outlook, give of yourself more than you've ever done before. Do this knowing that your returns in life must be in direct proportion to what you give
- Don't concern yourself with how you are going to achieve your goal, leave that to a power greater than yourself. All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord
- Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
- All you need is a purpose and faith
- Go at it with the calm, cheerful assurance that time well spent will give you the abundance in return that you deserve and want.
- Give yourself without thinking of receiving anything in return and you'll be amazed at the difference it makes in your life
- No matter what your job, do it as you've never done it before for 30 days and if you've kept your goal before you every day you'll wonder and marvel at this new life you've found
- Wake up and live by Dorothea Brande
- Act as if it were impossible to fail
- Don't start the test until you've made up your mind to stick with it
- By being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith. If you didn't have faith, you would never persist
- Read inspirational books like the bible, wake up and live, the magic of believing, think and grow rich, and other books that instruct and inspire
- The magic of believing by Claude bristole
- ✓ Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- Nothing great was ever accomplished without inspiration
- Above all, don't worry. Worry brings fear and fear is crippling
- The only thing that can cause you to worry during your test is trying to do it all yourself. Know that all you have to do is hold your goal before you. Everything else will take care of itself
- Keep calm and cheerful
- Don't let petty things annoy you and get you off course
- No one wants to be a failure. No one wants to be mediocre. No one wants a life that is constantly full of fear, worry, and frustration
- Listen to this playlist when you forget. Listen to it at regular intervals
- We must earn money. The only way to make money is by providing people with services and products that are needed and useful. We exchange our product or service for the other mans money
- The law is our financial return will be in direct proportion to our service
- Success is not the result of making money, making money is the result of success
- Success is in direct proportion to our service
- Most people think you're successful if you earn a lot of money. The truth is you can only earn money after you are successful
- We've got to put the fuel in before we can expect heat
- We've got to be of service first before we can expect money. Don't be concerned with the money. Be of service, build, work, dream, create. Do this and you'll find there is no limit to the prosperity and abundance that will come to you
- Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in return himself. It may not come from those you serve, but it must come from some place, that is the law
- Always remember that your success will always be measured by the quality and quantity of service you render
- No man can get rich himself if he does not enrich others
- If you want more, you must be of more service to those of which you receive your return
- This is the price you must pay for what you want
- You will get back what you put out
- Set yourself a definite goal
- Quit running yourself down
- Stop thinking of all the reasons of why you can't be successful and instead think of all the reasons why you can
- Trace your attitudes back through your childhood and try to discover where you got the idea that you couldn't be a success if that is the way you've been thinking
- Change the image that you have for yourself by writing out a description of the person you would like to be
- Act the part of the successful person you have decided to become
- Pay the price by becoming the person that you want to become. It's not as nearly as difficult as living unsuccessfully
- Repeat the 30 day test over and over
- You will have peace. You will live a calm, cheerful, and successful life
- Start today. You have nothing to lose. But you have a life to win.
- The Strangest Secret: How To Achieve Greater Success & Happiness by Earl Nightingale