The boy read every one of the Horatio Alger books he could borrow. As he read, he lived the part of the hero. All winter he sat in the cold kitchen reading stories of courage and success, unconsciously absorbing a Positive Mental Attitude. Some months after he had read his first Horatio Alger book, Ben Cooper was again making a trip down to the railroad tracks. Off in the distance he saw three figures dart behind a building.
His first thought was to turn and run. Then he remembered the courage that he had admired in his book heroes, and, instead of turning, his hand gripped the coal scuttle more tightly and he marched straight ahead, as if he were one of the Alger heroes. It was a brutal fight. The three boys jumped Ben all at the same time. His bucket dropped, and he started flailing his arms with a determination that caught the bullies by surprise.
Ben's right hand smashed into the lips and nose of one of the boys — his left hand into his stomach. To Ben's surprise, the boy stopped fighting and turned and ran. Meanwhile the other two boys were hitting and kicking him. Ben managed to push one boy away and knock the other down. He jumped on the second boy with his knees, while he plowed punch after punch into his stomach and jaw — as if he were mad. Now there was just one boy left. This was the leader. He had jumped on top of Ben.
Ben managed to pull him aside and get on his feet. For a second the two boys stood and looked each other squarely in the eyes. And then, bit by bit, the leader stepped backwards. He, too, ran away. Perhaps it was righteous indignation, but Ben picked up a chunk of coal and threw it at the retreater.
It wasn't until then that Ben realized that his nose was bleeding and that he had black and blue marks on his body from the punches and kicks he had received. It was worth it! It was a great day in Ben's life.
In that moment he overcame fear. Ben Cooper wasn't much stronger than he had been a year earlier. His attackers were no less tough. The difference came in Ben's own mental attitude. He had faced danger in spite of fear. He decided that no longer was he going to be pushed around by bullies. From now on, he himself was going to change his world.
And, of course, this is exactly what he did. The boy gave himself an identity. When he fought the three bullies on the street that day, he was not lighting as frightened, undernourished Ben Cooper. He was fighting as Robert Coverdale or any other of the plucky and daring heroes of Horatio Alger's books. Identifying one's self with a successful image can help break the habits of self-doubt and defeat which years of NMA set up within a personality.
Another and equally important successful technique for changing your world is to identify yourself with an image that will inspire you to make the right decisions. It can be a slogan, a picture, or any other symbol that is meaningful to you. He noticed a large photograph of himself on the wall of the office of Dorothy Jones, a private secretary. Dorothy responded, "When I have a problem, do you know what I do?
Dotti's remarks seem rather humorous. Yet the essence of her idea is startling. Perhaps you have a picture in your office, your home, or in your wallet, that could give you the right answer to an important question in your life. Yours may be a picture of your mother, father, wife, husband — of Benjamin Franklin or Abraham Lincoln. It may be that of a saint. What will your picture say to you? There is one way to find out. When you are faced with a serious problem or decision, ask your picture a question.
Listen, for the answer. Another essential ingredient for changing your world is to have definiteness of purpose, one of the 17 principles of success. Definiteness of purpose, combined with PMA, is the starting point of all worthwhile achievement Remember — your world will change whether or not you choose to change it.
But you have the power to choose its direction. You can select your own targets. When you determine your definite major aims with PMA, there is a natural tendency for you to use seven of the success principles: BC. Robert Christopher had definiteness of purpose with PMA. Now, let's see how the natural tendencies for these additional principles manifested themselves in this success story. For, like many boys, Bob's imagination was stimulated while he read Jules Verne's thrilling, imaginative story Around the World in 80 Days.
I believed that any given aim could be accomplished if I had faith and confidence that it could be. That is: if I started from where I was to get to where I wanted to be. Also, he made notes of what he thought were workable answers to each. Now Bob Christopher was an expert photographer and he did have a camera. It was a good one at that.
When he reached his decision, he went into action: BC 7. Around the world in 80 days? No — Robert Christopher went around the world in 84 days. But he did accomplish his objective. Let us repeat: The starting point of all achievement is definiteness of purpose with PMA. Remember this statement and ask yourself, what is my goal? What do I really want? Based on the people we see in our PMA Science of Success course, we estimate that 98 out of every persons who are dissatisfied with their world do not have a clear picture in their minds of the world they would like for themselves.
Think of it! Think of the people who drift aimlessly through life, dissatisfied, struggling against a great many things, but without a clear-cut goal. Can you state, right now, what it is that you want out of life? Fixing your goals may not be easy. It may even involve some painful self-examination. These advantages come almost automatically.
The first great advantage is that your subconscious mind begins to work under a universal law: "What the mind of man can conceive and believe — the mind of man can achieve with PMA. It goes to work to help you get there. Because you know what you want, there is a tendency for you to try to get on the right track and head in the right direction. You get into action. Work now becomes fun. You are motivated to pay the price. You budget your time and money. You study, think, and plan.
The more you think about your goals, the more enthusiastic you become. And with enthusiasm your desire turns into a burning desire. You become alerted to opportunities that will help you achieve your objectives as they present themselves in your everyday experiences. Because you know what you want, you are more likely to recognize these opportunities.
These four advantages are illustrated by an early experience of the man who was later to become editor of the Ladies Home Journal. Edward Bok came from Holland as a boy with his parents.
He was imbued with the idea that some day he was going to run a magazine. With this specific goal before him, he was able to seize upon an incident so trivial that with most of us it would have passed unnoticed. He saw a man open a package of cigarettes, take a slip of paper from it, and drop the paper on the floor. On it was a picture of a famous actress. Below the picture was a statement that this was one of a series.
The cigarette buyer was urged to collect the complete set of pictures. Bok turned the piece of paper over and noticed that the back side was perfectly blank. Bok's mind, filled as it was with a purpose, sensed an opportunity here. He reasoned that the value of the picture enclosed in the package of cigarettes would be greatly enhanced if the blank side were devoted to a brief biography of the person pictured.
He went to the lithograph firm, which printed the enclosure and explained his idea to the manager. The manager promptly said: I'll give you ten dollars each if you will write me a word biography of famous Americans. Send me a list, and group them — you know: presidents, famous soldiers, actors, authors, and so on. The demand for his short biographies became so great that he needed help, so he offered his brother five dollars each if he would help him.
Before long, Bok had five journalists busy turning out biographies for the lithograph presses. Bok — he was the editor! At first the world was not particularly kind to Edward Bok or Judge Cooper.
And yet each carved from the raw material around him a career of great satisfaction. And each one did it by developing the many talents he found within himself. If life hands us a problem, it hands us also the abilities with which to meet the problem. And even though you are in ill health, you can nonetheless lead a useful and happy life. You may fear ill health is too great a handicap to overcome. If this is true, take courage from the experience of Milo C.
Milo had not tried to acquire wealth when he had good health. And then he became sick. When he became sick, the odds were stacked heavily against him. Here's the story of his experience. When Milo C. Jones had been in good health he had worked very hard. He was a farmer and he operated a small farm near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. But somehow he seemed unable to make his farm yield much more than the bare necessities for himself and his family.
This kind of existence went on year after year. Then suddenly something happened! Jones was stricken with extensive paralysis and confined to his bed. Here was a man who late in life became completely incapacitated. He was barely able to move his body. His relatives were certain he would be permanently unhappy as a hopeless invalid.
And he would have been had not something more happened to him. And he made it happen. It brought the kind of happiness to him that comes with achievement and financial success. What was it Jones used to bring about this change? He used his mind.
Yes, his body was paralyzed. But his mind was unaffected. He could think and he did think and plan. One day while engaged in thinking and planning, he recognized the most important living person with the magic talisman with PMA on one side and NMA on the other.
He saw clearly that he was a mind with a body. He made his own decision right then and there! Milo C. Jones chose to develop a positive mental attitude.
He chose to be hopeful, optimistic, happy and to convert creative thinking into reality by starting right from where he was. He wanted to be useful. And be wanted to support his family, instead of being a burden to them. But how could he turn his disadvantage into advantage? He didn't let this vital problem stop him. He found the answer. First, Jones counted his blessings. He discovered that he had so very much for which to be thankful. This thankfulness led him to search for additional blessings which he might enjoy in the future.
And because he was searching for, among other things, a way to be useful, he found and recognized that for which he was looking. It was a plan and it required action. So Jones went into mental action. He revealed the plan to members of his family. Every one of you can, if you will, take the place of my hands, feet, and physical body.
Let's plant every tillable acre of out farm in corn. Then let's raise pigs and feed them the corn. Let's slaughter the pigs while they are young and tender and convert them into sausages. And then we can package and sell them under a brand name.
We'll sell them in retail stores all over the country. In a few years the brand name "Jones" Little Pig Sausages" became a household byword. And these four words became a symbol that tantalized the appetites of men, women, and children throughout the nation.
And Milo C. Jones lived to see himself a millionaire. He had achieved something even more through a positive mental attitude. For he bad flipped his talisman to PMA.
And thus although he was physically handicapped, he became a happy man. He was happy because he was useful. A formula to help you change your world. Fortunately not every life is faced with such great difficulties.
Yet everyone has problems. And everyone reacts to motivating symbols through suggestion or self-suggestion. A most effective form is a self- motivator deliberately memorized for the purpose of flashing from the subconscious to the conscious in time of need. What, then, is a formula that can help you change your world? Memorize, understand, and repeat frequently throughout the day: What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of man can achieve with PMA.
It is a form of self-suggestion. It is a self- motivator to success. When it becomes a part of you, you dare to aim higher.
Bill was a sickly farm boy in the southeastern Missouri country. A dedicated grammar school teacher motivated young William Danforth to change his world. The teacher did this with a challenge: I Dare You!
He became the healthiest boy in his school. Before he died at the age of 85, he helped thousands of other youths develop good health — and something more: to aspire nobly, to adventure daringly, and to serve humbly.
During his long career be never lost a day at work because of illness. I Dare You! The Ralston Purina Company. Today this book is inspiring boys and girls, men and women, to have the courage to make this world a better world to live in. What a remarkable testimony to the power of a self-motivator to develop a positive mental attitude!
Are you, yourself, ever tempted to blame the world for your failures? If so, pause and reconsider. Does the problem lie with the world, or with you? Dare to learn the 17 success principles! Dare to memorize self-motivators! Dare to apply them with the full assurance that they will work for you just as effectively as they are working every day for hundreds of others.
Perhaps you need to learn to think mere accurately. Be guided by Pilot No. Then turn to Chapter Three. Its purpose is to help you — clear the cobwebs from your thinking. You can change your world! Have you thought about the high goals you would like to achieve? We do not guarantee that these techniques will work for you.
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