THE 17 UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS AND ACHIEVEMENT

Your Path to Personal Achievement

The key to success is a combination of the 17 principles presented here and in additional works by the late Napoleon Hill and W Clement Stone. It is The Science of Personal Achievement. These 17 principles serve as a dependable road map leading directly to the source of all riches---Follow this map and you cannot miss the way. But be prepared to comply with all of the instructions and to assume all of the responsibilities that go with achieving success. And, above all, remember that enduring success must be shared with others. Napoleon Hill spent a lifetime researching the secrets of success. Some of the most celebrated and successful men of the 20th Century shared their insights with him during the course of his work, initially inspired by the industrialist Andrew Carnegie The 500 greats who collaborated with Napoleon Hill included Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, Woodrow Wilson, Charles Schwab, J. Pierpont Morgan and F.W. Woolworth While you might not found an international corporation or invent a life altering device (but, then again, you might!) if you use these inspired and inspiring keys to success, you will learn how to take full possession of your mind and your life, understand how adversity can be turned to your advantage and develop nurturing, harmonious relationships Countless millions worldwide have benefited from Napoleon Hills work. Now it is your turn.

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The starting point of all achievement, Definiteness of Purposeknowing what your goal is, knowing what you want---fills you will success-consciousness and protects you against failure. EXERCISE: Decide on a major goal in your lifeeither personal or professional. How much time will you give yourself to achieve this goal? How will you know that you achieved it? Is your success measurable? Attainable? Write out your goal in a clear concise, positive manner. Transfer it to a 3 x 5 card; place it in your office and how where you will see your goal several times a day. Successful people move on their own initiative. But, they know where they are going before they start

DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE

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The coordination of effort between two or more people in a spirit of perfect harmony in order to attain a specific objective. EXERCISE: Keeping in mind the steps for creating a Master Mind group given below, list the people who can help you reach a goal, as well as the ways in which each can help you. Adopt a definite purpose with an objective to attained by the alliance Determine what appropriate benefit each member may receive in return for this cooperation in the alliance, and see that he /she get it. 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 plan and purpose Calculate the number of individuals in the group by the nature of the purpose to be attained.

MASTER MIND PRINCIPLE

No man can become a permanent success without taking others along with him.

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A state of mind through which your aims, desires, plans and purpose are translated into their physical or financial equivalent. EXERCISE: What affirming statements, what beliefs do you feel you must have faith in before you can real your goal? These Statements can refer to yourself, your fellow citizens or the universe. (and accompanying creator/s) at large. You can do it if you believe you can.

APPLIED FAITH

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A pleasing personally helps you master the major cause of failure - the inability to get along with people harmoniously. EXERCISE: List the elements of a pleasing personality in which you most need to make improvement. What steps will you take to make these changes? How will changing them help you reach your goal? Your personality is your greatest asset or liability. It embraces everything you control mind, body and soul.

PLEASING PERSONALITY

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Rending more and better service than you are paid to render, doing it all the time and doing it with a pleasing positive attitude. EXERCISE: In the process of achieving your goal, and with list of your master mind in mind what extra miles might you consider going. What might be the anticipated results of these extra efforts? The most successful men are those who serve the greatest number of people.

GOING THE EXTRA MILE

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The inner power that stars are action; the power that inspires the completion of all that one begins. EXERCISE: What action can you take today, right now, to move toward your goal? How about tomorrow? What actions will be need then? Outline your planned movement toward your goal, beginning each step with the worlds, I will. Be specific. No man is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on on his own personal initiative.

PERSONAL INITIATIVE

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The ability to control our thoughts and emotions, self-disciple is the only thing in life over which you have complete, unchallenged and unchallengeable control. EXERCISE: Using the I will. statements outlined in #6 visualize in your mind that you are doing each one. Imagine yourself going through whatever it takes to successfully complete each step. How does it feel? What do you notice as possible obstacles? What parts were easy? What ones were difficult? Direct your thought, control your emotions and ordain your destiny.

SELF DISCIPLINE

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The highest form of self-disciple, the act of coordinating all your minds faculties and directing their combined power to a given end. EXERCISE: What resources can you sue for research as you plan your strategy for achieving your goals? What affirmations would be most helpful if they were placed in your mind for your subconscious to remember? You can keep your mind working for you, even while you sleep, with controlled attention.

CONTROLLED ATTENTION

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A contagious state of mind that not only helps you gain the cooperation of others but more importantly, inspires you to draw upon and use the power of your imagination. EXERCISE: It is always important to choose the most positive language---with yourself and with others. Demonstrate that by writing ten statements about potential obstacles that begin negatively, i.e. I am afraid that. Or I doubt that. Or I dont think that. end each statement with a reason for your belief or doubt. Now transform that into a positive statement by rewriting each statement, replacing Im afraid or I doubt with I can or I will. Once again, give your reasons for holding these new enthusiastic and positive beliefs. See the difference being positive in word choice can make? Real enthusiasm comes from within, and is faith in action.

ENTHUSIASM

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IMAGINATION

Imagination is your minds exercise, challenge and adventure. It uses old idea and established facts to reassemble them into new combinations and to put them to new uses. EXERCISE: Two imagination exercises: First, imagine your ideal . life, the one in which your goal has been reached, things are the way that you want the, you have everything you desire. What is that life like? Describe it in detail. Describe all aspects of it---what you have, where you live, who you love, etc. Second, imagine five alternative methods of achieving your goal; its always good to have several choices. Let your imagination soar, held back by no barriers. Might these new ideas bye incorporated into your current plan of attach?

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LEARNING FROM ADVERSITY AND DEFEAT

Hardship and adversity are a common language of nature in which she speaks to all living creatures and teaches them many things they would not learn in any other way. EXERCISE: Review your life---both professional and the personal realm---and recall several obstacles that have stood in your way. Think about those obstacles and what followed after encountering them. Remember how many of them actually led to positive things: new knowledge, inspiration, lucky break. Describe one of these incidents in detail. Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equivalents or greater benefit.

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BUDGETING TIME AND MONEY

Successful people know themselves, not as they think they are, but as their habits have made them: the use of time and money are the most vital of these habits. EXERCISE: Detail the time and monetary expenses of achieving your goals. Break down the costs as specifically as possible. Where will you find that time? Where will you find the money? Will you have to deduct time or money from other tasks or needs? What will you do with any spare money you might have? Tell me how you use your spare time and how you spend your money, and I will tell you where and what you will be ten years from now.

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POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE

To govern your life, you must be able to govern your mind, and that is the starting point of all riches. EXERCISE: Over the next few days, review how much time you spend on the following negative aspects: complaining, gossiping, fearing or doubting, criticizing. Make an effort to erase these from your life. Apply the time you save to something positive (see #12). Replace negative words cant, wont, shouldnt with positives ones can, will, shall (see #9) Be careful what you wish for, for you will surely achieve it.

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The accurate thinker recognizes all the facts of life, both good and bad, and assumes the responsibility of separating and organizing these two, choosing those which serve his needs and rejecting all others. EXERCISE: Think of these statements about the obstacles you might encounter that you now consider facts. Think hard about the truth of each, doing research if necessary (see # 8 ). Are these really true? For example, you own a company that sells beach chairs. Your obstacle is that beach chairs sell poorly in winter. That is a fact. But does that mean beach chairs must sell poorly in January or simply in cold weather? What if you found a distributor in the Caribbean or South America? The fact is, beach chairs could sell year round; it all depends on how you look at the facts! You are what you think

ACCURATE THINKING

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SOUND PHYSICAL HEALTH

The key that coordinates all other principles and sets all ides into motion , sound health provides the flavor to the good things in life EXERCISE: For one week, keep track of everything you eat or drink. What percentage of that is healthy? What did you eat or drink that could do your harm? What should you do away with? During that week, did you exercise? What sort of exercises? How many times and for how long? And your sleep habits, how where they? Die you get all of the sleep your body needed? Why or why not? How could you change your life style or your schedule to incorporate a proper diet and sleep regimen? Good health, a sense of well-being and a purpose for living make any day beautiful.

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COOPERATION

Harmony based on 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 EXERCISE: Returning to your Master Mind list (see # 2), think of ways in which you might use your skills and knowledge to help the people named there in return for the help they can give you. Harmonious cooperation is a priceless asset that you can acquire in proportion to your giving.

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COSMIC HABITFORCE

The cosmic habitforce is the universes law of equilibrium, the one natural law into which all other natural law resolve themselves. EXERCISE: You manifest in your life that which you think. List eight things you would like to manifest by thinking about them repeatedly and by truly believing in them. When you learn to weave unpleasant circumstances into something useful, youre on the road to success. For Business Opportunities visit us at www.CarProfit.com