Help Yourself By Helping Others

You cannot teach a subject to others unless you are familiar with it yourself. And, the longer you teach it, the more proficient you become. I have lectured on subjects relating to self-improvement in most of the principal cities in this country and Canada. After a lecture I often hope that my listeners have gained as much from the talk as I have from giving it. Explaining principles to others fixes them more firmly in your own mind. You may...

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You are Twice as Good as You Think You Are

With many people, the title of this chapter is a gross understatement. At a sales meeting, the men were told that they were at least twice as good as they thought they were. One particular salesman took the statement seriously. He decided to prove - or disprove - the assertion. He studied his work, the average daily number of interviews he was making. He considered the percentage of interviews which resulted in sales. He estimated the average...

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Getting Acquainted With the Real You

In about 400 B.C., when Socrates said to his followers: "Know Thyself," I am sure this great sage was not referring to the physical being. His every utterance was directed to the intellect, i.e., to the mind. I once read a story in which the author said there were two entities residing within every being: a plus entity and a minus entity. The plus entity saw nothing but good - health, strength, success, happiness, etc. The minus entity saw just...

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Man is Mind

When a man says to a young lady: “You are a very sweet girl," what does he mean? Does he mean that her physical being is like the childhood rhyme: "Sugar and spice, and everything nice"? Does he mean that her features portray sweetness? Is it her smile and expression which prompt the statement that she is sweet? The answer to all of these questions is - No. Not many people realize it, but it is the mind which reflects sweetness, or its opposite. A...

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Your Real Seat of Intelligence

The story of Aladdin and his miraculous lamp and ring was undoubtedly written by one giving vent to his own desires to have wishes come true. Most people indulge in wishful thinking, particularly those who feel that they are not getting out of life all that they should. Many who have numerous troubles to worry about will think how nice it would be if they could go to sleep and awaken to find all of their problems solved. Would it seem ludicrous...

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How to Enjoy Peaceful Sleep

Since we are discussing the subject of Growing Rich While You Sleep, it would not be amiss to include in our discussion ways and means of inducing restful, peaceful sleep. A large majority of people complain about their difficulty in sleeping well at night. Some say they drop off to sleep immediately, but awaken later and stay awake for a long period of time before returning to sleep. Others find that it takes an hour or more to drop off into...

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