by Napoleon Hill
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Read Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude from cover to cover once more. And again. And again. Read it aloud with your husband, wife, or a close friend, discussing it point by point. Read it until every principle becomes a part of your life, motivating your every action.
Then, when you have earnestly applied these principles for three months, take the S.Q. test again. Not only will many wrong answers become right ones, but answers you gave correctly the first time will be more emphatic and confident.
Your Success Quotient can serve you as more than a yardstick, however. It can serve to underline those areas where you need to work hardest for self-improvement. It will also reveal your areas of special strength.
For your future is ahead of you. You have the power to direct your thoughts and control your emotions. Just awaken the sleeping giant within you.
How?
You will find your answer in the next chapter.
PILOT NO. 20 Thoughts to Steer By
1. Review the Success Quotient Analysis frequently until you can truthfully state to yourself: "I can now make the right answer to each question." Each of the questions will direct your mind in a specific channel whereby you can easily determine what you can and should do.
2. There is a value in solving problems or developing desirable habits by asking yourself the proper questions. Write them down, and then, in your thinking time, strive to find the proper solutions to obtain the results you desire.
SOW AN ACT AND YOU REAP A HABIT.
SOW A HABIT AND YOU REAP A CHARACTER.
SOW A CHARACTER AND YOU REAP A DESTINY.
CHAPTER 21
Awaken the Sleeping Giant Within You
You are the most important living person.
"Stop and think about yourself: In all the history of the world there was never anyone else exactly like you, and in all the infinity of time to come, there will never be another."
You are the product of your: heredity, environment, physical body, conscious and subconscious mind, experience, and particular position and direction in time and space... and something more, including powers known and unknown.
You have the power to affect, use, control or harmonize with all of them. And you can direct your thoughts, control your emotions and ordain your destiny with PMA.
For you are a mind with a body.
And your mind consists of dual, invisible gigantic powers: the conscious and subconscious. One is a giant that never sleeps. It is called the subconscious mind. The other is a giant which when asleep is powerless. When awakened, his potential power is unlimited. This giant is known as the conscious mind. When the two work in harmony, they can affect, use, control or harmonize with all known and unknown powers.
What wouldst thou have? "What wouldst thou have? I am ready to obey thee as thy slave ? I and the other slaves of the lamp," said the genie.
Awaken the sleeping giant within you! It is more powerful than all the genii of Aladdin's lamp! The genii are fictional. Your sleeping giant is real!
What wouldst thou have? Love? Good health? Success? Friends? Money? A home? A car? Recognition? Peace of mind? Courage? Happiness? Or, would you make your world a better world in which to live? The sleeping giant within you has the power to bring your wishes into reality.
What wouldst thou have? Name it and it's yours. Awaken the sleeping giant within you! How?
Think. Think with a positive mental attitude.
Now the sleeping giant, like the genie, must be summoned with magic. But you possess this magic. The magic is your talisman, with the symbols PMA on one side and NMA on the other. The characteristics of PMA are the plus characteristics symbolized by such words as faith, hope, honesty, and love.
You are launched on a great journey. We have called the resumes at the end of the chapters "pilots." That is because you are going somewhere. You are not standing still. You are on your way through rough and often unfamiliar waters. To reach the end of your journey successfully, you will need many of the skills of the navigator. As the compass of a ship is affected by disturbing magnetic influences, requiring the pilot to make certain allowances in order to keep the vessel on its right course, so you must take account of the powerful influences affecting you as you navigate through life.
A compass is corrected to give true readings regardless of variation and deviation. The same applies to life where the variations are environmental influences. And the deviations are