by Napoleon Hill
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Self-question: "How can I develop the right mental attitude?" Be specific.
3. Don't blame God for your lack of success. Like S. B. Fuller, you can develop a burning desire to succeed. How? Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you don't want, How?
4. Like S. B. Fuller, read The Bible and inspirational books for a purpose. Ask for divine guidance. Search for the
Self-question: Do you believe it's proper to ask for Divine Guidance?
5. Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit for those who have PMA. Sometimes the things that seem to be adversities turn out to be opportunities in disguise. Tom Dempsey discovered this as a cripple.
Self-question: Will you engage in thinking time to determine how you can turn adversities into seeds of equivalent or greater benefits?
6. Accept the priceless gift ? the joy of work. Apply the greatest value in life: love people and serve them. Like Henry I. Kaiser, you will attract big and generous portions of success. You can if you develop PMA.
Self-question: Will you search to find out how you can develop PMA as you continue to read this book?
7. Never underestimate the repellent power of a negative mental attitude. It can prevent life's lucky breaks from benefiting you.
Self-question: PMA attracts good. How can I develop the habit of PMA?
8. You can profit by disappointment ? if it is turned into inspirational dissatisfaction with PMA. Like Al Allen, develop inspirational dissatisfaction. Rearrange your attitudes and convert a failure of one day into success on another. How do you think you can develop inspirational dissatisfaction?
9. Bring into reality the possibility of the improbable by acquiring PMA. Say to yourself, as Henry Ford said to his engineers, "Keep working!"
Self-question: Have you the courage to aim high and strive daily to keep your goal before you?
10. Don't let your mental attitude make you a "has-been." When you become successful and a depression or any other unfavorable circumstance arises which causes you a loss or defeat, act on the self-motivator: Success is achieved by those who try and maintained by those who keep trying with PMA. This is the way to avoid being crushed.
UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES IN SELF-MOTIVATOR FORM:
? Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
? Greatness comes to those who develop a burning desire to achieve high goals.
? Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep on trying with PMA.
? To become an expert achiever in any human activity, it takes practice . . . practice . . . practice.
? Man's greatest power lies in the power of prayer.
CHAPTER 2 You Can Change Your World
We now know that PMA is a positive mental attitude. And we also know that a Positive Mental Attitude is one of the 17 success principles. When you begin to apply a combination of these principles with PMA in your chosen occupation or to a solution of your personal problems, you are on the road to success. Then you are on the right track and headed in the right direction towards getting what you want.
To achieve anything worthwhile in life, it is imperative that you apply PMA, regardless of what other success principles you employ. PMA is the catalyst which makes any combination of success principles work to attain a worthwhile end. It is NMA, combined with some of the same principles, that is the catalyst which results in crime or evil. And grief, disaster, tragedy ? sin, disease, death ? are some of its rewards.
17 success principles. The authors have for many years given lectures, instructed classes, and conducted a correspondence course on the 17 success principles. The title of the course: PMA, The Science of Success. These 17 principles are:
1. A Positive Mental Attitude
2. Definiteness of purpose
3. Going the extra mile
4. Accurate thinking
5. Self-discipline
6. The master mind
7. Applied faith
8. A pleasing personality
9. Personal initiative
10. Enthusiasm
11. Controlled attention
12. Teamwork
13. Learning from defeat
14. Creative vision
15. Budgeting time and money
16. Maintaining sound physical and mental health
17. Using cosmic habit force (universal law)
