by Napoleon Hill
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PMA attracts wealth. 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.
"I am no longer able to work with my hands," he began, "so I have decided to work with my mind. 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." And then he chuckled as he said:
"They'll sell like hot cakes!"
And they did sell like hot cakes! 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: / Dare You! "I dare you to become the healthiest boy in school!" / Dare You! became William Danforth's self-motivator throughout life.
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.
/ Dare You! motivated him to build one of America's largest corporations. The Ralston Purina Company. / Dare You! motivated him to engage in creative thinking and turn liabilities into assets. I Dare You! motivated him to organize The American Youth Foundation: its purpose is to train young men and women in Christian ideals and to prepare them for the responsibilities of life.
/ Dare You! motivated William Danforth to write a book entitled / Dare You! 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 don't know how. Perhaps you need to learn to think mere accurately. Be guided by Pilot No. 2.
Then turn to Chapter Three. Its purpose is to help you ? clear the cobwebs from your thinking.
PILOT NO. 2 Thoughts to Steer By
1. You can change your world! To achieve anything worthwhile in life it is necessary to set high goals for yourself and want to
