by Napoleon Hill
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Now Oscar had received word that the company he represented was insolvent. It had become bankrupt because the president had used the firm's large cash resources in speculation in the stock market. The market crashed in late 1929. Oscar was on his way home. He was out of a job, and the outlook was rather dismal.
The influence of NMA began to exert a powerful influence on him.
Because he had to wait several hours, he decided to occupy himself by setting up his instrument in the railroad station. The reading on his instrument was so high in its positive indication of oil deposits that Oscar in a rage impulsively kicked the instrument and destroyed it.
You see, Oscar was frustrated.
"There couldn't be that much oil! There couldn't be that much oil!" he shouted repeatedly in disgust.
But Oscar was frustrated. He was under the influence of a negative mental attitude. The opportunity for which he had been searching lay at his very feet. He only had to make one step to reach it. But, because of the influence of NMA, he refused to recognize it
He lost faith in his own invention. Had he been under the influence of PMA, he would have attracted wealth, not repelled it
Applied faith is one of the important 17 success principles. The test of your faith is whether you apply it at the time of your greatest need.
NMA had led Oscar to believe that many of the things that he had faith in were wrong. As you recall: the Depression brought a fear consciousness into the minds of many persons ? Oscar was one. He had worked hard and sacrificed, yet he was out of a job through no fault of his own. The president of his company had been held in high esteem by Oscar, yet this man whom he trusted embezzled the company's funds. Now the machine that had proved its value in the past seemed to have gone haywire. Yes ? Oscar was frustrated.
When Oscar boarded the train at the Oklahoma City railroad station that day, he left his Doodle Bug behind. And he also left one of the nation's richest oil deposits.
A short time later, Oklahoma City was found to be literally floating on oil. Oscar has become a living demonstration of the application of two principles:
A positive mental attitude attracts wealth and a negative mental attitude repels it.
Wealth can be acquired on a modest salary. But you may say: "All this about positive and negative mental attitudes is very fine for someone who's out to make a million dollars. But I'm not really interested in making a million.
"Of course, I want security. I want enough to live well and take care of the needs I will have some day when I retire.
"What about me if I am an office employee? What about me when I have just a fair salary?" Now here's our answer:
You too can acquire wealth. Wealth enough for security. Or, even wealth enough to become rich in spite of what you say. Just let the PMA influence of your talisman affect you favorably.
We'll prove that this can be done.
And if for some reason you aren't fully convinced, just read a book: The Richest Man in Babylon. And then make your first step forward. Keep going and you'll have the financial security or wealth you are seeking. Now that's exactly what Mr. Osborn did.
Mr. Osborn was a salaried employee, yet he acquired wealth. It wasn't so many years ago that he retired with the statement: "I now spend my time having my money make money for me while I do what I want to do."
Again, the principle used by Mr. Osborn is so obvious that it is often unseen.
The principle he learned and the one that you also can employ will now be stated in a very few words. In reading The Richest Man in Babylon, Mr. Osborn found that wealth could be acquired if you:
(a) Just save one dime out of every dollar you earn;
(b) Each six months, invest your savings and interest or dividend returns from these savings and investments; and
(c) When you invest, seek expert advice on safe investments and thus you won't gamble and lose your principal.
Let us repeat: that's exactly what Mr. Osborn did. Just think of it. You can have security or wealth by saving only a dime out of each dollar you earn and investing it safely.
When should you start? Do It Now!
Now let's contrast Mr. Osborn's experience with that of a man who had good physical health and read an inspirational book. He was fifty years old when he was introduced to Napoleon Hill.
This man smiled when he said, "I read your book Think and Grow Rich many years ago ? but I'm not rich."
Napoleon Hill laughed and then replied seriously:
