Each of us is right in the middle

of our own Acres of Diamonds

A great many years ago I purchased a fine dictionary.
The first thing I did with it was to turn to the word
"impossible," and neatly clip it out of the book. That
would not be an unwise thing for you to do. -
Napoleon Hill, Think & Grow Rich
When you change the way you look
at things, the things you look at
Opportunity is change
there all the time
Opportunities multiply as they are seized - Sun Tzu

Your own Acres of Diamonds In life, when we go searching for “something,” we

should know what that “something” looks, smells and
tastes like so that we can recognize it when we find it
In connection with this, consider again the statement,
ALL THOUGHTS WHICH HAVE BEEN EMOTIONALIZED,
(given feeling) AND MIXED WITH FAITH, begin
immediately to translate themselves into their
physical equivalent or counterpart.
Your BELIEF, or FAITH, is the element which
determines the action of your subconscious mind.
The subconscious mind will transmute into its physical
equivalent, by the most direct and practical media
Faith (Think And Grow Rich) available, any order which is given to it in a state of
BELIEF, or FAITH that the order will be carried out.
A mind dominated by positive emotions, becomes a
favorable abode for the state of mind known as faith.
A mind so dominated may, at will, give the
subconscious mind instructions, which it will accept
and act upon immediately.

Maintain a ready mind. Be open to the

possibilities around you.
How can you speak to them, based on where they are
and what they may or may not know what they are
looking for?
What are their emotional hot points and how could
you tie them into the benefits of doing business with
you?
How can you get more personal, one on one in tone
and show them that you understand them?

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 How can you get more personal, one on one in tone
and show them that you understand them?
How can you take your entire marketing and selling
and design it in a way that is easier for them to
Learn what people want, comprehend?
then give it to them.
Acres of Diamonds How you can leave them better off n ow that they
Russell H. Conwell have cross paths with you?
How to can increase and demonstrate your trustworthiness?
How does your story relate to theirs?
How can you be more clear on the steps you want them to take?
What creative ways can you quantify your value
proposition?
What are better ways that you can the risk around?
Marcus Aurelius, the great Roman Emperor, said: “A
man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.”
Disraeli said this: “Everything comes if a man will only
wait … a human being with a settled purpose must
accomplish it, and nothing can resist a will that will
stake even existence for its fulfillment.”

William James said: “We need only in cold blood act

as if the thing in question were real, and it will
become infallibly real by growing into such a
connection with our life that it will become real. It will
become so knit with habit and emotion that our
interests in it will be those which characterize belief.”
He continues, ” … only you must, then, really wish
these things, and wish them exclusively, and not wish
at the same time a hundred other incompatible things
just as strongly.”
We become what we
think about (The Dr. Norman Vincent Peale put it this way: “If you
Strangest Secret) think in negative terms, you will get negative results.
If you think in positive terms, you will achieve
positive results.”
George Bernard Shaw said: “People are always
blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t
believe in circumstances. The people who get on in
this world are the people who get up and look for the
circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them,
make them.”
Begin where you are and
what you are The human mind is much like a farmer’s land. The
land gives the farmer a choice. He may plant in that
land whatever he chooses. The land doesn’t care what
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The mind, like the land, will return what you plant, but
it doesn’t care what you plant. If the farmer plants too
seeds and one a seed of corn, the other nightshade, a
Begin where you are and
what you are The human mind is much like a farmer’s land. The
land gives the farmer a choice. He may plant in that
land whatever he chooses. The land doesn’t care what
is planted. It’s up to the farmer to make the decision.
The mind, like the land, will return what you plant, but
it doesn’t care what you plant. If the farmer plants too
seeds and one a seed of corn, the other nightshade, a
deadly poison, waters and takes care of the land,
what will happen?
1. DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE. Knowing what one
wants is the first and, perhaps, the most important
step toward the development of persistence. A strong
motive forces one to surmount many difficulties.
2. DESIRE. It is comparatively easy to acquire and to
maintain persistence in pursuing the object of intense
desire.
3. SELF-RELIANCE. Belief in one's ability to carry out
a plan encourages one to follow the plan through with
persistence. (Self- reliance can be developed through
the principle described in the chapter on auto-
suggestion).
4. DEFINITENESS OF PLANS. Organized plans, even
Persistence is a state of mind, though they may be weak and entirely impractical,
therefore it can be cultivated. Like encourage persistence.
all states of mind, persistence is
based upon definite causes, among 5. ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE. Knowing that one's plans
them these: are sound, based upon experience or observation,
encourages persistence; "guessing" instead of
"knowing" destroys persistence.
6. CO-OPERATION. Sympathy, understanding, and
harmonious cooperation with others tend to develop
persistence.
7. WILL-POWER. The habit of concentrating one's
thoughts upon the building of plans for the
attainment of a definite purpose, leads to persistence.
8. HABIT. Persistence is the direct result of habit. The
mind absorbs and becomes a part of the daily
experiences upon which it feeds. Fear, the worst of all
enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition
of acts of courage. Everyone who has seen active
service in war knows this.
BEFORE you can put any portion of this philosophy
into successful use, your mind must be prepared to
receive it. The preparation is not difficult. It begins
with study, analysis, and understanding of three
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INDECISION, DOUBT, and FEAR!
 BEFORE you can put any portion of this philosophy
into successful use, your mind must be prepared to
receive it. The preparation is not difficult. It begins
with study, analysis, and understanding of three
enemies which you shall have to clear out. These are
INDECISION, DOUBT, and FEAR!

INDECISION is the seedling of FEAR! Remember this,

as you read. Indecision crystalizes into DOUBT, the
Overcoming Fear two blend and become FEAR! The "blending" process
(Think And Grow often is slow. This is one reason why these three
Rich) enemies are so dangerous. They germinate and grow
without their presence being observed.

Do not be deceived by the habits of these subtle

enemies. Sometimes they remain hidden in the
subconscious mind, where they are difficult to locate,
and still more difficult to eliminate.

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