Think and Grow Rich Chapter 1 January 2008
Hi Sarah here
I am constantly amazed at the personal growth that I see in folks who particpate in the
Mentoring for Free 30 Day Mental Cleanse- These are a few of the lessons submitted for
Chapter Eight - Please read these carefully, ponder the meaning and hopefully you will walk
away with a clearer perspective of yourself.
This process has helped me to change the direction of my life from failure to successThis is a
personal development call where we teach people how to stop the chatter in our minds. So
What is this? What Are we doing?
We are reading Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill a chapter at a time. To join this Mastermind
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Sarah Thompson
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Life Is not the amount of breaths you take, it’s the
moments in your life that take your breath away.
Chapter One…
Dark thoughts awaken me. Is it morning? I can’t
sleep. Where did these disturbing overpowering
feelings come from? It’s not what I want, it’s not
who I say I am. Wait. And, yet, they are with me
taking control, wresting me from my sleep,
pressing relentlessly ever inward.
I know thoughts become things. I know I have
control. I know all of this intellectually and
yet the evil seeds make their way through to my
consciousness. Down, they are dragging me down,
spiraling into the gloom and increasing their
power, leverage and control. It’s merely a
thought, just the most commanding force in
the universe.
Stop! It’s time to choose, time to select the
thoughts I want to prevail and push the ones
I don’t want aside. But, they want dominion
over me; they want me to give up, think I am
a failure and can never succeed.
These thoughts want to dictate to me. Where
does their power emanate from? Does it really
matter from where? No, I think not.
They are merely my thoughts and with joy and
elation I remember I have ultimate authority
over what comes forth from my mind and directs
my day, my week, my life.
I am absolutely in command.
I swing my legs onto the floor, stand next to my
bed, stretch with a familiar grin on my face. Once
again I have prevailed because of who I say myself
to be, because I reign ultimately over my thoughts.
OK, good, let’s go cause the day. Carpe Diem!
Best,
Rick Lelchuk
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Here are my thoughts on Chapter 1.
Barnes thought himself into a partnership, knew
what he wanted and was determined to stand by
that desire until it was achieved. He thought it
first and then put in the action to accomplish his
desire.
His opportunity did not come in the form or
direction he expected it to come from but he
was prepared and he seen the opportunity
when no one else did. His persistence paid
off because he knew what he wanted and was
willing to pay the price to get it.
The little black girl also had a purpose and
she was not going to leave until she got it.
Many of us set goals and then set about to
achieve them only to quit because we feel we
are not getting anywhere. Success often
comes one step beyond the point at which
defeat overtakes us. We quit too soon.
It is our thoughts or thinking that counts to
get us where we will be and what we will
achieve in life. Like Barnes we need to think
into our desire with a definite purpose,
council when we need it, be prepared and
put in the right actions until we accomplish
what we have determined.
I have failed miserably at this but have decided
it is time to change. I have been the obstacle
in the way of accomplishing what I want. I
have let my thinking be influenced by others.
I have not believed in myself enough. I have
always thought others were better than I was,
knew more than I did and deserved more than
I did. Why I felt that way I really do not know.
I have not been participating in the calls because
of this reasoning and feeling that my thoughts
were not that important.
Yet when I have listened to the calls I hear people
say the same things that I was thinking. So with
all this I realize it is time to do something about it.
It has been my thoughts that have brought me to
where I am and it will be my thoughts that will
change my actions so that I can accomplish the
desires I have.
Tuula Rands
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Chapter 1 Thought are Things.
This is my second time of actively participating
in the Mental Cleanse and I’m even more excited
this time around. I’m really looking forward to
the 30 days ahead, knowing that each time I go
through this program I will experience more
personal growth.
Thoughts become very powerful things when they
are mixed with a definite purpose, persistence
and a burning desire to translate them into
riches and material things.
This is such an exciting statement to me because
I have a burning desire to OWN my life and I AM
willing to be persistent for as long as it takes
to achieve that.
When I say that I want to own my life, it means
that I want the freedom to do what I want, when
I want and with whom I want.
I can relate so well with the all consuming desire
that Barnes felt. He was so determined to become
a business associate of Edison that he made up
his mind to stand by until he succeeded.
Barnes proved that one really can “Think and Grow
Rich” simply because he knew what he wanted and
he had the determination to stand by that desire
until he realized it.
Riches begin with a state of mind and we have
the power to control our thoughts.
Our dominating thoughts attract our circumstances
of life. Before we can accumulate riches in great
abundance, we must become “money conscious” until
the desire for money drives us to create definite
plans for acquiring it.
Hill says that one sound idea is all one needs to
achieve success, and for me that “idea”is Mentoring
for Free and the Network Marketing company that I
have chosen to represent.
I honestly believe that I am in a place in my life
right now that I have never been. I have become
success conscious and I refuse to indifferently
allow myself to be failure conscious.
Psychologists have said that “when one is truly
ready for a thing, it puts in it’s appearance.”
I’m ready! I have the purpose, the plan, the desire
and the persistence all in place. And this wonderful
exciting feeling of success consciousness comes
from being involved with this Mastermind Group and
participating in the Mental Cleanse.
Thank you Michael for your incredible leadership
of our Mastermind Group.
Your friend for life
Judi Sheehan
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Hello Michael, and Linda, many ideas on
where to start, I believe we may desire to
go some place, are car starts, and rolls.
So we believe that everything is fine, and
off we go…In reality we need new tires,
tune up, oil change, flush the coolant
system, brake job, and the windows
cleaned, oh yeah, and a full tank of gas.
Yet many of us just start the motor, and
zoom away. Only to break down, left
discouraged, and short of are planned
destination.
Does any of that seem familiar to some
of you ? Well that has been me many of
times…! We can give ourselves strength
by asserting courageously our real self.
Allowing our spirit to master, and remove
all fear habits that cause are break downs
on our desired highways..Fill the mind with
courageous confident expectations….
I can, and I will, repeat vigorously in all
of your waking hours to your new desired
habit acts automatically. Continue with
this action until they throw dirt on your
face..Kindly Yours, Kim
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Hi Michael and Sarah.
My homework for chpter one
Chapter One
This is the PERFECT chapter to start the New Year with. The beginning of something powerful, magical, do-able and life changing. This chapter has brought a very powerful feeling of hope to my new year. Usually I feel hopeful but do not have a direction to look towards to find why I feel hope. This year I do. With the company I am with, the people I know now and associate daily with in my Mastermind groups, and my Mentors Sarah, Michael and Don just to name a few. Thank you to all.
Thoughts are Things. You may not be able to pick them up and mold them with your hands, but you do have the opportunity to pick them up and mold them with your mind. Shape them to what ever you DESIRE them to be and turn them into something tangible later.
Later may be a few minutes, it may be a few days, weeks or even years.
Desire must be strong. It must be patient and you must not GIVE UP. Even though at the moment of time that your thought is born, you may be so far away from the thing you desire, if your desire and belief that it WILL BE is there, it WILL BE.
You must protect that THOUGHT as if it were but only a defenceless infant. You must not let anyone defile it, harm it or scare it away from you and its sanctuary. Safe guard your DESIRE.
With that being said, we have the uncanny knack to sabotage our own dreams and desires with doubt and closemindedness.
We must be prepared for opportunity when it knocks. It never seems to come in the front door and presents itself the exact way our thoughts dress it. It comes in the back door or side window, disguised.
Henry Ford showed that where there is a will, there is a way, no matter how impossible our dream or desires may seem to some, they can be accomplished.
With this knowledge, it serves as fuel for my desire. I know what I want, I have a plan to accomplish it, and it is do-able with the desire.
The majority of my thoughts must be saturated with those of my desired riches. It is not enough to make a simple wish and expect it to materialize. It is a consant that I must be conscience of. It must be continually present in my thoughts and actions on a daily basis.
It must be protected from the negative thoughts of doubt.
I have been noticing the smallest statements that come out of my mouth are laced with negativity. It isn’t so much the words but what is behind them. Now when I hear someone, including myself, say, “oh well” I cringe. It feels like a statement of defeat. I do not hear anything positive from that statement. No optimism at all.
That is something sad and I will do my best to continue to “Bonk” the negative thoughts with my mallet and work diligently to be the positive person I want to be.
Thank you Michael and Sarah
