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140 THINK AND GROW RICH
626 book for the purpose of moralizing on the rights and wrongs of the world; that
627 would require a book a hundred times the size of this one.
628 My analysis work proved that there are thirty major reasons for failure, and
629 thirteen major principles through which people accumulate fortunes. In this
630 chapter, a description of the thirty major causes of failure will be given. As you
631 go over the list, check yourself by it, point by point, for the purpose of
632 discovering how many of these causes of failure stand between you and success.
633 1. UNFAVORABLE HEREDITARY BACKGROUND. There is but little, if
634 anything, which can be done for people who are born with a deficiency in brain
635 power. This philosophy offers but one method of bridging this weakness –
636 through the aid of the Master Mind. Observe with profit, however, that this is
637 the ONLY one of the thirty causes of failure which may not be easily corrected
638 by any individual.
639 2. LACK OF A WELL-DEFINED PURPOSE IN LIFE. There is no hope of
640 success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at
641 which to aim. Ninety-eight out of every hundred of those whom I have analyzed,
642 had no such aim. Perhaps this was the major cause of their failure.
643 3. LACK OF AMBITION TO AIM ABOVE MEDIOCRITY. We offer no
644 hope for the person who is so indifferent as not to want to get ahead in life, and
645 who is not willing to pay the price.
646 4. INSUFFICIENT EDUCATION. This is a handicap which may be overcome
647 with comparative ease. Experience has proven that the best-educated people are
648 often those who are known as "self-made," or self-educated. It takes more than a
649 college degree to make one a person of education. Any person who is educated is
650 one who has learned to get whatever he wants in life without violating the rights
651 of others. Education consists, not so much of knowledge, but of knowledge
652 effectively and persistently APPLIED. Men are paid, not merely for what they
653 know, but more particularly for WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT WHICH
654 THEY KNOW.
626 book for the purpose of moralizing on the rights and wrongs of the world; that
627 would require a book a hundred times the size of this one.
628 My analysis work proved that there are thirty major reasons for failure, and
629 thirteen major principles through which people accumulate fortunes. In this
630 chapter, a description of the thirty major causes of failure will be given. As you
631 go over the list, check yourself by it, point by point, for the purpose of
632 discovering how many of these causes of failure stand between you and success.
633 1. UNFAVORABLE HEREDITARY BACKGROUND. There is but little, if
634 anything, which can be done for people who are born with a deficiency in brain
635 power. This philosophy offers but one method of bridging this weakness –
636 through the aid of the Master Mind. Observe with profit, however, that this is
637 the ONLY one of the thirty causes of failure which may not be easily corrected
638 by any individual.
639 2. LACK OF A WELL-DEFINED PURPOSE IN LIFE. There is no hope of
640 success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at
641 which to aim. Ninety-eight out of every hundred of those whom I have analyzed,
642 had no such aim. Perhaps this was the major cause of their failure.
643 3. LACK OF AMBITION TO AIM ABOVE MEDIOCRITY. We offer no
644 hope for the person who is so indifferent as not to want to get ahead in life, and
645 who is not willing to pay the price.
646 4. INSUFFICIENT EDUCATION. This is a handicap which may be overcome
647 with comparative ease. Experience has proven that the best-educated people are
648 often those who are known as "self-made," or self-educated. It takes more than a
649 college degree to make one a person of education. Any person who is educated is
650 one who has learned to get whatever he wants in life without violating the rights
651 of others. Education consists, not so much of knowledge, but of knowledge
652 effectively and persistently APPLIED. Men are paid, not merely for what they
653 know, but more particularly for WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT WHICH
654 THEY KNOW.
