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112 THINK AND GROW RICH
298 put vagueness into the background, and definitely said, "I WILL get that money
299 within a week!"
300 God seems to throw Himself on the side of the man who knows exactly what he
301 wants, if he is determined to get JUST THAT! Moreover, the principle through
302 which Dr. Gunsaulus got his million dollars is still alive! It is available to you!
303 This universal law is as workable today as it was when the young preacher made
304 use of it so successfully. This book describes, step by step, the thirteen elements
305 of this great law, and suggests how they may be put to use. Observe that Asa
306 Candler and Dr. Frank Gunsaulus had one characteristic in common. Both knew
307 the astounding truth that IDEAS CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO CASH
308 THROUGH THE POWER OF DEFINITE PURPOSE, PLUS DEFINITE
309 PLANS.
310 If you are one of those who believe that hard work and honesty, alone, will bring
311 riches, perish the thought! It is not true!
312 Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!
313 Riches come, if they come at all, in response to definite demands, based upon
314 the application of definite principles, and not by chance or luck. Generally
315 speaking, an idea is an impulse of thought that impels action, by an appeal to the
316 imagination. All master salesmen know that ideas can be sold where merchandise
317 cannot. Ordinary salesmen do not know this – that is why they are "ordinary".
318 A publisher of books, which sell for a nickel, made a discovery that should be
319 worth much to publishers generally. He learned that many people buy titles, and
320 not contents of books. By merely changing the name of one book that was not
321 moving, his sales on that book jumped upward more than a million copies. The
322 inside of the book was not changed in any way. He merely ripped off the cover
323 bearing the title that did not sell, and put on a new cover with a title that had
324 "box-office" value.
325 That, as simple as it may seem, was an IDEA! It was IMAGINATION.






































































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