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146 THINK AND GROW RICH
792 Before you even start to negotiate for a readjustment of your salary in your
793 present position, or to seek employment elsewhere, BE SURE THAT YOU
794 ARE WORTH MORE THAN YOU NOW RECEIVE.
795 It is one thing to WANT money-everyone wants more-but it is something
796 entirely different to be WORTH MORE! Many people mistake their WANTS
797 for their JUST DUES. Your financial requirements or wants have nothing
798 whatever to do with your WORTH. Your value is established entirely by your
799 ability to render useful service or your capacity to induce others to render such
800 service.
TAKE INVENTORY OF YOURSELF
801 28 QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD ANSWER
802 Annual self-analysis is an essential in the effective marketing of personal services,
803 as is annual inventory in merchandising. Moreover, the yearly analysis should
804 disclose a DECREASE IN FAULTS, and an increase in VIRTUES. One goes
805 ahead, stands still, or goes backward in life. One's object should be, of course, to
806 go ahead. Annual self-analysis will disclose whether advancement has been,
807 made, and if so, how much. It will also disclose any backward steps one may
808 have made. The effective marketing of personal services requires one to move
809 forward even if the progress is slow.
810 Your annual self-analysis should be made at the end of each year, so you can
811 include in your New Year's Resolutions any improvements which the analysis
812 indicates should be made. Take this inventory by asking yourself the following
813 questions, and by checking your answers with the aid of someone who will not
814 permit you to deceive yourself as to their accuracy.
815 SELF-ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PERSONAL INVENTORY
816 1. Have I attained the goal which I established as my objective for this year?
817 (You should work with a definite yearly objective to be attained as a part of your
818 major life objective).