You Need To Watch Your Thoughts For Success At Internet Marketing
TRULY, ‘thoughts are things,’ and powerful things at
that, when they are mixed with definiteness of
purpose, persistence, and a BURNING DESIRE for their
translation into riches, or other material objects.
A little more than thirty years ago, Edwin C. Barnes
discovered how true it is that men really do THINK
AND GROW RICH. His discovery did not come about at
one sitting. It came little by little, beginning with
a BURNING DESIRE to become a business associate of
the great Edison.
One of the chief characteristics of Barnes' Desire
was that it was definite. He wanted to work with
Edison, not for him. Observe, carefully, the
description of how he went about translating his
DESIRE into reality, and you will have a better
understanding of the thirteen principles which lead
to riches.
When this DESIRE, or impulse of thought, first
flashed into his mind he was in no position to act
upon it. Two difficulties stood in his way. He did
not know Mr. Edison, and he did not have enough money
to pay his railroad fare to Orange, New Jersey.
These difficulties were sufficient to have
discouraged the majority of men from making any
attempt to carry out the desire. But his was no
ordinary desire! He was so determined to find a way
to carry out his desire that he finally decided to
travel by ‘blind baggage,’ rather than be defeated.
(To the uninitiated, this means that he went to East
Orange on a freight train).
He presented himself at Mr. Edison's laboratory, and
announced he had come to go into business with the
inventor. In speaking of the first meeting between
Barnes and Edison, years later, Mr. Edison said, ‘He
stood there before me, looking like an ordinary
tramp, but there was something in the expression of
his face which conveyed the impression that he was
determined to get what he had come after. I had
learned, from years of experience with men, that when
a man really DESIRES a thing so deeply that he is
willing to stake his entire future on a single turn
of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win. I
gave him the opportunity he asked for, because I saw
he had made up his mind to stand by until he
succeeded. Subsequent events proved that no mistake
was made.’
Just what young Barnes said to Mr. Edison on that
occasion was far less important than that which he
thought. Edison, himself, said so! It could not have
been the young man's appearance which got him his
start in the Edison office, for that was definitely
against him. It was what he THOUGHT that counted.
If the significance of this statement could be
conveyed to every person who reads it, there would be
no need for the remainder of this book.
Barnes did not get his partnership with Edison on his
first interview. He did get a chance to work in the
Edison offices, at a very nominal wage, doing work
that was unimportant to Edison, but most important to
Barnes, because it gave him an opportunity to display
his ‘merchandise’ where his intended ‘partner’ could
see it.
Months went by. Apparently nothing happened to bring
the coveted goal which Barnes had set up in his mind
as his DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE. But something
important was happening in Barnes' mind. He was
constantly intensifying his DESIRE to become the
business associate of Edison.
Psychologists have correctly said that ‘when one is
truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.’
Barnes was ready for a business association with
Edison, moreover, he was DETERMINED TO REMAIN
READY UNTIL HE GOT THAT WHICH HE WAS SEEKING.
He did not say to himself, ‘Ah well, what's the use?
I guess I'll change my mind and try for a salesman's
job.’ But, he did say, ‘I came here to go into
business with Edison, and I'll accomplish this end if
it takes the remainder of my life.’ He meant it! What
a different story men would have to tell if only they
would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that
purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming
obsession!
Maybe young Barnes did not know it at the time, but
his bulldog determination, his persistence in
standing back of a single DESIRE, was destined to mow
down all opposition, and bring him the opportunity he
was seeking.
When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different
form, and from a different direction than Barnes had
expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity.
It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door,
and often it comes disguised in the form of
misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why
so many fail to recognize opportunity.
Mr. Edison had just perfected a new office device,
known at that time, as the Edison Dictating Machine
(now the Ediphone). His salesmen were not
enthusiastic over the machine. They did not believe
it could be sold without great effort. Barnes saw his
opportunity. It had crawled in quietly, hidden in a
queer looking machine which interested no one but
Barnes and the inventor.
Barnes knew he could sell the Edison Dictating
Machine. He suggested this to Edison, and promptly
got his chance. He did sell the machine. In fact, he
sold it so successfully that Edison gave him a
contract to distribute and market it all over the
nation. Out of that business association grew the
slogan, ‘Made by Edison and installed by Barnes.’
The business alliance has been in operation for more
than thirty years. Out of it Barnes has made himself
rich in money, but he has done something infinitely
greater, he has proved that one really may ‘Think and
Grow Rich.’
How much actual cash that original DESIRE of Barnes'
has been worth to him, I have no way of knowing.
Perhaps it has brought him two or three million
dollars, but the amount, whatever it is, becomes
insignificant when compared with the greater asset he
acquired in the form of definite knowledge that an
intangible impulse of thought can be transmuted into
its physical counterpart by the application of known
principles.
Barnes literally thought himself into a partnership
with the great Edison! He thought himself into a
fortune. He had nothing to start with, except the
capacity to KNOW WHAT HE WANTED, AND THE
DETERMINATION TO STAND BY THAT DESIRE UNTIL HE
REALIZED IT.
He had no money to begin with. He had but little
education. He had no influence. But he did have
initiative, faith, and the will to win. With these
intangible forces he made himself number one man with
the greatest inventor who ever lived.
Extract from "Think & Grow Rich" by Napolean Hill
that, when they are mixed with definiteness of
purpose, persistence, and a BURNING DESIRE for their
translation into riches, or other material objects.
A little more than thirty years ago, Edwin C. Barnes
discovered how true it is that men really do THINK
AND GROW RICH. His discovery did not come about at
one sitting. It came little by little, beginning with
a BURNING DESIRE to become a business associate of
the great Edison.
One of the chief characteristics of Barnes' Desire
was that it was definite. He wanted to work with
Edison, not for him. Observe, carefully, the
description of how he went about translating his
DESIRE into reality, and you will have a better
understanding of the thirteen principles which lead
to riches.
When this DESIRE, or impulse of thought, first
flashed into his mind he was in no position to act
upon it. Two difficulties stood in his way. He did
not know Mr. Edison, and he did not have enough money
to pay his railroad fare to Orange, New Jersey.
These difficulties were sufficient to have
discouraged the majority of men from making any
attempt to carry out the desire. But his was no
ordinary desire! He was so determined to find a way
to carry out his desire that he finally decided to
travel by ‘blind baggage,’ rather than be defeated.
(To the uninitiated, this means that he went to East
Orange on a freight train).
He presented himself at Mr. Edison's laboratory, and
announced he had come to go into business with the
inventor. In speaking of the first meeting between
Barnes and Edison, years later, Mr. Edison said, ‘He
stood there before me, looking like an ordinary
tramp, but there was something in the expression of
his face which conveyed the impression that he was
determined to get what he had come after. I had
learned, from years of experience with men, that when
a man really DESIRES a thing so deeply that he is
willing to stake his entire future on a single turn
of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win. I
gave him the opportunity he asked for, because I saw
he had made up his mind to stand by until he
succeeded. Subsequent events proved that no mistake
was made.’
Just what young Barnes said to Mr. Edison on that
occasion was far less important than that which he
thought. Edison, himself, said so! It could not have
been the young man's appearance which got him his
start in the Edison office, for that was definitely
against him. It was what he THOUGHT that counted.
If the significance of this statement could be
conveyed to every person who reads it, there would be
no need for the remainder of this book.
Barnes did not get his partnership with Edison on his
first interview. He did get a chance to work in the
Edison offices, at a very nominal wage, doing work
that was unimportant to Edison, but most important to
Barnes, because it gave him an opportunity to display
his ‘merchandise’ where his intended ‘partner’ could
see it.
Months went by. Apparently nothing happened to bring
the coveted goal which Barnes had set up in his mind
as his DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE. But something
important was happening in Barnes' mind. He was
constantly intensifying his DESIRE to become the
business associate of Edison.
Psychologists have correctly said that ‘when one is
truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.’
Barnes was ready for a business association with
Edison, moreover, he was DETERMINED TO REMAIN
READY UNTIL HE GOT THAT WHICH HE WAS SEEKING.
He did not say to himself, ‘Ah well, what's the use?
I guess I'll change my mind and try for a salesman's
job.’ But, he did say, ‘I came here to go into
business with Edison, and I'll accomplish this end if
it takes the remainder of my life.’ He meant it! What
a different story men would have to tell if only they
would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that
purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming
obsession!
Maybe young Barnes did not know it at the time, but
his bulldog determination, his persistence in
standing back of a single DESIRE, was destined to mow
down all opposition, and bring him the opportunity he
was seeking.
When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different
form, and from a different direction than Barnes had
expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity.
It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door,
and often it comes disguised in the form of
misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why
so many fail to recognize opportunity.
Mr. Edison had just perfected a new office device,
known at that time, as the Edison Dictating Machine
(now the Ediphone). His salesmen were not
enthusiastic over the machine. They did not believe
it could be sold without great effort. Barnes saw his
opportunity. It had crawled in quietly, hidden in a
queer looking machine which interested no one but
Barnes and the inventor.
Barnes knew he could sell the Edison Dictating
Machine. He suggested this to Edison, and promptly
got his chance. He did sell the machine. In fact, he
sold it so successfully that Edison gave him a
contract to distribute and market it all over the
nation. Out of that business association grew the
slogan, ‘Made by Edison and installed by Barnes.’
The business alliance has been in operation for more
than thirty years. Out of it Barnes has made himself
rich in money, but he has done something infinitely
greater, he has proved that one really may ‘Think and
Grow Rich.’
How much actual cash that original DESIRE of Barnes'
has been worth to him, I have no way of knowing.
Perhaps it has brought him two or three million
dollars, but the amount, whatever it is, becomes
insignificant when compared with the greater asset he
acquired in the form of definite knowledge that an
intangible impulse of thought can be transmuted into
its physical counterpart by the application of known
principles.
Barnes literally thought himself into a partnership
with the great Edison! He thought himself into a
fortune. He had nothing to start with, except the
capacity to KNOW WHAT HE WANTED, AND THE
DETERMINATION TO STAND BY THAT DESIRE UNTIL HE
REALIZED IT.
He had no money to begin with. He had but little
education. He had no influence. But he did have
initiative, faith, and the will to win. With these
intangible forces he made himself number one man with
the greatest inventor who ever lived.
Extract from "Think & Grow Rich" by Napolean Hill
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