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Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles
of Personal Achievement
By Napoleon Hill
Lesson 1: Definiteness of Purpose
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. Without a purpose and a plan, people drift aimlessly through life.
Lesson 2: Mastermind Alliance
The Mastermind principle consists of an alliance of two or more minds working in perfect harmony for the attainment of a common definite objective. Success does not come without the cooperation of others.
Lesson 3: Applied Faith
Faith is a state of mind through which your aims, desires, plans and purposes may be translated into their physical or financial equivalent.
Lesson 4: Going the Extra Mile
When you go the extra mile, the Law of Compensation comes into play. Going the extra mile is the action of rendering more and better service than that for which you are presently paid. When you go the extra mile, the Law of Compensation comes into play.
Lesson 5: Pleasing Personality
Personality is the sum total of one’s mental, spiritual and physical traits and habits that distinguish one from all others. It is the factor that determines whether one is liked or disliked by others.
Lesson 6: Personal Initiative
Personal initiative is the power that inspires the completion of that which one begins. It is the power that starts all action. No person is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own.
Lesson 7: Positive Mental Attitude
Positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude in all circumstances. Success attracts more success while failure attracts more failure.
Lesson 8: Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is faith in action. It is the intense emotion known as burning desire. It comes from within, although it radiates outwardly in the expression of one’s voice and countenance.
Lesson 9: Self-Discipline
If you do not control your thoughts, you cannot control your needs.
Self-discipline begins with the mastery of thought. If you do not control your thoughts, you cannot control your needs. Self-discipline calls for a balancing of the emotions of your heart with the reasoning faculty of your head.
Lesson 10: Accurate Thinking.
The power of thought is the most dangerous or the most beneficial power available to man, depending on how it is used.
Lesson 11: Controlled Attention.
Controlled attention leads to mastery in any type of human endeavor, because it enables one to focus the powers of his mind upon the attainment of a definite objective and to keep it so directed at will.
Lesson 12: Teamwork.
Teamwork is harmonious cooperation that is willing, voluntary and free.
Whenever the spirit of teamwork is the dominating influence in business or industry, success is inevitable. Harmonious cooperation is a priceless asset that you can acquire in proportion to your giving.
Lesson 13: Adversity & Defeat
Many so-called failures represent only a temporary defeat that may prove to be a blessing in disguise.
Individual success usually is in exact proportion of the scope of the defeat the individual has experienced and mastered. Many so-called failures represent only a temporary defeat that may prove to be a blessing in disguise.
Lesson 14: Creative Vision
Creative vision is developed by the free and fearless use of one’s imagination. It is not a miraculous quality with which one is gifted or is not gifted at birth.
Lesson 15: Health
Sound health begins with a sound health consciousness, just as financial success begins with a prosperity consciousness.
Lesson 16: Budgeting Time & Money
Time and money are precious resources, and few people striving for success ever believe they possess either one in excess.
Lesson 17: Habits
Developing and establishing positive habits leads to peace of mind, health and financial security. You are where you are because of your established habits and thoughts and deeds.
Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in a one-room cabin on the Pound River in Wise County, Virginia. He is the author of the motivational classics The Laws of Success and Think and Grow Rich. Hill passed away in November 1970 after a long and successful career writing, teaching, and lecturing about the principles of success. His lifework continues under the direction of the Napoleon Hill Foundation.
Economic Stimulus Plan
For Entrepreneurs and Inventors
The chance of an economic stimulus plan finding its way into the hands of entrepreneurs by way of the US Congress is about as slim as the chance that the leaders of the big three automakers will be turning in their corporate jets anytime soon.
But this is no surprise to the successful entrepreneur because we left the mainstream mindset at birth. We're used to forging our own destinies, and fighting the sheep herd mentality crowd as they run en masse past us in the other direction of true opportunity, especially now in these changing times when the proverbial men are rapidly being separated from the boys.
Nick Romer, founder of MillionsOnQ.com and author of the Bestselling book, "Make Millions on QVC," says, "I'm looking for fantastic inventions and product developers savvy enough to see that this is a time of amazing opportunity." He adds, "So many have run for cover that the ground is fertile to those that see it for what it is."
The economic stimulus plan for entrepreneurs remains the same blueprint as it always has. It consists of adapting to the times, believing in one's instincts and recognizing opportunity. This is a glorious time for true entrepreneurs, and one needs look no further than the Great Depression to see that more millionaires were created during that time of economic collapse than in any other time in history. So, what will you being doing with your savvy in the next year to capitalize on this chance of a lifetime?
Here are five tips to not only survive tough times but thrive in them:
1. Take a magnifying glass and inventory all your marketing strategies.
"To control them means you have to track them," says the MillionsOnQ.com guru. If you haven't yet figured out the 80/20 rule on your successful marketing efforts, get in gear and find the profit makers. Fine tune them and exploit them to a greater degree and seek to uncover more opportunities that the sheep are running from.
Remember, the recent statistics pointed to the holiday shopping revenues of 2008 to be only 3% less than in 2007. People are still spending money!
2. If you haven't already, now is the time to mine your existing customers for greater profits.
It is much easier to sell to your existing customers than it is to find new ones. Your existing customers already know you and your products so devise a clever marketing plan geared toward selling them more of your products. This can be an outright sell, or you can implement an upsell strategy for your current product line.
3. Purchase competitive businesses.
The sheep are quitting in all regards. Let them quit, but before they do, make an offer to buy their existing business if it can help you broaden your customer base. One of the best opportunities on the cheap exists online.
The internet is flooded with hobbyists that have started businesses they don't know how to run, and you can pick-up high-ranking websites in many industries that have high traffic, or membership counts for dirt cheap that can help you market your products.
4. "Cooperation".
Cooperating with a competitor is a great way to leverage your marketing efforts at a low cost. Co-opetition can lead to building a strong relationship with a competitor while building your bottom line.
5. Leverage the Social Media.
It's free to participate in the big social sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, StumbleUpon, and many more, so develop a plan to increase your presence in these areas.
In the midst of the last dot com bust, two would-be billionaires started a little search engine called Google. Had Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google, followed the sheep during that difficult time for online entrepreneurs, they surely would have missed out on a fantastic opportunity.
Don't sit this one out, it's going to be a great ride for those with courage and commitment.
Economic Development Start Your Own Program For Economic Prosperity
Your town may be on the brink of strategic depression but you don't have to join in their recessive compulsive behaviors. Try something new and different... Economic Prosperity.
Recently when a friend called to alert me to a city council meeting where my town was instigating a costly, tax supported urban renewal project, I stepped up to the plate and organized a different sort of economic plan. The strategy is simple, bring more business to town, improve local businesses and increase revenues for the community.
The brilliant part of the plan is that anyone can do this. It doesn't require city hall, city council, the county commissioners, or Tax Increment Financing to get the job done. Whether you're an independent one owner business with your own office and a limited number of hours in the day or a maximum resource multi-functional, multi-employee company on main street with all the hours you want to cram in your day and the employees to suffice, you can impact your bottom line using these logical steps to start a program for your own economic prosperity.
1 - Diversify your income
Any business can use a little help with the income, so increase the amount of business income by adding a feasible sideline to your current business. Make it related and relevant to your business but separate.
Focus on residual income from your new sideline. Add increased structure to the precept by incorporating current standards into the new line with solid client backing.
2 - Increase your clientele
Bring on the traffic. Online, you simply have to grab attention to bring more traffic. In a brick and mortar business the same concept applies. The more traffic you get the more your business benefits. Bring on the traffic and you'll see increased success in your business with increased and improved profits. Be visible and build it - they'll come.
3 - Maximize your marketing
Devise marketing methods that bring an increasing number of people to your business and you'll increase your profits.
Invite a friend coupon, bring a buddy discounts, and discounts for referrals are all great ways to maximize your marketing efforts. Consider what would happen if each of your current clients brought a buddy next time they shopped your store?
Impact your business with effective Brand Recognition that brings your readers back time after time to get MORE of your Quality and Value.
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