Inspiration and Ideals; Thoughts for Every Day (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... t ./. DEGREES Your Mind Grows Through Use A MAY TWENTY-SEVEN fT DEGREESHOUGHT is the greatest power V I in the world, therefore be a seri - ous thinker. Daily train yourself to think clearly, deeply, accurately. Be a student of serious subjects. Set apart a few minutes daily for profound and concentrated meditation. Do not take important things for granted, but examine causes and effects for yourself. Your mind grows through use. Select an important problem, and study it carefully until you have found a satisfactory solution. You should have an hour for special mental gymnastics every day, bringing all your faculties into full play and activity. Thought is supreme in all successful business, invention, enterprise, and achievement. Thought is the greatest power in the world. Make Sure and Definite Progress MAY TWENTY-EIGHT PUT into actual practise now the splendid things you confidently expect to do at some future time, and your life will be wonderfully transformed. Thousands of people have made the serious mistake of thinking that at a more favorable time, or under other circumstances, they would radically change their habits, plans, methods, aims, and ideals. The only real assurance of your sincere desire to elevate your life is your willingness to initiate some of the desired changes now. This is the only intelligent course for you if you are to make sure and definite progress. Many a deferred resolution ends in nothing. What you think you will do some other time may never come to pass, but what you accomplish to-day is a substantial certainty. Advance to Honorable Position MAY TWENTY-NINE PUT forever out of your mind all anxious and self-limiting thoughts. Bend your best efforts toward the big and essential things of