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Think and Grow Rich VII

Jim Murdoch — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:29:52 +0000

Chapter 11 “THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND” was the chapter our Mastermind group studied last weekend. This was our 9th study of the book, “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. If you haven’t read the book then you should. It will show you the necessary steps to get what you want out of life, the same steps which the very successful have used to acquire their success and accumulate wealth.

The Subconscious Mind represents our spiritual side. It is the subconscious mind which receives the impressions placed upon the conscious mind thorugh belief and emotion. Hill says it best:

“The subconscious mind receives and files sense impressions or thoughts regardless of their nature. You may VOLUNTARILY plant in your subconscious mind any plan, thought, or purpose which you desire to translate into its physical or monetary equivalent. The subconscious acts first on the dominating desires which have been mixed with emotional feeling, such as FAITH.”

We are open to all sorts of input, a lot of it negative: newspapers, TV, radio, magazines, gossip, movies. It is our job, and to our benifit, to block these negative impulses, to avoid reading and lsitiening and watching whatever makes us feel bad. Focus on the positive, that is what you really want, and seek to read and listen to that which brings you closer to your goal. Either we select what effects our subconscious mind or it is fed by default.

Hill mentions the major positive and negative emotions. Did you know that you can only focus on one emotion at a time. So if you want rid of negative emotions then focus on the positive and the things which help you have those emotions. Here is Hill’s list of the 7 major positve and the 7 major negative emotions:

SEVEN MAJOR POSITIVE EMOTONS:	SEVEN MAJOR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS (to be avoided):
The emotion of DESIRE	The emotion of FEAR
The emotion of FAITH	The emotion of JEALOUSY
The emotion of LOVE	The emotion of HATRED
The emotion of SEX	The emotion of REVENGE
The emotion of ENTHUSIASM	The emotion of GREED
The emotion of ROMANCE	The emotion of SUPERSTITION
The emotion of HOPE	The emotion of ANGER

Think and Grow Rich V

Jim Murdoch — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:09:06 +0000

After the holiday break we are ready to get back to our study of Napoleon Hill’s book “Think and Grow Rich”. Tonight the study group will be looking at chapter 7 on “Decision”. What it tells us is successful people have always made a decision quickly and changed it slowly if it was changed at all. Indecision does not create wealth or any success. We need to make decision making a habit, and make the right decisions to do or have what we want, not what other’s want us to be or have. The author urges us to keep our plans to ourselves, sharing them only with like minded people who will encourage us, people like those we gather around us with like minds and desires, called a Mastermind. And get this:

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, in general, easily influenced by the opinions of others. They permit the newspapers and the “gossiping” neighbours to do their thinking for them…
If you are too easily influenced by the opinions of others, you will have no DESIRE of your own.

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It is so important to be a decision maker. And so important to listen to the right people. Generally those who try to discourage you from achieving your goals, no matter how nice are their intentions, are not those you should be listening to. Find those who think success and are not afraid to make decisions and listen to them. The more we listen the more knowledge we will accumulate.

Think and Grow Rich IV

Jim Murdoch — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:18:29 +0000

IMAGINATION was the topic of chapter 5 of the book “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill which we studied tonight in our MASTERMIND Group. Imagination is a faculty of the Intellectual Mind. It can be used either negatively or positively. Just think – when you worry, what are you worrying about? If you look at it you will realize that you are worrying about nothing! You have created images in your mind using your imagination of a situation gone bad. The situation hasn’t actually gone bad, nor is it likely to go bad, but you have created the image of the POSSIBILITY of it going bad – and that is what you are worrying about. Conclusion: Worrying is dumb!

OK, so what is the positive use of your imagination? Well, rather than thinking about the bad that MIGHT happen, try picturing the good that you WANT to happen. Build a picture in your mind of what you want to have or happen. Give it color and movement and put feeling into it, really feel that the thing or event is yours. See yourself in possession of it, enjoying it or doing it. Use cutouts and make a vision board and really visualize the thing you want.

This is a great book and it provides the keys to success in any area of life, not just the financial. See a previous article here for a link to the book. Our next chapter will be Ch7 on Decision. That should be interesting.

In January we will be starting up another Mastermind group to begin studying this book together. And because we use tele-conferencing anyone can join from anywhere. If you are interested read the Mastermind page of this Blog and get in touch.