Napoleon Hill in his book Think and Grow Rich believed it was very important to make good decisions based on how the universe really works.
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1. PROCRASTINATION,
The Opposite Of
DECISION, Is A Common
Enemy
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2. Every Person Must
Conquer Procrastination
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3. People who fail to accumulate
money, without exception,
reach decisions, IF AT ALL,
very slowly, and change them
quickly and often.
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4. Decisions
Reach quickly and be definite
Change these decisions SLOWLY
A habit of definiteness of decision
assumes the proportion of obstinacy.
Obstinacy is preferable to slowness in
reaching decisions and quickness in
changing them.
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5. Opinions Are A Dime a
Dozen and Are the
Cheapest Commodity
On Earth and Everyone
Has One!
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6. If you are influenced by opinions when
you reach DECISIONS, you will not
succeed in any undertaking.
You will not be able to manifest your
Desire for money into reality.
If you are influenced by the opinions of
others, you will have no DESIRE of your
own.
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7. Unsuccessful people are easily influenced
by the opinions of others.
They permit the newspapers and their
gossiping neighbors to do their thinking
for them.
Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to
be wished upon anyone who will accept
them.
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8. Keep Your Own Counsel and
Be Very Careful of the Advice of
Close Friends and Relatives
Reach your own decisions and follow them
Take no one into your confidence,
EXCEPT the members of your Master
Mind group
Your Master Mind group should include
ONLY individuals who are in COMPLETE
SYMPATHY AND HARMONY WITH YOUR
PURPOSE.
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9. They, while not meaning to do so, often
handicap you through their opinions
You may be subject to ridicule, even though it is
meant to be humorous.
Thousands of men and women carry inferiority
complexes with them all through life
Some well-meaning, but ignorant person
destroyed their confidence through opinions
or ridicule.
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10. You Have A Brain And Mind
Of Your Own - So Use It
Reach your own decisions
When you need more information to make
good decisions, do so quietly, without
disclosing your purpose.
People with a little knowledge to try to give
the impression that they have much
knowledge.
Such people generally do TOO MUCH
talking, and TOO LITTLE listening.
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11. Keep Your Eyes And Ears Wide Open
And Your Mouth CLOSED
If you wish to acquire the habit of prompt
DECISION, shut up.
Those who talk too much do little else.
You do not want to deprive yourself of many
opportunities to accumulate useful
knowledge.
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12. Keep Your Eyes And Ears Wide Open
And Your Mouth CLOSED
Do not disclose your PLANS and
PURPOSES to people who will take great
delight in defeating you, because they envy
you.
Every time you open your mouth in the
presence of a person who has an
abundance of knowledge, you show how
much or how little you really know.
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13. Genuine Wisdom Is Accompanied
by Modesty And Silence
If you talk about your plans too freely others
may beat you to your goal by PUTTING
YOUR PLAN INTO ACTION AHEAD OF
YOU
KEEP A CLOSED MOUTH AND OPEN
EARS AND EYES
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14. TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU
INTEND TO DO, BUT 1st SHOW
IT.
Deeds, and not words, are what count
most.
FREEDOM OR DEATH ON A DECISION
The value of decisions depends upon your
courage to put them into action.
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15. The Great Decisions
Were Reached By
Assuming Great, Life-
Threatening Risks And
Required Courage
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16. President Lincoln
His decision to issue his famous
Proclamation of Emancipation turned
thousands of friends and political
supporters against him.
He knew that the proclamation meant
death to thousands of men on the
battlefield.
It cost Lincoln his life.
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17. Socrates Decision Drink
Hemlock Took Courage
Socrates drank the cup of poison, rather
than compromise in his personal belief.
This brave act turned Time ahead a
thousand years
It gave to people then unborn, the right to
freedom of thought and of speech.
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18. General Robert E. Lees Decision
To Fight For The South Took
Courage
He knew that it might cost him his own life
He realized it would surely cost the lives of
others.
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19. The US Founding Fathers Risked
Everything Because of Their
Courage
On July 4, 1776, fifty-six men signed their
names to a document, that guaranteed
freedom to all Americans
There was great potential they all would
hang for their treason again Great Britain
The DECISION of these two men called for
FAITH, and COURAGE, because it was
dangerous.
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20. The Real Fathers of the United
States Were the Master Mind Group
Not Given the Credit They Deserve
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
Richard Henry Lee
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21. Incredible Power Is Required
For Great Actions
The Incredible POWER that guaranteed
freedom for all is the same POWER you
must possess to have victory over the
difficulties of Life.
This POWER forces Life to pay the price
you demand for your services
Great changes, such as the American
Revolution, and the World War, often have
their beginnings in circumstances which
seem unimportant?
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22. Incredible Power Is
Required For Great Actions
These important changes usually begin in the
form of a DEFINITE DECISION in the minds of a
relatively small number of people.
They created the Committee of Correspondence.
It promoted the power of the Master Mind by
adding to it men from all the Colonies.
It was the first ORGANIZED PLANNING of the
disgruntled Colonists.
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23. I Tell You Further, That If
Two Of You Agree Upon The
Earth Concerning Anything
For Which You Ask, It Will
Come To You From My
Father, Who Is In Heaven.
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24. In Union There Is Strength!
The citizens of the Colonies had been waging
disorganized warfare against the British soldiers.
Nothing of benefit had been accomplished.
Their individual grievances had not been
consolidated under one Master Mind.
No group of individuals had put their hearts, minds,
souls, and bodies together in one definite
DECISION to settle their difficulty with the British
once and for all, until Adams, Hancock, and Lee
got together.
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25. The Crown Appointed Gage Who
Sent A Messenger To Call On
Samuel Adams, For The Purpose
Of Endeavoring To Stop His
Opposition By FEAR.
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26. Samuel Adams Had The Choice Of
Two DECISIONS.
He could cease his opposition, and receive
personal bribes.
He could CONTINUE, AND RUN THE
RISK OF BEING HANGED!
Adams was forced to reach instantly, a
DECISION which could have cost his life.
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27. Adams Answer To
Governor Gage
Then you may tell Governor Gage that I
trust I have long since made my peace
with the King of Kings.
No personal consideration shall induce me
to abandon the righteous cause of my
Country.
TELL GOVERNOR GAGE IT IS THE
ADVICE OF SAMUEL ADAMS TO HIM, no
longer to insult the feelings of an
exasperated people.
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28. Racketeers And Dishonest Politicians
Have Prostituted The Honor For Which
Such Men As Adams Died.
Adams and Hancock were on the spot!
The threat of the irate Governor forced the
two men to reach another DECISION,
equally as dangerous.
They hurriedly called a secret meeting of
their staunchest followers.
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29. Here the Master Mind began to take on
momentum.
Adams locked the door, placed the key in
his pocket.
He informed all present that it was
imperative that a Congress of the Colonists
be organized.
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30. NO MAN SHOULD LEAVE THE ROOM
UNTIL THE DECISION FOR SUCH A
CONGRESS HAD BEEN REACHED.
These TWO MEN were immune to Fear.
They were blind to the possibility of
Failure.
If there had been no DECISION to hold a
Continental Congress, there could have
been no signing of the Declaration of
Independence.
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31. Thomas Jefferson, After His
Famous Summary Of Rights,
Was Informed He Was Subject
To Prosecution For High
Treason Against the King
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32. Inspired By The Threat, One Of Jeffersons
Colleagues, Patrick Henry, Boldly Spoke His
Mind
If this be treason, then make the most of it.
EVERY MAN WHO SIGNED IT, WOULD BE
SIGNING HIS OWN DEATH WARRANT,
should the Colonies lose in the fight with
Great Britain, which was sure to follow.
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33. By Decisions Made In A Similar
Spirit Of Faith, And Only By Such
Decisions, Can Men Solve Their
Personal Problems, And Win For
Themselves High Estates Of
Material And Spiritual Wealth.
Let Us Not Forget This!
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34. Freedom in the US Was Based On a
DECISION created by a Master Mind,
consisting of fifty-six men.
It was their DECISION which insured the
success of Washingtons armies.
The spirit of that decision was in the heart
of every soldier who fought with him, and
served as a spiritual power which
recognizes no such thing as FAILURE.
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35. The POWER That Gave This Nation
Its Freedom, Is The-Same Power You
Must Use To Become Self-
Determining
DESIRE
DECISION
FAITH
PERSISTENCE
THE MASTER MIND
ORGANIZED PLANNING
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36. Thought, Backed By Strong
DESIRE, Has A Tendency To
Become Reality
Thought makes possible an astounding
transformation.
In your search for the secret of the
method, do not look for a miracle, because
you will not find it.
You will find only the eternal laws of
Nature.
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37. These laws are available to every person
who has the FAITH and the COURAGE to
use them. They may be used to bring
freedom to a nation, or to accumulate
riches.
There is no charge save the time necessary
to understand and appropriate them.
Those who reach DECISIONS promptly and
definitely, know what they want, and
generally get it.
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38. The leaders in every walk of life DECIDE
quickly, and firmly.
That is the major reason why they are leaders.
The world has the habit of making room for the
man or woman whose words and actions show
that they know where they are going.
The habit can become permanent through
grade school, high school, and even through
college, without DEFINITENESS OF
PURPOSE.
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39. INDECISION Is A Habit Which
Usually Begins In Youth
The major weakness of all educational
systems is that they neither teach nor
encourage the habit of DEFINITE
DECISION.
No college should permit the enrollment of
any student, unless and until the student
declares their major purpose for studying
courses in college.
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40. INDECISION Is A Habit Which
Usually Begins In Youth
Every student starting in grade school
should be trained Making Decisions.
They should be forced to pass a
satisfactory examination on making definite
decisions before being permitted to
advance in the grades.
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41. The Habit Of INDECISION Acquired
Because Of The Deficiencies Of Our
School Systems, Goes With The
Student For The Rest Of Their Life
Young people just out of school seek any
job that can be found.
They take the first place they find,
because they have fallen into the habit of
INDECISION.
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42. Ninety-Eight Out Of Every Hundred
People Working For Wages Today, Are
In The Positions They Hold, Because
They Lacked The DEFINITENESS OF
DECISION To PLAN A DEFINITE
POSITION, And The Knowledge Of How
To Choose An Employer
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43. DEFINITENESS OF DECISION always
requires courage, sometimes very great
courage.
The fifty-six men who signed the Declaration
of Independence staked their lives on the
DECISION to sign that document.
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44. The Person Who Reaches A
DEFINITE DECISION To Get A
Particular Job, And Make Life Pay
The Price They Ask, Do Not Stake
Their Lives On That Decision; They
Stake Their ECONOMIC
FREEDOM
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45. Financial independence, riches, desirable
business and professional positions are
not within reach of the person who
neglects or refuses to EXPECT, PLAN,
and DEMAND these things.
When you desire riches in the same spirit
that Samuel Adams desired freedom for
the Colonies, you will surely accumulate
wealth.
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