Chapter 1 - The Power of Thought

Well we are starting over in Chapter 1 of Napoleon Hills "Think and Grow Rich". With Chapter 1, The Power of Thought, in case you didn't really notice from the title.

I am honored to be sharing not only my lesson today, but Henrietta Hakes lesson as well, in our Group, Our Mentor Michael Dlouhy, asked that we read Henrietta's lesson before writing our own, as such I felt it would be prudent to share it here, before I gave mine in.

So, with no further ado, let me introduce Miss Henrietta Hakes(sorry if you are marred and it is Mrs. Henrietta, but so many people prefer miss for some reason;))

CHAPTER ONE

This is my sixth time through the book and I am curious
what new gold nuggets I will take away from Hill's
brilliance this time.

In chapter one Hill tells us about 3 people who wanted
something so badly that they you could see their "will"
become almost tangible. They were not going to accept
anything less than what they set their minds on despite
the negative emotions that was surely present.

What makes people any different than the little girl who
wanted a little change for her mother, or Barnes who
desired to be partners with Edison or Darby?

Their desire. They were up against the same struggles
we are today. The seven negative emotions.

Every thought impulse is like the starting line of an
endurance race. Not a speed race but endurance.

Every person that reaches the finish line is a winner
no matter how long it took to reach it. Instead of
having opponents to race against, we have invisible
demons that are trying their best to keep us from
reaching our finish lines.

They use the negative emotions, fear, jealousy, hatred,
revenge, greed, superstition and anger to try and stop us.

Some of the tricks these little demons use are so subtle
that we usually don't notice them. They start when we
are very young and unaware that we are even in a race.

Other people that are losing the battle with their demons
infect us and our beliefs. That is until we do what we
NEED to do. Learn to recognize the little demons for
what they are and deal with them.

The only way to do that is stay in the positive emotions.
Surround yourself with people who will point out to you
when you are not in those positive emotions so that you
can eliminate them.

I continue to recognize the subtle nature of my demons
and I continue to work on eliminating them by building
my belief, my faith and staying close to my mastermind
groups. These activities build my burning desire.

I am not going to stop. I will not be the one that
stops 3 feet from gold. I will not let an intimidating
being stand in my way from having what I desire. I will
accomplish my desires. I will never stop because men
say No.

It may take years as it did for Barnes, and maybe it
won't but I will have my desires come true. I saw for
myself what My Desire, and faith can do for me, I did
it once I will continue to do it again and again.

Thank you Sarah, Linda and Michael for giving me your
belief to borrow.

Henrietta Hakes

Thank you Henrietta for your Brilliant insights. I appreciate you, in fact I believe that everybody who has the Privilege to read this appreciates you as well. I would like to take this time to point out exactly what the "positive emotions" are ~Desire, Faith, Love, Sex, Enthusiasm, Hope, Romance, and Prosperity.

All right, and now "finally" for my thoughts on Chapter one of Think and Grow Rich.

Chapter 1, The Power of Thought.

If you are in the line of personal development, you are bound to be familiar with the term "Thoughts are Things" and they are, and they are very, very powerful things. All that is, begins in the form of a thought. This is an important thing to keep in mind always. All that is, Begins in the Form of a thought. If we don't think it, it doesn't happen. When we think it, it forms, then if the desire is their, our brains will form plans to achieve or create it, and then it will become a reality.

There are many things that we could relate to prove this to be true. From a simple breakfast, to the moon landing. 100 years ago, they would have never thought that man could actually get into space, let alone land on the moon, and mere 500 years before that the concept of orange juice with tea, bacon eggs and potatoes, with toast all for breakfast was as of yet undreamed.

As we were reading this, this morning a powerful powerful message jumped out from the words "Success comes to those who develop a success conscious." Simple, and powerful both. To be successful, you have to already believe it. When in your mind, your thoughts, your dreams, you believe yourself to be successful, then you will be. If you don't train your mind to think in terms of you being successful, through neglect, you will believe yourself to be in poverty.

There are is nothing that is impossible. Better to say, Anything is Possible. Both mean the the same thing, but, only one will help to develop a Success Conscious. Another truly deep and profound "nugget" of information. Because we HAVE THE POWER to control OUR thoughts, if nothing else in the world, it is up to us to form the habit of having successful thoughts, good thoughts, GREAT thoughts, steeped in the Power of the Positive Emotions. DESIRE, FAITH, LOVE, SEX, ENTHUSIASM, HOPE, ROMANCE, and PROSPERITY. I greatly urge you to devote yourself to "transmuting" your negative thoughts to positive ones. We choose. WE CHOOSE. What thoughts we allow into our minds, sure, some thoughts, are very good at sneaking by, getting in their, but we always find them, and WE choose whether or not we allow them to stay.

Thank you for your Time, I appreciate you. Thanks very much to Shelly who introduced me to this system, and to Michael and Linda without whom, the growth we experience here would be a lot slower in coming to some, and non existent to most. And THANK you so much to everyone who Participates, your insights, thoughts, and feelings are invaluable to us all.

Chysom Scott.