But let ’ s assume you have developed thenecessary definitions of purpose. You are now likely toask an obvious question： Where do I get resources toerty to riches is the most dif? ficult. The key is to realize that all the riches and all thematerial goods that you acquire through your own effortsbegin with your having a clear， cise picture of whatyou seek. When that picture grows to be an obsessionwith you， you will find that your every a leads youtoward its w egie ’ s life again provides anexcellent exa**le. Once he knew he wao makesteel ， he fed that desire until it was the driving forhis life. He then turo a friend， similarly broke but**art enough that value of his se he was i**ressed by the power of egie’ sobsession， the friend joined forces with egie. Theirbihusia** was suffit to viwo oth? four people became the nucleus ie’ s e**ire. They formed a mastermind group，the subject of the chapter. Together they were ableto find the capital necessary to pursue egie’ s ob? session， and each of them made vast fortune as re was not sheer hard work that made these mensuccessful. You probably know several people who workas hard as you do at anything they try － perhaps evenharder than you － and are never successful. Educationisn’ t the reasoher. Sam Walton never won aRhodes scholarship， but he made more mohan an? yone who ever studied reat success id the result of one’ s uandingand using a positive mental attitude. You mental attitudegives power to everything you do. Having a positivemental attitude means that your as and thoughtsfurther your end； having nega tive mental attitude meansthat you are stantly uanding your own you build your desire into an obsession and developyour positive mental attitude. It would be foolish to sup? pose that having developed your definiteness of purposeand PMA， you will immediately find that you have theresources you he speed at which you acquirethese will depend on the size of your needs and orol you exercise to keep your mind free of fear，doubt， and self－i**osed you en thousand dollars for your definitemajor purpose， you may be able to ma rshal it in a fewdays or even hours by i**ressing others with the qualityof your enthusia** and vision. If you require one milliondollars， it’ s likely to take i**ortant variable in this process is just exactlywhat it is you offer in exge for that ten thousand orone million dollars. The time required to deliver theservice or the equivalent value you io supply isalso signifit. You must be clear about what it is thatyou will give before you expect to get iurn.热词空间nucleus n. （ 原子） 核； 核心scholarship n. 奖学金； 学问， 学识major a. 主要的n. 少校； 专业（ 学生）vi. 主修 （本章完）