How to Develop a Positive Mental AttitudeYou must have a positive mental attitude to makelife pay off on your own terms. Nothing great has everbeen achieved without that your mental attitude is the onlything over which you－－and only you－－have co**letetrol. Ecercise that trol， and direct it byusing to close the door of your mind on all failuresfrom your past. Clear your mind of any influence whichdoes not support a positive mental out what you want most in life， and go afterit. Do it right now by helping others to acquire similarbes. This way you put the principle of going theextra mile into mine what kind of resources you need， set upa plan for acquiring them based on the idea of not toomuot too littler. Don’ t think **all， but remem? ber， greed more than anything else has destroyed ambi? tious the habit of saying or doing something everyday which will make someone else feel better. You do this with a phone call， a postcard， or a si**le act ofkindness. Give someone a good inspirational book， forinstance， and you give that person something that willwork wonders in his or her life. One good deed a daywill keep old man gloom yourself uand that what whips you isn’t defeat， but your mental attitude toward it. Train your? self to look for the seed of equivalent be in everydisappoi you tain what you like best to do， and do it as alabor of love with your heart and soul. Perhaps it willsi**le be a hobby. That’ s fine. Just remember that anidle mind quickly bees a ive mind； it’ scalled that often when you have searched invain for a solution to a problem， you find it by help? ing someone else solve his or her problem. By the timeyou have solved the other person’ s problem， you willhave the insight to solve your Ralph Waldo Emerson’ s “ Essay on ? pensation” once a week until you uand and haveassimilated it. This powerful work will vince you ofthe bes you will derive from a co**lete iory of every asset you pos? sess. You will discover that yreatest asset is asound mind with which you shape your te with anyone you know whom youhave unjustly offended and offer sincere apologies. Askfor fiveness. The more bitter this assig is， themore you will be free of ive mental influences whenyou have co**leted dge th at the space you occupy in thisworld is i ratio to the quantity and quality of theservice you render for the benefice of others， plus themental attitude in which you bad habits. Abstain form your vices o atime for a month until you show yourself who is boss. Ifyou need help from a selor or a supproup， getit. Don’ t let your pride master －pity is an insidious destroyer of self－ve that you are the on person on whom you andshould depend at all times. Relate to everycircumstan your life as something that hashappened for the best， for it may be that your saddestexperience will bring you yreatest assets if you givetime a ellow your t any urge for trol over others， Squelch itbefore it destroys you. el that energy into bettertrol over y your mind with doing what you want to doso that no time will be left for it to stray to the things youdo not want to e your mind to attract the things andsituations you desire by expressing in a daily prayer yratitude for what you already d a reasonable amount of dividends fromlife every day， instead of waiting to receive them. Youwill be surprised to learn how many of the desirablethings in life are already your， even though you have notnoticed in a style that suits your physical and spiritualrequirements， and don’ t waste time keeping up withthe e to heed anyone’ s advice － un***s thatperson is willing to give you satisfactory evidence of thesoundness of his or her sel. You will save yourselffrom hucksters， the misguided， and that personal power does not e form thepossession of material things alone. Mahatma Gandhiled his nation to freedom without a fortu yourself so that you keep your body in l ailments easily spring form physical ones，and your body， like your mind， must be kept active toremain orce the habit of tolerance， and keep an openmind on all subjects and toward all people no matterwhat their rave or creed. Learn to like people just asthey are， instead of demanding that they be just as youwant them to that love it the fi medication for yourbody and your soul. Love ges the entire chemistryof your body and ditions it for the expression of apositive mental attitude. It also extends the space youoccupy in the heart of others. The best way to receivereceive w ith one of equalreater value. The Law of Increasiurns will op? erate in your favor， aually———or perhaps verysoon———it will give you the capacity to get everythingyou are entitled to. A positive mental attitude worksboth the fear of old age by remembering that noth? ing is ever taken form you without being replaced bysomething by that adequate solutions be found for allyour problems， but accept the fact that the solution**ay not always be the ones your on exa***** of others to remind you that anydisadvantage be overe. Thomas Edison had onlythree months of formal schooling， yet he was thegreatest ior who ever lived； Helen Caller was with? out sight， hearing， or speech， yet she inspired millionsdefinite major purpose is strohan any friendly critici** instead to itively. Em***y opportunity to learn how otherssee you， and use it to take iory of yourself andlook for things whieed i**rovement. Do not fearcritici**； e a mastermind alliah others dedicatedto the princip*** of success. Discuss your progress andinsights and gain the be of a much wider range ofexperience. Always keep these meeting on a positiveplane.G rasp the differences between wishing， hoping，desiring， and having a burning desire to achieve yoal. Only a burning desire gives you a driving motiva? tion， and it be fueled only by a positive mental atti? in from ive versation， especiallycarping， gossip， or tearing apart other people’ s rep? utations. These activities dition your mind to pline your mind to shape your destiny towardwhatever purpose in life you have chosen. Seize everyone of the bes in the reward envelope and makethem yourself at all times. herh yo nor anyoneelse trusts a ve ience of Infielligence， whichmakes it possible for you to draw on all the power youo take possession of your own mind and direct ittoward whatever you ve in you ability to bee free and self－de? termining， and put that ***ief to work by ag upon it now！ Believe that the Ameri form of guar? antees you the freedom and privileges necessary topursue your definite major purpose. Work to defendthose freedoms as ve in the people you are associated with， andreize that if they are not worthy of your ** *ief， youhave the wrong finally： read this ***son once a week for sixmonths. You will so thhly indoate yourselfwith these habits and mind ditiohat your mentalattitude will bee and remain positive at all 2 Pert Who SucceedThe overwhelming majority of people neverreize the differeween wishing and *** ake six steps that will help them use theirminds to attain their desires. These steps aresummarized ***ow， along with my observations， basedon a lifetime of study， of the pertage of people whoattain eae.1. Most people gh life merely wishing forthins. These wishes are as fleeting as the wind. Theyhave no power to shape anyting. The number of peoplewho stop here： 70 pert.2. A much **aller pertage develop their wihesinto desires. They want the same thing stantly， butthat is the end of their itement. They represent ***ert.3. A still **aller pertage develop their wishesand desired into hopes. They dare to imagine， fromtime to time， that they might get what they seek. I esti? mate they stitute 8 pert.4. An even **aller group translates that hope into***ief. They expect what they want will actually people number 6 pert.5. A **aller group of people crystallize theirwishes， desires， and hopes into ***ief， then into aburning desire， and finally into faith. The stitute **ert.6. Finally， a very few people take the last twosteps and then make a plan to get what they want andcarry it out. They apply their faith with positive mentalattitudes. This group is only 2 outstanding leaders in every walk of life are thepeople in the sixth group. They reize the power oftheir own minds； they seize that power and direct it to? ward what ever they choose. When you take this step，the word “ i**ossible” will have no meaning for thing will be possible for you， and you willmao get the 2 pert ClubHere are the requirements for membership in the 2Pert Club. Only you will measure your success iing them.1. Adjust yourself to other people’ s states of mindand peculiarities so that you get along peacefullywith them. Observe a dog， and lear of selftrolby watch how quickly it adjusts itself to its mas? ter’ s moods.2. Igrivial circumstances in your relationswith others， do not let them bee troversies. Bigpeople kook past **all slights.3. Establish trol of yo ur mind at the start ofeach day， using the teiques for building a positivemental attitude. Maintain that attitude throughoutthe day.4. Lear of selling yourself ily， bypersuasion and exa**le rather than by the hard sell.5. Develop a hearty laugh as a means to release an? ger.6. Analyze all your setbacks aermiheircauses. Discover the seed of equivalent be in eachcircumstance.7. trate your mind on the －do portion ofthe tasks you face. Don’ t worry about the ot－doportion un***s and until you meet it face－to－face. Bythat time the － do portion will have shown you theway to success.8. Turn all unpleasant circumstances into opportu? nities for positive aake this an automatic habit，and your success will multiply.9. Remember that no one win all of the time，no matter how much he deserves it. When you do not getexactly what you wanted maximize yain by increas? ing your uanding of . Look on life as a tinuing learning process，and even bad experiences will bee good . Remember that every thought you releasees back to you multiplied in its effect. Monitor yourthoughts， and make sure you send out only those whosefruits you are willing to . Avoid associates with ive mentalattitudes. Their attitudes will rub off on you and poisonevery effort you engage . Be aware of the dual nature of your have a side with a great capacity for ***ief and aive side with an equal capacity for dis***ief. Exer? cise the first， and the sed will wither . Reize that prayer brings the best resultswhen you have suffit faith to see yourself already inpossession of the things you are praying for. This callsfor a positive mental attitude of the highest see hoositive mental attitude reliesupon and reinforces so many of the princip*** crucial topersonal achievement. You need a definite major pur? pose， applied faith in that purpose， and the personalinitiative to a ways that express your PMA. Thewo chapters will teaore princip*** thatboth support and sustain your PMA. The cultivation ofsuccess is a co**lex， anic process； whenever youadvan ag on one of its tes， you advanothers.热词空间inspirational a. 凭灵感的， 鼓舞人心的，abstain vi. 弃权； （ from） 戒除reasonable a. 通情达理的； 合理的； 公道的；尚好的mahatma n. 大圣， 受尊敬的人indoate v. 灌输思想monitor n. 监督器， 级长， jiān tīng员， 班长， 监视器， 告诫物vt. 监视， jiān tīng， 监督vi. 监视， jiān tīng， 监督 （本章完）