Science of Success - Overview - 04b

Another point of respecting others and gaining their respect, is to dress well and stand up straight. These also build your self-esteem. Practice makes perfect. A self-confident person will tend to build other's self-confidence through their actions.

One idea to get started in this is to use W. Clement Stone's affirmation, "I feel healthy, I feel happy, I feel terrific!" This will often put a smile on your face just by saying it out loud. And smiling then brings the rest of your physical being into that attitude. Stone lived to be a hundred years old. So remember to say this regularly, even if under your breath in a crowd. This can work wonders for your attitude - regardless of the day you've had so far.

What we've also touched on here is personal initiative.

This, too, is a broader subject Hill studied and wrote about. The key point here is that your purpose should be big enough, interesting enough, and personal enough that you can devote all your energies directly toward its achievement.

Your plan is worked out. So you work that plan by taking initiative - to execute those steps you know have to be done. There is an old phrase that tells you how much personal initiative you are going to need - "A winner never quits and a quitter never wins." So we see our Applied Faith principle coming back to visit us again...

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