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Persuasion vs Force

One who understands how to get people to do the things they want done may succeed in any
calling.

I will now describe those principles through which people are influenced, through which Cooperation is gained, and through which antagonism is eliminated and friendliness developed.
Force sometimes gets what appear to be satisfactory results, but force alone never has built and never can build enduring success. The human body can be imprisoned or controlled by physical force, but it is not so with the human mind. No one can control the mind of a normal, healthy person if that person chooses to exercise their God-given right to control their own mind. The majority of the people do not exercise this right. They go through the world, thanks to our faulty educational system, without having discovered the strength that lies dormant in their own minds. Now and then something happens that awakens a person and causes them to discover where their real strength lies and how to use it in the development of industry or one of the professions. Result: a genius is born!

There is a given point at which the human mind stops rising or exploring unless something out of the daily routine happens to "push" it over this obstacle. The individual who discovers a way to stimulate his or her mind artificially, to cause it to go beyond this average stopping point frequently, is sure to be rewarded with fame and fortune if their efforts are of a constructive nature.

The educator who discovers a way to stimulate any mind and cause it to rise above its usual stopping point, without any bad reactionary effects, will confer a blessing on humanity second to none. I am not referring to physical stimulants. I am referring to a purely mental stimulant, such as that which comes through intense interest, desire, Enthusiasm, love, and so on--the factors out of which a Master Mind may be developed.

The person who makes this discovery will also do much toward solving the crime problem. You can do almost anything with a person when you learn how to influence their mind. The human mind may
be likened to a great field. It is a very fertile field that always produces a crop of the kind of seed that is sown in it. The problem, then, is to learn how to select the right sort of seed and how to sow that seed so that it takes root and grows quickly.

I DO NOT FEEL OBLIGED TO BELIEVE 
THAT THE SAME GOD WHO HAS 
ENDOWED US WITH SENSE, 
REASON, AND INTELLECT HAS 
INTENDED US TO FORGO THEIR USE. 
-Galileo Galilei 

We are sowing seed in our minds every second, but we are doing it more or less unconsciously. We must learn to do it following a carefully prepared plan, according to a well laid-out design. Haphazardly sown seed in the human mind brings back a haphazard crop. There is no escape from this result.

If a picture of any environment, condition, or thing is envisioned in the human mind, and if the mind is focused or concentrated on that picture long enough and persistently enough and backed up with
a strong desire for the thing pictured, it is but a short step from the picture to the realization of it in physical or mental form.

IT IS EASY TO FLY INTO A PASSION
ANYBODY CAN DO THAT
BUT TO BE ANGRY WITH THE 
RIGHT PERSON TO THE RIGHT EXTENT 
AND AT THE RIGHT TIME 
WITH THE RIGHT OBJECT 
AND IN THE RIGHT WAY
THAT IS NOT EASY, AND IT IS NOT 
EVERYONE WHO CAN DO IT. 
-Aristotle 

In your search for ways and means of understanding and manipulating your own mind so that you can persuade it to create what you desire in life, let me remind you that, without a single exception,
anything that irritates you and arouses you to anger, hatred, dislike, or cynicism, is destructive to you.

You can never get the maximum or even a fair average of constructive action out of your mind until you have learned to control it and keep it from becoming stimulated through anger or fear.

These two negatives-anger and fear-are, without question, destructive to your mind. As long as you allow them to remain, you can be sure of results that are unsatisfactory and far below what you are capable of producing.

In our discussion of environment and habit, we learned that the individual mind is amenable to the suggestions of environment and that the minds of the individuals of a crowd blend with one another,
conforming to the suggestion of the leader or dominating figure.

Law of Concentration as it is often used by those who wish to "blend" or "fuse" the minds of a crowd so they will function as a single mind.

EVERY MAN HAS A MOB SELF 
AND AN INDIVIDUAL SELF, 
IN VARYING PROPORTIONS. 
-D. H. Lawrence 

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