Managing for Excellence

The Six Ghosts of Fear!

There are six basic fears, with some combination of which every human suffers at one time or another. Most people are fortunate if they do not suffer from the entire six. Named I the order of their most common appearance, they are: -

• The fear of poverty.
• The fear of criticism.
• The fear of ill health.
• The fear of loss of love of someone.
• The fear of old age.
• The fear of death.

All other fears are of minor importance; they can be grouped under these six headings. Fears are nothing more than state of mind.

One’s state of mind is subject to control and direction. Man can create nothing which he does not first conceive in the form of an impulse of thought.

Man’s thought impulses begin immediately to translate themselves into their physical equivalent, whether those thoughts are voluntary or involuntary.

Thought impulses which are picked up by mere chance (thoughts which have been released by other minds) may determine one’s financial, business, professional, or social destiny just as surely as do the thought impulses which one create by intent and design.

A man whose mind is filled with fear not only destroy his own chances of intelligent action, but he transmits these destructive vibrations to the minds of all who come into contact with him and also destroys their chances.

The six basic fears become translated into a state of worry, through indecision. Relieve yourself, forever of the fear of death, by reaching a decision to accept death as an in-escapable event.

Whip the fear of poverty by reaching a decision to get along with whatever wealth you can accumulate without worry.

Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do or say.

Eliminate the fear of old age by reaching a decision to accept it, not as handicap, but as a great blessing which carries with it wisdom, self-control, and understanding not known to youth.

Acquit yourself of the fear of ill health by the decision to forget symptoms.

Master the fear of loss of love by reaching a decision to get along without love if that is necessary. Kill the habit of worry in all its forms by reaching a general blanket decision that nothing which life has to offers is worth the price of worry.

With this decision will come poise, peace of mind, and calmness of thought which will bring happiness.

• From Think and Grow Rich Book, for Napoleon Hill

Positive Thinking

"If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you like to win, but you think you can’t,
It is almost certain you won’t".

"If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost,
For out in the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow’s will-
It’s all in the state of mind".

"If you think you are outclassed, you are,
You’ve got to think high to rise,
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize".

"Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN"!