it’s never that pleasant to talk about
the negative but we got to talk about it
because life is part negative these
attitude diseases are like weeds that
grow in the garden it’s a normal part of
life
here’s a good phrase to note negative is
normal it’s not successful but it’s
normal it’s part of life and here’s the
next key in my opinion you must learn to
handle the negative don’t ignore it
handle it now I know some people teach
the other way and listen to them and
listen to me and then make up your own
mind right don’t be a follower be a
student but I say you got to handle the
negative you don’t have to live in it
you don’t have to dwell on it
but you do have to handle it my opinion
I know some people teach just turn your
head real quick and say there’s no way
just no weeds there’s no weeds they’ll
so you’ve got to handle the negative
here’s what part of it is it’s called
the great war between good and evil mr.
Reynolds and I are working on a new book
this year called the great war between
good and evil
and there is a war on the minute you
were born you got involved in the war
between good and evil between darkness
and light between negative and positive
between evil and good between tyranny
and democracy between weeds and human
activity I mean the war is on if
democracy sleeps guess who never sleeps
tyranny in the absence of light yes
what’s automatic darkness if good does
not arouse itself and become active
guess what moves in evil it’s a war a
mental war a physical war a financial
war between enterprise and ease between
that’s why there’s an old testament
phrase that gives the best advice for
human activity when it says six days
labor one day rest now I’m sure we’ve
taken that to mean don’t work all seven
days take one off here’s what it also
or you’re liable to lose the war now
we’ve got it down to five and two and
maybe that’s not too dangerous I don’t
know if God would have thought of five
in two he might have made it five in two
I don’t know you can’t think of
everything but here’s what it does mean
enterprise is better than ease if you
rest too long the jungle overtakes the
village now here’s the good news about
the war between good and evil evil is no
match for good but good must be active
weeds are no match for human activity
but if you stand still how far in will
they come all the way they’ll grow right
up around your shoes but if you get busy
how far back can you take them as far as
you wish they’re no match but you must
be active that’s why the six and one
make sure you’re not losing the war by
taking off to guess what the average
six
which means don’t retire your chances
are to see ok the war between good and
evil the weeds you got to make sure you
recognize the negative handle it deal
with it and then go on let’s make a list
of the diseases of attitude that can
wreck all your chances to do well one of
the words that destroys everything is
and I found this out a week of neglect
could cost you a year of repair it isn’t
worth it so what to be on the lookout
for it here’s the list if you were
making it you’d have the same list I’ve
got right we’re not covering anything
new tonight this is a reminding session
not a teaching session but it doesn’t
hurt to go over it again here’s the list
attitude diseases number one is
indifference the shrug of the shoulders
a guy’s not even concerned he’s just
drifting this is called the mild
approach to life a disease known as
mildness the guy says well I can’t see
getting all that worked up well to be
any kind of winner you got to get worked
up there’s one problem with drift you
cannot drift to the top of the mountain
and the good Lord said in the closing
chapters of the Bible here’s the best
way to live one way or the other that’s
best hot or what’s next best cold is
next best the heart not the half-baked
middle lukewarm not too hot not too cold
what a sad way to live I think what it
means is pick a direction and go with
everything you’ve got just pick one and
go somebody says yeah but what if it’s
the wrong direction you’ll find out
quicker it won’t take you 25 years to
wake up and say oh no I’ve been walking
the wrong road I told my staff the other
day next Vista prosperity is adversity
if one doesn’t get you pray for the
other we all do better from one of two
reasons inspiration or desperation and I
don’t wish anything bad on you tonight
but if you’re not inspired I hope a
whatever it takes to get you to try
harder read more set your goals and go
for it
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somebody asked me one time what quality
would I pick if I wanted to work with
somebody and you know what I picked
first number one strong feeling please
number one give me somebody that feels
strong about most anything I don’t even
care just so they believe it even if
they disagree with me
wonderful just so they disagree
vigorously I’m not saying it’s easy to
win those kind of people to your point
of view but I’d rather do that than to
try to resurrect people from the dead
pump them up every month of Amarra pump
them up I pass the good Lord needs a
leader for the early Christians remember
the early days of the Christians not
like today if you were to stand up in
the early days and say I’m a Christian
cut off your head toss you and your wife
in jail let you rot I mean those were
ugly days being a Christian back then
was not called socially acceptable they
didn’t have a hundred and twenty-five
thousand in the Los Angeles Coliseum to
hear Billy Graham on a Sunday afternoon
not back in those days back in those
days when the Christians got in the
Coliseum there was a different story
I mean the word roz stay out of the
Coliseum especially on Sunday last
see those were mean tough struggle days
for the Christians
now when the days are mean and tough and
struggling you got to have some kind of
leader do you know who the good Lord
picked for the leader when the days were
from Tarsus that’s who we picked Saul
I’ll tell you what I would have picked
him you would have picked him anybody
would have picked Saul Saul was one of
those incredible guys once he got into
something look out everybody in the
community knew what Saul was in because
whatever he joined you flip all the
switches open up all the dials turn on
all the faucets and go like mad he was
known as all out Saul I mean he was
something else now at first it wasn’t
working out well Saul hated Christians
which makes a poor leader right I mean
that won’t work Saul got this bug
somewhere about the Christians he got to
hate in Christians and he hated him so
bad every time somebody would say
Christian he’d fly into a rage and I
guess he decided one life who are one
day it was his mission in life to get
rid of all the Christians he was Saul
anyhow could do most anything he wanted
to so he got in these letters of
authority to go around to the various
communities and hunt down the Christians
they said do whatever you want to with
him Saul they’re unpopular anyhow drag
him in the streets whip him stoned him
tortured kill him you mentioned the name
Saul from Tarsus to the early Christians
I’ll tell you what they would do they
would burn hide locked the doors leave
town dive underground I’ve been in the
catacombs of Rome where they hid he was
me I mean terribly mean but remember the
story one day Saul’s making it for
Damascus heard about some new Christians
flies into a rage takes off for Damascus
and the story said he was angry there’s
a little sentence in the story that says
on his way to Damascus he was breathing
out threatenings and slaughter which
meant he felt rather strong about the
idea right that’s strong that’s strong
but on this journey right according to
the story as Saul was making his way to
Damascus the good Lord looks down out of
heaven and says there’s my man Saul he’s
got to be something else
and according to the story this great
light shines out of heaven knocks seem
flat right off his horse grinds his face
in the dirt and blinds him for three
days
the good Lord using recruiting tools we
can’t use but when your Lord right to
make a long story short Saul from Tarsus
becomes converted to Christianity
he becomes Paul the great leader the
Apostle and without a doubt the good
Lord got him a dandy one he didn’t have
to pump up every month in one of his
later writings he said the things I once
hated I now love the things I once loved
I now hate see that strong here’s the
key to the good life learn to put
everything you’ve got into everything
you do whatever you are doing pull it on
it will quickly open up into opportunity
or quickly disclose to you that you
ought to be doing something else the
delusion is if I had a better job I’d
really pour it on see that’s delusion
wherever you are pour it on don’t give
somebody half a job for a day’s pay
pour it on see that’ll help change your
life get rid of this disease here’s the
next attitude disease indecision mental
paralysis the guy can’t make up his mind
and it becomes a disease pretty soon he
knows he’s got it the guy says well I
know I’m on the fence but he says what
if I get off on the wrong side listen
after a while it doesn’t matter just get
Oh any side will do a life full of
adventure is a life full of many
decisions the ones that turn out to be
wrong give you better experience to make
better decisions
so don’t see how many decisions you can
get out of see how many you can get into
that’s where the adventure is so shake
off this disease indecision the next one
is doubt doubts like a plague and one of
the worst is self-doubt there are many
but that’s one of the words the guide
doubts himsel doubts if it’ll last that
long for him doubts if he can do that
well doubts if he can make that much
doubts if he can accomplish all that a
chronic excellent self doubter
you can imagine what damage that does to
your future so here’s the key turn this
coin over and become a believer and
there’s many things to believe in one of
the majors is yourself the understanding
of self-worth is the beginning of
progress now those three don’t get you
that’s a devastating disease worry worry
causes health problems social problems
personal problems family problems it’s
devastating worry long enough it’ll drop
you to your knees could reduce you to
begging I know how bad this one is I
used to have it bad I used to be known
as a super warrior not a super warrior
no super warrior my family wished I’d
have been a warrior I got those years to
make up for but I’ll tell you what my
advice to you is do what I finally did
on worry
give it up who needs it
I’m not saying it’s easy I’m saying it’s
worth it took me almost one year to kick
the worried habit and it was not an easy
year it was one of the toughest years I
ever spent but I finally got that monkey
off my back and I discovered you could
live the most incredible life free of
work not free of challenge not free of
difficulty free of worry I learned how
to do it and you can here’s the next
some people never will have much they’re
too cautious now you can also be too
reckless but you can also be too
cautious this is called the timid
approach to life and my caution was
always the risk risk used to drive me
right up the wall I used to say what if
this happens it’s called the language of
the poor what if this happens and on top
of that if this was to happen look at
the fix I be and I better not try I
could always ace my self out then I’ll
tell you what changed my whole life when
I finally discovered it’s all risky the
minute you were born it got risky if you
think trying is risky wait till they
hand you the bill for not trying if you
think investing is risky wait till you
get the tab for not investing see it’s
all risky get married is risky having
children is risky going into business is
risky investing your money is risky it’s
all risky
I’ll tell you how risky life is you’re
that’s risky the Englishman says well if
that’s the way it’s gonna work out let’s
give it a go right that’s what it’s for
give it a go somebody says yeah but I’m
looking for safety and security
fine then huddle in a corner we’ll cover
you with a sheet bring you three meals a
day and we’ll protect you
feed you look after you care for you we
won’t let anything happen to you and
you’ll probably live to be 100 the guy
said well yeah I’d live to be 100 but
what a way to live right what a way to
live safe and secure don’t ask for
security ask for adventure better to
live 30 years full of adventure than 100
years safe in the corner and see it’s
not important how long you live what’s
important is how you live
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here’s the next attitude disease we’re
almost through with this motley list in
fact we’re almost through hang on
pessimism the deadly disease of always
looking on the bad side the problem side
the difficult side checking all the
reasons why I can’t be done the poor
pessimist leads an ugly life he doesn’t
try to figure out what’s right he tries
to figure out what’s wrong he doesn’t
look for virtue he looks for faults and
when he finds him he’s delighted how
this is the poor guy looks through the
window doesn’t see the sunset he sees
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and this is the poor guy right who
rushes up take such leave of his senses
this guy rushes up and he says I’ve got
5 good reasons why it won’t work he’s so
dumb he doesn’t know all he needs one
he’s got 5 – the pessimist the glass is
always half-empty – the optimist the
glasses half-full
why would the same measure affect people
two different ways answer it all depends
on how you look at it our lives are
mostly affected by the way we think
things are not the way they are the way
there’s a subject we don’t have time to
get into tonight called better thinking
habits one of the majors things show up
taught me when I met him he said poor
thinking habits keeps most people poor
not poor working habits most people work
hard but they don’t think hard and show
taught me that the mind is like a
factory on mental factory and whatever
you think about all day long pours
ingredients into this mental factory and
that’s what builds the economic social
financial fabric of your life he quoted
me a bible phrase that says as you think
when he talked about poor thinking
habits he had me I used to start the day
reading the morning newspaper I mean you
can leave that or not I’d get a cup of
coffee and read the paper I’d load up on
Wars and riots and murders and stabbings
and killings and bank robberies and
muggings and car wrecks and tragedies
I’d even read the back pages I seem to
like that stuff for some weird reason
I’d load up on all that and then I start
the day you can imagine the kind of days
I used to have you walk around on your
financial knees they call you economic
peewee the guy says I want to be a great
leader wonderful the first thing we do
is following to his house when we get
there we walk in and check his library
number one somebody says well why check
his library the reason is because what a
man reads pours massive ingredients into
his mental factory and the fabric of his
life is built from those ingredients you
would not believe what some people have
got in their house to read you would not
believe one of the best dressed up words
I know for a lot of it is trash can you
imagine dumping a bale of trash into
this mental factory every day and coming
out with a rich dynamic positive life it
can’t be done you might as well try
making a cake with cement the kids back
in Danbury Connecticut high school
they’re asking me questions one day I’m
talking to the kids kids got good
questions these days one of them said to
me mr. Owen how do you build the good
life I said it’s simple it’s not easy
but it’s simple here’s how you build
anything select the right ingredients
keep out the wrong ingredients and it
everything starts with thought so you
must be wise and careful what you think
about because that starts everything you
gotta be wise and careful I asked the
kids what would happen if somebody
dropped sugar in my coffee they said
will you’d be okay
I said what if somebody dropped
strychnine in my coffee they said well
you’d be dead
I said correct lesson one life is both
sugar and strychnine you gotta be
careful I said what if my worst enemy
drops in the sugar they said will you be
okay I said what if my best friend even
by accident drops in the strychnine they
said well you’d be dead
you got to be careful see it doesn’t
matter who hands you the bad stuff it
doesn’t matter where you get the bad
stuff it’ll still do its damage on your
bank account wherever you get it
mr. shelf gave me one of the greatest
phrases when I first met him when he
said gym every day stand guard at the
how important stand guard at the door of
and you decide what goes into your
mental factory don’t let anybody just
dump anything they want to in your
mental factory because you’ve got to
live with the results okay here’s the
last disease and we’re through with this
list
in fact we’re almost through hang on the
last subject is very brief the last
disease but this one is deadly engage in
this one indulge in it even slightly and
you might as well forget the future
because it’s gonna forget you
complaining
crying crying griping a Bible word
called murmuring see that will ace your
future spend five minutes complaining
and you have wasted five and you may
have begun what’s known as economic
cancer of the bone surely they will soon
haul you off into a financial desert and
there let you choke on the dust of your
own regret I hope I said that well so
you won’t forget it’s a deadly disease
if you don’t think it’s bad ask the
children of Israel of Old Testament fame
typical of us all their story just
happened to get in the book story says
children of Israel were slaves God
performed a series of dazzling miracles
and got him out and now they’re heading
for the Promised Land remember the story
heading for the Promised Land tragedy of
the story they never got their reason
from day one they started to complain
they griped about the water they griped
about the weather
they whined and cried and griped about
the food they griped about the
leadership they’ve whined and cried
because it was too far too cold too hot
too difficult too miserable I mean they
widened wined and cried for years
finally God said I’ve had it
cancelled or something like that the
story says they died in the desert never
got to the promised land which I think
means two things
indulge in this long enough you get your
futurecast and i guess it also means even God Himself can only take so much
the negative but we got to talk about it
because life is part negative these
attitude diseases are like weeds that
grow in the garden it’s a normal part of
life
here’s a good phrase to note negative is
normal it’s not successful but it’s
normal it’s part of life and here’s the
next key in my opinion you must learn to
handle the negative don’t ignore it
handle it now I know some people teach
the other way and listen to them and
listen to me and then make up your own
mind right don’t be a follower be a
student but I say you got to handle the
negative you don’t have to live in it
you don’t have to dwell on it
but you do have to handle it my opinion
I know some people teach just turn your
head real quick and say there’s no way
just no weeds there’s no weeds they’ll
so you’ve got to handle the negative
here’s what part of it is it’s called
the great war between good and evil mr.
Reynolds and I are working on a new book
this year called the great war between
good and evil
and there is a war on the minute you
were born you got involved in the war
between good and evil between darkness
and light between negative and positive
between evil and good between tyranny
and democracy between weeds and human
activity I mean the war is on if
democracy sleeps guess who never sleeps
tyranny in the absence of light yes
what’s automatic darkness if good does
not arouse itself and become active
guess what moves in evil it’s a war a
mental war a physical war a financial
war between enterprise and ease between
that’s why there’s an old testament
phrase that gives the best advice for
human activity when it says six days
labor one day rest now I’m sure we’ve
taken that to mean don’t work all seven
days take one off here’s what it also
or you’re liable to lose the war now
we’ve got it down to five and two and
maybe that’s not too dangerous I don’t
know if God would have thought of five
in two he might have made it five in two
I don’t know you can’t think of
everything but here’s what it does mean
enterprise is better than ease if you
rest too long the jungle overtakes the
village now here’s the good news about
the war between good and evil evil is no
match for good but good must be active
weeds are no match for human activity
but if you stand still how far in will
they come all the way they’ll grow right
up around your shoes but if you get busy
how far back can you take them as far as
you wish they’re no match but you must
be active that’s why the six and one
make sure you’re not losing the war by
taking off to guess what the average
six
which means don’t retire your chances
are to see ok the war between good and
evil the weeds you got to make sure you
recognize the negative handle it deal
with it and then go on let’s make a list
of the diseases of attitude that can
wreck all your chances to do well one of
the words that destroys everything is
and I found this out a week of neglect
could cost you a year of repair it isn’t
worth it so what to be on the lookout
for it here’s the list if you were
making it you’d have the same list I’ve
got right we’re not covering anything
new tonight this is a reminding session
not a teaching session but it doesn’t
hurt to go over it again here’s the list
attitude diseases number one is
indifference the shrug of the shoulders
a guy’s not even concerned he’s just
drifting this is called the mild
approach to life a disease known as
mildness the guy says well I can’t see
getting all that worked up well to be
any kind of winner you got to get worked
up there’s one problem with drift you
cannot drift to the top of the mountain
and the good Lord said in the closing
chapters of the Bible here’s the best
way to live one way or the other that’s
best hot or what’s next best cold is
next best the heart not the half-baked
middle lukewarm not too hot not too cold
what a sad way to live I think what it
means is pick a direction and go with
everything you’ve got just pick one and
go somebody says yeah but what if it’s
the wrong direction you’ll find out
quicker it won’t take you 25 years to
wake up and say oh no I’ve been walking
the wrong road I told my staff the other
day next Vista prosperity is adversity
if one doesn’t get you pray for the
other we all do better from one of two
reasons inspiration or desperation and I
don’t wish anything bad on you tonight
but if you’re not inspired I hope a
whatever it takes to get you to try
harder read more set your goals and go
for it
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somebody asked me one time what quality
would I pick if I wanted to work with
somebody and you know what I picked
first number one strong feeling please
number one give me somebody that feels
strong about most anything I don’t even
care just so they believe it even if
they disagree with me
wonderful just so they disagree
vigorously I’m not saying it’s easy to
win those kind of people to your point
of view but I’d rather do that than to
try to resurrect people from the dead
pump them up every month of Amarra pump
them up I pass the good Lord needs a
leader for the early Christians remember
the early days of the Christians not
like today if you were to stand up in
the early days and say I’m a Christian
cut off your head toss you and your wife
in jail let you rot I mean those were
ugly days being a Christian back then
was not called socially acceptable they
didn’t have a hundred and twenty-five
thousand in the Los Angeles Coliseum to
hear Billy Graham on a Sunday afternoon
not back in those days back in those
days when the Christians got in the
Coliseum there was a different story
I mean the word roz stay out of the
Coliseum especially on Sunday last
see those were mean tough struggle days
for the Christians
now when the days are mean and tough and
struggling you got to have some kind of
leader do you know who the good Lord
picked for the leader when the days were
from Tarsus that’s who we picked Saul
I’ll tell you what I would have picked
him you would have picked him anybody
would have picked Saul Saul was one of
those incredible guys once he got into
something look out everybody in the
community knew what Saul was in because
whatever he joined you flip all the
switches open up all the dials turn on
all the faucets and go like mad he was
known as all out Saul I mean he was
something else now at first it wasn’t
working out well Saul hated Christians
which makes a poor leader right I mean
that won’t work Saul got this bug
somewhere about the Christians he got to
hate in Christians and he hated him so
bad every time somebody would say
Christian he’d fly into a rage and I
guess he decided one life who are one
day it was his mission in life to get
rid of all the Christians he was Saul
anyhow could do most anything he wanted
to so he got in these letters of
authority to go around to the various
communities and hunt down the Christians
they said do whatever you want to with
him Saul they’re unpopular anyhow drag
him in the streets whip him stoned him
tortured kill him you mentioned the name
Saul from Tarsus to the early Christians
I’ll tell you what they would do they
would burn hide locked the doors leave
town dive underground I’ve been in the
catacombs of Rome where they hid he was
me I mean terribly mean but remember the
story one day Saul’s making it for
Damascus heard about some new Christians
flies into a rage takes off for Damascus
and the story said he was angry there’s
a little sentence in the story that says
on his way to Damascus he was breathing
out threatenings and slaughter which
meant he felt rather strong about the
idea right that’s strong that’s strong
but on this journey right according to
the story as Saul was making his way to
Damascus the good Lord looks down out of
heaven and says there’s my man Saul he’s
got to be something else
and according to the story this great
light shines out of heaven knocks seem
flat right off his horse grinds his face
in the dirt and blinds him for three
days
the good Lord using recruiting tools we
can’t use but when your Lord right to
make a long story short Saul from Tarsus
becomes converted to Christianity
he becomes Paul the great leader the
Apostle and without a doubt the good
Lord got him a dandy one he didn’t have
to pump up every month in one of his
later writings he said the things I once
hated I now love the things I once loved
I now hate see that strong here’s the
key to the good life learn to put
everything you’ve got into everything
you do whatever you are doing pull it on
it will quickly open up into opportunity
or quickly disclose to you that you
ought to be doing something else the
delusion is if I had a better job I’d
really pour it on see that’s delusion
wherever you are pour it on don’t give
somebody half a job for a day’s pay
pour it on see that’ll help change your
life get rid of this disease here’s the
next attitude disease indecision mental
paralysis the guy can’t make up his mind
and it becomes a disease pretty soon he
knows he’s got it the guy says well I
know I’m on the fence but he says what
if I get off on the wrong side listen
after a while it doesn’t matter just get
Oh any side will do a life full of
adventure is a life full of many
decisions the ones that turn out to be
wrong give you better experience to make
better decisions
so don’t see how many decisions you can
get out of see how many you can get into
that’s where the adventure is so shake
off this disease indecision the next one
is doubt doubts like a plague and one of
the worst is self-doubt there are many
but that’s one of the words the guide
doubts himsel doubts if it’ll last that
long for him doubts if he can do that
well doubts if he can make that much
doubts if he can accomplish all that a
chronic excellent self doubter
you can imagine what damage that does to
your future so here’s the key turn this
coin over and become a believer and
there’s many things to believe in one of
the majors is yourself the understanding
of self-worth is the beginning of
progress now those three don’t get you
that’s a devastating disease worry worry
causes health problems social problems
personal problems family problems it’s
devastating worry long enough it’ll drop
you to your knees could reduce you to
begging I know how bad this one is I
used to have it bad I used to be known
as a super warrior not a super warrior
no super warrior my family wished I’d
have been a warrior I got those years to
make up for but I’ll tell you what my
advice to you is do what I finally did
on worry
give it up who needs it
I’m not saying it’s easy I’m saying it’s
worth it took me almost one year to kick
the worried habit and it was not an easy
year it was one of the toughest years I
ever spent but I finally got that monkey
off my back and I discovered you could
live the most incredible life free of
work not free of challenge not free of
difficulty free of worry I learned how
to do it and you can here’s the next
some people never will have much they’re
too cautious now you can also be too
reckless but you can also be too
cautious this is called the timid
approach to life and my caution was
always the risk risk used to drive me
right up the wall I used to say what if
this happens it’s called the language of
the poor what if this happens and on top
of that if this was to happen look at
the fix I be and I better not try I
could always ace my self out then I’ll
tell you what changed my whole life when
I finally discovered it’s all risky the
minute you were born it got risky if you
think trying is risky wait till they
hand you the bill for not trying if you
think investing is risky wait till you
get the tab for not investing see it’s
all risky get married is risky having
children is risky going into business is
risky investing your money is risky it’s
all risky
I’ll tell you how risky life is you’re
that’s risky the Englishman says well if
that’s the way it’s gonna work out let’s
give it a go right that’s what it’s for
give it a go somebody says yeah but I’m
looking for safety and security
fine then huddle in a corner we’ll cover
you with a sheet bring you three meals a
day and we’ll protect you
feed you look after you care for you we
won’t let anything happen to you and
you’ll probably live to be 100 the guy
said well yeah I’d live to be 100 but
what a way to live right what a way to
live safe and secure don’t ask for
security ask for adventure better to
live 30 years full of adventure than 100
years safe in the corner and see it’s
not important how long you live what’s
important is how you live
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here’s the next attitude disease we’re
almost through with this motley list in
fact we’re almost through hang on
pessimism the deadly disease of always
looking on the bad side the problem side
the difficult side checking all the
reasons why I can’t be done the poor
pessimist leads an ugly life he doesn’t
try to figure out what’s right he tries
to figure out what’s wrong he doesn’t
look for virtue he looks for faults and
when he finds him he’s delighted how
this is the poor guy looks through the
window doesn’t see the sunset he sees
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and this is the poor guy right who
rushes up take such leave of his senses
this guy rushes up and he says I’ve got
5 good reasons why it won’t work he’s so
dumb he doesn’t know all he needs one
he’s got 5 – the pessimist the glass is
always half-empty – the optimist the
glasses half-full
why would the same measure affect people
two different ways answer it all depends
on how you look at it our lives are
mostly affected by the way we think
things are not the way they are the way
there’s a subject we don’t have time to
get into tonight called better thinking
habits one of the majors things show up
taught me when I met him he said poor
thinking habits keeps most people poor
not poor working habits most people work
hard but they don’t think hard and show
taught me that the mind is like a
factory on mental factory and whatever
you think about all day long pours
ingredients into this mental factory and
that’s what builds the economic social
financial fabric of your life he quoted
me a bible phrase that says as you think
when he talked about poor thinking
habits he had me I used to start the day
reading the morning newspaper I mean you
can leave that or not I’d get a cup of
coffee and read the paper I’d load up on
Wars and riots and murders and stabbings
and killings and bank robberies and
muggings and car wrecks and tragedies
I’d even read the back pages I seem to
like that stuff for some weird reason
I’d load up on all that and then I start
the day you can imagine the kind of days
I used to have you walk around on your
financial knees they call you economic
peewee the guy says I want to be a great
leader wonderful the first thing we do
is following to his house when we get
there we walk in and check his library
number one somebody says well why check
his library the reason is because what a
man reads pours massive ingredients into
his mental factory and the fabric of his
life is built from those ingredients you
would not believe what some people have
got in their house to read you would not
believe one of the best dressed up words
I know for a lot of it is trash can you
imagine dumping a bale of trash into
this mental factory every day and coming
out with a rich dynamic positive life it
can’t be done you might as well try
making a cake with cement the kids back
in Danbury Connecticut high school
they’re asking me questions one day I’m
talking to the kids kids got good
questions these days one of them said to
me mr. Owen how do you build the good
life I said it’s simple it’s not easy
but it’s simple here’s how you build
anything select the right ingredients
keep out the wrong ingredients and it
everything starts with thought so you
must be wise and careful what you think
about because that starts everything you
gotta be wise and careful I asked the
kids what would happen if somebody
dropped sugar in my coffee they said
will you’d be okay
I said what if somebody dropped
strychnine in my coffee they said well
you’d be dead
I said correct lesson one life is both
sugar and strychnine you gotta be
careful I said what if my worst enemy
drops in the sugar they said will you be
okay I said what if my best friend even
by accident drops in the strychnine they
said well you’d be dead
you got to be careful see it doesn’t
matter who hands you the bad stuff it
doesn’t matter where you get the bad
stuff it’ll still do its damage on your
bank account wherever you get it
mr. shelf gave me one of the greatest
phrases when I first met him when he
said gym every day stand guard at the
how important stand guard at the door of
and you decide what goes into your
mental factory don’t let anybody just
dump anything they want to in your
mental factory because you’ve got to
live with the results okay here’s the
last disease and we’re through with this
list
in fact we’re almost through hang on the
last subject is very brief the last
disease but this one is deadly engage in
this one indulge in it even slightly and
you might as well forget the future
because it’s gonna forget you
complaining
crying crying griping a Bible word
called murmuring see that will ace your
future spend five minutes complaining
and you have wasted five and you may
have begun what’s known as economic
cancer of the bone surely they will soon
haul you off into a financial desert and
there let you choke on the dust of your
own regret I hope I said that well so
you won’t forget it’s a deadly disease
if you don’t think it’s bad ask the
children of Israel of Old Testament fame
typical of us all their story just
happened to get in the book story says
children of Israel were slaves God
performed a series of dazzling miracles
and got him out and now they’re heading
for the Promised Land remember the story
heading for the Promised Land tragedy of
the story they never got their reason
from day one they started to complain
they griped about the water they griped
about the weather
they whined and cried and griped about
the food they griped about the
leadership they’ve whined and cried
because it was too far too cold too hot
too difficult too miserable I mean they
widened wined and cried for years
finally God said I’ve had it
cancelled or something like that the
story says they died in the desert never
got to the promised land which I think
means two things
indulge in this long enough you get your
futurecast and i guess it also means even God Himself can only take so much
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