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WHAT THIS BOOK TEACHES
If you would make your success a certainty, you must get
all ready for it in advance. Then you will not be taken unawares when you find your big chance. If you are thoroughly
prepared, you will sight it quickly, realize its full value, and seize it with complete confidence in your ability
to make the most of it.
The first essential of preparation to succeed is that you
open your eyes fully, and look all around you for the opportunities within range of your vision. There are so many close
at hand that your search would better begin right where you are. Even if eventually you seek far for the best chance to
succeed, do so with thorough knowledge of what is nearby. Before you leave your present environment, have an intelligent
conviction that you are capable of a bigger or different success than is to be found within your immediate reach.
Your abstract knowledge may be valueless. In order to succeed
certainly you must connect the things you have learned with particular people in particular fields of activity. When you have
developed the power of relating your individual ability to every imaginable use, your mental eyes will be opened to many
opportunities for success that you otherwise might never perceive. Such an association of what you know and can do with the
various ways your capabilities might be utilized will tremendously augment your self-confidence. When you realize in how many
ways it is possible to use your especial talents, you will not be likely to doubt your own worth. You will offer your
qualifications for sale with complete faith in their value to prospective buyers.
If you can imagine all the various uses to which your ability
might be put, you will appreciate the full value of every opportunity you perceive. Not only will you see the chances for
success that are all about you, but you will see into them. When your mind catches sight of success chances, they will look
familiar to you because of their similarity to opportunities you previously had thought about and connected with your own
qualifications. If you are prepared to perceive and to appreciate fully each indication of a success opportunity that comes
within the range of your mental vision, you will promptly begin working a chance "for all it is worth," as if it were a
newly discovered gold mine.
Be thorough in preparing to sell your capabilities; so that your
success may be insured. You ride on a first-class railroad with confidence, feeling that every precaution for your safety has
been taken. You are at ease when you begin your trip; for you know that track, train, and men in charge all are dependable.
Because of the complete readiness of the railroad for your journey, you count on arriving safely at your destination. You have
no fears that you may be wrecked en route.
When you are thoroughly prepared to sell true ideas of your best
capabilities, you should start with confidence that you will reach the end of the line safely and on time. Don't attempt to
"get there" before making adequate preparation for success. Remember that a railroad does not commence operating through trains
until the track is finished.
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