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What Is Your Personal Development Plan In 2019?;
Leaping To 2019 In Style - By Cecily Mwaniki
As the year begins, just how much time have you budgeted for your personal development this year? We
know this is a key element to the most successful people that we so well know of from time immemorial.
I share with you below from the wisdom of Napoleon Hill on what he had to say about this very subject
matter years ago which still holds value in those who have succeeded and those planning to in life. I
trust you will benefit from the 17 lessons that he so well shares.
Lesson 1: Definiteness of Purpose
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all
achievement. Without a purpose and a plan, people
drift aimlessly through life.
Lesson 2: Mastermind Alliance
The Mastermind principle consists of an alliance
of two or more minds working in perfect harmony
for the attainment of a common definite objective.
Success does not come without the cooperation of
others.
Lesson 3: Applied Faith
Faith is a state of mind through which your aims,
desires, plans and purposes may be translated into
their physical or financial equivalent.
Lesson 4: Going the Extra Mile
When you go the extra mile, the Law of Compensation
comes into play. Going the extra mile is the action
of rendering more and better service than that for
which you are presently paid. When you go the extra
mile, the Law of Compensation comes into play.
Lesson 5: Pleasing Personality.
Personality is the sum total of one’s mental, spiritual
and physical traits and habits that distinguish
one from all others. It is the factor that determines
whether one is liked or disliked by others.
Lesson 6: Personal Initiative.
Personal initiative is the power that inspires the
completion of that which one begins. It is the power
that starts all action. No person is free until he learns
to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act
on his own.
Lesson 7: Positive Mental Attitude
Positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude
in all circumstances. Success attracts more success
while failure attracts more failure.
Lesson 8: Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is faith in action. It is the intense emotion
known as burning desire. It comes from within,
although it radiates outwardly in the expression of
one’s voice and countenance.
Lesson 9: Self-Discipline
If you do not control your thoughts, you cannot
control your needs. Self-discipline begins with
the mastery of thought. If you do not control your
thoughts, you cannot control your needs. Self-
discipline calls for a balancing of the emotions of
your heart with the reasoning faculty of your head.
Lesson 10: Accurate Thinking
The power of thought is the most dangerous or the
most beneficial power available to man, depending
on how it is used.
Lesson 11: Controlled Attention
Controlled attention leads to mastery in any type of
human endeavour, because it enables one to focus
the powers of his mind upon the attainment of a
definite objective and to keep it so directed at will.