To be sure of attaining your definite major purpose, you must back it with CONTROLLED THOUGHT HABITS IMPLEMENTED BY ACTION. And such thought and action must be reinforced by applied faith. Ordinary thought is not enough to ensure success. If it were sufficient, then every hope and wish would become a reality.
Thought must be well supported by emotional feeling-the most powerful of which is the emotion of faith. This necessary support may be given to thought by the application of the following eight principles of this philosophy:
Definiteness of purpose: Begin with this principle by the adoption of an objective-based on a definite motive, or desire, for its attainment.
The master mind: Through the aid of this principle you ally yourself with others who have the necessary education, skill and experience to aid you in the attainment of your definite purpose.
Personal initiative: When you take action to carry out your plans for the attainment of your definite purpose, you are applying this principle.
Creative vision: This principle operates through the faculty. .of your imagination and helps you choose master mind allies and develop ingenious plans for the attainment of your purpose.
Self-discipline: You will apply self-discipline to insure that every faculty of your mind will be organized and directed toward the attainment of your major purpose. This will also insure you against quitting when the going becomes difficult.
Applied faith: Hope and self-reliance comes to you through applied faith and you are thus inspired to persist in continuous action in pursuit of your definite major purpose, and to seek wisdom from Infinite Intelligence.
Pleasing personality: This is the means whereby you influence others to cooperate with you, and to sell your ideas or plans to other people.
The habit of going the extra mile: Through the application of this principle you create friendly allies and earn the right to ask for the cooperation of others, thus placing them in a position where they will want to cooperate with you.
The combined application of these eight principles, when they are supported by the principle of ·accurate thinking, constitutes organized thought of the highest order known to man.
And there can be no combined application of these principles without intense, continuous and persistent action in carrying out your aims and purposes. These principles generate power only through use. Their application, moreover, must not be intermittent, but must become a controlled habit. You will know, by your own state of mind, when the habit has become properly fixed, for then you will experience a continuous feeling of enthusiasm in connection with your plans, and you will be guided by a definite feeling of faith in your ability to achieve your objective.