“The possibilities of thought training are infinite, its consequence eternal, and yet few take the pains to direct their thinking into channels that will do them good, but instead leave all to chance.” – Marden
Along with my Strategic Team here at DemGen, I’ve been reading the “Master Key System” by Charles Haanel written in 1912. (*More notes about the author and work at the bottom of this post.) We read books as a group that are relevant personally and professionally that enhance our ability to serve ourselves, team, clients and general entrepreneurial community. We seem to have a knack at going deep, with works that are just right for the moment or cycle of our business.
And having the intention of being a heart-centred or conscious business, sets the bar high, which suits us just fine. I’ve always seemed to be attracted to pursuing works by the researchers of the researchers or influencers of the influencers. Charles Haanel is no exception to this as this work along with “The Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace D. Wattles (which we’ve also studied and made available to our community on our website) was referenced as a major influence to “The Secret”, a book our entire company read as a team when it first came out.
There have been many many aha’s throughout our reading this work and more so many validations that we are on the right track with our thinking and intention in business.
The quote I referenced is but one of many and I felt compelled to expand upon it. I know I’ve referenced in a previous blog post about my experience with mediation. Yet, it’s worth repeating as I feel it’s a foundational/essential skill equal to or even greater than that of reading and writing. A lot of school work is essentially rote learning, while meditation is self learning. And more importantly it teaches you to take control of your thinking, to train your mind.
To restate that quote once again, ” The possibilities of thought training are infinite, its consequence eternal, and yet few take the pains to direct their thinking into channels that will do them good, but instead leave all to chance.” – Marden.
I’ve had many lessons and re-awakened myself to be in charge of directing my thoughts. I remember being with friends while playing the game “cashflow”, basically a more detailed and closer to life version of monopoly. I wasn’t doing so good and was just basically playing along for the fun of it. I was nearing bankruptcy, when one of my friends said “what are you thinking of when you roll?” AHA, I woke up, set intentions and intentionally played the game and focused on every roll. I made an exhilarating come-back to win that night.
I feel the same to be true for all of us…sometimes we just need some support, a nudge, a renewed intention and the taking back of control of our thoughts to win the game.
We look forward to sharing more about The Master Key System with you in the near future.
Get your game on!
Gary
*The Master Key System is a personal development book by Charles F. Haanel (1866-1949) that was originally published as a 24-week correspondence course in 1912. It was later published in book form in 1916 by Psychology Publishing, St. Louis and The Master Key Institute, New York.
Along with “The Science of Getting Rich“, by Wallace D. Wattles, the Master Key System is the source of Rhonda Byrne’s inspiration for the book and the film “The Secret” (2006).[1][2]
© Gary Evans, DemGen Inc 2013
