Law of Success (21st Century Edition)

SELF-CONFIDENCE

If you think you are outclassed, you are-

You've got to think high to rise.

You've got to be sure oj yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go

To the stronger or Jaster man;

But soon or late the man who wins

Is the man who thinks he can.

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It can do no harm if you commit this poem to memory and use
it as a part of your working equipment in the development of your
Self-Confidence.
Somewhere in your makeup there is a "subtle something" which,
if it were aroused by the proper outside influence, would carry you to
heights of achievement such as you have never before anticipated. Just
as a master player can take hold of a violin and make it pour forth the
most beautifUl and entrancing strains of music, so is there some outside
influence that can take hold of your mind and cause you to go forth
into the field of your chosen endeavor and playa glorious symphony
of success. No one knows what hidden forces lie dormant within you.
You, yourself, do not know your capacity for achievement, and you
never will know until you come in contact with the particular stimulus
that arouses you to greater action and extends your vision, develops
your Self-Confidence, and moves you with a deeper desire to achieve.
It is not unreasonable to expect that some statement, some idea, or
some stimulating word of this course on the Law of Success will serve
as the needed stimulus that will reshape your destiny and redirect your
thoughts and energies along a pathway that will lead you, finally, to your
coveted goal in life. It is strange but true that the most important turn-
ing points of life often come at the most unexpected times and in the
most unexpected ways.