ENTHUSIASM 493With the motivation you will derive from studying this philosophy,
you should be able to create a definite plan that will lift you to great
heights of achievement. However, there is no plan that can produce this
desirable result without the aid of some influence that will cause you to
lift yourself, in a spirit of Enthusiasm, to where you will exert greater
than the ordinary effort that you put into your daily work.
You are now ready for the lesson on Self-Control, which describes
the law that serves as the balance wheel of this entire philosophy. You
will find that it has a vital bearing on this lesson, just as this lesson has a
direct connection with the preceding lessons on a Definite Chief Aim,
Self-Confidence, Initiative and Leadership, and Imagination.
THE SEVEN DEADLY HORSEMEN-
AN AFTER-THE-LESSON VISIT WITH THE AUTHOR
The ((seven horsemen" are labeled
Intolerance, Greed, Revenge, Egotism, Suspicion, Jealousy, and ((?"The worst enemy that anyone has is the one that walks around under
his or her own hat. If you could see yourself as others see you, the
enemies that you harbor in your own personality might be discovered
and thrown out. The seven enemies named in this essay are the com-
monest that ride millions of men and women to failure without being
discovered. Your success will be measured very largely by the way you
manage your battle against these swift riders.
If these enemies rode openly, on real horses, they would not be
dangerous, because they could be rounded up and put out of com-
mission. But they ride unseen, in our minds. So silently and subtly do
they work that most people never recognize their presence.
Take careful inventory of yourself and find out how many of these
seven horsemen you are harboring.