Mastering The Art Of Success

(^) Mastering the Art of Success
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CANFIELD
He was. He had combined insurance. When I worked for him he was
worth 600 milli on dollars and th at was before the dot.com millionaires
came along in Silicon Valley. He just knew more about success. He
was a good friend of Napoleon Hill (author of Think and Grow Rich)
and he was a fabulous mentor. I really learned a lot from him.
WRIGHT
I miss some of the men I listened to when I was a young salesman
coming up and he was one of them. Napoleon Hill was another one as
was Dr. Peale. All of their writings made me who I am today. I’m glad
I had that o pportunity.
CANFIELD
One speaker whose name you probably will remember, Charlie
“Tremendous” Jones, says, “Who we are is a result of the books we read
and the people we hang out with.” I think that’s so true and that ’s why I
tell people, “If you want to have high self-esteem, ha ng out with people
who have high self-esteem. If you want to be more spiritual, hang out
with spiritual people.” We’re always telling our children, “Don’t hang
out with those kids.” The reason we don’t want them to is because we
know how influential people are with each other. I think we need to
give ourselves the same advice. Who are we hanging out with? We can
hang out with them in books, c assette tapes, CDs, radio shows, and in
person.
WRIGHT
One of my favorites was a fellow named Bill Gove from F lorida.
I talked with him about three or four years ago. He’s retired now. His
mind is still as quick as it ever was. I thought he was one of the greatest
sp eakers I had ever heard.
What do you think makes up a great mentor? In other words, are
there characteristics that m entors seem to have in common?
CANFIELD
I think there are two obvious ones. I think mentors have to have the
time to do it and the willingness to do it. I also think they need to be
people who are doing something you want to do. W. Clement Stone