COOPERATION 805Personal power is developed by organizing and coordinating the
faculties of the mind. This may be accomplished by mastering and
applying the seventeen major principles upon which this course is
founded. The necessary procedure through which these principles may
be mastered is thoroughly described in the sixteenth lesson.
The development of personal power is just the first step to be
taken in the development of the potential power that is available to you
through the medium of allied effort, or Cooperation, which may be
called group power.
It is a well-known fact that all who have amassed large fortunes
have been known as able "organizers:' This means that they had the
ability to enlist the cooperative efforts of others who supplied talent and
ability which they themselves did not possess.
One of the chief objects of this course is to present the principles
of organized and cooperative or allied effort so that you will comprehend
their significance and make them the basis of your own philosophy.
Take, as an example, any business or profession that you choose
and you will observe, by analysis, that it is limited only by a lack of
application of organized and cooperative effort. As an illustration, consider
the legal profession.
If a law firm consists of only one type of mind it will be greatly
handicapped, even though it may be made up of a dozen able people
of this particular type. The complicated legal system calls for a greater
variety of talent than anyone type of mind could possibly provide.
It is evident, therefore, that mere organized effort is not sufficient
to ensure outstanding success. The organization must also consist of
individuals who each supply some specialized talent that the other
members of the organization do not have.
A well-organized law firm would include talent that was spe-
cialized in the preparation of cases; people of vision and Imagination
who understood how to harmonize the law and the evidence of a case