Jack’s Winning Words 2/16/07
“Once it’s conceivable, it’s achievable. Don’t give up.” (Unknown) We can make this a better world. It takes time, effort and a willingness to invest our money. What we need now are people who see the vision and do something about it. How would you go about making this a better world? What’s your idea? ;-) Jack

FROM L.K. IN OHIO: Stop being so cynical for one......

FROM A JUDGE IN MICH: First, to paraphrase a very famous 15th or 16th century writer, we kill all the politicians

FROM GOOD DEBT JON IN OHIO: Napoleon Hill, 1937; “Anything the mind of man can conceive and believe--it can achieve.” Likely source.
Napoleon Hill 1883 -1979 was an American author who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal success literature. His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich, is one of the best-selling books of all time. In America, Hill stated in his writings, people are free to believe what they want to believe, and this is what sets the United States apart from all other countries in the world. Hill's works examined the power of personal beliefs, and the role they play in personal success. "What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve" is one of Hill's hallmark expressions. How achievement actually occurs, and a formula for it that puts success in reach for the average person, were the promise of Hill's books.
Hill called his success teachings "The Philosophy of Achievement" and he considered freedom, democracy, capitalism, and harmony to be important contributing elements. For without these, Hill demonstrated throughout his writings, personal beliefs are not possible. He contrasted his philosophy with others, and thought Achievement was superior and responsible for the success Americans enjoyed for the better part of two centuries. Fear and selfishness had no part to play in his philosophy, and Hill considered them to be the source of failure for unsuccessful people.
The secret of Achievement was tantalizingly offered to readers of Think and Grow Rich, and was never named directly as Hill felt discovering it for themselves would provide readers with the most benefit. Hill presented the idea of a "Definite Major Purpose" as a challenge to his readers, to make them ask of themselves "in what do you truly believe?". For according to Hill, 98% of people had no firm beliefs, putting true success firmly out of reach. Hill's numerous books have sold millions of copies, proving that the secret of Achievement is still highly sought-after by modern Americans. Hill dealt with many controversial subjects through his writings including racism, slavery, oppression, failure, revolution, war and poverty. Persevering and then succeeding in spite of these obstacles using the philosophy of Achievement, Hill stated, was the responsibility of every American. Though Hill was more famous, Orison Swett Marden, began the early success literature. 1850-1924.

FROM B.S. IN FLORIDA: I think the answer is education, whether it is at the kitchen table as my Ma taught the entire family, or in Sunday School, or in the schools, public or private. Education,as early as possible, and as intense as possible, using the brightest teachers possible, and especially teachers who have a burning in their gut to get their students to understand and want to understand. I had a physics teacher, oh yes and a math teacher, ya sure many other teachers, Miss ?, damn I can't think of their names, But Mr Ward, and Doc. ? shucks, how can I forget these people, wow, darn it all, I never, ever thought I wouldn't remember their names or I would have tatooted their names on my arms. O.Dr. Winnans was our physics teacher, Dr James Ward was our math teacher, Mz Creswell also. Oh,oh, Mz Keating also. I coulc go on all nite. These people were so precious.Wow