to be financially independent in the richest
The most secret nation ever known. What's happening here?
strange :
I would like to tell you about the strangest
secret in the world. Years ago, a Nobel Prize
winner, Albert Schweitzer, was asked in an
interview: “Doctor, what is wrong with men
today?”, to which he responded: “Men just
don't think.”
This is what I want to talk to you about. We
live in a Golden Age, but since we are already
in it it seems that we take it for granted, as if it
would last forever. A hundred men start their
way in life alone at the age of 25, but do you
know what will happen to them at 65?
Everyone will start from scratch at 25
believing they are going to be successful. If
you asked everyone if they wanted to be
successful, they would all answer yes and you
would notice that they were excited about life,
they would have a certain shine in their eyes,
life seemed like a great adventure to them.
But by the time they turn 65, 1 will be rich, 4
will be financially independent, 5 will still be
working, 54 will be broke.
Let's think about it for a moment: of the 100,
only 5 passed, why did so many fail? Where
did that spark from when you were 25 go?
What happened to their dreams, hopes, their
plans, and why is there so much imbalance
between what they wanted to achieve and
their achievements? When we say that the
5% achieved success we must define
“success”, and this is the best definition I
could find: “ Success is the progressive
realization of a valuable ideal . ” If a man is
working toward a predetermined goal, if he
knows where he is going, that man is a
success. If you don't know, you are a failure.
“Success is the progressive realization of a
valuable ideal.” Rolo May, a distinguished
psychiatrist in his wonderful book “man in
search of himself” says: “ the opposite of
courage in our society is not cowardice,
but conformism ”, and there we have today's
problem: it is conformism. . People behave
like anyone else without knowing why or
where they are going.
Let's think about this a little more: most
people in North America are broke, dependent
on someone else for their basic needs. We
were supposed to start learning to read at age
7 and by age 25 we were supposed to support
a family, and yet at 65 we still don't know how
We conform. Why do we act like the wrong
group of people, the 95% of those who do not
succeed? Why do they settle? People don't
know. They believe that their lives are being
shaped by circumstances, things that happen
to them, by outside forces, they are people
regulated from the outside. We ask a lot of
people: why do you work? Why do you get up
in the morning? 19 out of 20 had no idea.
Everyone gets up to work in the morning, so
so do they. So let's go back to the definition of
success. Who is successful? The only
person who succeeds is the one who is
progressively realizing a valuable ideal . If
a person says “I am going to become this”
they begin to work towards that goal. Let me
tell you that a successful person is a school
teacher who teaches because that is what he
wants to do; she is a wife and mother who
wants to be a wife and mother and is good at
it; He is a man who owns a service station
because that was his dream and what he
wanted to do; He is a top salesperson who
wanted to grow and built his own organization.
A success is anyone who deliberately
performs a predetermined job because
that's what he deliberately decided to do ,
but only one in 20 does it.
Today there is no competition unless we
propose it. Instead of competing, all we have
to do is create. In 20 years I looked for the
key to discover what will happen to a human
being, with it I wanted to know the future that
would promise him the success he wanted.
What would be that key that would guarantee
success to a man if he knew it and knew how
to use it? Well, I found it. Have you ever
wondered why there are some men who
honestly work very hard and achieve nothing
while others don't try very hard but always
seem to have everything? They seem to have
that “magic touch” with which it is said that
everything they touch turns to gold. And have
you noticed that a man who becomes
successful tends to remain successful, and on
the other hand, a man who fails tends to
continue failing? It's for the goals . Some
have them and others don't. Men with goals
succeed because they know where they
are going , it's that simple. Think of a ship
leaving port and having the entire trip
planned. The captain and crew know where
they are going and how long it will take. They
have a defined goal, and 9,999 times out of
10,000 they will reach where they were going.
Now let's take another boat, just like the
previous one, but let's not give it a captain or
crew, let's not give it a goal or direction or
anything, let's just start the engines and let it
go. I think you will agree with me that it will not
even leave the port. You will end up sunk or
on some deserted beach in the middle of
nowhere. It cannot get anywhere because it
has no direction or guide, and the same goes
for human beings. Take a salesperson as an
example. There is no other person in the
world with a good future as a good
salesperson. Sales is the highest paying job in
the world, if you are good at it and if you know
where you are going. Every company needs
top salespeople, and they will reward those
men, the sky is the limit for them, but how
many can you find?
Some say that humanity is arranged not to
prevent the strong from winning, but so that
the weak does not lose. The American
economy is similar to a car in a convoy, the
entire economy slows down to accompany the
slowest link. That's why it's so easy to make a
living today. It doesn't require any special
intelligence or talent to make a living and
support a family today, so we stand on this
plateau called “security,” but we have to
decide how high we stand. Now let's return to
the strangest secret, the story I wanted to tell
you today.
Why do men with goals succeed in life and
those without goals fail? If you understand
this, this will change your life immediately.
You will see that luck will not seem to be
interested in you, the things you want will just
seem to fall into line, you will no longer have
the problems, the anxiety that you may have
experienced. Doubt and fear will be a thing of
the past. Here is the key to success, and the
key to failure: “We become what we think
about.” Let me repeat it: “We become, what
we think about.” Throughout all of history the
wise men and teachers, philosophers and
prophets disagreed on everything except this,
on which they agree totally and completely.
Emperor Marcus Aurelius said “ A man's
life is what his thoughts make it .”
The Israelis say that “ everything will come
if man simply waits.” I have come, after
long meditations, to convince myself that a
human being with a set purpose must
achieve it and that nothing can resist a will
that will fight even against existence for its
realization ."
Ralph Waldo Emerson said “ a man is what
he thinks all day long .”
Williams James said “ the greatest
discovery of my generation is that human
beings can alter their lives by altering their
mental attitudes ”, “ all we need is an act
done in cold blood, as if what we think
about were real, and then will become
infallibly real by growing in such a
connection with our life that it will become
real, will become so unified (unmixed) with
the habits and emotions that our interest
will turn towards those that characterize
the belief ", " if you only care enough about
achieve a result, it is almost certain that
you will achieve it. If you want to be rich,
you will be. If you want to be learned, you
will be. If you want to be good, you will be.
You just have to really desire these things
and do them exclusively, and not at the
same time as 100 other incompatible
things and with the same strength .
In the gospel of Saint Mark 9-23 it says: “ if
you believe, all things are possible to him
who believes .”
Norman Vincent Peale puts it like this: “this
is one of the greatest laws of the universe. I
wish I had discovered it when I was young. It
came to me later in life and I find it to be the
greatest discovery in my life after discovering
God. The great law, simply put, says that “ if
you think in negative terms, you will
achieve negative results.” If you think in
positive terms, you will achieve positive
results. That is the simple fact that is the
basis of an amazing law of success and
prosperity. In 3 words: believe and
succeed .”
William Shakespeare said this: “ our doubts
are traitors that make us lose our fair
winds through the fear of trying .”
George Bernard Shaw said “ people always
blame circumstances for who they are. I
don't believe in circumstances. The people
who rise in this world are those who look
for the circumstances they want, and if
they don't find them, they make them .
"We become what we think" . So a person
who thinks of a worthwhile goal will achieve it
because it is what he thinks about, and we
become what we think about. On the contrary,
a man without goals, who is going nowhere,
whose thoughts are confusion, anxiety, fear
and worry, will become what he thinks. Your
life will become one of frustration, fear,
anxiety, worry and confusion. And if you don't
think about anything, you will become nothing.
Now how does it work? Why do we become
what we think?
Well, as far as we know, I will explain it to
you with an analogy of the human mind.
Suppose a farmer has good land to
produce. Now the land gives the farmer a
choice: he can plant whatever he wants, the
land doesn't care, the decision is the farmer's.
We compare the mind to land because the
mind also doesn't care what you plant in it: it
will give you back what you plant but it doesn't
care what it is.
Let's say the farmer has 2 seeds in his
hand: one is wheat, the other is nightshade
(deadly poison). Dig two holes and plant each
seed. Cover the holes, water them and take
care of the soil and what will happen? Soon
the earth will return what was sown. As the
Bible says: “ You will reap what you sow .”
Remember that the earth does not care, and
will return the poison with the same
abundance as the wheat. So we have two
plants, wheat and poison. Now, the human
mind is much more fertile, more incredible and
mysterious than the earth, but it works in the
same way: it does not care what you plant, be
it success or failure, a specific goal or
confusion, misunderstandings, anxiety, fear,
etc. ., but it must give us back what we
planted.
It is said that the human mind is the last
unexplored continent on earth, it contains
riches beyond our wildest dreams, and will
return anything you want to plant in it. Why
don't we use it more? Probably because our
mind has standard equipment when we are
born, it is free and we give little value to the
things we receive in exchange for nothing,
while we consider the things we pay for as
valuable. The paradox is that the exact
opposite is true. Everything truly valuable in
life comes to us freely . Our mind, soul, body,
dreams, hopes, ambitions, intelligence, our
beloved family, friends, children, country… all
these priceless possessions are free. But
things that cost money are actually quite
cheap and can be replaced at any time. A
good man can be completely embezzled and
make another fortune. You can do this several
times. Even if our home burns down we can
rebuild it, but the things that are given to us
for nothing, we can never replace. The human
mind is not used because we take it for
granted, the familiar brings us contempt. She
can do any job we give her, but we generally
use her for little jobs rather than big, important
things. Universities have proven that most of
us use 10% or less of our abilities. So decide
now, what do you want? Plant your goal in
your mind, it is the most important decision in
your entire life. what do you want? Do you
want to be a phenomenal salesperson, a
better worker, move up the ranks in your
company or your community, do you want to
get rich? All you have to do is plant that seed
in your mind, take care of it, work steadily
towards your goal and it will become a reality.
Not only will he do it, there is no way he won't
do it. It is a law like Newton's about gravity: “if
you climb onto the roof of a building and jump
into the void, your body will always go down
and never go up” and it is the same for all the
other laws of nature, they always work, They
are inflexible. Think about your goal and relax
positively. Imagine yourself in your mind's eye
having already achieved this goal. Observe
yourself doing the things you would do if you
had achieved it .
Our Age is being called the Age of nervous
breakdowns and filled with tranquilizers, while
medical discoveries have elevated us to a
new plateau of good health far removed from
us worrying about dying early, trying to cope
with our little problems in our own way without
learning. a few great laws that would take care
of everything for us. We attract these things to
ourselves by our habitual way of thinking.
Each one of us is the sum of our thoughts.
Everyone is exactly where they want to be,
whether they admit it or not. You are going
to reap the fruit of your thoughts whether
you want it or not, because what you think
today or tomorrow, next month or year will
shape your life and determine your future.
You are being guided by your mind .
I remember one time I was driving and I saw
one of those giant roaring machines going at
20 km/h with about 30 tons of dirt on top, an
incredible and tremendous machine driven by
a little man sitting on top with the steering
wheel in his hands. And while driving I was
struck by the idea of the similarity between the
machine and the human mind. Just suppose
you are sitting in control of a vast source of
energy. Are you going to sit back and cross
your arms and end up in a ditch or are you
going to keep both hands firmly on the wheel
and control, direct this power with a specific
and valuable goal? It's up to you, you are in
the driver's seat.
The truth is that this law of success is a
double-edged sword. We must control our
thinking . The same rule by which we can
achieve a life of success, wealth, happiness,
all the things you can think of, that same law
can cause you to end up in the drain. It's all in
how you will use it: for better or worse.
This is the strangest secret in the world.
Why do I call it “strange” and say it is a
“secret”? It's actually not even a secret. It was
promoted long ago by some of the wisest of
men and appears again and again throughout
the Bible but very few people learned it and
understood it, that's what's strange. And the
same thing that makes it strange is what
keeps it virtually a secret. I think you could
walk down the main street of your city asking
anyone “what is the secret to success” and
you probably won't find a man in a month who
will tell you.
This information is invaluable if we really
understand it and apply it. It is not only
valuable for our own lives but also for those in
our family, our friends, employees and
partners. Life should be an exciting
adventure, it should never be boring. A
man should live fully, be alive, he should
be happy to get up in the morning , he
should do a job that he likes because he is
good at it.
I once heard G. Patterson, the great editor
in chief of the newspaper “Valiente” gave a
speech and as he finished speaking he said
something that I have not forgotten: “ My
years in the newspaper business have
convinced me of several things, among
them, that people are basically good, that
we have come from one place and we are
going to another, so we should make our
time here an exciting adventure. The
architect of the universe did not build a
staircase that leads to nowhere .”
And the greatest teacher of all, the
carpenter of the plains of Galilee gave us this
secret again and again: “ just as you believe,
it will be given to you .”
I have explained the strangest secret in the
world and how it works. Now I want to explain
how you can prove to yourself the enormous
return that is possible to achieve in your life by
putting the secret to work in practice. I want
you to take a trial that will last 30 days. It's not
going to be easy, but if you give it a good try,
it will completely change your life for the
better.
In the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton, the
mathematician and natural philosopher wrote
his “natural laws of physics” that apply both to
human beings and to the movement of bodies
in the universe. One of those laws stated that
“ for every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction .” Simply put as it would
apply to you and me, “ we cannot achieve
anything without paying its price ”. The results
of your 30-day experiment will be in direct
relation to the effort you put into it. To be a
doctor you must pay the price of long years of
difficult studies. To be successful in sales,
remember that your success is an extension
of your ability to sell: selling ideals to families,
education in schools, selling to our children
the advantages of living a good and honest
life, selling to our partners and employees. the
importance of being exceptional people, and
of course, a professional in selling yourself.
But to be a professional in selling our way to a
good life you must have the firm conviction to
pay the price. And what is that price? Well,
that's a lot of things.
First: it is to understand both emotionally
and intellectually that we literally become
what we think , that we must control our
thoughts to control our lives , it is to fully
understand that “ you will reap your sowing .”
Second: it is spreading the wings of the
mind and allowing it to fly as it was divinely
designed to do. It is realizing that your
limitations are self-imposed and your
opportunities today are vastly beyond what
you believe. It is rising above narrow-minded
mental pettiness and prejudice.
Third: it is to use all your courage to force
yourself to think positively about your own
problem, to decide for yourself a definitive
goal to carefully reach, to allow your wonderful
mind to think about your goal from every
possible angle, to let your imagination
speculate freely. in all possible solutions,
refusing to believe that there will be any
circumstance strong enough to defeat you in
the pursuit of your purpose, acting quickly and
decisively when your course is clear, and
being constantly aware that at this moment
you are “standing in the middle of your own
acres of diamond land,” as Russell Cromwell
used to say.
And fourth: save at least 10% of everything
you earn. It is also remembering that no
matter what your job is, it has enormous
possibilities, if you are willing to pay the price.
Now let's round up the important points of
the price one has to pay to get the wonderful
life that can be ours. Obviously, it's worth any
price we put on it.
One: you will become what you think
about.
Two: remember the word imagination and
let your mind start flying.
Three: bravery. Focus on your goal
every day.
Fourth: save 10% of what you earn. And
fifth: action. Ideas are worthless unless we
put them into action.
Now I'll try to outline the 30 day trial I want
you to do. Keep in mind that you have nothing
to lose by doing this as much as you might
want to gain. There are two things that can be
said about everyone: everyone wants
something, and everyone is afraid of
something. I want you to write on a card what
you want most of all things. It can be more
money, doubling your salary, a special
amount of money, it can be a beautiful home,
success in your job, it can be a particular
position in life, a more harmonious family...
each of us wants something. Now write on
your card specifically what you want. Make
sure it's one thing and define it clearly. You
don't need to show it but carry it with you so
you can look at it anytime today. Think about
it in a happy, relaxed, positive way every
morning when you wake up and immediately
do something to work on, something to get out
of bed for, something to live for. Watch it
every chance you get during the day and
before going to bed at night. And while you
see it, remember that you must become what
you think about and as you are thinking about
your goal, you will realize that it will soon be
yours. In fact, it's actually yours since you
wrote it and started thinking about it. Look
around you at all the abundance as you go
about your daily business, you have as much
right to that abundance as any other living
creature, it is yours simply for the asking. Now
we come to the hard part, it's hard because it
involves forming what is probably a
completely new habit, and if you have it now it
needs to be reformed. However, once formed
it will follow you for the rest of your life.
Stop thinking about what you fear . Every
time a negative or fearful thought appears in
your consciousness , replace it with the
image of your positive and valuable goal .
There will come days when you feel like you
want to give up, it is easier for a human being
to think negatively than positively, that is why
only 5% are successful. You should start right
now to put yourself in that last group. For 30
days you must take control of your mind. He
can only think about what you allow him to
think about. Every day of this 30-day trial do
more of what you need to do . In addition to
maintaining a positive and joyful attitude, give
more of yourself than you did before. Do it
knowing that what will give you life back must
be in direct relation to what you give. The
moment you decide on a goal to move
towards, you are already a successful person.
At that moment you are in that rare and
successful category of people who know
where they are going. Now out of every 100
people, you belong to the best 5. Don't worry
too much about how you will reach your goal,
leave that entirely to a power greater than
yourself. All you have to know is where you
are going. The answers will come to you, of
their own volition, and at the right time.
Remember these words and remember them
well, keep them constantly before you in this
month of trial: “ Ask and it will be given to
you, seek and you will find, knock on the
door and it will be opened to you, because
everyone who asked received, everyone
who sought managed to find.” and to every
one who struck it was opened .” It's as
wonderful and simple as that. In fact it is so
simple that in our seemingly complex world it
is difficult for an adult to understand that all
you need is purpose and faith.
For 30 days, do the best you can. If you are
a salesperson, go where you have never
been, not agitated but with a calm and joyful
security knowing that time well spent will give
you the abundance you deserve in return. If
you're a builder, spend the entire month of
your trial without thinking about getting
anything in return, and you'll be surprised at
the difference it will make in your life. No
matter what you work on, do it like never
before for 30 days. And if you keep your goal
in front of you every day you will marvel at this
new life you found.
Dorothy A. Brand, an outstanding editor and
writer, discovered it and tells it in her
wonderful book “Wake up and live!” His entire
philosophy boils down to the words: “ Act in a
way that makes it seem impossible for you
to fail .” She did her own test with sincerity
and faith in her entire life and the result was
overwhelming success. Now, take the test for
a full 30 days. Don't start until you make up
your mind and know that you are going to
continue until the end. You see: by showing
persistence you are demonstrating faith,
persistence is simply another word for faith. If
you didn't have faith you would never have
persisted. If you fail your 30-day test, which I
mean would mean that you are overwhelmed
by negative thoughts, you should start over
from that point and do another 30 days.
Gradually your new habit will form until you
find yourself in that wonderful minority for
whom virtually nothing is impossible.
And don't forget the card, it is vitally
important as you begin this new way of living.
On one side write your goal, whatever it may
be; On the other write the words “ Ask and it
will be given to you, seek and you will find,
knock on the door and it will be opened to
you .” Nothing great was achieved without
inspiration. Observe during these 30 crucial
days that your own inspiration is at its highest
point and above all, do not worry. Worry
brings fear and fear invalidates. The only thing
that can make you afraid during your test is
trying to do it all yourself. Know that all you
have to do is keep your goal in front of you.
Everything else will take care of itself. Also
remember to stay calm and happy, don't let
petty things bother you and take you off
course.
Since taking this test is difficult for most, you
might ask, why bother? Well, look at the
alternative: no one wants to be a failure, no
one wants to be a mediocre individual, no one
wants a life constantly filled with worry, fear
and frustration, so remember to reap what you
sow. If you harvest negative thoughts your life
will be full of negative things. If you sowed
positive thoughts your life will be happy,
successful and positive.
You will tend to gradually forget these
things, so read them often, constantly remind
yourself what you have to do to form this new
habit, get your family together at regular
intervals and re-read this information.
Most men will tell you they want to make
money without understanding the law, but the
only people who make money work at the
Mint, everyone else must earn their money.
This is what causes many to look for
“something for nothing” or “a free pass to
failure in life.” The only way to make money
is to provide people with services or
products that are necessary and useful.
We exchange our time and product for other
people's money. Therefore the law is that
our financial return will be in direct relation
to our service.
Now , success is not the result of making
money, but making money is the result of
success. And success is directly related to
our service. Most believe that this works the
other way around, they believe that you are
successful if you make a lot of money, when
the truth is that you can only make money
after you are successful. It is like the story of
the man who is sitting in front of a furnace
saying “give me heat and then I will give you
wood.” How many men and women do you
know or do you think there are today with
such an attitude towards life? There are
millions. We have to put the fuel in first before
we can expect to receive heat; Likewise, we
have to perform our service first before we
can expect money. Don't worry about money,
provide your service, be free, work, dream,
create. Do this and you will see that there is
no limit to the prosperity and abundance that
will come to you. Prosperity is based on a law
of mutual exchange, each person who
contributes to prosperity must pass on what
he received. Sometimes the return does not
come from the hand of those you served, but
it must come to you from somewhere,
because that is the law: “for every action,
there is an equal and opposite reaction .”
As you go through your 30-day trial period
remember that your success will always be
measured by the quantity and quality of
the service you provide and that money is
the yardstick for measuring that service. No
man can enrich himself alone unless he
enriches others. There are no exceptions to a
law. You can drive down any street and from
your car estimate the value of the service
provided by the people who live on that street.
Did you ever think about such a measuring
ruler before? It's interesting. Some, like
certain priests, reverends and other devout
people measure their returns in the realm of
the spiritual, but again, their return is
equivalent to their service. Once this law is
completely understood every thinking person
can tell his own fortune. If you want more you
have to give more service to those who only
receive your return. If you want less, just
reduce your services. That's the price you
have to pay for what you want. If you think
you can get rich by deceiving others, you
can only end up deceiving yourself . It may
take a while, but as surely as you breathe, you
will receive what you put into it; Never make
the mistake of believing that you can avoid
this, it is impossible. The prisons and lonely
streets are full of people trying to make new
laws that are just for them. We can avoid the
laws of men for a time, but there are higher
laws that cannot be violated.
An amazing medical researcher recently
compiled the 6 basic steps to success:
1. Decide on a goal.
2. Stop getting discouraged.
3. Stop thinking about all the reasons
why you can't be successful and instead
think about the reasons why you can.
4. Trace your attitudes back to your
childhood and try to see when you first
heard that you couldn't succeed, if that's
the way you were thinking.
5. Change your self-image by writing a
description of the person you would like to
be.
6. And act the role of the successful
person you decided to become.

The doctor who wrote this is a successful

West Coast psychiatrist, Dr. David Harold
Fink. Do what experts from every moment in
history said you should do: pay the price by
becoming the person you want to become .
It's as difficult as living unsuccessfully. Take
your 30-day test and repeat it, and repeat it
again, and each time it will become more a
part of you until you wonder how you could
have ever lived any other way. Live this new
life at the doors of abundance and they will
open to shower you with more riches than you
ever dreamed existed. Money? Yes, lots. But
most importantly, you will have peace, you will
be in that beautiful minority that lives joyful,
calm and successful lives. Start today, you
have nothing to lose but you have a whole life
to gain.