Two brilliant lessons for think and grow rich lessons chapter 1. Thanks to both Bob Shoaf and Margi Starr for their brilliant lessons this week.

If You would like to learn how to own Your life and improve Your own skills and live the life of Your dreams by owning Your own thoughts,

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Bob Shoaf Alamogordo, NM, USA

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

THE MAN WHO "THOUGHT" HIS WAY INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH THOMAS A. EDISON

If everyone who downloads Michael's ebook, STS, had a BURNING DESIRE to
accomplish their reason for downloading it, this chapter would be the only one
needed.

Take Edwin C. Barnes who demonstrated, "THOUGHTS ARE THINGS". He had no money.
He hoped a freight train, went to meet Edison, not to work for him, but to go
into business with him. Barnes accepted whatever job Edison offered so he would
be in the presence of Edison.

Our thoughts are very powerful. Michael demonstrates that with the "Kinesiology
Muscle Test". It may be found at www.michaeldlouhymentor.com. For the non-
believer, it has been demonstrated with double blind tests.

By learning these 13 Steps or Principles in Hill's book, Think and Grow Rich, we
can attract anything and anybody we desire into our lives.

We are GUARANTEED success, if we are COACHABLE.

What does COACHABLE mean? It means:

1. Beginning to developing ones "Why" from Chapter 2 of STS.
2. Being on at least one of these calls each Wednesday.
3. Posting lessons and speaking up on the calls.
4. Reading other posted lessons, ideally all of them.
5. Developing a relationship with other members.
6. Learning the 13 Steps or Principles in this book.
7. Other activities will present themselves as time passes.

This Wednesday studying of T&GR is, as far as we know, the most in depth and
complete training known. It is live, interactive and hands on.

There is another aspect, a critical aspect of the MFF training. We are given the
opportunity to put into practice what we are learning here on Wednesdays. I like
to think of it as On The Job Training (OJT). This is what we called it in my Air
Force days. We have a coach and a mentor to help us.

MFF has the complete package, beginning to whatever a person desires.

I thank Michael and Linda for having the BURNING DESIRE as Barnes did to create
MFF. To keep the BURNING DESIRE, for years, making MFF even better. This is an
example of our DESIRES growing as new opportunities present themselves.

I thank the members of each training session, who create a master mind group, as
Hill suggests. Without them, we would be a master mind of one. Each of us has
demonstrated over the years a master mind of one just does not work. That is why
we are here.

Bob Shoaf
Alamogordo, NM

PS: Here I get very personal and sometimes emotional when those who have
downloaded my ebook and are communicating with me on a regular basis. We too
form a master mind group as Hill suggests. I thank each and every one of them
for allowing me to communicate with them. We are helping each other on our road
to success. Thank you each one of you. I will believe in you, until you believe
in yourself.

My pledge to each one of you is that I will give you more support than you have
gotten prior to downloading my ebook.

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Margi Starr Springfield, Ohio, USA

Chapter 1—Thoughts Are Things

Secrets can be such fun. Who doesn’t like to walk into a room and hear people shout,

“Surprise! Happy Birthday!”

I’m going to share with you a really great secret. You are going to want to shout it to the rooftops!

It’s a secret that has been known by men of great wealth throughout the ages. This secret is so powerful, it transforms lives.

Knowing this secret gave a raggedy man (Edwin C Barnes) the courage to ride in a boxcar with the single thought that he was going to work for Thomas Edison.

Knowing this secret gave Mary Kay Ash the determination to turn her cosmetic brand into a multimillion dollar business.

Knowing this secret gave Bill Gates the ability to become one of the wealthiest and most philanthropic men on the planet.

So if this secret is so powerful, why is it not core curriculum in our public education system? Certainly the knowledge and application of this ranks right up there with reading, writing, and figuring out algebraic equations.

Most people assume that the classic book Think and Grow Rich is a book about attaining wealth. I first read it hoping to find a magic formula for success. I wasn’t looking for wizardry, but I was certainly hoping to find some clues as to how to change my life.

I read the entire book. I highlighted many sentences. I wrote notes in the margins.

But I didn’t get it. Probably because I wasn’t ready for it.

The secret eluded me even though it is woven throughout every chapter of the book.

The opening chapter is called “Thoughts are Things.” In it, Hill introduces his philosophy that we can control our destiny.

As a Christian, I believe that the Creator has given me Free Will. That means that I get to make choices each day of my life.

Lots and lots and lots of choices.

The choices I make each initiate with a Thought. When my Thoughts are vibrating with Positive Energy, they are going to trigger the right choices that create an Incredible Destiny.

As I learn to control my MIND, I hold the KEY to Owning My Life.

Fear doesn’t own my life. Scarcity, Jealousy, and Anger don’t own my life. I am no longer enslaved to Revenge, Greed, or Superstition. And I refuse to live with a Scarcity mindset.

The foundation to the Secret to Success is in this opening chapter because success BEGINS with the power of Thought.

God has given this incredible gift to each of us. It’s part of our DNA, but it is up to as how we use it.

If this is the first time you’ve been told that you can own your life, then let me say,

"Happy Birthday!"

Because it truly can be the beginning of a brand new life!

Margi Starr

Springfield, Ohio

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We love and appreciate you,
We believe in You
Your friends and mentors,
Ben and Jenny

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Bellow is MY personal lesson plan for Think and Grow Rich lessons, chapter 15 How to outwit the six ghosts of fear.

When You fear losing a person that is what emotion a person picks up on. That when You fear losing someone's love You project that into Your own life pushing them away. You may do anything to attempt to keep that person within Your own life, the only issue is that You end up with that person moving away or leaving. Fear is what is used to be keep a person under control and it also stops us from living the life of our dreams, this is the chapter that first started on when started with the mental cleanse and it’s been where I have needed to do the most work. Stopping letting those fears run MY own life.

I AM also needing to work on the fear of Criticism which has been a very big area of own life, stopping being concerned about what others are going to say and just going out there and doing what I AM wanting to do. Being unconcerned about the opinions of family members who are unsuccessful that keep on knocking others and their efforts or letting fear run their lives with what they say.

When You fear making friend's owing to past hurts You make no true genuine friends as that fear stops You from being who You are as a person. It also repels those who want to be a genuine friend from You as a person. You may be the most loving caring person, however, fear of getting used by friends again or losing that love again truly stops You.

Throughout own life that fear has been a huge issue and its run own life. It's also been feeling that I AM able to be a wonderful friend and that I AM safe, that there is no one out there wanting to hit, punch me for any reason at all. For many years, that's what happened as it was what came to expect.

I came to expect physical violence as that was all that knew. I came to expect pain from friends as that was all I knew, the same with love. It just so happened to be the same with own health that drove me away from what loved and wanted to do.

I stopped going to amusement parks owing to fear of becoming worse health wise. I kept that dream of foster care and adoption to myself, being so scared about a family member’s reaction to Your request. I even stopped asking for help from family as was too scared of their reaction and hearing them screaming as had asked for help, to borrow a car.

Fear also stopped me from speaking up owing to those who are truly bullies more than anything else. They would tear someone else down to make themselves feel big, always had to be right. It stopped me from speaking up against the guys who Were pinching, punching and hitting at school. I would keep quite or stop expressing what believed just to keep the peace or to please someone else owing to the fear of that person's reaction, MY father screaming shut up when attempting to talk about what I believe in with MY sister which kept on turning into an argument.

That kind of fear is what stops You from saying this is How I AM eating and when You speak up You get the “I don’t do healthy speech”. The speech when You are talking with someone who Says “X and I have enough money to leave and get our own place. But You don’t”. That is when there is true fear, it’s being pushed upon someone else. They turn around attempting to control the situation or get You to confirm and get back in their little box. The box which fits into their mould of who they expect You are as a person.

Everybody knows someone who has attempted to get someone to fit back into their little box, that box which they had put them into. The box and mould which fits into their life, the person fears what the one who they are wanting to control is going to do. I AM just curious is that the type of life You want to live, hearing someone who constantly knocks what You say, hearing them talking about family members poorly, believes their right, screaming at You for asking for help just because it’s an inconvenience or something may go wrong, even because they just want to be left alone. They are unwilling to lend a hand.

It’s different from the life I AM wanting to live, its taken many years just to work on conquering these fears. Realizing that its truly None of MY own business what anyone else has to say all that matters is what I think of myself. Michael’s saying of “Its none of MY business what anyone else thinks of me what is MY business is what I think of myself.” Is a big saying that needs to be applied regularly.

There are those who are needing help, it may not be until they are ready that they will get their help. It’s far from the life that I AM wanting to live, that life filled with love, fun, laughter, and friends. Yes, there is that chance that there will be pain there, however, it's knowing that I AM able to achieve those goals that set for myself and that it's that person's reality rather that MY own reality. What’s holding You back from those goals and dreams, it's time to work towards that home on the Gold Coast of QLD and being that Ben that Can be. Being that Ben who always dreamed of being.

That guy who loves the amusement parks enjoys a healthy life, loves his wife and wants to be out there helping who he can to live a better life as a person. Knowing that I AM able to go on all those amusement park rides and will be ok, knowing that I AM able to be a wonderful friend and it’s ok, that I AM living the life of MY own dreams, rather than listening to some else's junk or fear about a situation.

Thank You to the amazing wonderful loving and caring mentors could ask for Michael and Linda Dlouhy, To Ken Klemm MY personal mentor thank You for Your own ongoing guidance love and support.

Your friend for life,

We love and appreciate You,

Big hugs,

Ben Drake

West Ryde NSW Australia

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We love and appreciate you,
We believe in You
Your friends and mentors,
Ben and Jenny

“Helping families live better lives”

You know how most people are wanting to create an income from home to be able to spend more time with their families. Some people have found a way to be able to spend more time with their loved ones and still have an income coming in.

We can guarantee You success in the industry when You are coachable and learn those skills which are needed to become a success in the industry.

Our free gift for You is available here