Year of Growing Rich: Week 34
Accurate Thinking? Maybe it's not that catchy, but it's a part of the make-up of a CHAMPION'S MINDSET...
Week 34 “The Power of Accurate Thinking”
What if Napoleon Hill had called his classic book, THINK…ACCURATELY, and Grow Rich?
Not quite as catchy huh?
But that’s what he’s saying in this lesson on THINKING.
What does it mean to THINK ACCURATELY?
Accurate thinking requires a level of WISDOM that is often found in LEADERS.
It means to me “THINKING ABOVE THE FRAY” or being able to take your thoughts CAPTIVE and sort through them while things may be less-than-positive all around you, maybe even spinning out of control.
One ancient script even speaks to us about
“TAKING EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE.”
This is the mind of an UNCOMMON THINKER.
“The ACCURATE THINKER recognizes that some ‘opinions’ expressed by others are WORTHLESS, even dangerous…
Because they are based upon bias, prejudice, intolerance, egotism, fear and guesswork.” —Napoleon Hill
Accurate thinking requires these uncommon individuals to create a calming, or stillness that allows them to SET the caliber of their thoughts. This is commonly referred to as MINDSET.
And mindset is no small thing.
In my coaching and speaking I call it a MILLIONAIRE MINDSET. It’s a level of thinking on the highest order and the polar opposite of letting someone else THINK FOR YOU or tell you what you should be thinking. Especially someone or something that espouses FEAR, GOSSIP, WORRY, WEAKNESS, ENVY, etc.
Great Leaders don’t make critical decisions based on popularity or polls.
Great minds and great thinkers are rare.
Seek them out, study and learn from them.
Leaders and High Achievers most certainly THINK on a different level than the average person.
My encouragement to you is to THINK DIFFERENTLY about something you already know a lot about, like your job or your business or money or wealth.
I’ve posed this question to my live audiences on this one.
Suppose you awoke tomorrow morning and found you have ONE MILLION DOLLARS in your bank account…How do you feel? What would you THINK?
Now, suppose Richard Branson awoke to the same realization that he had ONE MILLION DOLLARS in his account.
What would HE THINK?
Would you suppose it might contrast with what most individuals would be thinking? And the answer is “OF COURSE.” That’s the MINDSET and thinking that runs from “I’m rich to I’m broke.”
Taking your thoughts captive and setting your mind on BIG SCALE THINKING requires a discipline that is not easily attained, but can most certainly be learned.
“ACCURATE THINKING calls for the highest order of self-discipline, a trait that is very closely related. Prompt and accurate decisions are the most important cornerstones of success in all walks of life. They are not attainable without COURAGEOUS and HONEST self-discipline.”
—Napoleon Hill, A Year of Growing Rich
Take your thoughts CAPTIVE.
Be FEARLESS and COURAGEOUS.
Cultivate an UNSHAKEABLE ATTITUDE and a CHAMPION’S MINDSET.
As you do you will begin to understand…