THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION /PART 18
LESSON XVIII. MENTAL
CONTROL THROUGH CREATION
I
attended a banquet of inventors recently. Each inventor gave a short talk on
something he thought would be accomplished in the future. Many very much needed
things were spoken of. One inventor spoke of the possibilities of wireless
telephone. Distance, he said, would shortly be annihilated. He thought we would
soon be able to talk to the man in the submarine forty fathoms below the
surface and a thousand miles away. When he got through he asked if there were
any that doubted what he said. No one spoke up. This was not a case of tactful
politeness, as inventors like to argue, but a case where no one present really
doubted that the inventor's vision would, in the future, materialize.
These
shrewd men, some real geniuses, all thought we would in time be able to talk to
those a thousand miles away without media. Now, if we can make an instrument so
wonderful that we can send wireless messages a thousand miles, is there any
reason why we should not through mental control transmit messages from one
person to another? The wireless message should not be as easy to send as the
projected thought.
The
day will come when all business will employ highly developed persons to send
out influences. These influences will be so dominating that employees will be
partly controlled by them and so you will profit more and more by your mental
powers and depend on them to draw to you all forces of a helpful nature. You
will be constantly sending out suggestions to your employees and friends. They
will receive these unconsciously, but in case yours is the stronger personality
they will carry them out the same as if you had spoken them.
This
is being done even today. A finely organized company secures the combined
effort of all its men. They may be each doing a different kind of work, but all
work to bring about the very best results. The whole atmosphere is impregnated
with a high standard of workmanship. Everyone feels he must do his best. He
could not be in such surroundings and be satisfied to do anything but his best
work.
A
business will succeed only to the extent that the efforts of all are
co-ordinated towards one result. At least one person is needed to direct all
toward the desired end. The person at the head does not have to exactly outline
to the others what steps to take, but he must possess the mental power of
control over others.
An
up-to-date business letter is not written in a casual, commonplace way today.
The writer tries to convey something he thinks the receiver will be interested
to know. In this way he awakens a responsive spirit. Sometimes just the
addition of a word or two will change a letter of the matter-of-fact style to
one that compels a response. It is not always what is actually in a letter, but
the spirit which it breathes that brings results. That intangible something
that defies analysis is the projected thought of the master that brings back
the harvest that it claims.
But
we should not always claim success for ourselves only. If you are anxious that
some friend or relative should succeed, think of this person as becoming
successful. Picture him in the position you would like to see him in. If he has
a weakness, desire and command that it be strengthened; think of his
shortcomings which belong to his negative nature as being replaced by positive
qualities. Take a certain part of the day to send him thoughts of an
up-building nature. You can in this way arouse his mental powers into activity,
and once aroused, they will assert themselves and claim their own.
We
can accomplish a great deal more than many of us are ready to believe by
sending to another our direct, positive and controlling suggestions of
leadership, but whether a man is a success or not is greatly determined by the
way he acts on the suggestions he receives.
We
either advance or decline. We never stand still. Every time we accomplish
something it gives us ability to do greater things. The bigger the attempt
undertaken, the greater the things accomplished in the future. As a business
grows, the head of the business also has to grow. He must advance and be ever
the guiding influence. By his power to control, he inspires confidence in those
associated with him. Often employees are superior to their employers in some
qualities, and, if they had studied, instead of neglected their development,
they could have been employers of more commanding influence than those whom
they serve.
Through
your mental power you can generate in another enthusiasm and the spirit of
success, which somehow furnishes an impetus to do something worth while.
In concentrated
mental control, there is a latent power more potent than physical force. The
person becomes aware that the attitude of the mind has a power of controlling,
directing and governing other forces. He has been placed in an attitude capable
of acquiring that which he desires.
All
of us no matter how strong we are, are affected by the mental forces of our
environment. There is no one that can remain neutral to influences. The mind
cannot be freed from the forces of a place. If the environment of your place of
business is not helpful, it will be harmful. That is why a change of position
will often do a person a great deal of good.
No
person was ever intended to live alone. If you are shut up with only your own
thoughts you suffer from mental starvation. The mind becomes narrow; the mental
powers weaken. Living alone often causes some of the milder forms of insanity.
If children do not play with those their own age, but associate with only older
people, they will take on the actions of the older people. The same is true of
older persons if they associate with people younger than they are. They take on
the spirit of youth. If you wish to retain your youth you need the influences
of youth. Like attracts like all over the world.
The
thought element plays a great part in our lives. Every business must not only
command physical effort but it must also command thought effort. There must be
co-ordination of thought. All employers should aim to secure employees that
think along similar lines. They will work in fuller sympathy with each other.
They will better understand each other. This enables them to help each other,
which would be utterly impossible if they were not in sympathy with each other.
It is this that goes to make up a perfect organization, which directs and
influences them toward the one end. Instead of each person being a separate
unit, each one is like a spoke in a big wheel. Each member carries his own
load, and he would not think of shirking. Anyone working in such an atmosphere
could not help turning out his best work.
All
great leaders must be able to inspire this co-operative spirit. They first
secure assistance through their mental control. They then make their assistants
realize the value of mental control. Soon there is a close bond between them;
they are working toward a single purpose. They profit by their combined effort.
The result is that they accomplish much.
If
your business is conducted in the right spirit, you can instill your thoughts
and your ideas into your employees. Your methods and ideas become theirs. They
don't know it, but your mental forces are shaping their work. They are just as
certain to produce results as any physical force in nature.
The
up-to-date business man of the future is going to take pains to get his employees
to think and reason better. He will not want them to become depressed or
discouraged. There is time that instead of being wasted he will endeavor to
have them use in concentrated effort that will be profitable to both employer
and employed. There must be more of the spirit of justice enter into the
business of the future.
There
is a firm I know that will not hire an employee until he has filled out an
application blank. No doubt those that fill it out think it is foolishness, but
it is not. A capable manager can look over this application blank and pretty
nearly tell if this person will fit into his management. The main thing he
wants to know is the applicant's capacity for efficient co-operative effort. He
wants persons that have faith in themselves. He wants them to realize that when
they talk of misfortunes and become blue they are likely to communicate the
same depressing influence to others. The up-to-date manager wants to guard
against hiring employees who will obstruct his success.
You
must realize that every moment spent in thinking of your difficulties of the
past, every moment spent in bad company is attracting to you all that is bad;
is attracting influences that must be shaken off before you can advance.
Many
firms prefer to hire employees that never worked before so that they have
nothing to unlearn. They are then not trained, but have no bad business habits
to overcome. They are more easily guided and grasp the new methods more
effectively because they are not contrary to what they have already learned.
They are at once started on the right road, and as they co-operate readily they
receive the mental support of the management in learning the methods that have
been perfected. This inspires confidence in themselves and they soon become
efficient and, finally, skilled workers.
Most
big business firms today employ efficiency experts. Each day or week they are
in a different department. They earn their money because they familiarize
persons with very little business experience with plans that has taken the
"expert" years of training and much money to perfect.
The
attitude we take has a great deal more to do with our success than most of us
realize. We must be able to generate those forces that are helpful. There is a
wonderful power in the thought rightly controlled and projected and we must
through concentration develop this power to the fullest possible extent.
We
are surrounded by many forces of which we know but little at present. Our
knowledge of these is to be wonderfully increased. Each year we learn more
about these psychic forces which are full of possibilities of which we are not
even dimly conscious. We must believe in mental control, learn more about it,
and use it, if we want to command these higher powers and forces which will
unquestionably direct the lives of countless future generations.
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