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The Templeton Plan: Step 14

The Templeton Plan is written for those who consider themselves students in the school of total success. It is suggested that you devote yourself to one step each day, over a period of three weeks, Each step should be studied carefully until the following questions can be answered in a satisfactory and thorough manner:
  1. What do these ideas really mean?
  2. How do they apply to my own life?
  3. How can I use their meaning in achieving success?

Step 14: Controlling Your Thoughts For Effective Action

  • We're not products of circumstances or accident; we're products of what we think. Our thoughts influence our words, our deeds, what other people think of us, and whether or not they want to do business with us.
  • "You can do everything with the thoughts of your mind. They are under your absolute control. You can direct them. You can coerce them. You can hush them or crush them. You can dissolve them and put others in their place. There is no other spot in the universe where man has mastery. The dominion that is yours by divine right is over your own thoughts."

Lessons Learned:  

  1. Remember that you are what you think. If you think well of yourself, others will think well of you. Your mind creates the environment in which you live and function.
  2. The moment you wake up in the morning set your thought pattern for the day. Think of five things for which you are deeply grateful and keep them in your mind.

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