The Templeton Plan: Step 6

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 6: Finding The Positive In Every Negative  

• You must be a positive person in life to succeed in life.
• "When you look at the world in a narrow way, how narrow it seems! When you look at it in a mean way, how mean it is! When you look at it selfishly, how selfish it is! But when you look at it in a broad, generous,, friendly spirit, what wonderful people you find in it!
• "I can complain because rosebushes have thorns or rejoice because thornbushes have roses. It is all how you look at it."
• If you forget about trying to acquire love as though it's a material object that you can touch and, instead, concentrate on giving it, then love automatically comes your way.
• The successful person learns to avoid comparisons of all types. The ability to speak well of others, without comparisons, and to avoid gossip are positive approaches to life.
• It is better to light one candle than to curse at the darkness. 

Areas to Study Further:

1. Avoid comparisons. They have a way of making negatives out of positives. 
2. Be sure your life is a seminar in living. You can achieve this by learning something new each day, no matter how small; by reaching out to others; by never passing up an opportunity for new experiences that will enlarge your knowledge; and by traveling as much as possible so that you can see new places and meet new people from different backgrounds.
3. Read literature that inspires you.