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Author: [[Napoleon Hill, Sharon L. Lechter (Editor), Mark Victor Hansen (Foreword), Michael Bernard Beckwith (…]] Full Title: Outwitting the Devil Category: #books “Most real failures are due to limitations which men set up in their own minds.” A negative mind-set and self-doubt can be the primary obstacle to success. By working through the low points in your life and persevering, you can gain the insight needed to succeed. that the discovery usually came as the result of an emergency, when men are forced to change their habits and to think their way out of difficulty. The instructions were given through the medium of thoughts which presented themselves in my mind with such force that they were readily distinguishable from my ordinary self-created thoughts. I Receive Strange “Orders” from a Strange Source My instructions began in this fashion: “You are now completely in charge of your ‘other self.’ You are entitled to know that two entities occupy your body, as in fact two similar entities occupy the body of each living person on earth. “One of these entities is motivated by and responds to the impulse of fear. The other is motivated by and responds to the impulse of faith. For more than a year you have been driven, like a slave, by the fear entity. “Night before last the faith entity gained control over your physical body, and you are now motivated by that entity. For the sake of convenience you may call this faith entity your ‘other self.’ It knows no limitations, has no fears, and recognizes no such word as ‘impossible.’ That fear-motivated ‘old self’ is not dead; it has merely been dethroned. And it will follow you around wherever you go, awaiting a favorable opportunity to step in and take charge of you again. It can gain control of you only through your thoughts. Remember this, and keep the doors to your mind tightly closed against all thoughts which seek to limit you in any manner whatsoever, and you will be safe. “This ‘other self’ will aid you in translating your plans into reality. Moreover, you should know that it begins, always, with your major, or most pronounced desire.

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Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill, Sharon L. Lechter (Editor), Mark Victor Hansen (Foreword), Michael Bernard Beckwith (… presents wisdom from the contemplative traditions.

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