The Danger of Driving Sharp Bargains
Every time I have ever seen someone drive a sharp bargain, it has ended up coming back at the person in some negative way. People who get paid more than they are worth, or who receive more benefit than they provide, always run into problems and have difficulty achieving success. The most successful people in the world are, for the most part, the ones who give more value than they receive. They contribute so much value that people want to do business with them, to buy their products and services over and over again. When I was practicing law, I [Read more]
Change Your Thermostat
One day several years ago, I was sitting in my office in Los Angeles when two barefooted women walked in. Their feet were dirty, and I can assure you, it is not normal for women to walk around downtown Los Angeles without shoes. Both of the women had scabs on their face and were in their late 20s or early 30s. They were dressed like prostitutes and they both looked quite frightening, their eyes glassy and hair unkempt. They did not smell good. All it took was one look to see that the women had been living on the streets, [Read more]
The Dangers of Complacency
The most important thing you can do in your pursuit of success is avoid complacency. Never allow yourself to settle down and accept your results as finite. You need to surround yourself with people who will continue to challenge you to become better. Whom you choose to surround yourself with plays a major role in what you will achieve and what will happen to you in your life. Surround yourself with mediocre people and you will likely face mediocrity in your own life; surround yourself with people who accept nothing but the best from themselves and others, and you are [Read more]
Bad Manners, Rumors, and Your Career
One of the risks you face as you progress in your career is rumors. People may make up various falsehoods and share incorrect (usually negative) information about you. These falsehoods can spread like wild fire and can literally destroy your career overnight. It is even more dangerous when there is an element of truth to these rumors and you do not speak out against them. Rumors can be created by your competitors, by someone who does not like you, or simply by a colleague for seemingly no reason at all. Regardless of the source of information, once [Read more]
Don’t Be Dead Weight–Contribute More than You Take
One of the most important things you can do for any employer is produce value far in excess of what you receive as compensation. When you look at a highly compensated salesperson, for example, the chances are very good that he or she is producing a lot more value than he or she is paid for. A salesperson who makes $100,000 a year is probably producing at least $500,000 in revenue for the company he or she works for. It is like this with every profession. Lawyers who bill clients $700,000 a year for their services inside [Read more]
Sympathy, Morale, and the Importance of Being Organized
In every job I have ever had, I have been happy for the most part. When I was an attorney, for example, I liked many aspects of being an attorney. When I worked in the asphalt business, I loved many aspects of that business. Most people are able to find some level of enjoyment in every job that they do. What is interesting, though, is that in every job I ever had, there were always people around me who were more than happy to stop by my office and go out to lunch with me, just to give me the [Read more]
The Better Your Product, the Better Your Life
One day, when I was growing up, I had a pain in my foot and my stepmother took me to see a podiatrist. I had never heard of a podiatrist and I have never been to one since, but I remember hearing the most unusual story at the time about a girl who became a podiatrist. Several years ago, some friends of one of my parents’ had a daughter who completed a few years of college and was pretty out of control. She had gotten horrible grades, had gotten into all sorts of trouble, and seemed to [Read more]
Control Your Environment
Have you ever known someone whose life seems to go wrong at every turn? I have known several people like this. Here are some examples of things that have gone wrong for them:
- They sign up for a course in school, forget they are enrolled, and get an F in the class–crushing their chances of getting into a good graduate school.
- They constantly have strange health problems.
- People around them seem to constantly be dying or having accidents for no apparent reason.
- They are robbed and beaten up, even in good neighborhoods.
- The sewer pipes explode in their house and destroy their home a week after they forget to pay their home insurance.
- They get fired and dismissed from jobs after being accused of things they did not even do.
- They touch a microwave oven to heat up some food and the microwave breaks.
- Their cars keep breaking down–even new ones–and they are always late and missing out on this or that.
- They have strange auto accidents, like being directly behind a truck making bottled water deliveries, which suddenly discharges its load onto the freeway, causing them to drive into a ravine.
- They have a couple of drinks and go for a bike ride, then get arrested and thrown in prison for drunk driving.
- The companies they join go out of business.
- They lose an important sporting competition because they have a bizarre accident right before they are to compete.
- They constantly lose purses, keys, and other personal articles.
I could go on and on about various people like this whom I have seen bad things happen to over and over again. However, the most interesting thing about these people is that [Read more]
Concentrate on Your Product
When I was growing up, I used to spend most weekends with my father. Like most fathers I knew, my dad loved to watch sports. Football was always on during the season, and he always seemed most interested in college sports. I have always been amazed by college football because of the high level of enthusiasm that students, alumni, and others have for it. My mother went to the University of Michigan, my father attended law school there for some time, my grandfather went there, and my grandmother got a master’s degree there as well. My grandparents liked the school [Read more]
Concentration and the Acquirement of Personal Magnetism
Concentration and the Acquirement of Personal Magnetism by O. Hashnu Hara is an amazing book giving us step-by-step instructions on the secret processes of magnetic healing for curing ailments and illnesses. This is a course of lessons on the action of thought, explaining its composition, and the correct method of using it, especially with regard to increasing and controlling your personal magnetism.
Concentration and the Acquirement of Personal Magnetism is a very important self-improvement book and I am sure its practical exercises will assist you in developing your personal magnetism to use as a powerful force in your personal and professional life.
–Harrison
CONCENTRATION AND THE ACQUIREMENT OF PERSONAL MAGNETISM
By O. Hashnu Hara
INTRODUCTION
