Please first read the previous POST: It will assist you to have a better view over this most important topic of "Controlling Your Attention".
Napoleon Hill - Principle # 17 - Control your attention ,
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This POST is all about Napoleon Hill - Principle # 17 - Control your attention - part 11. This part will discuss the effects of "Control your attention" and the principles of: "Control your attention AT WORK ".
In nature, when 2 or more substances join together, new substances are created. The effect of the new joined substance is far greater as the 2 basic substances. For example oxygen and hydrogen join and create water ( the source of life). When Sodium and Chlorine join together ( two dangerous substances) they create = table salt which is totally usable and healthy.
The same principle is relevant to thoughts ( one substance), connected with other thoughts ( an other substance) and combined with an event or circumstances or a situation and the combination of the 2 or 3 thought + events can together with "controlled attention", create powerful decisions and action!
Thoughts about the following topics in combination of awareness and controlled attention can lead to miraculous powers.
- Definite of Purpose
- SELF discipline through emotional control
- Autosuggestion applied to attaining your purpose
- Willpower actively engaged and directed towards your purpose
- Controlled attention
- Personal initiatives
- Creative vision
- Applied faith
For example: you have a business plan and you need money to be invested. You need this money in a certain date. There are two ways to deal with this situation:
- You can worry about it and do nothing about raising the money
- You can go after raising the money by combining the above 8 principles
If you know how much money you need and you know when you need it as well as you are defined to get it on time. By doing o you have a DEFINITE OF PURPOSE.
When you keep this DEFINITE OF PURPOSE in your mind and transmit it to your sub conscious. You automatically exclude all other ideas ( of doubts), by doing so you put your mind and sub conscious mind to work on figuring out the way to achieve your DEFINITE OF PURPOSE. This is the practical application of "controlled attention" via personal initiative.
When the above happens, your mind is cleared of fear or any doubts. This is the self discipline activating the willpower hat is expressed through applied faith transmitted to your brain and your awareness as "autosuggestion" ( as if you already achieved your DEFINITE OF PURPOSE).
All the above forces and actions will stimulate your imegination which will create the means through which the money will be created and handed over to you.
once that you go the money that you needed, you will still be obliged to take action according to the other 17 success principles.
There are two most important principles which are CONSTANT:
- Definite Of Purpose
- Controlled attention
Thomas Edison wrote: the most important is that you know what you want to achieve ( definite of purpose and creative vision). Next is the you fix your mind on those visions and definite of purpose that you wish to achieve and you must stay persistent in taking action and searching for accumulative knowledge about how to get whatever you desire ( using master mind allieneces and controlled attention). The progress, the moving forward must be consistent, regardless to how many times you meet difficulty and disappointment ( express willpower). You must be resistance to negativity or to information about the failure of other people trying to achieve similar goals as you have in mind ( demonstrating: self discipline and applied faith). You must be sold on th idea and totally and absolutely believe that the solution to your "problem" definitely exists and you are certain to find it ( demonstrating: autosuggestion).
If you start with a vision / goal / definite of purpose in your mind and you keep being positive about attaining your vision. You will keep on searching and carving the path. The problem with most people is that they are not consistent and they quit before they even started. You must be realistic to the fact that you will never find the solution to any of your problem at your first attempt. Hence, you will fail and fail again and fail again. BUT, if you will never give up and you will restart again and again, you will DISCOVER that all that you wanted was in your reach and all that you needed was the controlled attention on the persistence that was necessary and that presistance was the key to revel the path to achieving all your life desires and life goals!!!
CONTROLLED ATTENTION harnesses many of the other success principles and heightens their powers and increases the effect of itself (CONTROLLED ATTENTION) by focusing and the current task.

This POST his the last one in the POST series discussing Napoleon's Hill - 17 success principles. Thos 17 success principles re classic timeless principles that will never change and or will be never updated as they are pure perfection as they are. All that you need to do is study those 17 success principles again and again and again and again! Adopt them and use them. By doing so, you are guaranteed to experience thee most positive and fulfilling lifetime!!!