Think And Grow Rich - The Devil's Workshop Pt. 4

Think And Grow Rich – The Devil’s Workshop Pt. 4

On February 25, 2011, in Blog Series, Book Reviews, Personal development in MLM, The six ghosts of fear, Think and grow rich, Think and grow rich, by Oliver

Previous post in this series: Think And Grow Rich – The Devil’s Workshop Pt. 3 – 57 famous alibis

This last sub-chapter of chapter How to outwit the six ghosts of fear is a very dense one.

Not much room for interpretation, not a single word too much I would even say. That’s one of the reasons I sticked close the text and didn’t add many personal interpretations and conclusions.

The 57 famous alibis, I mean they’re crystal clear, aren’t they ? Some of you even added some, and that’s cool because it’s honest. Thank you for that.

Now let’s check why people defend their alibis as if they defended their lives.

Napoleon Hill has a simple explanation for that: “They defend their alibis because they create them ! A man’s alibi is the child of his own imagination. It is human nature to defend one’s own brainchild.”

Wow, we’re protecting our alibi brainchild like our real children.

You think that’s an exaggeration ? Then I dare to say that you have never tried to rob someone’s alibis (or net even tried to get rid of your own).

Alibis are a creation. In the same way we create alibis and excuses we could create success. It doesn’t cost more time and energy to create something that makes sense instead of something that is just an alibi.

Napoleon Hill quotes Plato:”The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.”

He also quotes Elbert Hubbard:”It was a great surprise to me when I discovered that most of the ugliness I saw in others, was but a reflection of my own nature.”

And:”It has always been a mystery to me why people spend so much time deliberately fooling themselves by creating alibis to cover their weaknesses. If used differently, this same time would be sufficient to cure the weakness, then no alibis would be needed.”

There’s no point in changing this sentence:”Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is TIME. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by TIME. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate INDECISION!”

It all starts with a burning desire you create in your own mind.

Napoleon Hill closes his eternal works with a quote from the “immortal Emerson”:

“If we are related, we shall meet.”

What is your opinion ?

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18 Responses to “Think And Grow Rich – The Devil’s Workshop Pt. 4”

karlene says:

February 25, 2011 at 14:52

Hi Oliver,

in my mind, it all goes back to keeping self in the background and if our true desire is to help and serve others there is no time or energy to dwell on the faults of others.

Like what you said about time, I think our hesitation to move is a time robber and it has lasting effects to make excuses of how we respond to time!

Thanks for another great post, have enjoyed your series!

Karlene

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Oliver Reply:
February 26th, 2011 at 22:02
Hi Karlene,

thanks for your comment. I couldn’t agree more that hesitation is a time robber – not only that we lose time today, we plant the seed of losing time in the future.

Take care

Oliver

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Mavis Nong
Twitter: MavisNong
says:

February 25, 2011 at 17:22

Hi Oliver,

Another thought-provoking post. It’s so true that we create our own alibis – a complete waste of time and energy.

We should be focusing on creating success. It all starts with a decision and that burning fire from within, to succeed.

Thanks for the inspiration once again. Have a great weekend, Oliver!

All the best,
Mavis
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Oliver Reply:
February 26th, 2011 at 22:00
Hi Mavis,

thanks for your comment. I agree that alibis are a complete waste of time and energy. It takes less work and energy to make a definite decision and create a burning desire.

Thanks for your wonderful comment.

Take care

Oliver

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Delena Silverfox says:

February 26, 2011 at 01:39

Very good point. So much of what we see and interact with is simple illusion, and if we remember that our entire world is merely a reflection of our own self, how much easier living would be!

Alibis are the justification we make to stay in our comfort zone, or avoid shortcoming and failure. I’m struggling with this one in the form of SEO and my blog. I *can* do it, I understand the process. I just can’t do it right now, and maybe I chose a horrible time to set up a blog and try to go to pro. Ah well. I’ll do it anyway.

Delena
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Oliver Reply:
February 26th, 2011 at 21:59
Hi Delena,

thanks for your comment. You are right, we often see what we want to see in circumstances – it’s an illusion.

Regarding your blog I can only say: Go for it. Times will never be better again !

Take care

Oliver

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Kisane says:

February 27, 2011 at 11:10

Hi Oliver

Persisting in sticking to an alibi consumes so much energy that could otherwise have been invested in creating/building success.

And I love the image of the player opposite me on the checkerboard being Time. So powerful! Indecision can do us in!

Another very interesting post Oliver

Kisane
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Oliver Reply:
February 27th, 2011 at 15:27
Hi Kisane,

thanks for your comment. That’s the key:”Persisting in sticking to an alibi consumes so much energy that could otherwise have been invested in creating/building success.”

When we get this, everything’s possible.

Take care

Oliver

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Marcus Baker
Twitter: marcus_baker
says:

February 27, 2011 at 12:31

Hi Oliver,

Of course there is little point in creating alibis and it’s more worthwhile creating a burning desire, there is only so much we can control consciously.

So while we might make all kinds of decisions these are often eroded without us even knowing.

While mastering our thoughts and indeed life at the non physical level appears to be a simple matter we know it isn’t or else we would all have done so already.

The fact that we continue to search and change what we can to realize who we truly are is however our core reason for being here and so anything we can do to further our journey is a step in the right direction.

~Marcus
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Oliver Reply:
February 27th, 2011 at 15:23
Hi Marcus,

wow, thanks for sharing this amazing comment. It’s worth several books ! What we fail to realize is that it doesn’t cost more time and energy to create burning desire instead of alibis. We cling to alibis because we created them. How easy would it be to cling to our burning desire if we created them instead ?

Thanks again for adding tremendous value to the discussion !

Take care

Oliver

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Golda Smith says:

February 28, 2011 at 03:21

Hi Oliver,

I think that the ego is a big culprit in why we hold so tightly to our alibi. The ego says “this is who you are”, “they should accept you”, “you don’t have to change” and a lot of other stories we sometimes tell ourselves.

When we can leave ego at the door and be open then we can accomplish great things.

Golda
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Oliver Reply:
March 2nd, 2011 at 14:48
Hi Golda,

I agree that ego plays a big role in conserving of what we are not – a reflection of other people’s thoughts and programming.

Thanks for your comment.

Take care

Oliver

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Ilka Flood
Twitter: ilkaflood
says:

February 28, 2011 at 17:20

Hi Oliver,

Great closure to an awesome and thought-provoking series!

If we create alibis for ourselves whom are we kidding? Instead our time would be much better spend taking action (however small) and moving forward.

I love the last paragraph. It’s SO powerful!…

”Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is TIME. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by TIME. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate INDECISION!”

All the Best,

Ilka
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Oliver Reply:
March 2nd, 2011 at 11:48
Hi Ilka,

thanks for your comment. Glad you liked this series. It gave me good insights in my own thinking as well.

Take care

Oliver

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Jeanine says:

March 1, 2011 at 05:26

Very thought-provoking! Why not dare to try to overcome those limiting beliefs? I think it’s tempting to believe that there isn’t anything we can do about it.

Thanks for the encouragement that we can!

Jeanine
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Oliver Reply:
March 2nd, 2011 at 11:42
Hi Jeanine,

thanks for your comment. Well at first, we need to become aware of our limiting beliefs because we can’t question assumptions we don’t know they exist.

Take care

Oliver

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Heather C Stephens
Twitter: stephensheather
says:

March 1, 2011 at 21:38

Hi Oliver,

Wow…very deep post. I know we all have alibis and I have wondered so many times why now, I’m taking action in my life and my business where as other times I wasn’t able to, no matter what I tried. My why’s not any different, my circumstances haven’t changed much, and the only thing I can think of is that I finally got tired enough of being where I was that the burning desire became hot enough to help move me past my stuck point.

Whatever the reason, I totally recognize that I’m playing against time more now than I ever have. Maybe it’s that I’m 36 and not 26 or 16 and although I’m not “old” I’m very well aware that life moves fast? As a matter of fact, I just found a tiny pair of baby socks from my oldest daughter which totally motivated me even more today to take action in my business so I can soon bring my husband home and he can enjoy what time with her we have left before she’s grown and out of the house.

Decisive, focused, deliberate, and consistent. That’s my intention for this next year in my business and whatever alibis I’ve got are going to have to succumb!

Heather
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Oliver Reply:
March 2nd, 2011 at 11:22
Hi Heather,

thanks for your deep comment. Deep posts induce deep comments.

Your WHY and driving force of bringing your husband home is very powerful indeed. Only make sure that he wants it as well as badly as you do.

I’m saying this because my wife used to say when I was around at home at times when other husbands are at the office working, sometimes she wished that I was out of the home as well. Not that she really wanted to get rid of me, but somehow it made her uncomfortable that the adult male part of the family wasn’t on the hunt while his family was waiting in the cave for him to return.

It’s not that she harboured these thoughts in her conscious mind because we aren’t living in the stone age anymore, good luck. It was simply one of the “WHY NOT TO’S” stored in the subsconscious mind that was haunting her.

Finally, being sick and tired of something can be a great starting point of true change.

Take care

Oliver

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