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“How
to Develop Self-Confidence
In Speech and Manner” eBook Online Version
--Shakespeare.
FOR THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY
Definiteness--Aim at definite results. Know precisely what you want and work directly for it.
Have fixed plans, and make every moment count toward their fulfillment. Decide everything carefully, and then push ahead with determination.
Exercise--Say these words definitely:
1. This one thing I do.
2. I know what I am working for.
3. I am energetic and resolute.
4. I accomplish definite things daily.
5. I will. I can. I will.
Memorize the following: Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstances allow does well, acts nobly; angels could no more
--Young
FOR THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY
Integrity--Let it be said of you: "His word is as good as his bond." Keep every promise, engagement, and obligation. Deal fairly and justly with every one. Build for eternity. Fear no man, because armed with honesty.
Exercise--Repeatedly affirm these thoughts:
1. Honesty is the best principle.
2. Honor peereth in the meanest habit.
3. I am honest with all men.
4. To lose my honor is to lose myself.
5. My honesty dispels fear.
Memorize the following: Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end.
--John Webster.
FOR THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY
Enthusiasm--Put inspiration to work. Be capable of great things. Enter with the whole heart upon every undertaking. Know no limitations. Scale great heights. Earnestness conquers in the face of every difficulty. Be doing great things now.
Exercise--Repeat these enthusiastically:
1. I have high ideals.
2. My enthusiasm is infectious.
3. I am in earnest.
4. My blood tingles for achievement.
5. I will achieve.
Memorize the following:
The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion is more persuasive than the most eloquent without it.
--La Rochefoucauld.
FOR THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY
Justice--Cultivate a spirit of "fair play." Take a large view of things. Try to see the "other man's" standpoint. Love justice and hate iniquity. Believe that justice and wisdom will conquer in the end. Justice teaches pity, liberality, and regard for the interests of others.
Exercise--Emphasize these:
1. Justice is an attribute of God.
2. It is one of the greatest virtues.
3. Justice triumphs.
4. Mercy seasons justice.
5. Justice is a form of greatness.
Memorize the following: Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just, and he but naked, tho lock'd up in steel, whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
--Shakespeare.
FOR THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY
Tact--Aim to say the right thing, at the right time, in the right way. Try not to give offense. Cultivate daily a ready power of nice perception and discrimination. Do what is required by the circumstances. Let manner and speech be conciliatory.
Exercise--Read these carefully:
1. Be considerate toward others.
2. Weigh consequences carefully.
3. Cultivate a refined taste.
4. Study the fitness of things.
5. Think of what '' other men'' may think.
Memorize the following:
Talent is power, tact is skill; talent is weight, tact is momentum; talent knows what to do, tact knows how to do it; talent makes a man respectable, tact will make him respected; talent is wealth, tact is ready money.
--Anonymous.
FOR THE THIRTIETH DAY
Imagination--Fill the mind with helpful, inspiring pictures. All great things are first wrought out in the imagination. Constantly see before you the kind of man you wish to be. Picture a great definite life purpose, and work for it deliberately, and energetically.
Exercise--Picture these vividly:
1. What kind of man do I wish to be?
2. What great purpose have I in life?
3. What large thing can I do for others?
4. What must I accomplish to-day?
5. What is my highest ambition?
Memorize the following: And as imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown, the poet's pen turns them to shape and gives to airy nothingness a local habitation and a name.
--Shakespeare.
FOR THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY
Personality--Build daily a strong, magnetic personality. Command success. Grow in power. Be strong in thought and purpose. Become a leader. Develop the best in you. Be self-confident. Believe your power is unlimited. Be successful.
Exercise--Affirm these forcefully:
1. I am a strong personality.
2. I develop myself daily.
3. My power grows through use.
4. I undertake larger responsibilities.
5. I express my power through deeds.
Memorize the following: Great Master, touch me with thy skilful hand, let not the music that is in me die; Great Sculptor, hew and polish me, nor let, hidden and lost, thy form within me lie.
--Adapted.
STUDENT'S RECORD
Chapter XIII
IMAGINATION AND INITIATIVE
Every great work in the world first has its place in the human imagination. If a man is about to build a bench, he first pictures in his own mind the kind of bench it should be. Similarly the painter, architect, contractor, or manufacturer, traces in his imagination an image of that which he would produce.
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