by Frank Tibolt (and Alex Goumakos) Wealth and Prosperity

“Your task is to build a better world,” said God, and I answered, “How?”

“This world is such a large vast place, and, oh so complicated now. And I’m so small and useless, there is nothing I can do.”

But God in all His wisdom said,

“You just build a better you.”

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Man alone, of all God’s creatures, can change himself for the better. God created us, but he gave us the power of choice to shape our own lives and fortunes.

Mind science and psychology have given us a most useful lesson:

“We can change ourselves by changing our thoughts.”

Millions have changed themselves from weak to strong, from cowards to heroes, from lazy to ambitious, from sinners to benefactors, from useless to helpful, from poor to rich.

We can change ourselves by changing our thoughts, attitudes and actions.

We can change ourselves by emulating great men and women: Lincoln, Franklin, Emerson, and others. We can change ourselves by reading and studying, by meditating and praying.

But by far, the greatest way to change our thoughts is to make use of that home-made degree called:

D.I.N. (Do It Now!)

I’ll never forget a lecture I once heard Dr. Conwell, the author of Acres of Diamonds, deliver. It was DYNAMITE.

It will inspire me for life. A thousand times it has moved me, spurred me, impelled me to wake up, to get going — to stop dawdling.

He said…

“To win, BEGIN. All winning starts with beginning. The hardest part is always the start. So a thing begun is more than half done.”

Let me explain:

Beginning — taking the first step, generates momentum, the emotional energy, the inner urge — motivates you to take another step, then another, and another. That momentum, once started, will continue until your task is done.”

Therefore, a thing begun is more than half done.

Why not memorize that MILLION DOLLAR tip, that Bugle Call to action? It will wake up the slumbering power of the soul, as it has done a thousand times, and is still doing for me.

And why not memorize that loudest of all BUGLE CALLS — that immortal, world-shaking, command of Goethe, exhorting, shouting, and THUNDERING:

“Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute.
What you can do, or think you can, begin it.
Starting has genius, power, and magic in it.
Take one step and your mind grows heated.
Begin it and your task will be completed.”

That home-made degree: D.I.N (Do It Now!) makes more people rich and successful than any college degree, book, program, course, or high-priced motivational seminar.

And it’s opposite: P.T.O (Putting Things Off) …DEFEATS MORE AMBITIOUS PEOPLE THAN SICKNESS, POOR EDUCATION, AND THE LACK OF ABILITY, CAPITAL AND OPPORTUNITIES
COMBINED.

Taking one step generates momentum. This tip is SOLID GOLD.

Always remember: “A thing begun is more than half done”.

Most people don’t have what they want in life because they NEVER start.

The human mind is a great thing. It is full of rich ideas and thoughts and inspiration and intelligence beyond measure.

William James and other great psychologists tell us:

“Compared to what we should be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our mind. Deep down inside us are powers we know nothing of and never use.”

Every answer to every question or problem you have in life already exists. It’s simply buried somewhere deep inside your mind. All you have to do is wake up and dig it out.

My job is to help you do that. And how do we accomplish this?


By starting. By doing. By acting.
Unless you begin, you can’t win.

And once you begin, unseen forces will come to your aid. You’ll activate dormant brain cells which may hold the key to attaining your desires.

You’ll gather momentum and more ideas and more contacts and more confidence. You’ll create the energy you need to attract whatever it is that you need to accomplish what you want.

I don’t know exactly how this works. I just know it does. It’s Nature’s changeless law. Nothing for Nothing. No skill without drill, no reward without effort.

It’s simply the way the world works. Have a look around you.

The world is full of growth and unfoldment.

Everything revolves around growth, whether it is muscle growth, mind growth, plant growth, animal growth, or spiritual growth. Even the Universe itself is growing.

Everything begins, evolves, changes, and goes through cycles. And nothing ever stays the same.

If you want positive growth in your life, it is up to you to begin it.

Here’s an affirmation for you to repeat every day…


“If it is to be, it is up to me.”
And keep the following in mind…

“We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.”

If there’s something you want changed in your life, it is time to begin doing something about it, TODAY, RIGHT NOW, and not tomorrow.

Tomorrows are made up of todays. If you want change tomorrow, what will you do today — right now — to create the change you desire?

“But I don’t know what to do, how to start?”, you might say.

The answer to that is actually very simple….

Start the momentum and energy flowing in your direction, by writing down exactly what you want. You may have heard this a million times before and you’ll hear it now a million and one:


“Thoughts on paper have great power, more than we can ever imagine.”
Paul Durinski, a former student of mine and self-made millionaire said,

“Writing down that statement about my goal changed my whole life. Before I wrote it down, it was just some thoughts in my head. Writing it down on paper changed it to something real, on fire, alive. My previous 15 years of merely thinking about it was time wasted. Writing it down on paper was like planting a seed in the ground. It grew. Believe me, writing a thing down on paper works and HOW!.”

So my fellow life traveler …if it is change you seek …begin the process TODAY! If you don’t know what to
do, simply grab a pencil and paper and write down what you would like to happen.

Don’t worry about the answers. They’ll surely come …as you’ll discover in my book “A Touch of Greatness”.

But realize too that the answers and things you desire will surely NOT come if you don’t START, BEGIN, TAKE THE FIRST STEP.

In Chapter 1 of my book “A Touch of Greatness”, I describe a writing method so powerful, in 1910 Charlie Schwab of the Bethlehem Steel Co., paid $25,000 for it (adjusted for inflation, that equates to over a half
million dollars in today’s terms!).

This plain, little, down-to-earth writing method, turns more little shots into big shots than any college degree.

Until next time, my fellow life traveler,

Please do the greatest good, to the greatest number.

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