Mindset Mastery 41 - Captains Of Our Souls
For the next point Napoleon Hill quotes a famous line by the poet Henley; and while the quote itself is quite inspiring, and altogether true, Mr. Hill found it to be just a bit lacking. By taking the idea a step beyond waxing poetic, Hill gives more meaning and direction to us, his readers.
YOU ARE “THE MASTER OF YOUR FATE, THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR
SOUL,” BECAUSE…
When Henley wrote the prophetic lines, “I am the Master of my Fate, I am the Captain of my Soul,” he should have told us why that is true; we are the Masters of our Fate, the Captains of our Souls, because we have the power to control our thoughts.
He should have told us that the universe where our earth resides, where we move, where we live and breathe and be, is a form of constantly moving energy, and that this universe is filled with a form of universal power which adapts itself to the nature of our thoughts; and influences us, in natural ways, over time and circumstance, to turn our thoughts into their physical equivalent.
Captains of our Souls
If the poet had told us this great truth, we would know why it is that we are the Masters of our Fate, the Captains of our Souls. He should have told us, and greatly emphasized, that this power does not distinguish between destructive thoughts and constructive thoughts, that it will just as easily cause us to translate thoughts of poverty into physical reality, as it will influence us to act upon thoughts of wealth.
Masters Of Failure
Napoleon Hill’s clarification does more to shape our thoughts towards wealth and success. It shows that yes, we are in fact our own Masters, but we can be Masters of failure just easily as we can be Masters of success—it’s all in how we harness that ability, and the direction we point our thoughts in.
I will see you back here every Monday and Friday for the continuation of the Mindset Mastery series.
Next time I will talk about Magnetizing Your Mind for success.
Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
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September 12th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Since reading mindset mastery, and following your blogs and posts, then implementing your teaching & wisdom my life has changed dramatically for the better and now I understand just how powerful my thoughts are & how to use them. Also I now know that every individual has the same thought power, the sad part being they will never experience its true power until they open their minds ,accept it exists and learn how to apply it to their lives.
Sean it is through people with the committment you have to helping others acheive their true potential, that more indeviduals may come to change how they use their thoughts , you certainly have done that for me & I want to congratulate & thank you for that.
I want to take what you have taught me and assist you in future to help more ,as I perfect how to get the message across.
hey……life is good….
Allen Sentance
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