052621 A Creed for Self-Discipline...

 

A Creed for Self-Discipline…

Willpower:
Recognizing that the power of will is the Supreme Court over

all other departments of my mind, I will exercise it daily, when

I need the urge to action for any purpose; and I will form habits

designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once

daily.

 

Emotions:
Realizing that my emotions are both positive and negative I

will form daily habits which will encourage the development

of the positive emotions, and aid me in converting the negative

emotions into some form of useful action.

 

Reason:
Recognizing that both my positive emotions and my negative

emotions may be dangerous if they are not controlled and

guided to desirable ends, I will submit all my desires, aims and

purposes to my faculty of reason, and I will be guided by it in

giving expression to these.

 

Imagination:
Recognizing the need for sound plans and ideas for the

attainment of my desires, I will develop my imagination by

calling upon it daily for help in the formation of my plans.

 

Conscience:
Recognizing that my emotions often err in their over-enthusiasm,

and my faculty of reason often is without the warmth of feeling

that is necessary to enable me to combine justice with mercy in

my judgments, I will encourage my conscience to guide me as to

what is right and what is wrong, but I will never set aside the

verdicts it renders, no matter what may be the cost of carrying

them out.

 

Memory:
Recognizing the value of an alert memory, I will encourage mine

to become alert by taking care to impress it clearly with all thoughts

I wish to recall, and by associating those thoughts with related

subjects which I may call to mind frequently.

 

Subconscious Mind:
Recognizing the influence of my subconscious mind over my power

of will, I shall take care to submit to it a clear and definite picture of

my major purpose in life and all minor purposes leading to my major

purpose, and I shall keep this picture constantly before my

subconscious mind by repeating it daily.

 

Signed_____________________________

 

Discipline over the mind is gained, little by little, by the formation of

habits which one may control. Habits begin in the mind; therefore,

a daily repetition of this creed will make one habit-conscious in

connection with the particular kind of habits which are needed to

develop and control the six departments of the mind.

 

The mere act of repeating the names of these departments has an

important effect. It makes one conscious that these departments

exist; that they are important; that they can be controlled by the

formation of thought-habits; that the nature of these habits

determines one's success or failure in the matter of self-discipline

 

- Napoleon Hill
Excerpt from the Master-Key to Riches