But here's what else? I hope you'll find your today and that is inspiration. And who knows the mystery of inspiration, why some people are inspired and some are not, you were inspired to get here, some were not who knows the mystery of that, I don't know. How come you made it rest of them. Didn't make it, we don't know. But that mystery is some people turned it down. Some people said costs too much. Some people say it's going to take too much time. Some people are too busy.
Right? A lot of different excuses. Why some are inspired to take advantage of something that comes to town others pass it up, we don't know them. We do that. Here's what I call it Mysteries of the mind, and I just leave it at that. Some things I don't try to figure out. I take the simple approach now, right? Some people do and some people don't.
I mean, that's about as profound as My Philosophy is, some by an, I'm don't buy some, go forward and some, don't some change, and some don't, and if you've been around for a while, you can usually work out the numbers right out of 10, you know, three, do seven do. Whatever business you're involved in pretty soon. You got this ratio going, the ones that do the ones that don't you say, well, why don't the ones that don't how come they don't? We don't know. I just leave it as a mystery.
I used to try to understand all that, I just take the simple approach down. The guy says, this happens to me. This happens to me, this goes wrong for me, and all this stuff goes wrong for me. How come all this stuff happens to me? I say, I don't know. Beats me the best. I've been able to figure out, is those kind of things always happen to people, like you, I mean, right? The best. I got, I don't know. I'm an amateur on this stuff. What do I know?
So just take the simple approach, right? That's how it is. Who knows? Interesting story says, the day the Christian church was started. Now I'm an amateur on the Bible but best account, I can remember the day, the Christian church was started, a magnificent, sermon was preached, great presentation. And if you're a student of all at all of good communication, it was one of the classic presentations of all times. The sermon first day Christian
Church was started. And it said the sermon does presentation was given to a multitude meaning a lot of people, but it was interesting as the account gives us the record. It says, when the sermon was finished, there was a variety of reaction to the same sermon. Isn't it fascinating? I find it fascinating. It said some that heard. This presentation were perplexed and I read the presentation. Sounded pretty straightforward. To me said, why would somebody be perplexed with a good sincere
straightforward presentation? Best answer? I've got, they are the perplexed. I mean you know what other explanation is that? It doesn't matter who's preaching. It said some that heard this presentation mocked and laughed. Made fun of the presentation. I thought, hey, this looks pretty sincere to me if you give a sincere honest presentation, why would somebody Mock and laugh? Easy explanation. They are the mockers and the laughers. What else would you expect them to do? Right?
I used to try to straighten all that out. So they shouldn't do that. I don't do that anymore. I've got peace of mind now. I sleep like a baby, not try to straighten all the stuff out. I used to be so naive. I used to say, well, I ER shouldn't lie. See, how naive can you? Be course, they're supposed to lie. That's why we call them. Liars, they lie. Why don't straighten this stuff
out anymore? Anyway, it said some that heard this magnificent presentation didn't know what was going on and there are usually easy to spot. They're usually saying what's going on, right? And they don't know what's going on, but interesting, right? A variety of reaction, to the same sincere, honest presentation. Now, it also says in wrapping it up some that heard the presentation believed. And I think that's who the speaker was looking for the
Believers interested. Now, it said, the number of Believers was about 3,000, so pretty good. First day 3,000, I've had some first days, I never had 3000. Some people never will have much there to cautious. Now, you can also be too Reckless, but you can also be too cautious. This is called the timid approach to life. And my caution was always the risk risk used to drive me right up the wall. I used to say, what if this happens it's called the language of the poor. What if this happens?
And on top of that, if this was to happen, look at the fix IB and I better not try, I could always ask myself out. Then I'll tell you what, changed my whole life. When I finally discovered it's all risky The minute you were born at gut risky. If you think trying is risky, wait till they hand you, the bill for not trying. If you think investing is risky wait till you get the tab for not investing. See it's all risky. Get married as risky having children is risky going into.
Business is risky, investing your money is risky, it's all risky. I'll tell you how risky life is, you're not going to get out alive. That's risky. The Englishman says, well if that's the way it's going to work out, let's give it a go, right? That's what it's for. Give it a go. Somebody says, yeah, but I'm looking for Safety and Security fine. Then huddle in a corner. We'll cover you with a sheet. Bring you three meals a day. And we'll protect you feed.
You look after you care for you. We won't let anything happen to you and you'll probably live to be 100. The guy said well, yeah, I live to be 100 but what? A way to live, right? What. A way to live safe and secure. Don't ask for security, ask for an adventure. Better to live 30 years, full of Adventure than 100 years safe in the corner. And see it's not important. How long you live what's important is how you live. Here's the next attitude disease. We're almost through with this
Motley list. In fact, we're almost through hang on. The next one is pessimism. Pessimism the deadly disease of always, looking on the bad side. The problem side, the difficult side. Checking all the reasons, why it can't be done. The poor pessimist leads an ugly life. He doesn't try to figure out what's right? He tries to figure out what's wrong. He doesn't look for virtue. He looks for false.
And when he finds him he's delighted How uh This is the poor guy looks through the window doesn't see the sunset. He sees the specs on the Wind. And this is the poor guy, right? Who rushes up? Take such leave of his senses. This guy rushes up and he says, I've got five. Good reasons why it won't work. He's so dumb. He doesn't know. All you needs one, it's got the five. To the pessimist, the glass is always half-empty. To The Optimist, the glass is half-full. Why would the same measure
affect people? Two different ways, answer, it all. Depends on how you look at it. Our lives are mostly affected by the way. We think things are not the way they are. The way we think they are affects us. Most There's a subject, we don't have time to get into tonight called better thinking habits. One of the major things show of top me when I met him, he said, poor thinking habits keeps most people, poor not poor working happens, most people work hard
but they don't think hard. And she'll taught me that the mind is like a factory, a mental Factory and whatever you think about all day long, pours ingredients into this mental Factory. And that's what bills the economic social Financial fabric of your life. he quoted me a Bible phrase that says, as you think, so you become How awesome when he talked about poor thinking habits, he had me. I used to start today. Reading the morning newspaper.
I mean, you can believe that or not, I'd get a cup of coffee and read the paper. I'd load up on Wars and riots and murders, and stabbings, and killings and bank robberies, and muggings and car wrecks and tragedies. I've even read the back pages. I seem to like that stuff for some weird reason I'd load up on all that. And then I start the day. You can imagine the kind of days, I used to have you walk around on your financial knees,
they call you economic peewee. The guy says, I want to be a great leader, wonderful. The first thing we do is follow him to his house. When we get there, we walk in and check his library. Number one, Somebody says, well, why check his Library? The reason is because what a man reads, pours, massive ingredients into his mental Factory and the fabric of his life is built from those ingredients. You would not believe what some people have got in their house to read.
You would not believe one of the best dressed up words. I know for a lot of it is trash. Can you imagine dumping a bill of trash into this mental Factory every day and coming out with a rich Dynamic positive life? It can't be done. You might as well try making a cake with cement the kids back in. Danbury Connecticut High School they're asking me questions one day. I'm talking to the kids kids got good questions these days. One of them said to me mr. Own, how do you build the good life?
I said it's simple, it's not easy, but it's simple. Here's how you build. Anything. Select the right ingredients, keep out the wrong ingredients and it starts with a thought. Everything starts with thought. So you must be wise and careful what you think about because that starts everything. You got to be wise and careful. I ask the kids. What would happen? If somebody drops sugar in my coffee they said, will you be
okay? I said, what if somebody drops strychnine in my coffee, they said, well, you'd be dead. I said, correct lesson. One life is both sugar and strychnine. You gotta be careful. I said what is my worst enemy drops in the sugar? They said will you be okay? I said what if my best friend even by accident drops in the strychnine? They said, well, you'd be dead. I said correct less than to watch your coffee. You got to be careful. See, it doesn't matter who hands you the bad stuff.
It doesn't matter where you get the bad stuff, it'll still do its damage on your bank account wherever you get it. Mr. Shelf gave me one of the greatest phrases when I first met him when he said gym, everyday, stand guard at the door of your mind. How important stand guard at the door of your mind. And you decide what goes into your mental Factory? Don't let anybody just dump anything they want to in your mental Factory because you've
got to live with the results. Okay, here's the last disease and we're through with this list. Fact, we're almost through hang on. The last subject is very brief. The last disease. But this one is deadly engage in this one indulgent of even slightly and you might as well forget the future because it's going to forget you complaining. Crying whining, griping. A Bible word called murmuring. See that allais, your future. Spend five minutes complaining and you have wasted five and you
may have begun. What's known as economic cancer of the bone. Surely they will soon haul you off into a financial desert and they're let you choke on the dust of your own regret. I hope I said that well, so you won't forget it's a deadly disease. If you don't think it's bad, ask the children of Israel of Old Testament. Fame, typical of us all their story. Just happened to get in the book. Story says, children of Israel
were slaves. God performed a series of dazzling Miracles and got him out and now they're heading for the promised land. Remember, the story headin for the promised land tragedy of the story. They never got there. Reason from day one, they started to complain. They griped about the water. They griped about the weather, they wind and cried and griped about the food. They griped about the leadership, they wind and cried because it was too far, too cold to hot too difficult to miserable.
I mean, they widen wind and cried for years. Finally, God said, I've had it Insult or something like that. The story says, they died in the desert, never got to the promised land, which I think these two things indulgent is long enough, you get your future tenses and I guess it also means even God himself can only take so much. Just be on the lookout of the things that can destroy all the good you start? The war is on, And this evening tomorrow, mentally personally, socially economically.
You got to make sure you're winning the war and this is part of it.