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AS A MAN THINKETH - JAMES ALLEN

AUTHOR OF
"FROM POVERTY TO POWER," "ALL THESE THINGS ADDED,"
"OUT FROM THE HEART," ETC--
Mind is the Master--power that moulds and makes And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills, Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills: He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass, Environment is but his looking-glass.

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CONTENTS

I.	A Scandal in Bohemia
II.	The Red-Headed League
III.	A Case of Identity
IV.	The Boscombe Valley Mystery
V.	The Five Orange Pips
VI.	The Man with the Twisted Lip
VII.	The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
VIII.	The Adventure of the Speckled Band
IX.	The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb
X.	The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
XI.	The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
XII.	The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

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ADVENTURE  I.  A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA

I.

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.

13 Secrets of Nepolian Hill

1 13 SECRETS OF NAPOLEON HILL 1. DESIRE It is not accidental that Hill begins with desire. Success always begins with desire. Most people want to be successful. Wanting success is a waste of time. Worse, it just produces frustration. Only a burning, all-consuming, fervent and passionate desire will produce the exceptional results that make up true success. Wanting is best understood by its second meaning in the dictionary: lack. To want for something is to lack something and so long as you merely want success, you will lack success. Wanting is mere wishful thinking. Desire, on the other hand, is an extremely potent force. It is a supreme motivator. It is a metaphysical principle of creation. Desire is an energetic emanation of the human spirit that enacts the law of attraction. Desire is the metaphysical equivalent of gravity. Desire draws to you the thing desired, or the elements that will constitute the thing desired. Desire is the fuel that ignites the fire that transmutes thoughts into things. The sad truth about most people who claim to want success is that they actually do not desire success. What they desire is comfort and security. The path to real success often demands that you give up comfort and security in order to gain rewards greater than mere creature comforts and minor financial security. For years, I wanted to be a millionaire. I wanted and wanted to no avail. It was not until, one day, in my frustration and anger, I graduated from wanting to truly desiring success, and, as a result, I was almost magically catapulted into millionaire status. It was the burning passion of fervent desire that pushed me out of my comfort zone of mediocrity and security and empowered me to achieve real success. It was my desire that enabled me to get past the fear of failure and get past the frustrations of obstacles to achieve the success I had wanted for so many years. You must have or develop a burning passion for success. Without it, you are highly unlikely to achieve it. Get passionate or stay home. This is critical…your desire must be specific. It must be attached to a clear and specific ideal, a clear and consistent thought picture of what success means to you. Desire is one of the ten "Ds" of super-success that I define, explain and elaborate on in the seLFTech Success Library eBooks. 2. FAITH Hill says, "all thoughts that have been emotionalized (given feeling 2 through desire) and mixed with faith, begin immediately to translate themselves into their physical equivalent or counterpart." What he alludes to, but does not fully explain, is that it is our beliefs themselves that either empower us to soar to previously unimaginable heights or chain us to the lower echelons of achievement. Not only must you have a burning desire for a specific thought of success, but you must also have the faith or belief that success is not only available to you as an abstract, but it is your birthright and all you need to do is claim it as your own and it shall be yours. Your faith in your ideal and your faith in your right to the havingness of this ideal is crucial to your being able to end up having it. Most people have their faith or belief formed by the evidence of what has already happened or been made manifest. As a result, they find it difficult to believe in things that are not historically proven. If what has been historically proven for the masses and for you personally (thus far) is mediocrity, then without the belief in the potentiality of success as being 'as real as' the actuality of mediocrity, you will not be able to achieve the imagined ideal of success. Hill also goes on to say that autosuggestion or repeated affirmations can enable faith and belief. He does not address the issue of core beliefs that can, despite all affirmations to the contrary, imprison a person in lack and limitation. Hill, himself, was fortunate that his association with Carnegie, and the other self-made successful people that Carnegie introduced him to, enabled him, over time, to discard any core beliefs he may have had about wealth or poverty and success or failure and to take on new core beliefs. He was, in effect, brainwashed by his own research into the principles of success so that his core beliefs became those he wrote about. You may have to do the same…brainwash yourself…cleanse your mind of any limiting core beliefs you may hold so that new empowering beliefs can be installed. How to do that is addressed in the seLFTech Success Library. All the tools you need are there waiting for you to discover and apply so that you may achieve the success you desire. "Faith is," indeed, to quote Christianity's greatest salesman, Paul, "the evidence of things not (yet) seen." Doubt can turn a molehill into a mountain. Faith can move mountains. Know this…there are two separate energetic vibrational outputs of human consciousness that lead to creation, or conscious manifestation, when they are braided together. The first is concrete, specific, repetitive, idealized thought combined with desire (the emotionalized thought that Hill refers to). The second is firm, profound belief in the actuality of an ideal combined with intentionality of behavior. Have faith. It shall come to pass. You must have both electromagnetic braids of consciousness happening at the same time: 3 Thought plus desire. Faith plus intent. This whole process of manifestation is explained in the eBook, Creating and Living a Super Successful Life. 3. AUTO-SUGGESTION Hill emphasizes in this chapter, for the second time in the book, the crucial importance of having clearly defined written goals that are repeated, preferably out -loud to oneself throughout the day. Now he goes further and states that it is very important to affirm one's goals and ideals at some quiet time, such as just before falling asleep. He may have been unfamiliar with meditation techniques or may have been reluctant to encourage their use in a time when such things were seen as a part of eastern mysticism and as being out-of-sync with his obvious Christian beliefs. Here is why the quiet time is ideal for auto-suggestion or affirmation. When you intentionally think about, repeat and affirm your ideals, you are planting the seeds that will grow to bear fruit. When your mind is busy with all kinds of distracting thoughts, or worse, non-contributory or negative thoughts, you are planting your seeds amongst an abundance of weeds. When your mind is still and focused, you are, in effect, preparing fresh and fertile, weed-free, ground in which to plant your thought seeds. In addition to preparing the ideal mental ground to plant your thought seeds, meditation also stills your mind so that intuition can be accessed, insight can be attained and your connectivity to the absolute can be ascertained. Since all creativity springs from the potentiality of the infinite and absolute, it only makes practical sense to become as intimate with the infinite as you can manage. Meditation is the well-worn and proven method of achieving this intimacy. Repeated affirmation of ideals and goals is highly effective. It is even more effective when done in a meditative state. It is even more effective when you use insight, obtained through meditation and contemplation of self, to come to know and consciously choose which core beliefs you will hold, discard or take on. You are fortunate beyond measure in comparison to those who lived when Hill originally wrote Think and Grow Rich. Not only is the ignorance of and prejudice against meditation almost gone from the educated people of today, there are now several advanced techniques enabled by scientific understanding and application of brainwave states and their relationship to mental activity. We have all been, in a sense, brainwashed by our parents, our teachers and our societal groupthink to hold certain expectations and certain beliefs. Choosing to enact what Hill calls autosuggestion and affirmation is choosing to do your own intentional brainwashing (or what Leary, Bateson, Lilly and others have called 'meta-programming your own bio- 4 computer') in order to program yourself for success. Hill proposed writing down your ideals and goals on 3x5 cards and carrying them with you. I support this. There is something magical in writing (not typing). Today, however, you can also record your goals, ideals and affirmations into MP3 files and listen to them while driving, walking or standing in line at the bank to deposit your developing wealth. Your own voice, repeating, over and over again, your affirmations of your ideals and goals will implant these into your subconscious tape loop that runs in the background 24/7. 4. SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE In this chapter of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill goes to great lengths to make the distinction between generalized knowledge and specialized knowledge; and between formal education and practical information. By citing examples of the lives of certain individuals in an offhand manner, Hill alludes to the most important thing about knowledge. Here it is plainly spoken: Knowledge, by and of itself, has little, if any, value. You may find that shocking or, at least contrary to everything you've been taught, but it is true. Knowledge only becomes valuable in its application. You may have heard that knowledge is power. Wrong. It is applied knowledge that begets power, wealth and the advancement of humanity. The secret is in the application, not in the knowledge itself. For years, I considered myself to be highly educated about success. I willfully ignored the evidence of my own lack of success, considering it a temporary aberration. Once, I really got that it is the application, not the possession, of knowledge that produces results, I went from average to highly successful in a matter of months. To quote one of the wisest of teachers, Confucius: "The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance." Hill does point out, in the first paragraph of this chapter, that although universities possess perhaps all of the aggregate knowledge of humankind, professors, for the most part, although surrounded by all this knowledge and though very knowledgeable, have themselves little or no money; while many people of little formal education go on to produce great wealth and great material advancements for all humanity. He also alludes to, but does not spell out plainly, that the very best form of specialized knowledge, that a person who desires success and wealth can obtain, is the knowledge of how to become successful. How sad it is to teach our children to aspire to success but not teach them how to get it. We teach them that an education will bring them success and happiness, but neglect to tell them what specific education that is and 5 further neglect to say that it is the application of the specific education that will bring success and happiness. Hill makes great use of the story of Henry Ford proving, in the courtroom, that although he was uneducated, he was not ignorant, because, as he said it, "any time I should wish to know something specific, I can simply push a button on my desk and some person who knows the answer will come to provide it to me." These days, with the accumulation of information and training being as easy as the 'click of a mouse', there is no excuse for not being successful in any field, except that you are ignorant of the principles of success, or for some personal perversity, refuse to apply them to your life. 5. IMAGINATION In this chapter, Hill not only points out the role of imagination in human development, but also makes the clear distinction between the two main types of imagination, which he calls 'synthetic imagination' and 'creative imagination'. This distinction is a critical understanding. I, or others, may haven chosen to label and explain, in our own writings, these distinctions in different ways, but the labels do not matter. Most people, who claim to use their imagination, are using the type Hill called 'synthetic imagination'. It is of little use, save for personal entertainment. The great humanistic psychologist, William James, had this to say about the same subject: "Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." Synthetic imagination is the manipulation of effects. Creative imagination is causal that creates effects. All things, from the invention of writing to the invention of the Internet came about because of the use of creative imagination. Synthetic imagination merely, at best, can improve upon what already exists. The bringing of new things into existence requires the use of creative imagination. The creation of wealth can be obtained, with diligence, through the informed and practical use of synthetic imagination (e.g. creating a better mouse trap), but most wealth and most advancement in human technology comes about through the use of creative imagination. Succinctly put, your imagination is the workshop in which you, mostly without conscious recognition, create the results that show up in your life. What you hold as an image in your mind is what shows up in your life. If what you are imagining is simply a rehash of what has already occurred or been created by others, then your results shall be limited to what has been, not what can be. The sad, sad, sad thing that we inflict upon our children and ourselves is the dampening of imagination. 'It is only in your 6 imagination,' is the common refrain. We neglect tell them or reinforce that all great and wonderful things that exist in our world had their genesis 'only in imagination'. What is not recognized, honored and amplified is that it is the dreamers, the imaginers, who go on to produce the new, the wonderful, the unique advancements that end up creating, not only personal wealth, but greater wealth and well-being for all humankind. Know this: that which you imagine, expect and visualize in your internal world is that which gets produced in your external world. This is now been proven by the science of quantum mechanics. As has been so expertly described by the scientific genius, David Bohm, the explicate (or external physical reality) is, not only best understood by, but is brought into being by, the implicate (or internal reality) of pure consciousness and its imaginings of what is and what can be. 6. ORGANIZED PLANNING This, in my opinion, is the weakest chapter of Hill's book. He speaks of the need for organized planning, but skirts around the issue; instead offering suggestions about how to get a job and writes some useless paragraphs extolling the American way, which, in any case, no longer exists as he describes it. Every noteworthy or great accomplishment came about because there was a plan. What Hill should have done (and does do in other chapters) is point out the need to have concrete written goals that are in harmony with one's chosen purpose and/or ideals. Goals are not vague aspirations like, 'I want to be rich.' They are concrete, defined steps in the fulfillment of your personal vision or purpose. They are a specific plan. I am always amazed by how many people continue to refuse (through laziness or a lack of belief in the necessity) to have clear, concise, written goals, despite being presented again and again with the evidence that those who do have written goals succeed and those who do not…do not. There have been many studies about the effectiveness of having written goals. They invariably show the same results. 95% of people who have (and daily refer to) written goals end up accomplishing them. 95% of people who do not have written goals, do not accomplish much of anything. If you can read this paragraph and not have begun the process of having written goals by the time you go to bed tonight, you should know that you are choosing failure. Businesses that succeed have a business plan. The business of life also requires a plan. 7 When you have a plan, you know what you are about; you know when you are on (or off) track; you can measure your progress; you can tell others who might enroll in your vision what it is that needs doing; you can provide leadership to all those who enroll in your plan; and most 7. DECISION Decision is another one of the ten 'Ds' of super-success that I describe in the Library. Napoleon Hill says this, "Analysis of several hundred people who had accumulated fortunes well beyond the million dollar mark, disclosed the fact that every one of them had the habit of reaching decisions promptly, and changing these decisions slowly, if and when they were changed at all. People who fail to accumulate money, without exception, have the habit of reaching decisions, if at all, very slowly, and of changing these decisions quickly and often." Another Napoleon, Bonaparte, says this: "Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide." The ability to make clear, firm resolute decisions is as precious a gift as life itself. It is what enables human beings to take control of their lives, to rise above chance and circumstance and to chart a destiny. Those who fail to make conscious choices may as well not have any free will, for they squander the gift of decisiveness. The successful and happy human being is the one in whom choice is intentional and purposeful. Decision produces results. It can, also be said that the failure to decide is, in itself, a decision, a decision to let your life be governed by event and circumstance. Decision can be called choice by design. Lack of decisiveness is choice by default. It is also a choice. It is the decision to choose unhappiness, mediocrity and commonality. "There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision." — William James Those who make decisions are the masters of their fate. Those who don't are the servants of fate. Those who decide to become, to enact and to have, according to their own design, are assisted by the laws of creation. There is enormous power unleashed by a simple decision. "Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen." — Ralph Waldo Emerson 8 Unfortunately, many people miss the importance of the last phrase in Napoleon Hill's first sentence in the second paragraph above, and they treat their decisions like men treat a TV remote control, constantly changing from one expectation to another. Decisions should be firm; as in the following example: "I resolve this date of (day, month, year) ________________ to do such and such and to stay the course until it is done." Which brings us to Hill's eighth secret of success… persistence. 8. PERSISTENCE On almost every page of my Prosperity Paradigm eZine, you will find a very succinct formula that I like to shorten to p3=P. It is this: purpose + passion + persistence = Prosperity. Hill says this, "Persistence is an essential factor in transmuting desire into its monetary equivalent." He goes on to explain that desire (passion) plus the power of will (persistence) make an irresistible pair and almost always end up producing wealth. A long attention span, combined with determination, is an attribute shared by all successful people. These days most people don't have the attention span of a gnat. They channel surf. Their opinions change from day to day. They cannot read anything longer than a USA Today article. They move from fad to fad. They change from one business opportunity to the next without ever waiting for their work to bear fruit. Thomas Edison commented that 90% of people quit 90% of the way to accomplishing their goals. These days it is 99% who quit a mere 20% of the way. Those who persist, win. Those who do not, lose. That is as true today as it was 60 years ago when Hill wrote Think and Grow Rich. It seems that the only thing that most people have the capacity to persist with is their bad habits of thinking and believing. Despite the overwhelming evidence that the way they think and what they believe is not producing the results they desire, they persist in hanging on to what does not work. Define your ideals, plan their enactment and persist in your plan and you will produce results. Desire and faith (belief) are the fuel that produces persistence. Persistence turns stumbling blocks into stepping-stones on your pathway to success. The many perceive a molehill as an insurmountable mountain blocking their path; the few choose to see a mountain in their path as an opportunity to gain a vaster perspective of their pathway forward. It is simply a matter of attitude. Purpose plus passion plus persistence equals prosperity. Calvin Coolidge said it clearly: "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with 9 talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." This is as succinct as I can say it… If you fail to persist, you will persist in failing. 9. POWER OF THE MASTER MIND This is my favorite chapter of the entire Think and Grow Rich book. Not just because Hill stresses the importance of having a mastermind group of like-minded people, but also because he clearly explains the value of specific knowledge and that power is derived only from the direct and purposeful application of knowledge. The importance of brainstorming with like-minded individuals cannot be overstated. Work groups, executive teams, board members are all the direct recognition that the collective power of several minds working and planning together can accomplish much more than one mind alone. Two or more minds, working in harmony, produce a synergistic energy that weaves a concrete reality out of purpose, vision and determination. Harmony is not just some nicey-nice, feel-good environment. All creation is comprised of vibration. Harmonious vibrations are creative. Discordant vibrations are destructive. When you intentionally place yourself into a harmonious position, you are acting in concert with the natural laws of universal creation. The people you hang around with are a part of your mastermind team. Play close attention to the quality of thinking that your associates have. Most people prefer to hang out with those who do NOT challenge them. It is more comfortable. What do you, your friends and associates talk about? Below average people talk about other people, read People magazine and, in so doing, affirm that the activities and successes of other people are more real and more valuable than their own. Average people talk about things, events and circumstances, watch the nightly, network, nightmare news and, in so doing, affirm that the conditions of the world control their success. Above average people talk about ideas and concepts, read good books and, in so doing, affirm that their own success is dependent upon learning and applying the right ideas. Super successful people talk about their own ideals and visions, communicate about them with other super successful people, and in so doing, affirm that their success derives from their personal power to think, desire, believe and act with intent/purpose. If you had the opportunity to have a group of super successful people as your personal advisors, coaching you to become all that you were capable 10 of becoming, and mentoring you to achieve the fulfillment of your potential, would you take it? Would you follow the advice of the people who have achieved huge levels of success, personal fulfillment and happiness in place of those who are mired in mediocrity? Would you like to have self-made millionaires on your mastermind team? If the answer is yes, then obtain the seLFTech Success Library AND information from other proven success coaches like Napoleon Hill, Randy Gage and Harv Eker . Study the specific knowledge of success and apply it to your life and you will succeed. 10. TRANSMUTATION Boy, I had a tough time with this chapter when I first read the book in my youth. I honestly thought that, although I recognized there to be a link between creativity and sexuality, it was mostly some old man's rationalization for waning sexual vitality. It was not until I studied Kundalini, the Chakras and began to understand the true vibratory nature of creation that it became clear that what Hill was talking about was a prime metaphysical understanding about creative energy and how to utilize it. It was also, as he predicted, not until I had passed my fortieth birthday that I actually began to clue into what he was talking about. We have, culturally, so many moralistic assumptions and beliefs about sexual energy that we prevent ourselves from fully understanding what it is and what it is capable of. The whole subject is so complex that several books could be (and have been) written about the subject without fully explaining it. Many women today may understandably be put off by Hill's seemingly sexist attitude. However, it is a huge mistake to miss the vital importance of Hill's message in this chapter by dismissing his supposed prejudice through some prejudice of one's own. First, it should be understood that he was immersed in the culture of his times. Second, it should not be missed that women have a greater innate capacity to consciously use sexual energy and attractiveness to get what they want in life and that many men need to be educated about their own power. Sexual energy is also closely related to charisma and charisma attracts not only people, but wealth and power. The drive for success is 'coincidently' often also strongest in those who also have a high sexual drive. The truly empowered person is one who has learned, as Hill says, to transmute much of that sexual energy into creative energy and not squander it in vain physical pursuits. 11 11. THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND It is quite clear to any reader of this chapter, who has also read Haanel's The Master Key, that Hill draws heavily on that earlier work to formulate his thoughts for this chapter. It was Haanel, not Hill, who gave me my personal "ah-ha moment" about the real nature of success and its source as being within the mind rather than in the external world. It was Haanel that helped me become an 'overnight success' and self-made millionaire. My modernized version of The Master Key is one of the seventeen eBooks that make up the seLFTech Success Library. It is essential reading for anyone who truly desires to become a successful conscious creator. Most people have little understanding of the workings of their conscious mind and even less understanding of the workings of their subconscious mind. Here are the essential understandings you need to acquire: It is the subconscious mind, NOT the conscious mind that exerts the most control over your beliefs, thoughts and actions and thus, your results. The subconscious can, however, be consciously programmed and controlled by the conscious mind. The subconscious mind is the source of insight, intuition, imagination and creativity. The subconscious mind is also your direct link to the collective subconsciousness of humanity, which also has a greater influence on your beliefs, thoughts and actions than does your conscious mind. The subconscious mind is also your direct link to universal consciousness, which is the source of all power and creativity. Your subconscious mind is accessible only when you learn how to still the hyper activity of the conscious mind. Meditation techniques are the best way to accomplish this control. To learn precisely, as I did, the make-up and use of the sub-conscious mind, and, a step-by-step cumulative program on how to put it to its maximum benefit, order your copy of Volume 2 of the seLFTech Success Library which contains The Master Key and more material that will awaken you to your power and potential, AND, allow you to finally have the results you've been striving to attain. 12. THE BRAIN Hill can be forgiven, I think, for mixing brain and mind together as if they were one and the same thing. Most people still do the same thing. However, simply because mind is evident in brain does not mean that one is the other anymore than a glass should be confused with the water it contains. 12 The attributes of the brain are quite simple. It is a mass of biological material that permits electrochemical activity. The attributes of the mind are quite a bit more complex. Hill also shows, once again, his limited knowledge of brain/mind activities and meditation techniques here. He refers again the increased frequency of the mind/brain when creativity is engaged. Although there is some truth to the idea that brainwave activity spikes momentarily during periods of intense creativity, it is now pretty well understood that creativity, insight, intuition and the so-called super-learning state come about when brainwave activity is reduced (not increased) from the normal Beta frequencies of 15 to 75 cycles per second (cps) to the Alpha state frequencies of between 7 to 14 cps. It is through the deliberate slowing down of the activities of the conscious mind that the subconscious attributes of mind can be accessed. Deeper meditative states like Theta, which exhibits brainwave activity of between 4 to 6 cps provide access to even deeper subconscious attributes of mind and to the collective subconsciousness of humanity. Deeper still is the Delta state of ½ to 4 cps, wherein the infinite universal intelligence can be both perceived and accessed. So, contrary to popular misconception, it is not increased brain activity that produces great ideas or the resulting wealth; it is in reducing and consciously controlling the specific activities of mind i.e. thought, that produces inspiration, insight and wealth. It is now understood that the average human has about 60,000 thoughts per day; 99% of these are non-productive, non-contributory random subconscious noise. The few who learn how to examine and exert control over the thoughts that they allow to pass through mind are the ones who attain, achieve and accomplish so much more than their fellows. It is not the general increased vibration of mental activity as described by Hill, but the increased frequency of specific, consciously chosen thoughts 13. THE SIXTH SENSE This chapter is so profound that I hesitate to even comment on it. Long before people began 'channeling' discarnate entities for their wisdom, Napoleon Hill was having full cabinet meetings in his imagination with men, many long dead, that he considered to be the 'wise ones'. At one point he stopped, fearful that his imaginary meetings were becoming more real than everyday reality. His imaginary MasterMind mentors came to him to demand he continue his work or perish for refusing to fulfill his destiny. And so he did. And what a great work it has proven to be. Much of the wealth of the last half of the twentieth century came about because of the actions taken by men and women who were directly inspired by Napoleon Hill and Think and Grow Rich to create, not only their own great personal wealth, but an increase in wealth and well- 13 being for all humanity. What Hill calls the sixth sense is your direct and intimate connection to the infinite, ineffable universal mind, source of all that is and all that can be. You are the channel whereby the infinite makes manifest the finite. You are wealthy beyond measure. All you need to do is to claim your birthright. Think clearly, purposefully, creatively. Attach to those idealized thoughts a passionate desire to have them made manifest. Have faith that it shall be so. Attach to your belief the firm intent that your beingness and actions will cause the ideals to be made real. And so it shall be. Think and Grow Rich is a gem; it should be required reading in all schools. Even its few errors are themselves apparent to us now these 60 years later due mostly to the advances that have come about, in great part, to the knowledge and inspiration provided by Hill himself. If you have not yet read Think and Grow Rich, read it now. If you have read Think and Grow Rich, read it again NOW. If you have read it again, memorize it. If you have memorized it, put it into practice. You will indeed be able to think, and grow rich…in so many ways. CLOSING THOUGHTS What exactly are you thinking? Why? To what purpose? What are you desiring? What do you have faith in? Yourself and your right to wealth? To what intent do you think what you think, say what you say, do what you do Here is Napoleon Hill's secret of success explained… Clear consistent THOUGHT entwined with fervent desire, combined with profound belief entwined with purposeful intent, creates the results you consciously choose to have in your life. Create an ideal, form a plan, affirm its reality and persist until it is made manifest. Know that you are given the power to create what you desire. Then, just do it. "What you think about, you bring about." — Anonymous "The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind." — William James "The world we have created is a product of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking." — Albert Einstein 14 "We are what we think. With our thoughts, we make our world." — The Buddha SUMMARY "Do you want wealth? Get the wealth consciousness." — Charles Haanel "Successful men and women become successful because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success." — Napoleon Hill "Anything the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." — Napoleon Hill "Think and Grow Rich." — Napoleon Hill Hill's closing warning (and I shall make it mine, as well)… fear is the great destroyer. Banish fear from your life. It does not serve you in any way. Go forward in faith; faith that you have destiny to fulfill. Fear not. There is, after all, nothing to fear except fear itself. And it is a mere phantom, a ghost that disappears in the light of awareness. Please feel free to pass this eBook (or the link to it) on to your loved ones and any who you feel might be ready for Napoleon Hill's timeless, inspirational and motivational message. This eBook was brought to you compliments of Leslie Fieger and Ed Zivkovic at ezau.com. If you want more in depth information about the true science of success, please visit the seLFTech Success Library. Apply The Secrets
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Visual Basic .NET is released shortly after the tenth anniversary of the first version of VB. The original language that changed the landscape of computing has lasted for 10 years and has enabled more programmers to write Windows application than any other language. Programmers who invested in Visual Basic 10 years ago are in demand today. In the world of computing, however, things change very fast, including languages. At some point, they either die, or they evolve into something new. Visual Basic was a language designed primarily for developing Windows applications. It was a simple language, because it managed to hide many of the low-level details of the operating system. Those who wanted to do more with Visual Basic had to resort to Windows API. In a way, earlier versions of Visual Basic were ‘sandboxed’ to protect developers from scary details.

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Computer Networks, Fourth Edition - Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum has an S.B. degree from M.I.T. and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently a Professor of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where he heads the Computer Systems Group. He is also Dean of the Advanced School for Computing and Imaging, an interuniversity graduate school doing research on advanced parallel, distributed, and imaging systems. Nevertheless, he is trying very hard to avoid turning into a bureaucrat.

In the past, he has done research on compilers, operating systems, networking, and local-area distributed systems. His current research focuses primarily on the design and implementation of wide-area distributed systems that scales to a billion users. This research, being done together with Prof. Maarten van Steen, is described at www.cs.vu.nl/globe. Together, all these research projects have led to over 100 refereed papers in journals and conference proceedings and five books.

Prof. Tanenbaum has also produced a considerable volume of software. He was the principal architect of the Amsterdam Compiler Kit, a widely-used toolkit for writing portable compilers, as well as of MINIX, a small UNIX clone intended for use in student programming labs. This system provided the inspiration and base on which Linux was developed. Together with his Ph.D. students and programmers, he helped design the Amoeba distributed operating system, a high-performance microkernel-based distributed operating system. The MINIX and Amoeba systems are now available for free via the Internet. His Ph.D. students have gone on to greater glory after getting their degrees. He is very proud of them. In this respect he resembles a mother hen.

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Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours, Third Edition - Matt Zandstra

A quick, easy-to-understand introduction to creating dynamic Web sites with PHP 5, the latest version of this popular programming language.

Updated and revised to cover features of the latest version of PHP,PHP 5.

Quickly teaches the reader the basics of PHP and how to make use of it in practical applications.

Teaches the reader to create dynamic Web applications and set-up a secure PHP environment. 

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PHP and MySQL® Create Modify Reuse - Tim Boronczyk

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Timothy Boronczyk is a native of Syracuse, NY, where he works as a freelance developer, programmer and technical editor. He has been involved in web design since 1998 and over the years has written several articles and tutorials on PHP programming. Timothy holds a degree in software application programming and recently started his first business venture, Salt City Tech ( www.saltcitytech.com ). In his spare time, he enjoys photography, hanging out with friends, and sleeping with his feet hanging off the end of his bed. He ’ s easily distracted by shiny objects.

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Photoshop CS2 in Pictures - Ellen Pickels

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Windows Server 2008 Complete Reference McGraw Hill - Danielle Ruest, Nelson Ruest

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The Complete Reference is a one-stop-shop for learning all the essential steps for setting up Window Server 2008—but it’s also a great guide on how to take advantage of Hyper-V virtualization to transform your IT infrastructure into a dynamic computing environment. Danielle and Nelson have infused their bullseye vision into the book, explaining not only the tactical uses for this technology, but also how to think strategically about virtualization with Windows Server 2008.

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Java The Complete Reference - 7th Edition - Herbert Schildt

A Book for All Programmers

This book is for all programmers, whether you are a novice or an experienced pro. The beginner will find its carefully paced discussions and many examples especially helpful. Its in-depth coverage of Java’s more advanced features and libraries will appeal to the pro. For both, it offers a lasting resource and handy reference.

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Java™ 2: The Complete Reference, Fifth Edition - Herbert Schildt

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Herbert Schildt is the world’s leading programming author. He is an authority on the C, C++, Java, and C# languages, and is a master Windows programmer. His programming books have sold more that 3 million copies worldwide and have been translated into all major foreign languages. He is the author of numerous bestsellers, including Java 2: The Complete Reference, Java 2: A Beginner's Guide, Java 2 Programmers Reference, C++: The Complete Reference, C: The Complete Reference, and C#: The Complete Reference. Schildt holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Illinois. He can be reached at his consulting office at (217) 586-4683.

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Core JAVA Volume 1 - Fundamentals 8th Edition - Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell

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In late 1995, the Java programming language buret onto the Internet scene and gained instant celebrity status. The promise of Java technology was that it would become the universal glue that connects users with information, whether that information comes from web servers, databases, information providers, or any other imaginable source. Indeed, Java is in a unique position to fulfill this promise. It is an extremely solidly engineered

language that has gained acceptance by all major vendors, except for Microsoft. Its built-in security and safety features are reassuring both to programmers and to the users of Java programs. Java even has built-in support that makes advanced programming tasks, such as network programming, database connectivity, and multithreading, straightforward.

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MySQL-Reference Manual

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This is the MySQL™ Reference Manual. It documents MySQL 5.1 through 5.1.51, as well as MySQL Cluster releases based on versions 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.0, and 7.1 of NDBCLUSTER through 5.1.15-ndb-6.1.23, 5.1.47-ndb-6.2.19, 5.1.47-ndb-6.3.37, 5.1.47-ndb-7.0.18, and 5.1.47-ndb-7.1.7.

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An Introduction to Database Systems 8Ed - C J Date - Solutions Manual

Instructor's Manual for introduction to DBMS

The purpose of this manual is to give guidance on how to use the eighth edition of the book An Introduction to Database Systems──referred to throughout the manual as simply "the book," or "this book," or "the present book," or just "the eighth edition"──as a basis for teaching a database course. The book is suitable for a primary (one- or two-semester) course at the junior or senior undergraduate or first-year graduate level; it also

contains some more forward-looking and research-oriented material that would be relevant to a more advanced course. Students are expected to have a basic understanding of (a) the storage and file management capabilities (indexing, hashing, etc.) of a modern computer system, and (b) the features of a typical high-level programming language (Java, Pascal, C, PL/I, etc.).

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The Complete Reference C# 4.0 - Herbert Schildt

What’s Inside

This book describes C# 4.0. It is divided into two parts. Part I provides a comprehensive discussion of the C# language, including the new features added by version 4.0. This is the largest part in the book, and it describes the keywords, syntax, and features that define the language. I/O, file handling, reflection, and the preprocessor are also discussed in Part I. 

Part II explores the C# class library, which is the .NET Framework class library. This library is huge! Because of space limitations, it is not possible to cover the entire .NET Framework class library in one book. Instead, Part II focuses on the core library, which is contained in the System namespace. Also covered are collections, multithreading, the Task Parallel Library and PLINQ, and networking. These are the parts of the library that nearly every C# programmer will use.

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C# Network Programming - Richard Blum

Who Should Read This Book

Obviously, if you are a C# programmer who is interested in creating network programs, this book is specifically intended to help you out. I’ve described each network C# class in detail, and you’ll find lots of examples to help you implement the classes in your own work. If you have never before written a network program, I’ve included useful explanations of the concepts and ideas behind network programming in general, including common techniques for passing data between network devices.

You may already be familiar with writing network programs using other languages, such as C, C⁺⁺, or Java. In that case, you’ll be interested in seeing how easy it is to do this with the C# language.

If you are new to the C# language, the first chapter describes the basics of creating and compiling C# programs. You may want to skip other chapters in the first part of the book, which discuss network programming basics, and dive right into the C#-specific network programming classes.

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C# Development - Rob Miles

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Rob Miles™. This is a world of bad jokes, puns, and programming. In this book I'm going to give you a smattering of the C# programming language. If you have programmed before I'd be grateful if you'd still read the text. It is worth it just for the jokes and you may actually learn something. If you have not programmed before, do not worry. Programming is not rocket science it is, well, programming. The bad news about learning to program is that you get hit with a lot of ideas and concepts at around the same time when you start, and this can be confusing. The keys to learning programming are:

Practice – do a lot of programming and force yourself to think about things from a problem solving point of view

Study – look at programs written by other people. You can learn a lot from studying code which other folk have created. Figuring out how somebody else did the job is a great starting point for your solution. And remember that in many cases there is no best solution, just ones which are better in a particular context, i.e. the fastest, the smallest, the easiest to use etc.

Persistence – writing programs is hard work. And you have to work hard at it. The principle reason why most folks don't make it as programmers is that they give up. Not because they are stupid. However, don't get too persistent. If you haven't solved a programming problem in 30 minutes you should call time out and seek help. Or at least walk away from the problem and come back to it. Staying up all night trying to sort out a problem is not a good plan. It just makes you all irritable in the morning. We will cover what to do when it all goes wrong later in these notes.

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Programming ADO.NET - Richard Hundhausen, Steven Borg

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Prentice.Hall.PTR.Core.C.Sharp.and.dot.NET - Stephen Perry

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Stephen Perry is a software architect specializing in the design and implementation of .NET applications. For the past three years he has designed and developed significant .NET-based solutions for clients in the textile, furniture, legal, and medical professions. Prior to that, he worked for more than 20 years in all phases of software development. With the extra 25 hours a week now available from the completion of the book, he'll have more time for triathlon training and watching "Seinfeld" reruns.

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For.Dummies.C.Sharp - Stephen Randy Davis, Chuck Sphar

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Stephen R. Davis, who goes by the name of Randy, lives with his wife and son near Dallas, Texas. He and his family have written numerous books, including C++ For Dummies and C++ Weekend Crash Course. Stephen works for L-3 Communications. Chuck Sphar escaped Microsoft’s C++ documentation camps in 1997, after six years’ hard labor as a senior technical writer. He’s perpetrated two previous tomes, one on object-oriented programming for the Mac and one on Microsoft’s MFC class library. He’s currently finishing a novel about ancient Rome (againstrome.com) and gobbling mouthfuls of .NET programming. Chuck can be reached for praise and minor nits at  sharp@chucksphar.com.

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Programmer's Heavan C# School - Faraz Rasheed

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CSharp 2.0 - Practical Guide For Programmers - Michel de Champlain Deep, Brian G. Patrick

C# 2.0: Practical Guide for Programmers rests its hat on three hooks:

■ Provide a concise yet comprehensive explanation of the basic, advanced, and latest features of the C# language. Each feature is illustrated with short, uncluttered examples. To ensure that code is error-free, the large majority of examples have been automatically and directly extracted from source code that has been verified and successfully compiled.

■ Cover the essentials of the .NET Framework. Modern programming languages like Java and C# are supported by huge application programming interfaces (APIs) or frameworks in order to tackle the flexibility and complexity of today’s applications. Although the focus of this book is on the C# language and not on the .NET Framework, we would be remiss to omit a basic discussion on the core functionalities of the .NET libraries. Any greater depth, however, would far exceed our mandate.

■ Include a refresher on object-oriented concepts. The C# language is fully objectoriented, replete with a unified type system that encapsulates the full spectrum of types, from integers to interfaces. In addition to classes, the concepts of inheritance and polymorphism are given their share of proportional representation as two of the three tenets of object-oriented technology.

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Apress.Pro.ASP.dot.NET.2.0.in.C.Sharp - Matthew MacDonald, Mario Szpuszta

About the Revising Authors

MATTHEW MACDONALD is an author, educator, and MCSD developer. He’s a regular contributor to programming journals and the author of more than a dozen books about .NET programming, including ASP.NET: The Complete Reference (Osborne McGraw-Hill, 2002), Programming .NET Web Services (O’Reilly, 2002), Beginning ASP.NET in C (Apress, 2004), and Microsoft .NET Distributed Applications (Microsoft Press, 2003). In a dimly remembered past life, he studied English literature and theoretical physics.

MARIO SZPUSZTA works in the Developer and Platform Group of Microsoft Austria. Before he started working for Microsoft, Mario was involved in several projects based on COM+ and DCOM with Visual Basic and Visual C++ as well as projects based on Java and J2SE. With beta 2 of the first version of the .NET Framework, he started developing web applications with ASP.NET. Currently, as a developer evangelist for Microsoft Austria, he conducts workshops, trainings, and proof-of-concept projects with independent software vendors in Austria based on .NET web services and Office 2003 technologies.

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Apress.Accelerated.C.Sharp - Trey Nash

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TREY NASH is a principal software engineer working on PC Bluetooth solutions at Cambridge Silicon Radio. Prior to that, he called Macromedia Inc. home for five years. At Macromedia, he worked on a cross-product engineering team for several years, designing solutions for a wide range of products throughout the company, including Flash and Fireworks. He specialized in COM/DCOM using C/C++/ATL until the .NET revolution. He’s been glued to computers ever since he scored his first, a TI-99/4A, when he was a mere 13 years old. He astounded his parents by turning a childhood obsession into a decent paying career, much to their dismay. Trey received his bachelor of science and his master of engineering degrees in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University. When he’s not sitting in front of a computer, you can find him working in his garage, honing his skills in card magic, playing his piano, brushing up on a foreign language (Russian and Icelandic are the current favorites), or playing ice hockey.

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A Programmer’s Guide to ADO.NET in C# - Mahesh Chand

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• Learn how to use the major data providers of the .NET platform, such as OleDb, Sql, and ODBC, Master XML classes, learn how to integrate XML into ADO.NET architecture, and use the power of XML to transfer, read, and store data.

• Develop Web-based applications using ADO.NET and ASP.NET, and build Web services using ADO.NET.

• Contains numerous code examples that illustrate how to use ADO.NET with SQL Server, Access, Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Sybase, MySQL, and even Excel and text databases.

• Illustrates how to develop ADO.NET-based Web applications and create Web services.

• Covers COM interoperability, including ADO Recordset, ADOX, and ADOMD.

• What You Need to Know sections on the C# language, Windows Forms, and XML make it easy for beginners to grasp the key concepts Based on the .NET final release

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Veronika decides to die - Paulo Coelho

Veronika decides to die - Paulo Coelho

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The Zahir - Paulo Coelho

The Zahir

A Novel of Obsession

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The Witch of Portobello - Paulo Coelho

The Witch of Portobello

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The Valkyries - Coelho, Paulo

THE VALKYRIES
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THE DEVIL AND MISS PRYM - PAULO COELHO

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THE ALCHEMIST - Paulo Coelho

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BY THE RIVER PIEDRA I SAT DOWN AND WEPT - Paulo Coelho

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept 
English version of Na margem do rio Piedra eu sentei e chorei, the Portugese original edition, published in Brazil in 1994 English translation prepared by Alan R. Clarke.
Published 1996. ISBN 0-7225-3520-I.

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Pro Visual C++/CLI and the .NET 3.5 Platform - Stephen R. G. Fraser

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STEPHEN R. G. FRASER is a senior consultant at Allin Consulting, where he develops custom software solutions for top-tier companies in northern California. Stephen has over 20 years of IT experience working for a number of consulting companies, ranging from the large consulting firms of EDS and Andersen Consulting (Accenture) to start-up e-business and medical companies. His IT experience covers all aspects of application and Web development and management, ranging from initial concept all the way through to deployment.

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The C+ + Programming Language Special Third Edition - Bjarne Stroustrup

This book introduces standard C++† and the key programming and design techniques supported by C++. Standard C++ is a far more powerful and polished language than the version of C++ introduced by the first edition of this book. New language features such as namespaces, exceptions, templates, and runtime type identification allow many techniques to be applied more directly than was possible before, and the standard library allows the programmer to start from a much higher level than the bare language. About a third of the information in the second edition of this book came from the first. This third edition is the result of a rewrite of even larger magnitude. It offers something to even the

most experienced C++ programmer; at the same time, this book is easier for the novice to approach than its predecessors were. The explosion of C++ use and the massive amount of experience accumulated as a result makes this possible.

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