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And if you'll turn with me to page number 39 of Think and Grow Rids, the 1945 edition. This is where I'll be reading. And I read Barnes.

This is the guy who wanted to be the intern of Thomas Edison. Barnes succeeded because he chose a definite goal placed all his energy, all his power, all his effort, everything back of that goal.

He did not become the partner of Edison the day he arrived. He was content to start in the most menial work as long as it provided an opportunity to take even one step toward his cherished goal.

Five years passed before the chance he had been seeking made its appearance during all those years, not one ray of hope, not one promise of attainment of his desire had been held out to him to everyone except himself.

He appeared only another cog in the Edison business wheel. But in his own mind, he was the partner of Edison every minute of the time from the very day that he went, that he first went to work there.

It is a remarkable illustration of the power of a definite desire. Barnes won his goal because he wanted to be a business associate of Mr. Edison.

More than he wanted anything else, he created a plan by which to attain that purpose. But he burned all bridges behind him.

He stood by his desire until it became the dominating obsession of his life and finally a fact when he went to orange, he did not say to himself, I will try to induce Edison to give me a job of some sort.

He said, I will see Edison and put him on notice that I have come to go into business with him. He did not say I will work there for a few months.

And if I get no encouragement, I will quit and get a job somewhere else. He did not say I will start anywhere.

He said, he did not say I will start anywhere and quit if I do not get encouragement. He did say I will start anywhere. I will do anything Edison tells me to do.

But before I am through, I will be his associate. He did not say I will keep my eyes open for another opportunity in case I feel, in case I, you know, I failed to get what I wanted the Edison organization.

He did say there is but one thing in this world that I am determined to have and that is a business association with Thomas Edison.

I will burn all future bridges behind me and stake my entire future on my ability to get what I want.

He left himself no possible way every treat he had to win or perish.

So this final move, oh, the knowledge files.

So it's final, it's this fourth move, this fourth move, this final move of this segment, I want to teach you, we're teaching you five moves today.

But the final move of this segment, I want to teach you, this is where you have to go all in financially, all in financially.

Now if you own a business and you're not willing to go all in financially, you will lose.

And so I just, I almost feel like if you're an entrepreneur, you're going to go obviously.

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