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Today's reading was edited and adapted from Keys to Success by BC Forbes published in 1918

The Empire State Building was once only a thought

thousands of years ago an Egyptian king had a thought, and lo, every generation

since then has gazed on its fulfillment. The Pyramids. Thought is the parent of progress.

Thought creates all. Everything springs from thought. Human beings are distinguished

from other animals by this one power, the power of thought. The immortals of this world

are they who thought deeper or more brilliantly than their fellow citizens. Henry Ford once said,

My advice to business people is to read a lot, think a lot, and work a lot. I started that way.

I kept on thinking, and I am still thinking.

The habit of analysis, the ability to get under the surface of things, and at the vital essentials,

gives you a tremendous advantage over those of your competitors who do not do likewise.

Or in the words of Henry L. Doherty, the famous financier and oilman.

We study too much and think too little.

Cultivate your ability to think and to think straight.

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