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his store, and said, "Gentlemen, on that very spot I will build the world's greatest
store, no matter how many times it may burn down."

That was more than fifty years ago. The store was built. It stands there today, a
towering monument to the power of that state of mind known as a BURNING
DESIRE. The easy thing for Marshal Field to have done, would have been exactly
what his fellow merchants did. When the going was hard, and the future looked
dismal, they pulled up and went where the going seemed easier.

Mark well this difference between Marshal Field and the other merchants, be-
cause it is the same difference which distinguishes Edwin C. Barnes from thou-
sands of other young men who have worked in the Edison organization. It is the
same difference which distinguishes practically all who succeed from those who
fail.

Every human being who reaches the age of understanding of the purpose of mon-
ey, wishes for it. Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of
mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to ac-
quire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize
failure, will bring riches.

The method by which DESIRE for riches can be transmuted into its financial
equivalent, consists of six definite, practical steps, viz: First. Fix in your mind
the exact amount of money you desire. It is not sufficient merely to say "I want
plenty of money."

First. Be definite as to the amount. (There is a psychological reason for definite-
ness which will be described in a subsequent chapter).

Second. Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the money you
desire. (There is no such reality as "something for nothing.)

Third. Establish a definite date when you intend to possess the money you de-
sire.

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Fourth. Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once,
whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Fifth. Write out a clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intend to
acquire, name the time limit for its acquisition, state what you intend to give in
return for the money, and describe clearly the plan through which you intend to
accumulate it.