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NAPOLEON HILL THINK AND GROW RICH

Chapter 10

Power of the Master Mind: The Driving Force

The Ninth Step toward Riches

POWER is essential for success in the accumulation of money. PLANS are in-
ert and useless, without sufficient POWER to translate them into ACTION. This
chapter will describe the method by which an individual may attain and apply
POWER.

POWER maybe defined as "organized and intelligently directed KNOWLEDGE."
Power, as the term is here used, refers to ORGANIZED effort, sufficient to enable
an individual to transmute DESIRE into its monetary equivalent. ORGANIZED
effort is produced through the coordination of effort of two or more people, who
work toward a DEFINITE end, in a spirit of harmony.

POWER IS REQUIRED FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF MONEY!

POWER IS NECESSARY FOR THE RETENTION OF MONEY AFTER IT HAS
BEEN ACCUMULATED!

Let us ascertain how power maybe acquired. If power is "organized knowledge,"
let us examine the sources of knowledge:

a. INFINITE INTELLIGENCE. This source of knowledge may be contacted
through the procedure described in another chapter, with the aid of Creative Im-
agination.

b. ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE. The accumulated experience of man, (or
that portion of it which has been organized and recorded), may be found in any
well-equipped public library. An important part of this accumulated experience is
taught in public schools and colleges, where it has been classified and organized.

c. EXPERIMENT AND RESEARCH. In the field of science, and in practically
every other walk of life, men are gathering, classifying, and organizing new facts
daily. This is the source to which one must turn when knowledge is not available
through "accumulated experience." Here, too, the Creative Imagination must of-
ten be used.