The Strangest Secret

by Earl Nightingale

Now let’s get back to our definition of success. Who

succeeds? The only man who succeeds is the man who is progressively realizing a worthy ideal. He’s the man who says, “I’m going to become this” and then begins to work towards that goal.

People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. Now think of a ship leaving a harbor and think of it with a complete voyage mapped out and planned. The captain and crew know exactly where it’s going and how long it will take. It has a definite goal. Nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine times out of ten thousand it will get to where it started out to get.

Here’s the key to success and the key to failure: We become what we think about. Now let me say that again. We become what we think about.

Here’s the key to success and the key to failure: We become what we think about. Now let me say that again. We become what we think about. Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers and prophets