Napoleon Hill
Henry Ford owns more millions of dollars than he will ever need or
use. Not so many years ago, he was working as a laborer in a
machine shop, with but little schooling and without capital. Scores of
other men, some of them with better organized brains than his,
worked near him.
Ford threw off the poverty consciousness, developed confidence in
himself, thought of success and attained it.
Those who worked around him could have done as well had they thought as he did. Milo C. Jones, of Wisconsin, was stricken down with paralysis a few years ago. So bad was the stroke that he could not turn himself in bed or move a muscle of his body. His physical body was useless, but there was nothing wrong with his brain, so it began to function in earnest, probably for the first time in its existence.
Lying flat on his back in bed, Mr. Jones made that brain create a definite purpose. That purpose was prosaic and humble enough in nature, but it was definite and it was a purpose, something that he had never known before. His definite purpose was to make pork sausage. Calling his family around him he told of his plans and began directing them in carrying the plans into action.
With nothing to aid him except a sound mind
and plenty of Self-confidence, Milo C. Jones spread the name and
reputation of "Little Pig Sausage" all over the United States, and
accumulated a fortune besides.
All this was accomplished after paralysis had made it impossible for
him to work with his hands.
Where thought prevails power may be found!
Henry Ford has made millions of dollars and is still making millions of dollars each year because he believed in Henry Ford and transformed that belief into a definite purpose and backed that purpose with a definite plan. The other machinists who worked along with Ford, during the early days of his career, visioned nothing but a weekly pay envelope and that was all they ever got. They demanded nothing out of the ordinary of themselves. If you want to get more be sure to demand more of yourself. Notice that this demand is to be made on yourself!