WHAT IS WILL-POWER? 
If he can put himself together, so that the 
mainspring of his will can be effective, he can 
do things that he never dreamed of doing in 
his unassembled days. 
Many a man of quite ordinary abilities, who 
was not in any way a genius, has risen to the 
top of his trade or his profession by organizing 
and controlling his power, by creating a 
Purpose and strengthening his Purpose-will. 
No man can ever be as well organized as his 
watch is, but if he stops being a casual drifter 
and takes himself in hand, he can do things 
that will surprise him. 
Every man has a Positive and a Negative 
in his nature. He is both dynamic and static. 
He is pushed forward and pulled back. He 
seems to have two selves—a strong self and a 
weak self. 
As soon as he has a Purpose, he makes his 
strong self stronger. As soon as his Purpose 
leads him to action, his weak self flies the 
white flag and surrenders. Every successful 
man remembers with amazement the miserable 
little fears that held him back for a time in the 
beginning of his career. 
When Napoleon was twenty-one, he sat 
down in a fit of discouragement and wrote in 
his diary : ‘“ My life is finished.” His weak 
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