Archive for December, 2006
December 20, 2006 at 12:59 pm · Filed under The Habit Code
Ok, so after a terrible few weeks personally it’s time to start to lay some foundations on the Habit Code philosophy. Things are starting to fall into some sort of a basis for what I feel are the underlying starting blocks of Personal Development no matter what your current level.
The Habit Code - Foundation.
Ok up to now the foundation of the habit code relies on the Human Psyche - namely Mind Body and Soul.
MIND - I refer to the Mind as the Conscious mind.
BODY - I refer to the Body as the physical being.
SOUL - I refer to the Soul as the Unconcscious mind.
It is this model of the Human Psyche that I am basing the rest of this philosophy on.
December 19, 2006 at 3:41 pm · Filed under What Are Habits
Orison Swett Marden’s ‘Pushing To The Front’ arrived yesterday. A tattered, leatherbound book. I can just imagine the people that have held it. I’ve quickly read through the book (it is nearly 900 pages) and the habit code is s l o w l y falling into place. Sheesh… if I’d have known it was going to take this long I’d have been pleased. You see, Napoleon Hill toiled for 30 years to bring out Law Of Success. But even he got the foundation of his philosophy from other authors like Swett Marden.
The habit theme does cross over from Marden to Hill, in fact, there is a whole chapter on Habit within Pushing To The Front. There is another on The Habit Of Hapiness. All good stuff. All going into the final book, whenever that is finished.
It is amazing reading the book too and seeing where Hill got some of his ideas from. Marden writes about Concentrated Energy, Enthusiasm, Persistence, Decision, One Unwavering Aim, Power of Suggestion, Doing More than Paid For and a whole host of other realated chapters that remind me so much of Napoleon Hill. Oh, before I forget, there is another chapter on The Self Improvement Habit.
Marden wrote countless books in his time, I think I’m going to get a few more and see what Habits I can draw from his other books. His ’success magazine’ is another source of information that I will be persuing too.
December 6, 2006 at 4:21 pm · Filed under The Habit Code
Just chasing a lead from Napoleon Hill, Hill’s publisher of his Law Of Success was Andrew Pelton. Pelton also published some self help books by Frank Channing Haddock. The Power Of Will was the one I was aiming at but I also looked to see if Haddock had printed many more books.
The Mastery of Self stood out not because of it’s large section on habits (as does The Power Of Will) but because of Haddock’s use of a Pyramid to show how the four areas of Success-Magnetism as Haddock puts it, fit together.
Here are the four pyramids and I’ll have to explain later what they all mean, but it’s interesting stuff…
THE FOUR PYRAMIDS.
I. Pyramid of Physical Health
Harmony
Exercise
Recreation
Air
Sleep
Water
Food
Regularity
Digestion
Cleanliness
Economy
Scientific Body-Building and Using.
II. Pyramid of Physical Magnetism.
Will
Muscular Development
Nervous Condition
Inner Energy
Responsiveness
Self Control
Staying Power
Health
Body-Tone
Personal Qualities
Physical Characteristics.
III. Pyramid of Moral Health.
Peace
Will
Righteousness
Love
Knowledge
Faith
Hope
Courage
Body-Health
Right Heredity
Right Environment
Right Training.
IV. Pyramid of Personal Magnetism.
Will
Alertness
Fidelity
Hope
Courage
Confidence
Honor
Thought
Faith in System
Physical
Basis: Health
Body-Magnetism.
