Now let's get down to business.
I knew a man once who had made a million dollars. If he hadn't been arrested he would have made another million.
Do you see what I mean?
If not, go back and read that over a second time. It's worth it. I wrote it for you to read. You, do you hear me? You!
If you want to know the secret of this man's success, of the success of hundreds of other men [pg 273]just like him, if you want to make his success your success, you must first learn the rule.
What is this rule? you may ask.
Go ahead and ask it.
Very well, since you ask.
It is a rule which has kept J.P. Morgan what he is. It is a rule which gives John D. Rockefeller the right to be known as the Baptist man alive. It is a rule which is responsible for the continued existence of every successful man of today.
And now I am going to tell it to you.