Now
to create this activity something more
than thought is essential. Not that it
does not come first, but the one who has
this thought of activity will naturally
manifest it in vigorous, energetic movement
which helps to produce a spirit of activity
in his business and in everything he undertakes.
Wherever you see a man who does not move,
then you will find one whose thought is
inactive; the two always go together.
A
man in a store or place of business should
always be moving his goods. He should
always be doing something. People will
see this and getting the thought of activity
behind it will want to trade there. We
are not attracted to a store that always
has the same thing on the same shelf.
The world likes action, change. Action
is Life.
Let
a clerk in a store think activity and
begin to manifest it, even though he may
not be waiting on customers, and in a
short time he will be waiting on them.
Alertness is the word. Always be alert.
There must be mental alertness before
there can be any physical activity.
Act
as though things were happening even though
they may not appear to be. Keep things
moving and soon you will have to avoid
the rush. Activity is genius. Half the
stores that you go into make you sleepy
before you get out, and you feel as though
you can't get out fast enough. The other
half are alive and those are the ones
who are doing the business of the world.
The
man who is active in his thought doesn't
have to sit by himself to think; he works
while he thinks and so complies with the
Law, which has to work through him. The
thought of activity makes him move, and
the thought of confidence makes his movements
sure, and the
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