Success Before age-40 IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE! Be #Patient as you #ThinkAndGrowRich - #Patience #Patients #Patiently

And yes, 'the virtue of Patience' and the hospital-

residents 'Patients' really do come from the same root.

You see a lot of 'successful children' in popular media today—making you think that 'you had your chance back in your 20's & 30's, and now you're doomed to mediocrity^*.'

But no, that's not your fate at all! Napoleon Hill tells us "why people seldom succeed before forty" (something that's a lot of reading I'll do and maybe summarize below).

But for now, "Patience." That word (linked to my outline of Think & Grow Rich)—there might be something more to that word ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which the our lexicon stands ...

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The word “Patient” is built on “to Bear, |Support, Suffer, |Permit, |Endure, |Undergo, |Experience, |Submit, |Indulge, be |Lenient, be Humble” (|Sick Person under Medical |Treatment ('waiting' to be healthy), Tolerant, Firm, Un|yielding, |Hard).

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In summary, the reason why people (men, mostly) aren't successful until after-40? Misuse of their Erosis ... rather than taking all that raw energy & putting it to constructive use, they have to "sow their wild oats" (I sound like an old fuddy-duddy, 'Youth is wasted on the Young!')

Hill tells of many successful businessmen who attribute their successes to beautiful co-workers (often a self-denying wife, occasionally 'the other woman'). 

The men transmute (or is that 'transmutate'?) 'the Erosis their partners and/or co-workers make them feel' into The Enthusiasm you-feel in their handshake, -hear in their voice, -see in their posture & clothing & hygiene, and possibly -sense in their 'vibrations of thought' (people who've learned to use their Erosis 'mix it with their thoughts, or may do so at will, and–in that way–may influence those around them').

Sales-managers might call this 'Enthusiasm' "Personal Magnetism"—the first requirement of a salesman!

That transmutation happens in large part because the women temper their men's Eroses with Love-energy. (I realize I may sound "sexist" or "patriarchal" here ... Napoleon Hill studied these forces for decades, but these were the results he published in 1937—back when 'homosexuality' was more "a perversion" than "a way-of-life," back when Women appreciated the typical role of 'Man's Accessory (support-crutch, ball-&-chain, inspiration, reason for living, etc.)'

(Perhaps an updated version of the book explores women's Eroses, how their men fulfill the role of inspiring those Eroses and -tempering them with 'Love,' and how same-gender partners fulfill that role in each other's lives.)

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^*maybe 'mediocrity' is the wrong word ... who's to say you can't be 'a mediocre success'? But I think you know what I mean—not 'winning in life,' whatever that may be for you.