Living Books - Success! : the Glenn Bland method

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Foreword

>Xhcn I first met Glenn Bland Tin e years ago, he told me of his ambitious plan to build from scratch" one of America's largest and most successful life insurance sales organizatioas. Fi\'e years ago it was only a dream, but tcxlay it is a realirv'

To m\ knowledge, the phenomenal success story of Glenn Bland and (x)aches Insurance Associates of .\merica is unparalleled in the histor\'of the life insurance indastr>-. His company produces more sales each year than many life insurance companies which have been in business for over lialf a centur>'.

>Xliy is Bland so successful? Because he understands and applies unixersal success principles most jx^ojile ne\'er know about. He knov\s how to establish (slt reaching goals and how to plan for their attainment. His world is an "acnion world a place where he makes gcxxl things happen, benefiting all mankind.

In this dynamic book you will ha\e the o[:)jx)rtuniry to discover these secrets of personal success. You, too, can realize your dreams by learning to apply his methcxls to your life. The book was wrinen from personal exp>erience by this man who has done it'

and knows what he is talking about. Any individual who tmly wants to succeed can do so by committing himself to following the Bland Method.

The author believes in building people, and has devoted much of his life to doing so. He wrote this book to direct men and women to a happy and prosperous life and to help others free themselves from the chains of ineptness and mediocrity, becoming the successful persons God intended them to be.

Regardless of who you are, or what your vocation, this book will help you find a better life if you will read it and believe!

Charles A. Baker

Senior Vice President

Lincoln American

Parti

How to Have a Happy and Successful Life

There Is a Way

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If I were to draw a line and tell you that simply stepping over it would change your life for the better, would you take that step?

Certainly you would. And if you knew that taking that step would guarantee inner peace, riches, enlight enment, and ph>'sic^l well being, you would not hesitate a sect)nd.

You will have an opfX)nunit>' to take that stepright into a life of happiness and successas you continue through this book.

Stepping across the line does work. Stepping across the line definitely led me to a life of happiness and success. I have shared my experience w ith close friends and business associates and with others I scarcely knew. In every instance, where the line was ne\er recrossed, fantastic results have been achieved.

I have seen derelicts changed into decent people. Debt ridden indi\iduals into financial successes. Mis-guidtxl souls into persons who possess the wisdom of the ages. Mentally and phv-sically ill weaklings into healthy and productive citizens.

I have seen these miracles hapjxrn right before my

eyes and they will happen again and again to those who follow the teachings of this book.

Before crossing this line, a young man in Houston was out of work, beset by ulcers and harried by obligations. Today, he is the leading salesman with his company.

In Lubbock, Texas, another young man was unhappy and rapidly losing ground in his work. After he crossed the line, he soon became one of the city's outstanding businessmen.

In Memphis, Tennessee, a man had literally failed at every undertaking, until he stepped across the line and adopted the principles oudined in this book. Today he is a business and financial success.

The secret that is the heart of these teachings will be presented herein. If you will let this book serve as a guiding light to direct you to follow its path to a life of happiness and success, then my efforts will have been worthwhile.

The Discovery of a New Life

But, first, let me tell you how this book came into being. Years of thought and study, months, weeks, days and hours of planning preceded the development of what I call the Bland Method of Goal Setting and Planning.

The development of this method was not an easy task. It demanded unwavering faith, unrelenting persistence, and the courage to act no matter what obstacles seemed to lie around every' comer.

The principles in my method are not unique. They have been responsible for the making of kings, the building of empires, and the creation of vast fortunes. On the other hand, these principles have never stolen

serenit>' from the lives of those who have used them.

[b\ing JisccA'ered this secret and having applied it in my own life, 1 want now to sharf ir with just as many people as pKXSsible

My method of goal setting and planning had its beginning many years ago when I first bec^ame success conscious.

My fondest dreams involved happiness and success. I searched for the w isdom and the truth that could lead me to realizing thcxse dreams.

I made a giant step toward success while browsing through a b(X)k shop in San Antonio's International Airjx)rt. I was attracted by a colorful blue and Nellow cover and an appealing title. The btx^k? Think and Grow Rich, by a man 1 had not heard of before named Napoleon Hill.

To help pass the time until my plane was due to leave, I bought the book and began to skim its pages.

As I read, I found something happening to me.

At that particular time in my life, I was doing my work well, but only because it was something that I had to do and not something I wanted \.o do. I was drifting. 1 had no real direction, no goals, no plans.

Because I was drifting, others dictated to me. I didn't understand the one basic principle, "Men who have goals and plans dictate to others, while men who have no goals or plans are dictated to."

As I read, the above principle revealed by Mr. Hill became increasingly important to me. 1 said to mv'self, "He has found the key that can unlock the door to happiness and success in my life. This is what I've b>een looking for!"

I read on and on and found myself in e\ en greater agreement with the things Napoleon Hill stands for.

Almost before I realized it, I was in the li\ ing room

of my home, 200 miles from San7\ntonio, finishing the last pages of this fantastic book.

I hardly recall the fliglu from San Antonio to Waco. Time had flown by because on that evening my life was changed. I had become "success conscious" and an entire new worid of meaning and opportunity had been opened for me.

Becoming aware of this new world is experienced by everyone who achieves success at some point in time.

"Success consciousness" Is the place where all achievement begins. It's a time in your life when you first realize that there is a happy and successful way to live. At that time you suddenly know you can change your life for the better. You decide to change it and then you follow through and attain your desires.