佛羅倫薩·斯高伏爾·西恩/Florence Scovel Shinn
A successful man is always asked— "What is the secret of your success?" People never ask a man who is a failure, "What is the secret of your failure?" It is quite easy to see and they are.
People all want to know how to open the secret door to success. For each man there is success, but it seems to be behind a door or wall. In the Bible reading, we have heard the wonderful story of the falling of the walls of Jericho.
We will talk now about your wall of Jericho: the wall separating you from success. Nearly everyone has built a wall around his own Jericho.
This city you are not able to enter, contains great treasures; your divinely designed success, your heart's desire!
What kind of wall have you built around your Jericho? Often, it is a wall of resentment—resenting someone, or resenting a situation, shuts off your good.
If you are a failure and resent the success of someone else, you are keeping away your own success.
I have given the following statement to neutralize envy and resentment. What God has done for others, he now does for me.
A woman was filled with envy because a friend had received a gift, she made this statement. And an exact duplicate of the gift was given her—plus another present.
It was when the children of Israel shouted, that the walls of Jericho fell down. When you make an affirmation of Truth, your wall of Jericho totters.
Taking an interest in your work, enjoying what you are doing opens the secret door of success.
成功人士經常會遇到這樣的問題：“您成功的秘密是什麽？”而人們永遠不會向一個失敗者討教：“您失敗的原因在哪裏？”這是一個顯而易見的道理——人們不想失敗。
人們迫不及待地想知道打開成功之門的奧秘所在。因為每個人都可以獲得成功，然而在現實生活裏，人們總要穿過一扇門或一堵牆才能成功。讀過《聖經》的人，一定還對耶利哥之牆的精彩故事記憶猶新。我們從中能得到什麽啟發呢？