The dialogue was taken from an old radio show which was later released on cassette and now, of course, is available as an mp3 download. It is one of those things that some people will get a lot from, but others will just let go over their head and may even label ‘a load of old rubbish.’ Nightingales words may not offer anything new to those who have read a lot of self-help books etc, but he presents the information very well and I love some of the quotes:
All that makes a man unique is his mind. Anything else can be found in a pig, or a horse.
Nightingale took that quote from Archibald Macleish’s play The Secret of Freedom, but here is one of his own (at least I think it is),
We are all self made, but it is only the successful people who will admit it.
I particularly like the survey that he suggests that the listeners conduct:
Walk down a street in your neighbourhood on any Saturday or Sunday and ask the man of every house two questions.
What are you doing at the present time to increase your income now?
How much money are you planning to be worth at age 65?
Remember that things have changed quite a bit since the recording was made. Back then, in most houses the man was the bread-winner and women tended to be stay-at-home wives. So that is why Earl suggests that you ask ‘the man of every house.’ Times have changed. The world has progressed and now you could just as easily ask the woman of every house as well. But! Some things may not have changed. Earl warns the listener that he or she will receive blank stares and have to suffer unnerving silences. I think that there is good chance that this will still be the case.
Ask yourself the survey questions. Does an answer come straight away, or do you also draw a blank and wear it on your face? The first time I heard this question I felt very proud because I could answer it straight away, I do have definite plans and goals and have already set them into action quite some time ago.
Later on in the recording Nightingale offers suggestions on how to go about making the necessary changes (to self) and climbing the ladder to success. His advice seems very sound to me and the Nightingale is not to be taken lightly because he was a self-made man who had traveled the road from rags to riches.
If self help recordings are the kind of thing that you like to have in your mp3 player or iPod, you may want to try give this one a try. You have nothing to loose, but £0.79 and everything to gain.
I listen to a lot of recordings like this, and have found many of them very useful, so I intend to do further posts on the subject of Prosperity Consciousness
