Practical Mental Influence

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[confidence] and trust; others create a feeling of suspicion and distrust; some convey an impression of active, wide-awake management, while others impress one as being behind the times and suffering from inert or inactive original OCR: "suffering from alert active management"; the context suggests the author meant a lack of active management management. Did you ever stop to think that these different atmospheres were caused by the prevailing mental attitudes of those in charge of these places? The managers of business places send forth Thought-Waves Thought-Waves: the idea that thoughts travel like radio or light waves, influencing the surrounding environment of their own, and their employees, naturally falling into the pace set for them, send forth similar vibrations. Before long, the whole place is vibrating on a certain scale. Let a change in the management occur, and see what a change soon manifests itself.

Did you ever notice the mental atmospheres mental atmosphere: the collective psychological "vibe" or emotional quality of a location of the houses you happened to visit? You may experience and recognize all of the varying notes in the mental scale of their occupants. From some thresholds, Harmony manifests itself, while others breathe Inharmony as soon as you step over the threshold. Some radiate mental warmth, while others seem as cold as an iceberg. Think for a moment and recall the various houses or places you visit, and see how the mental vibrations of the inmates original: "inmates"; in this context, it simply means the inhabitants or residents of a house, not prisoners manifest themselves to a visitor.

The low quarters of our cities, the dens of vice and haunts of dissipation dissipation: overindulgence in physical pleasures or wasteful living, vibrate with the character of thought and feeling of those inhabiting them.