Do all the work you can do，every day，and do each piece of work in a perfectly successful manner；put the power of success，and the purpose to get rich，into everything that you do.
But do not do this merely with the idea of currying favor with your employer，in the hope that he，or those above you，will see your good work and advance you；it is not likely that they will do so.
The man who is merely a ＂good＂ workman，filling his place to the very best of his ability，and satisfied with that，is valuable to his employer；and it is not to the employer＇s interest to promote him；he is worth more where he is.
To secure advancement，something more is necessary than to be too large for your place.
The man who is certain to advance is the one who is too big for his place，and who has a clear concept of what he wants to be；who knows that he can become what he wants to be and who is determined to BE what he wants to be.
Do not try to more than fill your present place with a view to pleasing your employer；do it with the idea of advancing yourself. Hold the faith and purpose of increase during work hours，after work hours，and before work hours. Hold it in such a way that every person who comes in contact with you，whether foreman，fellow workman，or social acquaintance，will feel the power of purpose radiating from you；so that every one will get the sense of advancement and increase from you. Men will be attracted to you，and if there is no possibility for advancement in your present job，you will very soon see an opportunity to take another job.
There is a Power which never fails to present opportunity to the Advancing Man who is moving in obedience to law.
God cannot help helping you，if you act in a Certain Way；He must do so in order to help Himself.
There is nothing in your circumstances or in the industrial situation that can keep you down. If you cannot get rich working for the steel trust，you can get rich on a ten-acre farm；and if you begin to move in the Certain Way，you will certainly escape from the ＂clutches＂ of the steel trust and get on to the farm or wherever else you wish to be.
If a few thousands of its employees would enter upon the Certain Way，the steel trust would soon be in a bad plight；it would have to give its workingmen more opportunity，or go out of business. Nobody has to work for a trust；the trusts can keep men in so called hopeless conditions only so long as there are men who are too ignorant to know of the science of getting rich，or too intellectually slothful to practice it.
Begin this way of thinking and acting，and your faith and purpose will make you quick to see any opportunity to better your condition.
Such opportunities will speedily come，for the Supreme，working in All，and working for you，will bring them before you.
Do not wait for an opportunity to be all that you want to be；when an opportunity to be more than you are now is presented and you feel impelled toward it，take it. It will be the first step toward a greater opportunity.
There is no such thing possible in this universe as a lack of opportunities for the man who is living the advancing life.
It is inherent in the constitution of the cosmos that all things shall be for him and work together for his good；and he must certainly get rich if he acts and thinks in the Certain Way. So let wage-earning men and women study this book with great care，and enter with confidence upon the course of action it prescribes；it will not fail.
