This may be one of the most rewarding courses you will ever take. In the years to come you may look back on this day as a turning point in your life. Indeed this very moment might be the moment of decision, when you began setting a new course for your life; when you decided to master your life rather than your life mastering you. Let this be the moment when everything changed. Today, whether you are in Bombay, Barcelona, Bangkok or Boston, you can start to become a master of your own destiny, a master of success. Our program is called the Master Success System. It is a system that works in the United States. It is a system that will work anywhere.

   Master Success is a total, life affirming system for those willing to do the work to have it all. It’s a rewarding career, a loving family, true friends, respect in the community, plenty of money and the inner peace that comes from doing your best. You can have all of it. The Master Success System is based on the Action Principles which can change your life. You will soon find the personal power of the Action Principles. The choice to seize and use this power is yours. Forever changed, you need never look back. Your spirit will soar.

   The Master Success System isn’t for those looking for quick fixes, undiscovered secrets or rewards without effort. It isn’t for the weak. It is for those who dare to act. It is for those who want to be participate fully in life and not sit while others work. It is choosing to make your life an exciting adventure. It is going as far as you can with all that you have. No one is selecting you to become successful. You are selecting yourself. You are accepting a self-imposed regime of hard work and service to others. Everyone will not choose this challenge. Most will not choose this challenge. Most people will choose to ignore or dismiss the Action Principles. This is an important point to remember as the going gets a little rough. Most will not choose this challenge. The Action Challenges are hard. Doing again today what you did yesterday is usually much easier and safer. However, if you follow through on the advice given, if you become an Action Principles Champion, you will be the exception. The Master Success System will deliver a shock to any complacency you may harbor. Can you do it? Yes. Will you do it? This is the question we must each answer. Your life is at stake. You have one life. Why not make it all that it can be? Level Two is a good start to your lifelong commitment.

   By electing to follow the Master Success System and the Action Principles, you are choosing to be tough. Tough means that you are willing to stand tall and persevere. Even when your mind and body signal perfectly good reasons for giving up, you go on.

   Tough is a soldier willing to be courageous in battle. This tough is obvious. But tough can be seen every day if we choose to look. Tough may be a patient undergoing cancer treatments or a single mother struggling to raise children. Tough may be a business owner who loses everything and quietly begins again or a woman who must sacrifice to care for an elderly parent while raising her own family. Tough can be an alcoholic ready to face rehab or an athlete living in a wheelchair. Tough can be leaving family and friends behind to seek your fortune elsewhere. Tough can be rejecting false praise and honestly accepting you and your children for who and what you are. Tough is an ability to make the best from what you are given. Tough is making the decision to replace whining and dependence with self-reliance, independence and action.

   Being tough can take you a long way.

   You’ve got to be tough to do the big things in life like taking risks, admitting mistakes, and changing bad habits. You’ve got to be tough to do the little things like biting your tongue, waiting your turn and suffering fools. Self-reliance and self-confidence will demand your toughness.

   Then, you must temper toughness with kindness. You’ve got to be kind to receive the big blessings in life like inner peace and respect. You’ve got to be kind to receive the daily blessings like a loving life partner, true friends, compatible co-workers and well-behaved children. Many times it will be tough to be kind. You will be kind anyway.

   The Master Success System will lead you to prosperity. This is the easy part. If you are tough and kind, money naturally flows toward you. You don’t have to become entangled in intricate financial plans. You don’t have to become a workaholic. The style and attitudes you develop from becoming an Action Principles Champion will be more than you need to acquire everything you want.

   In most parts of the world, following this system can make you rich. In fact, if you live in one of the world’s industrialized democracies, this system can make you very rich. However, greed is not the spirit or intent of the system. The Master Success System defines financial independence in terms of the life enhancing possibilities that money brings. If you are self-centered and selfish, no one is going to care if you have a lot of money or live in a big house or drive a luxury car. In fact, you will more likely be resented than befriended. The intent of the system is to show you how to have the financial resources necessary to live comfortably, to take special care of those you love, to help others and to have the free time to develop your individual, God given talents. Yes, you are talented. Too many people are pressured and stressed by modern life to find extra minutes in their days to finish the ordinary work they have to do. You will be an exception. You will find the time to identify and develop your extraordinary talents.

   If after finishing Level Two, you come to the conclusion that where you live does not offer the opportunity for peace and prosperity that you desire, then you must make your plans to emigrate. We, Americans, since most of us are born of recent immigrant stock, will understand this decision.

   As an Action Principles Champion, you will be tough and kind.

   When you are tough, you are dedicated to self-improvement and the idea of challenging yourself to do your best. You will not be afraid to build upon and defend your values. This tough attitude could make you a better employee, better business owner, or better investor. You’ll be better all the time at all aspects of your career. You naturally rise to the top of whatever endeavors you choose. You become a leader. This is universal.

   When you are kind, you are focused on the people around you: co-workers, employees, your superiors, customers and the friends of your customers. You listen to them. You ask for their advice. You help them out. You share the credit. You make them look good. You ask for their business and they give it to you willingly. You ask for their testimonials and they gladly become your ambassadors, praising your selfless attitude to increasingly wider audiences. When you live according to the Action Principles as an Action Principles Champion, you start a mutually rewarding cycle of giving and receiving. As you show generosity, you will find how frequently others wish to reciprocate with a compliment, a helping hand, a raise, a promotion or more business. This is universal.

   The heart of Master Success are the Action Principles. Refer to them often as you formulate your own ideas and plans. The message of the Action Principles is simple; improve yourself and help others. It is a business message. It is a martial arts message. It is a universal human message. If, each day, you’ve thought about who you are, where you are and how you can become a better person, you will find prosperity beyond your expectations. Your manner will be self-confident. Your attitude will be positive. Your body will be strong. Your mind will be calm. Your fears will be few. If, each day, your focus at home, work, play and in the community has been on helping others, you will find peace beyond your expectations. Those who raised you will be proud of you. Your guidance will be remembered and your leadership sought. Your personal encounters will be joyful and your friendships many. Your value to society will be great. Follow these principles and you will have a style, attitude and personality that will draw good fortune to you. People will start smiling and feel happier the instant they see you.

   Believe in the power of always trying to lead an exemplary life. As Gandhi said, "My life is my message." Choose to make your life your message.

   Let this be your moment. Now is your time. There is no other. Let’s share a common goal to live quality lives. Let’s find a purpose for our lives that we can follow with passion. Yes, we want to be financially independent. Yes, we want good health. Yes, we want strong bonds to family and friends. Yes, we can become tough, kind and rich and have it all. We are choosing to make or not make that decision right now.

   The American writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes advised us, "To reach the port of success we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it — but we must sail, not drift or lie at anchor."

   Following the Master Success System, you will be changed immediately and forever. You will realize that you are the Master Piece. From all corners of the world, we, Action Principles Champions, will be joined together as brothers and sisters in our commitment to self-improvement and service to others. Your style, attitude and personality will draw good fortune to you. Go for it. Have a glorious life. Napoleon said "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."

   Then, let’s begin Level Two.