If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

Anonymous
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In the book, “Think and Grow Rich,” Napoleon Hill said that to change people, you have to change their minds. They have minds that are made up of old habits and opinions. If you can break them down enough to a point where they can accept a new way of thinking, they will be open to hearing your ideas.

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