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bere is no question 1 am asked
more often, it seems, tban "Wbat
is tbe secret of your long life,
youtbful vitality, energy and
drive?"
"No one secret," 1 usually reply. "1
suppose roany tbings enter into it."
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Reoently 1 asked a roan 1 bad never
seen before, who knew something 9f
wbat is being done and aocomplished,
but had never heard of my age, if he
would guess my age.
"Well," he said tboughtfully, "1 sup–
pose in mid or late fiflies- perhaps near
sixty." He wouldn't believe it when 1
told
lllm
1
will
be 83 in less than two
mooths.
Many know tbat 1 frequently say jest–
ingly.
bu~significaotly
oevertbeless, that
1 arn nov.i 37 going on 36. For a long
time 1 went along with Jack Benny,
claiming age 39. But after be admitted
to a mucb older age, 1 decided to throw
' away ayear.every year.
Seriously, however, l doubt if maoy
roen o( 50 or
55
could stand up under
the rigorous ordeal of· constant global
ttavel, writing. radio and TV interviews,
public speaking. the responsibility of
major decisions in worldwide enter–
prises, and devoting 14 bours a day to
vigorous, driving work:.
Yet Ibis very constant activity, l'm
sute,
is
part o( tbe "secret." I have. just
ftnisbed writing a.notber article, in which
sorneof
Ibis
activity was mentioned, and
tbat lriggered the idea to devote tbiS
Personal
to tbe same subject and
carry
the subject furtber. 1
tbink.
at this
poin~
it might be as interesting and belpful to
readers as anything l could write.
Ever since 1was twenty-one years old,
1have been interested
in
tb.is question of
youtbful longevity. Tbis life-long inter–
est
was sparked by a Cbautauqua lec–
turel beard in 1913. Tbespeaker's name
1 do not remember, but be bad been
physician and
pbysi~
trainer io Presi·
den! Howard Taft, whose term in ol'lice
_expired Marcb 4, 1913. Tbis doctor–
pbysical therapist bad interviewed ev_ery
person in the United States of 100 ytars
or older. He had questiooed every one
as to tbe reason for such a long
life.
'
Vatious ones gave various reasons.
Sorne said it was because they never
used tobaoco, but otbers bad used to–
baoco all their
ti
ves. Some gave credit
to
heing teetotalers, but others used
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HERBERTW. ARMSTR.ONO
UiNr.
OA~NER.
TED ARMSTRONG
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O.ris P•clo06:
I...Oftdoft :
WEEK ENDINO 1ULY
12, 1975
especially in tbeir
ol~
age and even gáve
tbat credit. And so it went.
Jusi ooe thing
every
centenarian did,
yet none
gave
it
any credit.
Evcry
one
had tak:en a daily rubdown, either with a
batb towel alter a daily bath or with a
massaging brusl:J of s<¡me son.
1 was impressed by tbat. 1 have, fol–
lowed .the daily rubdowns alter a daily
shower with near-perfect regularity ever
since.
Butl give that only
partlaT
credence.
1
think
m
y
"SEVEN LAWS OF SUCCESS"
.might be applicable here.
Law number one is baving the
RtGHT
GOAL.
lt
seems most people nave. no
goalin!ifeatallTheysiroplydriftaimles:s_ly–
going nowhere in life. l _staned my adult
life wiÍb a definite goal. 1 bad cbosen the
profession of aílvertising andjoumalism.
But forty·eight years ago lhát was
ebanged. 1 learned lhen thal it had
pre–
pared me
for the
RJGIIT
goal, which. be–
caroe my
UFE
GOAL.
lt
is a very great
commil¡sion, and il is eveo yet far from
FINISHED.
I think lhere is no other "secre1"
tbat has had more lo do with ereserving
youtbful vitality and
zeaJ
andkeepingme
alive and active thirteeo years past the
supposed "alloued life span."
That life
GOAL
k:eeps me always lo¡¡lc–
ing
FORWAllii,
in anticipatioo, not back-
• ward, living on the past.
lt
impels me 10
observe carefully many of
~
9ther law_s
of success - the o¡uve, the resourceful–
oess, tbe enduraoce - stick:ing to it with
perseverance, when maoy otbers would
have given up, retired and•decided they
were too old to stay on tbe job.
Goal number 2 is proper education to
acbieve the goal. Par! of Ibis' education
blends into tbe third law - maintaining
GOOD KEALT8.
Without good healtb one
can aocomplish li!!le. 1 make
it
part of
my educatioo 10 study tbe factors -tbat
maintain good bealth.
r
learned that we
bumans are just wbat we eat. We carne
out of the grouod. We are maintained
by food tbat grows out ofthe ground. 1
leamed tbat
so
me famous doctors say
tbat approximately
90%
of sicknesses
aod diseases are caused by faulty die!.
So 1 studied, many years ago, 10 learn
about .outrition and diet. 1 try to avoid
excesses of starcbes and the carbohy–
drates. 1 leamed tbat ,different people
are of different cbemical composition,
and that is why one man's meat is an–
other man's p<)ison. lleamed that 1am a
combination of chemical constituencies,
Pc.tu
Butlcr,
David
Pricc;
Syd.ncy:
()oc Abratunr,
Was.hiiiJIOO. O.C.:
Otxter
Fa.ullc~
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Avckbnd: Crtcl'l'ltnc Mlrth•ll:
&ofta: JoM KlfiSO&:
J~&l'U\dbutc;
Robtr'l
Fab9:
M._..d.a:
Colla
Adarr. Muko Clty. EnriqlK
Ru~t:
S)'CJBcy:
Ootl
Abnht•: V.&lloCOUIICf'! Oao W,boe
<"-"._f'l
U,.,r,
Atny
&owmtt~..
Jefr
C•lk.inos.
R.obcrt
Guukcy, 1tOfl Honwcll, 8ñae K.eowk:s.
O~·
btd Mart. AdU Muhtrodl.
Cato!~
R.itt«.
Geor&(: JUt·
tet.
Ooa
Sdlr<>tdt:r. John R. SdlrOI!du, Kcidr. Scump
C~
Al1! JobG
Ovn.- .
Monk Wolv.:rtoo,
G.arry
Haaprty.
Rot~
Ue:es:b: Ph010Sfi;phy.
Oaohd
C011n.
Alfrcd"Henn.i" Ptul $1cYeftS. Wal'ftfl WaUOI'I : Pho10
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IHAT ARI THI SICRITS Df
MY YDUTHFUl .VITAliiY.
.
INIRGY, DRIVI, ANO
lONG
llfl?
but that calcium seems to doníinate.
Therefore 1 have tried to always con–
sume a reasonable a.mount of milk,
cheese, buuer and other
~ilk
products,
because they are strong in calcium.
Could that be the reason I'have nol had
lO see a dentist in !he last 48 years -
although 1 did, prior to learning Ibis
point-ofheallh?
,
J
haven't followed a
PERF'ECT
regimen
of diet, but l'm sure 1 have been more
careful aboul the food 1 eat than most
people. Traveling almost .constanlly
tbese days, 1 am careful to eat only in
Uíe best hotels and restaurants, and l do
not sample the strange foods of olher
nations, but stay on the plain and simple
die! l've accustomed myself to !bese 48
years.
Part of my education abou1 hcalth
has
been to try 10 gel the righl amount of
sleep and exercise (altbough 1 haven'l
been geuing in as muc:P of that as 1 need
recently), and to gel plenty of fresh air
and water.
lo
ttaveliog
in
faraway pans
of the world, 1 stick preuy close 10 bot–
tled drinking water.
Education
is
sometbing one must pur–
sue lifelong, if he expects to maintain
efficiency, youth, and longevity. 1 have
always, therefore, k:ept my
MJN'!> ACTIVE.
And
that
uodoubtedly has contributed
greatly to still being spry and active at
83 (calendar age).
Tbis
GOAL
has served to prod me con-
Vo!ume XL No. 12
stantly in the 4tb law of success -
drlvel
I've kepl a determined prod on myself
all rny life, to drive,
,drive, DRJVE
my–
self on. "Aren'l you going to wear your–
self out and sbor1en · y9ur life doi.ng
that?" one might ask.
NEVER!
A
person can
RUST
out and
into an early deatb, but. as long as 1 get
sufficient rest aod sleep and necessary
short periods ,of relaxation, 1shall never
WBAR
myself out. Along wilh Ibis goes
DETERMINAnoN.
Often, when 1 feel like
leuing down, 1 have to use determina–
tion and
FORCE
myself !O keep
DRIVING
on!
The combinalion of all these
lhin~
has b.elped me lo practice the
fifth
law,
resourcefulness.
Tbe 6th law is
PERSEVBRANCE -
"stick-to-it-ivencss." Never give up.
never just líe dowo and quit!
MI!OY
a
time l've felt like it. Sometimes 1 have
given up and quit at bedtime, but alter a
night's sleep it's all a
NEW BALL GAME,
and next moming l'm plunging into it
with renewed vigor and enthusiasm!
Then comes the mosl imponant of a
U,
tbe 7th law,. whlcb is the guidance of,
and faitb in and reliance. on God the
Creator. l'm in constan! contact witb
him aU !he day long -
EVBRY DAY!
1
seek bis guidance, constantly. 1 seek and
rely
00
h.is
lolELP,
bis
DEUVI!R.ANCE
from
ttoubies, bis
PROTECTJON
from physical
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