Here’s an interesting quote by Charles Haanel:

“To be successful, attention must invariably be directed to the creative plane — it must never be competitive. You do not wish to take anything away from any one else. You want to create something for yourself, and what you want for yourself you are perfectly willing that everyone else should have.

You know that it is not necessary to take from one to give to another, but that the supply for all is abundant. Nature’s storehouse of wealth is inexhaustible and if there seems to be a lack of supply anywhere, it is only because the channels of distribution are as yet imperfect.

Abundance is a natural law of the universe. The evidence of this law is conclusive. We see it on every hand. Everywhere nature is lavish, wasteful, and extravagant. Nowhere is economy observed in any created thing. Profusion is manifested in everything. The millions and millions of trees and flowers and plants and animals and the vast scheme of reproduction where the process of creating and recreating is forever going on all indicates the lavishness with which Nature has made provision for man.

That there is an abundance for everyone is evident, but that many seem to have been separated from this supply is also evident — they have not yet come into a realization of the Universality of all substance and that mind is the active principle that starts causes in motion whereby we are related to the things we desire.

It is evident, therefore, that he who fails to fully investigate and take advantage of the wonderful progress that is being made in this last and greatest science, will soon be as far behind as the man who would refuse to acknowledge and accept the benefits which have accrued to mankind through an understanding of the laws of electricity.”