The Greatest Salesman in the World

The sixth scroll stresses the importance of mastering one’s emotions by mastering one’s actions. By thinking and acting with positivity, one can overcome doubt. As nature does, human moods follow a cycle: By understanding this cycle within oneself and others, a person can exercise control, compassion, and optimism. According to the scroll, a person can forgive hate by knowing that tomorrow will bring another side to people.

The seventh scroll discusses the need for happiness and humility. Someone who is able to laugh at themselves and the world can be happy by knowing that nothing that happens today is necessarily significant in the big picture. From a medical perspective, laughter increases longevity. Being able to laugh at oneself, at both successes and failures, allows one to maintain perspective.

The eighth scroll is about multiplying one’s contributions and potential and never settling. It illustrates these ideas with a grain of wheat, being planted and producing a thousand grains. A person who wants success must live this way, allowing their potential to sprout and grow over time. They must set goals for today, tomorrow, a month later, and a year later—and these goals must be high. Finally, announcing one’s goals to the world encourages a person to live up to them.