John was a "chronic failure." Every business he joined would eventually go bankrupt. He believed he was a victim of bad luck. The Lesson:
When you fail, do not blame others. The PDF suggests asking: What negative habit did I entertain that attracted this loss? Yogananda insisted that 99% of failures are caused by fear-thoughts, not external events.
The book often referred to as is derived from Yogananda’s lessons on the principles of what he called "How to Be a Success." Unlike Tony Robbins or Napoleon Hill (who focused on the power of thought and persistence), Yogananda insisted that lasting success requires the alignment of the soul with universal laws.
