“A person can have an independent attitude toward existence, regardless of what is going on, and make things better or worse at will, to the degree that he retains his confidence and faith in himself and his ability to make postulates.
“He can say he feels this way, and he feels this way. But he has to be able to trust himself, to say that. He should be able to say, ‘I can persevere; I can succeed’ and then succeed. He should also be able to say, ‘Well, I guess I’ll fail this time’ and simply fail. He would have to be alike unimpressed by winning or losing. He would have to be somewhat unimpressed. But he would be able to do that.
“He could then take command of the existing situation or better any situation without being tremendously influenced by the circumstances which surround him.”
— L. Ron Hubbard
Excerpted from the lecture Component Parts of Beingness delivered on 4 June 1955. This can be found in the Anatomy of the Spirit of Man Congress lectures. Track 12.
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