Florence Scovel Shinn 
The Secret of Success 

A successful man is always asked—’What is the secret of your success?’



People never ask a man who is a failure, ‘What is the secret of your failure?’ It is quite easy to see and they are not interested.



People all want to know how to open the secret door of success.



For each man there is success, but it seems to be behind a door or wall. In the Bible reading, we have heard the wonderful story of the falling of the walls of Jericho.



Of course all biblical stories have a metaphysical interpretation.



We will talk now about your wall of Jericho: the wall separating you from success. Nearly everyone has built a wall around his own Jericho.



This city you are not able to enter, contains great treasures; your divinely designed success, your heart’s desire!



What kind of wall have you built around your Jericho? Often, it is a wall of resentment—resenting someone, or resenting a situation, shuts off your good.



If you are a failure and resent the success of someone else, you are keeping away your own success.