Harnessing the Power of Thought

I read a statement from the late Wallace D. Wattles that was so profound that I had to share it with you.  He said in his book, THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH,  “To do things in a way you want to do them, you will have to acquire the ability to think the way you want to think; this is the first step toward getting rich.  To think what you want to think is to think TRUTH, regardless of appearances.  Every man has the natural and inherent power to think what he wants to think, but it requires far more effort to do so than it does to think the thoughts which are suggested by appearances.  To think according to appearances is easy; to think truth regardless of appearances is laborious, and requires the expenditure of more power than any other work man is called upon to perform.”

If you want to get rich and achieve success the first thing you need to do is acquire the ability to think the way you WANT to think.  Most of us have minds that are like sails in the wind being blown wherever the wind wishes to take them.  We don’t think the way we WANT to think, we think according to the appearances presented to us day after day.    It’s official, according to the news; we are in a recession.  That thought will sent many into a tailspin.  They will begin to worry, doubt, and fear based on the appearance of a recession.

I heard a quote from someone a while back, I don’t remember who said it, but during a major recession he made a decision “not to participate in it.”  He CHOSE not to let the appearance of a recession deter him from achieving his dreams.  He decided not to accept the illusion of the recession and managed to do quite well. To him, the so-called recession did not exist.

Why is it some people look at a pile of horse dung and see a mess and someone else will wonder where the horse is?  Why will some see “apparent” failure as the end of a dream when another will see “failure” as just one way that didn’t work and then proceed to find a way that does (Thomas Edison is one of many with such control of thought)?

The world outside will present us with many appearances to impress our mind with.  However YOU have the power to chose WHAT you WANT to think!  You have the power WITHIN to set your mind on the things “above” and not on the illusion of the defeat that appears in your daily life.

The truth is you can have or be anything you desire.  If you want to be a millionaire, you can.  However, you will have to think like one NOW.  You will have to act like one NOW and as you discipline your wayward mind to focus on your desires and, in time, you will achieve those desires.  Notice that I said, “In time.”  Don’t give up at the first, second third or tenth appearance of failure.  Never give up!  It takes time to undo what years of wrong thinking have done to you.

You mind is like a wild horse that needs to be broken and forced to focus on the truth and not on appearances.  You can let appearances form your thoughts or you can let your dreams form them.  It is up to YOU.  No one can do it for you.

There are great ways to harness the power of you mind.  Affirmations are helpful.  Positive books like the BIBLE, THINK AND GROW RICH, THE GO-GIVER, THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH, BEACH MONEY, THE SLIEGHT EDGE, THE WINNERS MANUAL, and many others can aid in proper focus.  Also, CD programs and other forms of self-help trainings can be of tremendous value.  I have found that story- boards and especially Mind Movies are of great benefit.  You can learn more about Mind Movies in the resource portion of my blog (www.mlmsuccesscoaching.com)

Mr. Wattles said that harnessing the power of thought is “laborious and requires the expenditure of more power than any other work man is called upon to perform.”  Are you up to the challenge?  If you are, then start today and practice EVERYDAY.  It took you many years to get where you are today.  It will take time to see the change that you desire, but I can assure you; if you stick to you guns, practice and work at it, you will see stratospheric changes in your life.

Don’t let circumstances control the way you think.  Take responsibility for your thoughts.  Believe me, it is worth it!