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Accelerate Your Success with Planning and Control

Success is getting what you want. Plain and simple.

If you know what you want and you're in the process of getting it, you are successful. Not someday maybe, right now today!

Your success, your getting what you want, can be accelerated with proper planning and control.

Here are four ways you can do this:

1. Make a schedule or to-do list.

Don't attempt to remember everything you want to do for the entire day. Grab a piece of paper and prepare a prioritized to-do list of activities that you want to fulfil for the day. You could also download a notepad or to-do list app and make a list on your smartphone. Whatever is most comfortable and most convenient for you.

Prepare your prioritized to-do list on the day before you need to do these activities. That way, you will wake up with your daily agenda already in place. Then complete each activity from beginning to end, in order of priority, for that day.

Obviously, the more vision or goal oriented your list of planned activities is, the faster your vision or goal(s) will be realized.

2. Plan to be early.

You never know when unforeseen traffic or business/social conversations will delay you from moving onto the next activity of the day on your schedule. That is why you should give yourself at least 30 extra minutes for a particular activity, especially one that requires you to drive someplace afterwards, such as a job or business meeting. Then you'll reduce the chance of your arriving late.

3. Keep your gas tank filled.

Don't wait until the needle on your car's fuel gauge is near the "E" before you start to look for a gas station. Once you get to half a tank or so, that should be the time to look for a gas station and fill up your tank with gas. Then you won't need to make any sudden stops at a gas station when you've committed to being somewhere else.

4. Stop being so generous with your time.

You don't have to solve everyone else's problems. If you have people wanting you to do things for them, but you have little to no time available, or, for whatever reason, you just plain don't want to do them, then toughen up and learn to tell these people "no". It's far better to be honest about it up front rather than to be late in helping them or not helping them at all when you've committed to doing so.

Planning and control are two things that will not only get you to where you want to go, but they'll get you there faster with a lot less trauma. If you'd like to know how I plan and control my days for maximum productivity, I highly recommend my Wallace D. Wattles Productivity Acceleration Guide. Click or tap the link below to get your copy today.

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Note: A few things have changed since I wrote that book. However, the principles remain the same.

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How Do You Become a Billionaire by... ?

In a survey I conducted, a reader wrote:

"Dear Tony,

I want to become a billionaire by 2023. I don't know how but I have faith. Is it possible? If not, can you tell me how to become what I want?

Regards."

You know, I absolutely love questions like this. I truly do! And, I've received lots of them over the years.

After a few well-placed follow-up questions, one thing I've discovered that all the askers have in common, bar none, is that they haven't a clue as to what they really want in life, nor have they taken the time and expended the effort to figure it out. So they just pick a number out of a hat, stick an unrealistic deadline on it, add "faith" to the mix, and voila, a year or two from now, they're even worse off than where they are today.

My advice?

Don't you be one of them!

Determine what's truly important to you and what you really want next in your life (the key word there being next). Then, combine that information into a next-level vision statement, internalize it, and begin moving toward it. Once you get there, repeat the process. Then repeat it again and again and again. I promise you that you'll make far more progress faster that way than what you're doing now. How do I know? Because that's what I did!

If you need help in this regard, I highly recommend my Wallace D. Wattles Quick Start Guide and my Wallace D. Wattles Advanced Vision Guide. Between the two of them, you'll learn just about everything you'll ever need to know about creating and realizing next-level visions. Click or tap the links below to get your copies today.

Click or tap here to get my Wallace D. Wattles Quick Start Guide on Amazon Kindle.

Click or tap here to get my Wallace D. Wattles Advanced Vision Guide on Amazon Kindle.

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Note: In my experience, there are two other things folks who ask me questions like these have in common. One is that they don't have a proverbial "pot to you know what in". In other words, they're barely making it financially, if at all. Their time and effort would be far better served by working toward a point of what I like to call "financial stability" and then using that as a launching point to bigger and better things. Again, I refer you to my Wallace D. Wattles Quick Start Guide and my Wallace D. Wattles Advanced Vision Guide for help in this regard. The other is that they don't really want to give anything in return for the money. In other words, they're looking for something for nothing. They just want the good fairy of the universe to plop a billion dollars on their doorstep at the appointed time and be done with it. The universe doesn't work that way! Not much I can do there other than to suggest a change of attitude.

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Wallace D. Wattles on Where Many of Us Fail

Wallace D. Wattles on Where Many of Us Fail

In "Mental Co-Operation", the twelfth of fifteen articles in Wallace D. Wattles' Lessons in Constructive Science series, Wallace D. Wattles wrote:

"With us it is too much every man for himself, while we may think kindly of everybody... yet we are almost invariably trying by thought to attain things for ourselves, of ourselves, and by ourselves, without real regard for the rights or happiness of any other person on earth. And right here is where many of us fail.

There are altogether too many people who seek to use mental power as a means or instrumentally by the use of which they can get something for nothing; who think that in some way the new thought may be used in taking advantage of other people, and whose mental science is in reality nothing more nor less than an attempt at robbery. It goes without saying that sooner or later these people are going to come to failure and disaster."

In my experience, the desire for something for nothing ranks right up there with lack of a clear and definite next-level vision as to why folks fail, especially among those, interestingly enough, who claim to believe in and be following Mr. Wattles' philosophy.

My advice?

Don't you be one of them!

A very wealthy man once told me that the single biggest, most important lesson that he learned in life was that, and I quote him here, "there ain't no Santa Claus". He followed that up with, as I do to you, "I hope that doesn't shock you".

For more on the subject, here are an article and a post I wrote that I think you'll find helpful:

1. "Are You Missing Something?"

Click or tap here to read "Are You Missing Something?".

2. "How Do You Manifest Money Without Doing Anything for It?"

Click or tap here to read "How Do You Manifest Money Without Doing Anything for It?".

By the way, you'll find some of the best stuff that Wallace D. Wattles ever wrote, much of it covering subjects that he didn't address elsewhere, in the fifteen articles of his Lessons in Constructive Science series. If you haven't read them, I suggest you do. Click or tap the links below to get your copy today.

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If you'd like to get into these articles in a big way, a really big way, I suggest Wallace D. Wattles' Constructive Living Course. Click or tap the link below to get your copy today.

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Note 1: In his book Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill listed the "uncontrolled desire for something for nothing" as the twelfth of the thirty major causes of failure. Is it standing between you and your success?

Note 2: There's a bit more meaning to this quote than first meets the eye. To fully grasp all that it entails, I suggest that you read and the article it's from in its entirety and spend some serious time pondering it. I think you'll find, as I have, that it will be time well spent.

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How Do You Find Your Life Purpose?

In a survey I conducted, a reader wrote (obviously, as you're about to find out, English is not this reader's first language):

"I am finding my purpose in my life after a heavy setback in my mlm business due to mistrust, now i want to work from home and earn abnormal high income by giving abnormal high content/ebook/article giving others by just less than $100. I knowledge of many filed like mlm/health/how to earn income/astrology and many more subject. Now I am not getting which subject i should start first or my life purpose so that I can serve people in very good manner so that they can change their life and live very good healthy wealthy life. Please help me to find my life purpose."

Let's take a look at what Wallace D. Wattles had to say about the subject. In his book The Personal Power Course, on the subject of creating wealth, he wrote:

"... you must know what you want to do. First, choose your business. Choose the one that seems most in line with your tastes, and which will require the use of your strongest faculties. Select for your life work the thing you most WANT to do. Do not become possessed by the idea that you must be fixed by circumstances in some business or profession which you do not like, and barred out from the one which you WOULD like. Even though you are making money, you are not successful so long as you are doing something you do not like to do, and not doing the thing you want to do. The man who feels that he is misplaced is neither wealthy nor successful. Perhaps the most essential part of wealth-culture consists in finding the place where you will be happy in your work. If you are not happy in your work, you are a slave."

In line with that, my advice is and always has been to find something you like to do and figure out a way to make money doing it. Having the necessary knowledge and/or skills to do something is certainly a plus, but neither is a requirement as both can be attained or developed. The primary thing is that it's something you like to do.

To help you in that regard, I highly recommend that you read my Wallace D. Wattles Purpose Discovery Guide and do the exercises in it. They will help you find "the place where you will be happy in your work", as Mr. Wattles ever so nicely put it. Click or tap the link below to get your copy today.

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Tip: Repeat the exercises in my Wallace D. Wattles Purpose Discovery Guide several times over several weeks, more if necessary. At some point in doing so, you'll begin to notice a common thread running through them that will lead you directly to the answer you seek.

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The Personal Power Course by Wallace D. Wattles

Wallace D. Wattles Purpose Discovery Guide

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How to Find Silver Linings During Tough Times

When you see someone going through a difficult situation in their life, it's normal to want to cheer them up by telling them everything will be fine. But if you're the one going through a difficult time, it can feel nearly impossible to see the silver lining.

For instance, if you're outside and heavy rain starts to pour down on top of your head, you might feel like the rain will never stop pouring down. The silver lining of this situation is that the rain will stop coming down eventually, and the sun will reveal itself once again.

Another example is when you face a seemingly hopeless situation. Maybe your marriage is falling apart, or your business is losing money. These types of situations will make you feel like there's nothing but misery in your future. No matter how much you attempt to repair your marriage or save your business, you keep sinking deeper into a pit of despair. Then you start asking yourself how you let this all happen.

By the time you figure out what you did wrong, you realize it's too late to do something about it. Well, it doesn't necessarily need to be that way if you don't let it be that way. Life is a bit like rolling the dice and seeing what opportunities or setbacks come your way.

When you play the board game "Monopoly," you roll the dice to determine which properties you get to buy. You might get "lucky" by having the opportunity to purchase valuable properties. If not, the other players will receive those opportunities instead. The best you can do is play the game and hope for the best. If it turns out you must pay rent to someone else, then you'll do so by whatever means necessary until things turn around for you again.

Monopoly is a lot like real life. You'll have a series of setbacks and misfortunes no matter how well you play the game. The trick is to never give up and to keep moving forward until you turn things around. Again, it's easier said than done because seemingly hopeless situations will cause you to feel stressed out and depressed. If you let these feelings get to your head, then it might cause you to have some self-destructive thoughts or ideas.

When faced with such a situation, be honest with yourself by admitting there may be nothing you can do about it. Look at it as an educational experience and learn from the mistakes you made. The knowledge you gained from this experience can be applied the next time around. That way, the results might be different if you go for it again.

Many, if not most, people use their imaginations in the wrong way. They get depressed when things don't go their way because the outcome is different than what they imagined it would be. People tend to think about how something will benefit them in the future, whether it's a marriage, career, or any other long-term endeavor.

If you're always focused exclusively on the expected outcome rather than on enjoying the journey, you'll be a miserable person. Why? Because there's no predicting where the roll of the dice is going to bring you on the game board of life. All you can do is analyze where you landed on the board and figure out which decisions were right and which decisions were terrible.

By doing that, you won't repeat those mistakes if a similar situation presents itself again. Remember that life doesn't guarantee who wins and who loses. Stop expecting yourself to win all the time because you're not entitled to win any more than anyone else. If you want to win at life, you must learn basic skills through education and experience.

As you continue to improve yourself each time, you should find yourself making fewer mistakes than you made previously. That's how you become a real winner in life. Do you think wealthy people and famous people didn't have hardships along the way? Most of them can tell you horror stories about how hard it was for them to succeed.

However, they overcame those hardships because they learned from their mistakes and continued to work on their goals until they achieved them. Just find that silver lining in each problematic situation and hold onto it. That will be your motivation to persevere.

Here's something for you to ponder today. It comes from Wallace D. Wattles' classic masterpiece, The Science of Getting Rich (with a couple of small additions from me):

"Never allow yourself to feel disappointed. You may expect to have a certain thing at a certain time, and not get it at that time; and this will appear to you like failure.

But if you hold to your faith you will find that the failure is only apparent.

Go on in the certain way, and if you do not receive that thing, you will receive something so much better that you will see that the seeming failure was really a great success.

A student of this science had set his mind on making a certain business combination which seemed to him at the time to be very desirable, and he worked for some weeks to bring it about. When the crucial time came, the thing failed in a perfectly inexplicable way; it was as if some unseen influence had been working secretly against him. He was not disappointed; on the contrary, he thanked God that his desire had been overruled, and went steadily on with a grateful mind. In a few weeks an opportunity so much better came his way that he would not have made the first deal on any account; and he saw that a Mind which knew more than he knew had prevented him from losing the greater good by entangling himself with the lesser.

That is the way every seeming failure will work out for you, if you keep your faith, hold to your purpose, have gratitude, and do, every day, all that can be done that day, doing each separate act in a successful manner.

When you make a failure, it is because you have not asked for enough..."

Or you asked for the wrong thing...

"... keep on, and a larger..."

Or better...

"... thing then you were seeking will certainly come to you. Remember this."

And remember it well!

Now, just so we're clear here, there's absolutely nothing wrong with wanting something, expecting to get it, and imagining yourself with it. In fact, that's exactly what I teach you to do. However, don't get so stuck on that thing that you ignore something bigger or better when it comes along, often disguised as difficulty, failure, hardship, misfortune, or tough times. During times like these, especially when all seems lost, it's usually, in my experience, a real good time to reevaluate and revise you next-level vision and begin moving in a new or modified direction.

If you need help with your next-level vision, I highly recommend my Wallace D. Wattles Quick Start Guide and my Wallace D. Wattles Advanced Vision Guide. Together, they'll give you just about all the help you'll ever need on the subject. Click or tap the links below to get your copies today.

Click or tap here to get my Wallace D. Wattles Quick Start Guide on Amazon Kindle.

Click or tap here to get my Wallace D. Wattles Advanced Vision Guide on Amazon Kindle.

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Prefer paperback?

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Click or tap here to get my Wallace D. Wattles Quick Start Guide and my Wallace D. Wattles Advanced Vision Guide bundled together at a discounted price in paperback on Amazon.

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Will "Jesus: The Man and His Work" Help You Find Your Purpose?

In a survey I conducted, a reader wrote:

"Hi Tony -

I've been struggling all my working life. And was even taught by my father to do what I love and the money will follow. But my problem is that I don't even know what I would LOVE to do. I don't know my passion. And that of course makes it difficult to do it.

There are things I'm passionate about, like animal rights, human rights, justice, clean healthy food. But those are things I tend to get angry about because we all know the state of affairs when it comes to those subjects. I can't seem to channel the anger into something constructive. I've also had some other interests but most of them end up as simply dabbling in them. I've never truly immersed myself in anything. There are also those things that I've started then lost interest in almost immediately.

I started to work on affiliate marketing, in products that look good and I know I would try if I could. But the problem is, I don't have personal experience with the products, so for me, it's difficult to write about them as a marketer. (I'm not a marketer/salesperson by nature) unless it's something I've tried, love and believe in. Plus, I feel dishonest by marketing these products. I know that one solution is to buy the product then market it if I like it. But I'm not in a financial position to do that. Do you have any insight on this??

I've been wanting to read Jesus: The Man and his Work for a long time. Do you think this book will help me in this particular category?

Thanks."

Okay, four things here. First of all, in reference to:

"... do what I love and the money will follow."

With no disrespect meant to your father or anyone else who's ever uttered those words, I don't completely buy into that. I know lots of folks who do what they love, and they're dead broke. On the other hand, I know plenty of others who absolutely abhor what they do, yet they do extremely well financially.

Now, that being said, let's take a look at what Wallace D. Wattles had to say about the subject. In his book The Personal Power Course, on the subject of creating wealth, he wrote:

"... you must know what you want to do. First, choose your business. Choose the one that seems most in line with your tastes, and which will require the use of your strongest faculties. Select for your life work the thing you most WANT to do. Do not become possessed by the idea that you must be fixed by circumstances in some business or profession which you do not like, and barred out from the one which you WOULD like. Even though you are making money, you are not successful so long as you are doing something you do not like to do, and not doing the thing you want to do. The man who feels that he is misplaced is neither wealthy nor successful. Perhaps the most essential part of wealth-culture consists in finding the place where you will be happy in your work. If you are not happy in your work, you are a slave."

Therein lies the truth of the matter.

Second, in reference to:

"... I don't even know what I would LOVE to do. I don't know my passion. And that of course makes it difficult to do it."

Based on what Mr. Wattles wrote and my own personal experience, I don't think it's absolutely necessary to love what you do or that you need to be passionate about it to create wealth in your life. I think you just need to like what you do. Might it be a plus if you love it or you're passionate about it? It might. However, if you just like it and it doesn't detract from your happiness, I think that's enough.

Again:

"Perhaps the most essential part of wealth-culture consists in finding the place where you will be happy in your work. If you are not happy in your work, you are a slave."

Notice that Mr. Wattles didn't write that you need to be ecstatic about it, just happy.

Third, in reference to:

"I started to work on affiliate marketing, in products that look good and I know I would try if I could. But the problem is, I don't have personal experience with the products, so for me, it's difficult to write about them as a marketer. (I'm not a marketer/salesperson by nature) unless it's something I've tried, love and believe in. Plus, I feel dishonest by marketing these products. I know that one solution is to buy the product then market it if I like it. But I'm not in a financial position to do that. Do you have any insight on this??"

You're thinking is pretty much on target there.

Here are two things to read that I think will answer your question and help you in this regard, both of which you'll find right here on my blog:

1. The first is my answer to a reader's question in a post titled "Can You Make a Decent Living Working with Affiliate Programs?". Click or tap the link below to read it.

Click or tap here to read my "Can You Make a Decent Living Working with Affiliate Programs?" post.

2. The other is an article I wrote a while back that I updated and added here titled "The #1 Best Business to Get into if You Want to Get Rich". Click or tap the link below to read it.

Click or tap here to read my "The #1 Best Business to Get into if You Want to Get Rich" article.

Fourth and finally, in reference to what I think is your primary question:

"I've been wanting to read Jesus: The Man and his Work for a long time. Do you think this book will help me in this particular category?"

Jesus: The Man and His Work by Wallace D. Wattles is a great book, and one that I suggest you read. In fact, it's one that I make a point of rereading, along with its companion volume, A New Christ by Wallace D. Wattles, at least once a year, usually in the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. However, I don't think it will help you find your purpose. Maybe it will, but I don't think so.

Instead, what I suggest you read for that is a book I wrote not too long ago titled the Wallace D. Wattles Purpose Discovery Guide. In it, you'll find a number of exercises that will help you find your "thing", as I like to call it. Click or tap the link below to get your copy today.

Click or tap here to get the Wallace D. Wattles Purpose Discovery Guide on Amazon Kindle.

No Kindle? No problem! Click or tap here to get a free Kindle reading app for your device.

Prefer paperback?

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Tip: Repeat the exercises in the Wallace D. Wattles Purpose Discovery Guide several times over several weeks, more if necessary. At some point in doing so, you'll begin to notice a common thread running through them that will lead you to the answer you're looking for.

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The Best Ways to Increase Your Luck in Life

Some people call themselves lucky or unlucky. They think it's impossible to control destiny and that your personal qualities and talents are what determine your fortune in life. However, the law of cause and effect tells us a different theory.

What if luck was a choice? The dictionary states that luck is "good fortune that happens by chance." But if you believe in the law of cause and effect, then chance doesn't have much to do with luck. Your thoughts determine your actions (the cause), and your actions create a particular outcome (the effect). Nothing is random here!

Therefore, "luck" is dependent on your actions. If you're the type of person who's a doer rather than a wisher, then you'll likely have good fortune. Just remember to utilize the law of cause and effect to make yourself the luckiest man or woman alive. You must motivate yourself to think like a "lucky person", and then you will be a "lucky person". If you change your thought process into taking action toward the things you want in life, then you will achieve them.

Take a look at someone who appears to be a very lucky person, such as a very successful athlete or movie star. Ask yourself, "How come they had so many wonderful opportunities? Is it because they're naturally lucky?" Well, no, they're not naturally lucky. These are people who don't dwell over the misfortunes in their lives. They keep their expectations high and open to the possibility of having better things in life. Because they have this mindset, they recognize when new opportunities present themselves and then grab onto these opportunities immediately without hesitation.

A truly "lucky person" lives moment to moment instead of in the past. All the bad things that happened to you in the past should be erased from your mind. The same goes for all the bad things that might happen in the future. You don't know what's going to happen. You must live in the now by enjoying the good things that you have in front of you presently. It'll be so much easier to think clearly and recognize what you need to do day by day.

A truly "lucky person" doesn't hesitate for anything. Thoughts of self-doubt and negative projecting are what hold back so many people from achieving success. But if you work hard and smart in the present and grab onto opportunities when they come, you'll find life to be more interesting. So, stop moaning, groaning, and complaining about what you don't have and start focusing on what you do have. Then you can take your life in any direction that you want.

Keep practicing these principles each day, and good fortune will come to you quickly. Then you'll be overwhelmed with new opportunities that'll make your life so much better.

Here's something for you to ponder today. It comes from Making the Man Who Can by Wallace D. Wattles, who's best known for his classic masterpiece The Science of Getting Rich:

"Every man has the inherent power to direct his own abilities and energies; and every man is conscious of having this power. It is because he has it that he is capable of growth and progress. To make a successful man, it is necessary to make one who knows what things result in success, and who will direct his energies to do those things; and the first essential to this is that he should assume the attitude of self-direction.

Every man is either self-directing or directed by the suggestions which come from his environment. The man who can is always a self-directing man; the man who is directed by suggestion is the man who cannot.

The man who is directed by suggestion has a "horoscope"; his destiny is decided by heredity and environment; the self-directing man does not allow his thoughts to be dictated by heredity, environment or the stars; he thinks what he wants to think, and if his horoscope does not suit him he makes a better one.

Business success depends upon business policy; business policy can only be formulated by thought; therefore, whether a man succeeds or fails depends upon the way he thinks.

The directed man only thinks the thoughts which are suggested by his environment; and so he can only do what those around him think he can do.

The self-directing man thinks what he wants to think, and can therefore do what he wants to do.

To become the man who can, the first step is to take the attitude of self-direction."

Want to become the man or woman who can and does? Then I highly recommend reading Making the Man Who Can by Wallace D. Wattles, the original man who could and did, and doing what it tells you to do. Click or tap the links below to get your copy today.

Click or tap here to get Making the Man Who Can on Amazon Kindle.

Click or tap here to get Making the Man Who Can along with eighty-three other rare books and articles by Wallace D. Wattles on Amazon Kindle.

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How Do You Manifest Money Without Doing Anything for It?

Recently, a reader wrote:

"Thank You for sharing your knowledge with all of us.

I have been studying and working to understand this for about 15 or more years of my life.... And I get it....

I have a question?

My life is good, and I lived through the World Trade Center Bombing, lost my house in H Sandy, etc....and much more.... but I am in a very good place. I am a Vegetarian, Don't Drink, Smoke, or Use any drugs at all.... nothing. And this knowledge that I have worked at getting, along with what most people would call a Miracle and Proof that there is a lot more going on that we know, has carried me through.

Here is my question:

How do you simply manifest money? Dollars? Not having to do anything for it.... Just manifest Money.

Thanks."

Wow!

Where do I begin?

Those who've been following my work for a while, either through this blog and/or my writings, know that I'm not real fond of the use of the word manifest and its derivatives.

Why?

Simple...

Because, more often than not, as in every single time, and this is yet one more example to add to the ever-growing pile, when I'm asked a question using that word or one of its derivatives, usually by a "law-of-attraction" follower, it's used in the context of getting something for nothing.

They're looking for some magical incantation to chant or some secret method to get their vibration just right, or some other such nonsense, to get the good fairy of the universe to mystically plop what they want right into their lap without any effort on their part whatsoever.

Here's the deal:

The universe doesn't work that way!

Might it seem like it does sometimes?

Yes.

But does it really?

No.

Will the universe aid you in your quest?

Absolutely!

But it's not going to simply hand it to you without any effort on your part.

In Chapter 11 of his book The Science of Getting Rich ("Acting in the Certain Way"), Wallace D. Wattles wrote:

"Thought is the creative power, or the impelling force which causes the creative power to act; thinking in a Certain Way will bring riches to you, but you must not rely upon thought alone, paying no attention to personal action. That is the rock upon which many otherwise scientific metaphysical thinkers meet shipwreck - the failure to connect thought with personal action.

We have not yet reached the stage of development, even supposing such a stage to be possible, in which man can create directly from Formless Substance without nature's processes or the work of human hands; man must not only think, but his personal action must supplement his thought.

By thought you can cause the gold in the hearts of the mountains to be impelled toward you; but it will not mine itself, refine itself, coin itself into double eagles, and come rolling along the roads seeking its way into your pocket.

Under the impelling power of the Supreme Spirit, men's affairs will be so ordered that some one will be led to mine the gold for you; other men's business transactions will be so directed that the gold will be brought toward you, and you must so arrange your own business affairs that you may be able to receive it when it comes to you. Your thought makes all things, animate and inanimate, work to bring you what you want; but your personal activity must be such that you can rightly receive what you want when it reaches you. You are not to take it as charity, nor to steal it; you must give every man more in use value than he gives you in cash value."

Now, I'm quite sure this isn't the answer you're looking for, but it is the answer. You can either accept it or not accept it, the choice is yours. If you choose to accept it and are ready to take the next step, then reading The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles and doing exactly what it tells you to do would be a good place to start. If you don't already have a copy, click or tap the links below to get yours today.

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Build Strength with Your Intuition

Have you ever had a certain "gut feeling" about something? This is a feeling that makes you believe that something is true or that something is going to happen. There's no evidence or logic behind a gut feeling. It's just a "sixth sense" or a "hunch" that makes you believe that this thing is real. Well, this feeling is actually your intuition at work.

A person's intuition is very powerful. It comes and goes in each individual. You never know when your intuition will activate. For some people, it activates from specific sounds like birds chirping or cars honking. For fewer people, intuition is a controllable and powerful force that most other people don't experience. You could call it a natural-born gift if you will.

If you were to ask an astrologer about intuition, they'd tell you that Pisces and Scorpios have increased intuition compared to the average person. Of course, the scientific community doesn't endorse astrology and the signs that go along with it. The truth is that anyone is capable of having strong intuition.

It's a blessing to have a strong intuition. For one thing, communication will no longer be a problem for you. You'll have more sensitivity and empathy for the people who you interact with each day. Most importantly, you're less prone to unintentionally hurting your loved ones.

Intuitive people are also creative people. Intuition can help you create better creative work, such as music, paintings, books, and so on. The more you exercise your intuition, the more you'll achieve in life.

Many people don't achieve what they want in life because they're so indecisive and insecure. Strong intuition can help a person make better decisions and have more confidence in them. That means no regret.

You can internally heal yourself with a strong intuition. All the negative energy building inside of you can finally get released. As you keep releasing this negative energy every day, you'll start to become a happier and healthier person.

Here are the top 6 ways that you can increase the strength of your intuition:

1. Get hypnotized.

Visit a professional hypnotist and ask them to help you connect with your inner intuition. If you can't afford a hypnotist, then try to hypnotize yourself.

2. Meditate.

Modern society puts so much stress on people's shoulders. If you focus on this stress every day, then you'll lose touch with the intuition that's inside of you. That's why you should release the stress, anxiety, and negative energy from your body by practicing meditation. The more negative energy you release, the closer you'll get to finding your intuition.

Meditation involves breathing exercises, focusing on no more than one thing at a time, and placing yourself in a quiet and peaceful environment. You may want to take a yoga class or professional meditation class for assistance with this.

3. Make a big decision small.

Big decisions can feel like heavy weights on your shoulders. If you keep focusing on that weight, then you can't focus on your intuition. Take the weight off your shoulders by finding a quiet place in your mind where there are no inhibitions. Once you find that place, your intuitive voice can be heard.

4. Trust your first impressions.

A gut reaction is the first impression that you get when you see or hear something or someone for the first time. Gut reactions are usually honest and reliable. Your intuition is responsible for those gut reactions. That is why you shouldn't try to ignore them. Instead, trust them!

5. Think positive.

Positive things happen to positive thinkers. If you think positive, then your mind will be filled with positive energy. All the stresses, fears, worries, and anxieties that you have will start to vanish. Then you can connect with your intuition and let that guide you more each day.

Whenever you have a happy moment, try to keep that moment alive for as long as possible. We know that it can sometimes be difficult to find good things in life, so make them last when they do occur. As for the rest of the time, keep searching for those positive things until you find them. Stop harping on the negativity.

6. Don't wait.

Practice one or more of the techniques above each day. You must put in the work if you want to develop your intuition. Eventually, you'll get to the point where your intuition will pop up and surprise you unexpectedly. That's when you'll be a strong-willed person with a positive mindset.

It's been said that:

"Prayer is us talking to God; intuition is God talking to us."

How true!

Of all the things that I've learned since I began studying Wallace D. Wattles' writings, learning to trust my "gut", so to speak, and go with it certainly ranks among the most important.

Here's the deal:

If something feels good or right, odds are that it is. If, on the other hand, something doesn't feel good or right, odds are that it isn't. It's really that simple!

Now, simple as it may be, it's real easy to sometimes misinterpret what you're feeling, but over time, with practice, it's something that you'll continually get better at.

So, guess what you should do?

You got it...

Practice!

Begin paying more attention to what you're feeling and then acting in accordance with those feelings.

Trust me, you'll be glad that you did!

By the way, the best book to read on this subject, the one that really opened my eyes to this, is Mr. Wattles' book The Science of Being Great. Click or tap the links below to get your copy today.

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Note: I'm not sure who to credit the above quote to. I've seen it or something similar credited to several different people. Who said it first, I know not.

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Can You Have More Than One Desire in Your Vision?

In a survey I conducted, a reader wrote:

"Dear Tony,

If you have been 'working' on a 'vision' or desire that you really want for a long time and it hasn't manifested exactly as you wanted it (in the ideal form... but it is vastly improved... but still not quite there yet), can you add another desire to the existing one and so act in the 'certain way' for both?!!

That is basically my question!!

Also, Bob Proctor, who has studied Wallace D. Wattles' work for over 25 years, says that you can do everything perfectly but if you don't "Let go and let God" you won't manifest what you want. What do you think?

Thank you for this opportunity to ask my question(s)!"

In reference to your first question:

"... can you add another desire to the existing one and so act in the 'certain way' for both?!!"

In his book The Science of Getting Rich, Mr. Wattles wrote:

"Your part is to intelligently formulate your desire for the things which make for a larger life, and to get these desires arranged into a coherent whole; and then to impress this Whole Desire upon the Formless Substance, which has the power and the will to bring you what you want."

He also wrote:

"The whole matter turns on receiving, once you have clearly formed your vision. When you have formed it, it is well to make an oral statement, addressing the Supreme in reverent prayer; and from that moment you must, in mind, receive what you ask for. Live in the new house; wear the fine clothes; ride in the automobile; go on the journey, and confidently plan for greater journeys. Think and speak of all the things you have asked for in terms of actual present ownership. Imagine an environment, and a financial condition exactly as you want them, and live all the time in that imaginary environment and financial condition."

So, based on those passages and my many years of creating and realizing visions and helping others to do so, my answer to your question is: yes, you can add another desire to your existing one and so act in the "certain way" on both if (big if here) they don't conflict with one another.

How do you tell if they conflict with one another?

Simple. Just ask yourself:

By having one can I have the other?

If your answer is yes, have at it!

For more on creating and realizing visions, I highly recommend my Wallace D. Wattles Quick Start Guide and my Wallace D. Wattles Advanced Vision Guide. Between the two of them, you'll learn just about everything you'll ever need to know about the subjects. Click or tap the links to get your copies today.

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As to your second question:

"... Bob Proctor... says that you can do everything perfectly but if you don't "Let go and let God" you won't manifest what you want. What do you think?"

First of all, let me say that, though I've read and/or listened to some of his stuff, I'm no expert on Bob Proctor's work and, quite frankly, I don't necessarily agree with every little thing he teaches, especially when it comes to Mr. Wattles' writings (on the other hand, I've pulled some real gems from his work).

That being said, if you're talking about "let go and let God" exactly as he explains the concept in Chapter 4 of his book You Were Born Rich, then I agree.

However, if you interpret "let go and let God" to mean, as many of the law-of-attraction folks out there that I've talked to do, that if you decide on something and believe that you'll have it that the official good fairy of the universe will come along and just plop it in your lap with absolutely no effort on your part, then I don't.

Again, I refer you to my Wallace D. Wattles Quick Start Guide and my Wallace D. Wattles Advanced Vision Guide (see links above).

Note 1: I'm not real fond of the use of the word manifest and its derivatives. It sounds way too hocus pocusey to me. I prefer to think of the process in terms of creation or realization.

Note 2: As a general rule, at least in the beginning, I suggest that you limit your vision statement to no more than three things. Chapter 5 ("The Anatomy of an Effective Vision Statement") of my Wallace D. Wattles Advanced Vision Guide has more on the subject (see links above).

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