Think about certain events in your lifespan, and attempt to recall what mixture of thoughts you often had, prior to a specific event occurring. Attempt to discover the affiliation between your thoughts and the events. How many times did something occur in your lifespan and you stated: “I knew this was going to happen.”

Our overpowering thoughts govern our behavior and attitude, and accordingly our actions, our spirit, and the people around us. As our thoughts are, so are our lives. This signifies that it's of large importance to be cautious with our thoughts, especially ideas that we frequently replicate. Ideas are like videocassettes that we play in the VCR of our brains. What we play, is what we view with our internal eyes.

What we visualize in our brain is what we think of. The thoughts that we repeatedly think mold our lives. So to make modifications in our life, we must make modifications in our thought process. It's essential to modify our thoughts. It's like ejecting a videocassette and bringing in a new one that we like better. The new mental videocassette will sooner or later modify our behavior, actions and attitude, and draw into our lives people, situations and events matching with our thoughts.

An individual thought isn't strong enough to cause a change, but if the same thought is replicated frequently, it eventually acquires force. A thought that's frequently repeated acquires a foothold in the subconscious mind, and from there it bears upon our lives and even our surroundings. The great thing about this process is that we do not need to strain or overexert ourselves to make it occur.

All we are required to do is to pick out a thought that we would like to come true, and begin repeating it. Pretend you're timid in the company of others, and you would like to change this situation. Driving yourself to communicate with others doesn't work all of the time, and could make you feel uncomfortable and act awkwardly. It's better to visualize that you're feeling surefooted and communicating fluently with others.

This is equivalent to daydreaming, and is a simple and enjoyable natural process. This is a mental activity, which is rather easy and doesn't require effort. This is a kind of a practical daydreaming, a method of utilizing the power of thoughts creatively and intentionally. It's really similar to ordinary daydreaming, however with some small deviations.

Visualize yourself conversing fluently, with ease and confidence. Think how the words just stream from your mouth, how you love verbalizing, and how everyone pays close attention to every word you say. You are able to fabricate in your head a perfect aspect of whatsoever you would like to accomplish.

Invest a large amount of detail, colors, sound, fragrance and liveliness into these mental pictures. If you repeat them often with trust and attention, the subconscious mind will admit them as actual experiences, and in a most natural way will make any required adjustments to make your reality fit your inner visualizations.

You are able to overpower habits and build new ones, develop new skills and powers, and even alter your conditions and accomplish anything that you really want. The ability of thoughts can assist you in developing a new line of work, amend your relationships, pull in extra income or improve your life. All this doesn't occur overnight.

It demands time, and depends on how earnest you are in your efforts and on how much time and concentration you put into your new way of thinking. This is mental work, but this doesn't signify that you remain passive and wait for things to occur. You want to maintain an open mind and be willing to take action as necessary. Decide what you desire to acquire or accomplish, and begin thinking of it frequently throughout the day, or at several particular times throughout the day.

These reoccurring thoughts would ultimately get stronger, and bring in inner and outer modifications. The ability of ideas is real power. You've surely applied it numerous times without realizing it. Once you know how it operates and how to apply it consciously, you acquire the ability to transform, improve and rule your life. Discover how to apply the power of thoughts and visual image to achieve success.

Views, Feelings and Success

Repeat out loud the word ‘success’ several times, and make an observation of how you feel. Depending on your mental and emotional composition, and on the vibe of the moment, there are two possibilities. You might become inspired, delighted and joyful, or brokenhearted, distressed and bitter. In the latter example, you might begin telling yourself how miserable you are, and that success isn't for you.

It might sound unusual, but thoughts about success may conjure up negative feelings. People, who have thought about negative ideas and feelings nearly all of their lives, await failure and don't feel noble of success. If they've underwent lack and hardships, they think that success isn't meant for them. In these instances, everything affiliated with success could call forth negative feelings.

Your thoughts and beliefs can attract or repel success. They regulate your feelings and outlooks about success or failure. Ideas too frequently, come and go and switch focus like the wind. They shape your head the same way that the wind moves the direction of a flag. One moment the flag might be batting this direction, and moments later in another way.

One moment you may be thinking in this way, and a second later in a different way. Once your thoughts, feelings and tempers become steady and under your dominance, your life also becomes under your control. You become the determining factor, not outside influences or passing tempers. In order to contain your thoughts, feelings and tempers and navigate your life, concentration and self-control must be acquired.

Concentration and self-control act as the steering wheel of your life, with which you are able to pilot the boat of your life in the direction of success and achievement. Your overriding, habitual views and beliefs decide whether you'll achieve success or not, and whether you'll feel satisfied upon realization or not.

Excerpted from the book The Power Of Positive Thinking In The Post Modern Age.

This excerpt has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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