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You Must Act As If

Everywhere I go I'm getting people asking me, "How do I hold the right state of mind to manifest, to create, to demonstrate the results that I want?" And bravo! I couldn't put the question better. That's how you want to ask it. Here's where the challen... Read >

A Single Reason Why

Some people have a thousand reasons why they can't do what it is that they want to do, why they can't achieve what it is that they want to achieveâ€"only to be passed by a person who has a single reason why. Listenâ€"there will always be setbacks, ther... Read >

Think Thrive

We're in tough economic times, and I get so many questionsâ€"and by the way, it's not just me. I'm tuned into what my colleagues, associates and cohorts are doing and what they're getting, too, and it's, "How do I survive during the current economic crisi... Read >

Find Your Life Perfect And Deal With What Emerges

Want some good advice? In the words of my friend Marshall Sylver, "Find your life perfect, and deal with what emerges." Yes, folks, find your life perfect. Nothing is against you, there are no problems, everything is perfect. Now, how are you going to ... Read >

By Default Or Design

Today, I'll talk about what everybody's interested in: getting ahead, making money, having a good life. Being productive, being contributive, having the things you want, travel, schools for your children, you name it. It goes by 1,001 faces, and it is dif... Read >

It's Not Hidden

Okay, friend! I know you've thought of this many, many times, because it may be the most common question I'm ever asked about The NEW Think and Grow Rich philosophy (though I haven't kept a quantitative analysis to know for sure). What are we talking abou... Read >

There’s So Little Real Luck

It doesn't matter how ambitious we are, it doesn't matter how many times we talk about, "Well, we're not looking for everyone, we're looking for the few." It doesn't matterâ€"there's always some who say they want wealth, riches, achievement, conquest… a... Read >

There Is No Going Backwards

We talk in this NEW Think and Grow Rich philosophy about the necessity for a burning desire, about a desire which will not be negated. And one of the stories that is mentioned in both the original Think and Grow Rich and The NEW Think and Grow Rich is the... Read >

Seek to Be Capable

In a recent conversation my colleague, Wendy Robbins, asked me this important question: "You could dream big, but I hear people get started and then they have something, a little temporary defeat, and they forget that's part of the game. And so they f... Read >

These Interesting Times

According to the Chinese blessing "May you live in interesting times," we certainly live in interesting economic times right now. In fact, I was talking to an associate just yesterday, and the exact words he used to conclude a thought that we had been pur... Read >

Faith, the Magnetic Force

We talk about faith as being a magnetic force. We talk about faith giving you the power "as you think". Remember, the people who don't believe that they can achieve something aren't even going to be motivated to get off their duffs and do it. So you've go... Read >

Thoughts Are the Cause

Thoughts absolutely affect one's riches. And by the way, when you see that the first word in Think and Grow Rich is think, if you look a little bit deeper, that's also a cause. We find the effect of growing rich on the other side of the equation of Think ... Read >

If It's On Your Plate

Does it ever seem like things aren't going you way? Isn't that a joke? Does it ever seem like you're wondering, "How am I going to get out of this, how am I going to solve this? Why do I have to do this when I'd rather be doing that? I'm better at that!" ... Read >

Select Your Thoughts To Create The Reality You Want

Once you grab hold of the philosophy of going the extra mile, it becomes easy to be responsible. It's simple, once you get to the point where you understand that you create the reality that you live in by your thoughtsâ€"and you very well can get to that ... Read >

Embrace Adventure

Today, I want to talk about turning adversity into triumph. The leading personal achievement scientists have reached the same basic conclusion on the subject. Weick and Browning ask, "How do you design an interpretation system that motivates people?" Thei... Read >