30 Days to Get What You Want

This post is inspired by two of my dear friends, one who has just suffered a heart attack - currently in the recovery stage, and the other in a dark place struggling financially.

And so, I’ve derived a plan that will help my family - that includes you - achieve what you want in just 30 days - think of it as a 30-day test to get what you want.

This test will last 30 days. Now, let’s get one thing straight, it isn’t going to be easy - but well worth the effort if you want to transform your life.

If you’ll give it a good try, it will completely change your life for the better. Back in the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton, the English mathematician and natural philosopher, gave us some natural laws of physics that apply as much to human beings as they do to the movement of bodies in the universe.

The promise of the future is an awesome force. We look back for experience, but we have to look forward now for inspiration. What gives us inspiration to get up in the morning, do our job, learn skills, and develop all that we can possibly be is the promise of the future. It can be so powerful that it can overwhelm any adversary or difficulty you might have.

One of these laws of the universe is that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Simply stated, as it applies to you and me, it means we can achieve nothing without paying the price.

The outcome of your 30-day test will be in direct proportion to the effort you put in.

For example, to be a doctor, you must pay the price of long years of difficult study. To be successful in selling, … keep in mind that each of us succeeds to the extent of his ability to sell:

• selling our families on our ideas,

• selling education in schools,

• selling our children on the advantages of living a good and honest life,

• selling our associates and employees on the importance of being exceptional people,

• to of course the profession of selling itself.

But to be successful in selling our way to the good life, we must be willing to pay the price.

Well, it's many things.

• First, it's understanding emotionally as well as intellectually that we literally become what we think about, and that we must control our thoughts if we're to control our lives. It's understanding fully that "as ye sow, so shall you reap."

• Secondly, it's cutting away all the chains and shackles from the mind and permitting it to soar as it was divinely designed to do. It's the realization that your limitations are self-imposed and that the opportunities for you today are enormous beyond belief. It's rising above narrow-minded pettiness and prejudice.

• Thirdly, use all your courage to force yourself to think positively about your own problem, to set a definite and clearly defined goal for yourself, to let your marvelous mind think about your goal from all possible angles, to let your imagination speculate freely upon many different possible solutions, to refuse to believe there are any circumstances sufficiently strong to defeat you in the accomplishment of your purpose, to act promptly and decisively when your course is clear, and to keep constantly aware of the fact that you are, at this moment, standing in the middle of your own "acre of diamonds," as Russell Conwell used to point out.

• Fourth, save at least 10 percent of what you earn. It's also keeping in mind that no matter what your present job, it has enormous possibilities if you're willing to pay the price.

Now, let's summarise the important points in the price each of us must pay to achieve the wonderful life that can be ours. It is, of course, worth any price.

• You will become what you think about.

• Remember the word "imagination" and let your mind soar.

• Courage. Concentrate on your goal every day.

• Save 10 percent of what you earn.

• And action. Ideas are worthless unless we act on them.

OK, so here is the outline of the 30-day test I want you to take. Now, keep in mind that you have nothing to lose by taking this test and everything you could possibly want to gain. There are two things that may be said of everyone: each of us wants something, and each of us is afraid of something.

Write on a card what is it that you want more than anything else. It may be more money. Perhaps you'd like to double your income or make a specific amount of money.

It may be a beautiful home. It may be a promotion at your job. It may be a particular position in life. It could be a more harmonious family.

Each of us wants something. Write down on your card specifically what it is that you want. Make sure it's a single goal and clearly defined. You needn't show it to anyone, but carry it with you everywhere at all times so that you can look at it several times a day.

Think about it in a cheerful, relaxed, positive way. Each morning when you get up, immediately you have something to work for, something to get out of bed for, something to live for.

Look at your card every chance you get during the day and just before going to bed at night. As you look at it, remember that you must become what you think about, and since you're thinking about your goal, you realize that soon it will be yours. 

In fact, it's yours really the moment you write it down and begin to think about it.

Look at the abundance all around you as you go about your daily business. You have as much right to this abundance as any other living creature. It's yours for the asking.

Now, we come to the difficult part. Difficult because it means the formation of what is probably a brand-new habit, and new habits are not easily formed. Once formed, however, it'll follow you for the rest of your life.

Stop thinking about what it is you fear. Each time a fearful or negative thought comes into your consciousness, replace it with a mental picture of your positive and worthwhile goal.

For 30 days, you must take control of your mind. It will think only about what you permit it to think. Each day for this 30-day test, do more than you have to do. 

In addition to maintaining a cheerful, positive outlook, give yourself more than you've ever done before. Do this knowing that your returns in life must be in direct proportion to what you give.

You're then in that rare and successful category of people who know where they're going. Out of every hundred people, you belong to the top five. Don't concern yourself too much with how you're going to achieve your goal. Leave that completely to a power greater than yourself.

All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord.

And if you've kept your goal before you every day, you'll wonder and marvel at this new life you found.

Make your test for 30 full days. Don't start your test until you've made up your mind to stick with it. You see, by being persistent, you're demonstrating faith. Persistence is simply another word for faith.

If you didn't have faith, you would never persist. If you suddenly find yourself overwhelmed by negative thoughts, you've got to start over again from that point and go 30 more days. 

Gradually, your new habit will form until you find yourself one of that wonderful minority to whom virtually nothing is impossible.

Don't forget the card; it's very important. As you begin this new way of living, on one side of the card, write your goal, whatever it may be.

On the other side, write the words I’ve quoted above: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."

In your spare time during your test period, read books that will help you. Inspirational books like, Dorothea Brand's "Wake Up and Live", "The Magic of Believing" by Claude Bristol, "Think and Grow Rich (my favorite)" by Napoleon Hill, and other books that instruct and inspire.

Nothing great was ever accomplished without inspiration. See that during these crucial first 30 days, your own inspiration has kept at a peak.

Well, look at the alternative. No one wants to be a failure. No one really wants to be a mediocre individual. No one wants a life constantly filled with worry, fear, and frustration.

Therefore, remember that you must reap that which you sow - that’s the law of the universe. If you sow negative thoughts, your life will be filled with negative things.

If you sow positive thoughts, your life will be cheerful, successful, and positive.

Here is the thing, most people will tell you that they want to make money without understanding the law. 

The only people who make money work in the mint - the rest of us must earn money.

This is what causes those who keep looking for something for nothing or a free ride to fail in life. The only way to earn money is by providing people with services or products that are needed and useful.

We exchange our product or service for other people’s money. Therefore, the law is that our financial return will be in direct proportion to our service. Success is not the result of making money - making money is the result of success, and success is in direct proportion to our service.

Most people believe that you're successful if you earn a lot of money. The truth is that you can only earn money after you're successful. 

It's like the story of the man who sat in front of the stove and said to it, "Give me heat, and then I'll add the wood."

How many men and women do you know, or do you suppose there are today, who take the same attitude toward life? There are millions. We've got to put the fuel in before we can expect heat. Likewise, we've got to be of service first before we can expect money.

Don't concern yourself with the money. Be of service. Build, work, dream, create. Do this, and you'll find there's no limit to the prosperity and abundance that will come to you. 

Prosperity is founded upon the law of mutual exchange. Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn himself.

Sometimes the return will not come from those you serve, but it must come to you from someplace, for that is the law. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

As you go daily through your 30-day test period, remember that your success will always be measured by the quality and quantity of service you render, and money is a yardstick for measuring the service.

No man can get rich himself unless he enriches others. There are no exceptions to the law. You can drive down any street in any Western country (Australia, UK, Canada, USA) and from your car estimate the service that's being rendered by the people living on that street.

Pay the price by becoming the person you want to become. It's not nearly as difficult as living unsuccessfully. Make your 30-day test, then repeat it, then repeat it again.

Each time it will become more a part of you until you wonder how you could ever have lived any other way.

Live this new way, and the floodgates of abundance will open and pour over you more riches than you may have dreamed existed. Money? Yes, lots of it. But what's more important, you'll have peace.

You'll be in that wonderful minority who lead calm, cheerful, successful lives. Start today. You have nothing to lose, but you have a life to win.

Stay awesome

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