You do not need to apply your will to things, in order to compel them to come to you.

That would simply be trying to coerce God, and would be foolish and useless, as well as irreverent.

You do not have to compel God to give you good things, any more than you have to use your will power to make the sun rise.

You do not have to use your will power to conquer an unfriendly deity, or to make stubborn and rebellious forces do your bidding.

Substance is friendly to you, and is more anxious to give you what you want than you are to get it.

To get rich, you need only to use your will power upon yourself.

When you work with the Will, the only requirement is that you use your will to control YOUR thoughts and YOUR actions.

Control your thoughts to…

1. Keep your mind focused on what you want.

2. Keep your mind from wandering to thoughts of lack and limitation.

3. Keep your mind focused on the desires that will make you more complete.

4. Keep your mind focused on how you can serve others profitably.

Control your Actions to…

1. To do what you should do when you should do it.

2. To make the most of your time doing the things that are the most important at that moment.

3. To do the things that bring you closer to your desires.

Your use of the will, will only bring you to your desire when you use them to control your thoughts and your actions. To use your will to try and control the actions and thoughts of others is not of any real value to you.

As Always, Here’s to Your LifetoSuccess,

John Clark

TO set about getting rich in a scientific way, you do not try to apply your will power to anything outside of yourself.

You have no right to do so, anyway.

It is wrong to apply your will to other men and women, in order to get them to do what you wish done.

It is as flagrantly wrong to coerce people by mental power as it is to coerce them by physical power. If compelling people by physical force to do things for you reduces them to slavery, compelling them by mental means accomplishes exactly the same thing; the only difference is in methods. If taking things from people by physical force is robbery, them taking things by mental force is robbery also; there is no difference in principle.

You have no right to use your will power upon another person, even “for his own good”; for you do not know what is for his good. The science of getting rich does not require you to apply power or force to any other person, in any way whatsoever. There is not the slightest necessity for doing so; indeed, any attempt to use your will upon others will only tend to defeat your purpose.

In Stephen Covey’s great book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, he spends a whole chapter on what he calls “The Circle of Concern and The Circle of Influence”.

“The Circle of Concern” is everything outside of your control. This is the way people react to you, politics, global warming, and if Iran is going to have a nuclear bomb. These are all things that may be of concern to you but things that you do not have immediate control. Things that you can not currently control.

“The Circle of Influence” is everything that you do have personal control over, which is basically what you do with your time and what you think about. These are the things that you use you will on.

Your press you will on the things and thinking that you should be doing.

In the first couple of paragraphs in the Chapter “How to Use the Will”, Wallace Wattles spends a lot of time exploring the fact that it is not your place to exercise your will on others in order to get what you want. This is a competitive practice not a creative practice.

And he further explores the idea that to exercise your will on others in order to get what you want is no different then enslaving them or stealing from them.

Even if it for their own good.

A word of caution here: In matters of life and death, I may disagree with not imposing my will on some who be in danger or endangering others.

As Always, Here’s to Your LifetoSuccess,

John Clark

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Oral prayer is well enough, and has its effect, especially upon yourself, in clarifying your vision and strengthening your faith; but it is not your oral petitions which get you what you want. In order to get rich you do not need a “sweet hour of prayer”; you need to “pray without ceasing.” And by prayer I mean holding steadily to your vision, with the purpose to cause its creation into solid form, and the faith that you are doing so.

“Believe that ye receive them.”

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. Mind, however, that you do not do this as a mere dreamer and castle builder; hold to the FAITH that the imaginary is being realized, and to the PURPOSE to realize it. Remember that it is faith and purpose in the use of the imagination which make the difference between the scientist and the dreamer. And having learned this fact, it is here that you must learn the proper use of the Will.

These are the last 3 paragraphs in the chapter, Thinking in the Certain Way, and what a way to end the chapter.

Think about what is being said above, you must live with your vision completely vivid and alive in your mind. Living with the mindset that you have already realized your vision with PURPOSE and FAITH that it is on its way to you.

In the last couple of post we start to see the word PURPOSE, living with PURPOSE. This is when you start to bring your actions in line with what you want to have happen in your life.

This is where you start to go to the gym and eat properly to lose the weight you are looking to lose.

This is where you start to put away a certain percentage of your pay away into your financial independence account in order to start to accumulate the wealth you are looking for.

And you constantly live with FAITH that the vision you have in your mind is coming to you.

You want to know something… this is already working in your life whether you know it or not.

You are getting exactly what you have set in your mind. If you don’t like what you are presently experiencing, then you need to start creating a new VISION for yourself, followed by PURPOSE (Action towards what you desire) and mixed with the magic of FAITH.

These are the keys of Thinking in the Certain Way!

As Always, Here’s to Your LifetoSuccess,

John Clark

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