CONCENTRATION 735First you must get rid of skepticism and doubt. No unbeliever
ever enjoyed the benefits of this magic key. You must believe in the test
that you are about to make.
Perhaps you have thought something about becoming a successful
writer, or perhaps a powerful public speaker, or a successful business
executive, or an able financier. We will take public speaking as the
subject of this test, but you can change that to your own objective.
Just remember you must follow instructions to the letter.
On a plain sheet of letter-size paper write the following:
I am going to become a powerful public speaker because
this will enable me to render the world useful service that is
needed-and because it will yield me a financial return that
will provide me with the necessary material things of life.
I will concentrate my mind on this desire for ten minutes
daily, just before retiring at night and just after arising in the
morning, for the purpose of determining just how I shall
proceed to transform it into reality.
I know I can become a powerful and magnetic speaker,
therefore I will permit nothing to interfere with my doing so.
Signed ....................................After signing this pledge, proceed to do as you have given your
word that you would do. Keep it up until the desired results have been
realized.
When you come to do your concentrating, look ahead one, three,
five, or even ten years, and see yourself as the most powerful speaker
of your time. See, in your Imagination, an appropriate income. See
yourself in your own home that you have purchased with the proceeds
from your efforts as a speaker or lecturer. See yourself in possession of
a nice bank account for your retirement. See yourself as a person of