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the words of Henry Ford who said, “If you do not think
about the future, you won’t have one.”
And I also like to stress that I am only talking about
four minutes a day.
The purpose of making the circles mathematically
sound is that you can remove the elements of “faith”
and “hoping” from your action plan. You know your goals
will be hit. Who would you want to bet on, the tennis
player who has faith that she’s going to win or the one
whoknows she’s going to win?
By drawing these simple four circles you can create
your universe anywhere, anytime. Waiting in line at
the bank, sitting in the doctor’s office, waiting for a meet-
ing to begin, or just doodling. Each time you do it, your
universe gets closer to you. Each time you draw the
circles you are hit with this revelation: There is abso-
lutely no difference between succeeding today and hav-
ing a successful life.
InThe Magic of Believing, Claude Bristol recounts
a particularly absent-minded habit of his that, looking
back, may have had a bigger impact on shaping his uni-
verse than he ever realized. He said that whether he
was on the phone, or just sitting in moments of abstrac-
tion, he would always have a pen or pencil out doodling.
“My doodling was in the form of dollar signs like
these—$$$$$—on every paper that came across my desk.
The cardboard covers of all the files that were placed
before me daily were covered with these markings; so
were the covers of telephone directories, scratch pads,
and even the face of important correspondence.”
Bristol’s later studies on “mind stuff experiments,”
“the power of suggestion,” and “the art of mental pic-
tures” caused him to conclude that his lifelong habit of
doodling dollar signs had had an enormous impact on
programming his mind to always be opportunistic and