the daily activity of their busy lives. We want to point them out so
that you notice them when they occur and use them to your bene-
fit. These two events may occur in any order.
Very quickly, sometimes instantly, upon establishing a goal, your
mind begins to attract the resources you require to accomplish that
goal. Also, your mind will dutifully cooperate to accomplish the new
goal by letting you know which of your past thoughts are opposed
to your accomplishing the goal.
Let’s say that your new goal is to double your income from
$60,000 per year to $120,000 per year within the next 12 months.
One event is that almost immediately your mind is filled with possi-
ble ways to do this. Before you set the goal, you had not been think-
ing of ways to increase your income, so why would your mind
bother to produce any useful ideas for you? Pay particular attention
to the people you meet after establishing a new goal; your mind will
naturally attract into your presence not only the ideas but also the
people and other external resources you require.
The other event is that your mind cooperates with accomplish-
ing your new goal in another way, by bringing to your attention the
thought patterns that stand in the way of timely and convenient ac-
complishment. Before you had set the goal of doubling your in-
come, your mind may have been thinking, “This is all the money I
need to get by” or “It is not worth the effort or risk to earn more.”
These types of thoughts definitely will hinder your accomplishment
of your new goal. So, almost immediately after establishing your
new goal, pay close attention to what may seem to be objections in
your mind. These comprise very useful information; your mind is
dutifully saying to you, “In the past you told me to think these
thoughts: ‘$60,000 is all I need to get by’ or ‘I can’t do this’ or ‘I
shouldn’t want more money.’” You must change these old thoughts
to achieve your new and different goal. Use the Power Affirmations
method in the next chapter to change specific, limiting thoughts
like these.
Creativity
Creativity and analysis are two of the major functions of your con-
scious mind. The creative function thinks up new ideas. The analyt-
ical function evaluates things in light of information and
experiences already stored and attempts to assign cause and effect;
it figures things out. One function isn’t better than the other; both
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