desired outcome. You may want to see this reorganization happen a cou-
ple of times to aid you in envisioning a clear path to your goal.
Once you are finished watching the events reorganize themselves,
come back to now. Float back down to now and come back into the room.
Look up at the ceiling for two to three seconds. Doing this ensures that you
are ready to continue with the next part.
Congratulations! You have installed the first goal into your timeline.
Use this method to install your other goals. If you have set smaller goals in
order to achieve larger ones, make sure that they are SMART and that you
place them into your timeline as well.GAINCERTAINTY ABOUTANYGOAL
INSECONDS WITH THEFILINGCABINETMETHOD
The more certain you are that you will accomplish any goal, the
more effectively you will get there. Remember a time when you
were about to achieve a goal that you were very certain you
could achieve. How easy was it for you to achieve that goal? Did the ob-
stacles seem to be simple to overcome or maybe even nonexistent?
Now remember a past goal that you weren’t sure you could achieve.
Do you remember a lot of obstacles? Did they seem difficult to overcome?
How difficult was the goal to achieve? Did it take a long time to complete?
Now that it is complete, was it really that difficult, or did it just seem diffi-
cult at the time because you were uncertain?
Now think of an important goal. If you don’t have one in mind, refer
back to the section on SMART goals. Ask yourself, in percentage terms,
how sure are you that you will accomplish this. Take a moment to jot down
this percentage. Do this now! In order to achieve the goals you want, you
must take action. Do not delay.
Now think of a fact of which you are 100 percent certain. It might
be your gender, or the color of your eyes, or your nationality. Or you
may choose the fact that the earth is round, the sun will shine again, or
the location where you currently live—something you could prove in
court if necessary.
Now notice exactly where this fact is stored in your mind. (Perhaps in
the front or the back or on one side. Look carefully enough inside to find its
precise filing location.)
Now find a location in your mind that you can easily find, and imagine
a file cabinet. Take your chosen fact and move the certainty of that fact into
the file cabinet. Now pick a second fact that you are absolutely certain
about. Move the certainty of that fact into your file cabinet where you
stored the first fact.
Now think of the goal you referred to at the beginning of this exercise
and find its precise location in your mind. Grab onto this goal in your156 Your Mind Is Not a Democracy