Last week we discussed Faith. It is vital to your success that you have faith or belief that you can accomplish your greatest desires.
This week we discuss Auto-Suggestion, Napoleon Hill’s Third Characteristic of Successful People. Auto-suggestion is a self-suggestion process that connects the conscious mind to the subconscious mind. Your brain is very powerful and your subconscious mind is constantly working on your ideas and thoughts.
Think about a time you had a “light bulb” moment. Have you ever wondered why these moments of inspiration tend to happen when you are doing something completely unrelated to the idea, like when you are eating lunch, playing with the kids or watching a movie? Your conscious mind is occupied on something else and your subconscious mind is free to think through ideas, solve problems and push those ideas to your conscious mind – this is where eureka moments, inspiration and breakthroughs come from.
The subconscious mind takes any order given to it in the spirit of faith and internally acts upon those orders – positive or negative. Your subconscious mind works on the thoughts and ideas that are present, the ones that you allow in. Our conscious thinking mind filters everything we are exposed to and limits what reaches the subconscious mind, but most of us do not actively control this process; what if we did?
This is where auto-suggestion comes in. It can be used as a method to put the sub-conscious mind to work for you through repeated suggestion. You can use auto-suggestion to brainwash yourself by feeding the subconscious mind thoughts of a positive, creative nature. When you mix emotion & faith, and combine it with repetition of these positive desired thoughts, you create an internal power that works for you. You should repeat your desired orders over & over to strengthen your subconscious mind and the drive to reach the desire – repetition is the key. This helps you focus on a desire until it becomes a burning obsession.
So here are your action steps for auto-suggestion:
- Prepare a written statement that identifies what you want. Your desires, what you intend to accumulate, the time limit for its accumulation and a description of what you will give in return for what you want. As you go through this process, you have to see yourself in possession of your desires and believe in it.
- Place a written copy of this statement somewhere you can see it at night and in the morning.
- And, repeat the message out loud to yourself every day, at night and in the morning.
Here is a sample auto-suggestion statement from Think and Grow Rich:
By the first day of January 20XX, I will have in my possession $100,000, which will come to me in various amounts from time to time during the interim.
In return for this money I will give the most efficient service of which I am capable, rendering the fullest possible quantity and the best possible quality of service as a sales representative of …
I believe I will have this money in my possession. My faith is so strong that I can now see this money before my eyes. I can touch it with my hands. It is now awaiting transfer to me in the proportion that I deliver the service I intend to render in return for it. I am awaiting a plan by which to accumulate this money, and I will follow that plan when it is received.
Now, auto-suggestion is difficult and requires a time commitment. It does not just work because you talk to yourself, you have to believe what you are saying, tie it in with emotions, faith & belief and repeat it over and over; there is no shortcut.
Be on the lookout for inspiration – a flash in the mind of how you will achieve your desire, this is your plan, now you have to act.
There are no limitations to the mind, except those we acknowledge.
Stay tuned to learn more about Napoleon Hill’s success principles from Think and Grown Rich. Next week we will talk about Specialized Knowledge.
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