Napoleon Hill summarized in his book Think and Grow Rich that there are 13 unique characteristics that every wealthy, successful and powerful man and woman has. He called these characteristics the Thirteen Steps to Riches.

Noone was born with any of these characteristics. All were born the same. These characteristics are learned and developed to be the second nature. What are these characteristics, the Thirteen Steps to Riches?

1. Burning desire. It’s the starting point of all achievement. You must have burning desire.
2. Faith. Visualization of, and belief in attainment of desire.
3. Auto-suggestion. The medium for influencing the subsconcious mind.
4. Specialized knowledge. Personal experiences or observation. You must focus in one area and concentrate there.
5. Imagination. Remember Law of Attraction?
6. Organized planning. The realization of desire into action.
7. Be decisive in nature. The mastery of procrastination.
8. Persistence. The sustained effort necessary to induce faith.
9. Surround yourself with master mind. It’s your driving force.
10. The mystery of sex transmutation.
11. The subsconcious mind.
12. The brain.
13. The sixth sense. The door to the temple of wisdom.

Before reading Think and Grow Rich, you must be aware that this book was not written to entertain. You can’t diggest its contents properly in a week or a month.

Think and Grow Rich is a textbook on individual achievement of the experiences of hundreds of America’s most successful men. It must be studied, digested, and meditated upon. You must underline the sentences that impress you the most, and later go back to these marked lines and read them again. You will absorb its contents and make them your own.

What do you want the most?

If all of those succesful men could achieve their dreams, so can you. Remember that noone was born with these successful characteristics. Everyone was born the same.

Build your succesful characteristic using Think and Grow Rich !

Now you can easily see there is no reason for you to be, if I may, “Stuck.” Now is the time to step up to the plate with what you have learned and build from that point. Stand up and take personal responsibility for your life. Reach into your soul, all the way down and grab hold of your strength.

Sit in silence and ask your soul to speak clearly the Universal truth you need to hear. Awake yourself from the zombie like state you have been living in. Then practice The Law of Attraction, from the moment you awake in the morning. Every day set forth positive intentions and before you speak or call anyone think about what idea you really want to convey, is it positive.

Now start attracting small desires and build on to bigger ones; use something as simple as the parking space. Then work on that desire you have been putting off. Be clear about what you desire, have confidence and believe that it is manifesting and is on its way. Then Act As If this powerful mental illusion will set into motion that universal connection that cannot fail you. In closing, please remember the Universe does not distinguish between what is mental or physically real once emotional energy starts to vibrate in.

Imagine your life being free of all obstacles. Then realize you are in total mental control for no one owes you anything, its all gratitude. Acknowledge that it is through “Thought” you can create anything. Because if you can think, desire, believe, and visualize with volition it shall be yours.

Acknowledge you have the power of “Thought” to transform your life using this omniscience Universal Law of Attraction.

FINAL CHECK LIST:

1. You are a Mental Magnet.

2. Your “Thoughts” Create Things.

3. Desire with passion.

4. Believe that it is yours.

5. Visualize until it materialize.

6. Pretend/Act As If.

7. Stay focused.

8. Expect whatever you desire.

9. You are responsible for your creation.

10. The Law of Attraction is neutral.

You have come to understand you have the power to create your reality from one moment to the next, to the complete day, just by thinking it so. So, when those moments come when everything is in total alignment with the Universe, when you are in that place where life just can’t get better, this is the time to pause and project.

Yes, project. Take some of those feel good feelings and throw them over into tomorrow and there they will be waiting on you. In your mind, see it as so. Project as much of this positive energy you are experiencing now into your tomorrow. Think about how great your tomorrow is going to be… just as great as this moment is.

Do you get how you will start to gain control over how you will feel if you project when you are in a state of euphoria? It is as if you are doing a mental affirmation at the moment you are feeling great and stating that this how you desire to feel in the future. “I like this, tomorrow has got to contain more of this.” When you throw it over to tomorrow, it will be there when you get there, and you’ll bump into it, because it is your intention. It will feel so great that you’ll find yourself anticipating it more and projecting that good feeling into every situation.

Opening your mind to new ideas and Creative Thought processes is a big leap of faith and can change core belief. I know having blind faith and believing in the unseen is a big pill to swallow for most. A great example of faith is your belief that the sun will rise tomorrow you don’t know how, but you do know it will.

When people are not totally able to see clearly or understand the Science of the Law of Attraction, they are quick to say it doesn’t work. Instead of desiring and allowing the process to work, people let doubt slip in and take over their thought process. Contrary to belief, there is no scientific evidence that the Law of Attraction actually works, it’s about having faith. Be decisive and establish that you want change in your life and that may mean leaving behind core beliefs such as: I’m not good enough, I’m not worthy, They won’t let me because, I’m to short/tall, my mother/father etc. told me that it was wrong, you don’t have enough experience, and of course, you have to wait your turn or time. Don’t let any of these excuses or old beliefs stop you, reprogram yourself start by getting a clear mental picture of where you are now. Then move forward by asking pertinent questions like the following:

• What stops me form having my desire?
• What additional resources might I need?
• Am I visualizing?
• Am I feeling the essence of what I want?
• Am I being truthful and honest with myself?

These questions will help you think clear, specific, focused thoughts and with willpower, bring your desire into material form.

Use a journal to record your thoughts, desires, and answers. Write down old childhood beliefs and compare them with your new ones are they still relevant now? Let the journal become your blueprint for success and place to document your progress during the day.

Ponder:

1. Act now.
2. What are you grateful for?
3. See yourself free of any mental limitations.
4. Are you aligned with your desire?
5. What makes you feel euphoric?

Affirmation:

There is no lack or limitations in my life.

And now, let’s review: The Law of Attraction

1. Decide what you want.
2. State what you desire in the positive with enough emotion to make it feel physically real.
3. Think repeatedly during the day about your desire and visualize it.
4. Realign your thinking, using your willpower to get started.
5. Mentally and physically sync with whatever you desire to the point of manifestation.
6. Understand all possibilities are only limited by the thoughts in your mind.
7. Start pretending, also known as “Acting as If”.
8. Be specific: include the size, shape, color, texture and when you want your desire.
9. Use affirmations and empowering songs to change old beliefs until the new, positive ones become a habit.
10. Do no give it your attention/point of focus to any situation or experience that you don’t want. Simply put, do not entertain the thought.
11. Post pictures of your dreams, desires, and goals everywhere and visualize being in possession of them.
12. Believe, have faith, be confident, speak in the positive, and take personal responsibility.
13. Keep a journal; write specific details about your desire.
14. Model someone who has the positive traits you desire.
15. Stay focused and on point. Read, review, reprogram.
16. Start small, gain confidence in creating and manifesting.
17. Become consciously aware of you and your surroundings.
18. Believe and know that you are entitled to wealth, health, success and abundance. Expect that it will yours.
19. Acknowledge that you are a mental magnet and will attract to you everything you are thinking and feeling.
20. Enjoy every minute of the process, in the now.

Everything starts with belief. Faith is the essence of religion. Of life. Of truth and reality. “I wasn’t always the way I am now”, confesses Bob Proctor in his Science of Getting Rich. Do you know that he started off as a fireman, with debt and problems like everyone else? But an accidental exposure to the law of attraction made him the millionaire he is. Not only a millionaire but also famous. Somewhere along the line, he changed the way he thought. And with the changed thoughts his actions changed. You don’t have to go through the process he had to. We have to follow the principle of nature.

But everything begins with faith. One should be absolutely clear in our mind that the law of attraction is immutable. It is a law like gravity. Have you seen pigs fly? Or for that matter human beings. Why not? Because the law of gravity does not allow you to fly. It is the same with the law of attraction. It is immutable. It doesn’t change with situation. But we have to believe.

Did you know that the human brain is the biggest computer ever designed? Even after hundreds of years in the future we wouldn’t be able to come anywhere near designing a computer like the human brain. Did you know that the heart beats throughout our lives without any rest? When we see nature we marvel at its resilience. At is sheer capacity. If each part of the human body is capable of such marvelous fears, what about us?

We are after all a sum of all our parts. We are surely capable of much more than we think. In fact our capacity is immense. Nature has made us in its image. Imagine yourself to be a bud blooming into a flower, a seed and a tree. Look at nature. It is full of surprises. Take a cue from it and realize your full potential.