In this season of people making New Years resolutions and setting new goals for the new year, I think it is important to understand where the starting point for achieving those goals start. Napoleon Hill wrote in Chapter 2 of Think and Grow Rich that desire is the starting point of all achievement. Not just desire to achieve something, but BURNING DESIRE. Hill goes on to give numerous examples of burning desires and how those desires were achieved.
Then Hill goes on to list six practical steps to translating your desires into financial equivalent. Here they are as taken from chapter 2.
1. Fix in your mind the exact amount of money you desire. It is not sufficient merely to say "I want plenty of money." Be definite as to the amount. (There is a psychological reason for definiteness which will be described in a subsequent chapter).
2. Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the money you desire. (There is no such reality as "something for nothing”.)
3. Establish a definite date when you intend to possess the money you desire.
4. Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.
5. Write out a clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intend to acquire, name the time limit for its acquisition, state what you intend to give in return for the money, and describe clearly the plan through which you intend to accumulate it.
6. Read your written statement aloud, twice daily, once just before retiring at night, and once after arising in the morning. AS YOU READ - SEE AND FEEL AND BELIEVE YOURSELF ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MONEY.
I encourage you to take the time to read Chapter 2 of Think and Grow Rich.
