TIP 92

WRITE IT DOWN 15 TIMES A DAY

       The words “I am …” are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you’re claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.

A. L. KITSELMAN

To shift your thinking from wanting to having, write down what you want 15 times a day. I know this sounds ridiculously simple, but if it worked for Scott Adams, the number-one cartoonist in the world, why can’t it work for you? Adams is the inventor of “Dilbert.” Adams himself was initially skeptical of this method, but he tried it anyway. He started out with small goals—impressing a certain woman and picking a winning stock. When he got those wishes, he decided he needed more empirical evidence. He was about to take the GMAT test to get into ...

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