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For example :-Suppose that you intend to accumulate $50,000 by the first of
January, five years hence, that you intend to give personal services in return for
the money, in the Capacity of a salesman. Your written statement of your purpose
should be similar to the following:

"By the first day of January, 19.., I will have in my possession $50,000, 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 in the capacity of salesman of (describe the service or merchandise you
intend to sell).

"I believe that 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 at the time, and 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."

Second. Repeat this program night and morning until you can see, (in your im-
agination) the money you intend to accumulate.

Third. Place a written copy of your statement where you can see it night and
morning, and read it just before retiring, and upon arising until it has been mem-
orized.

Remember, as you carry out these instructions, that you are applying the prin-
ciple of auto-suggestion, for the purpose of giving orders to your subconscious
mind. Remember, also, that your subconscious mind will act ONLY upon instruc-
tions which are emotionalized, and handed over to it with "feeling." FAITH is the
strongest, and most productive of the emotions. Follow the instructions given in
the chapter on FAITH.

These instructions may, at first, seem abstract. Do not let this disturb you. Follow
the instructions, no matter how abstract or impractical they may, at first, appear
to be. The time will soon come, if you do as you have been instructed, in spirit as
well as in act, when a whole new universe of power will unfold to you.

Scepticism, in connection with ALL new ideas, is characteristic of all human be-
ings. But if you follow the instructions outlined, your scepticism will soon be re-
placed by belief, and this, in turn, will soon become crystallized into ABSOLUTE
FAITH. Then you will have arrived at the point where you may truly say, "I am the
master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul!"

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