Step Three And Four!

Oh, and Step Five since I've finished that chapter as well.

So what are these steps?

Step Three is Autosuggestion. 

Autowhat?  I'm now going to repeat the word as if that will help you figure out what that means, Autosuggestion!

Step Four is Specialized Knowledge. 

Which is different from general knowledge. 

And Step Five is Imagination!

I don't know why that word makes me excited but it does and I must put an explanation point after it.  Imagination!

So why do three steps at in one post?  Well, I went through a reading spree these past few days.  And, to be honest, I realize there is only so many posts I can do within a month, and what a busy month this is!  I mean it's already the middle of August!  Aaaaahhhhhh!!!!  And I do want to talk about all the steps that are in this book.  I'm not trying to spoil the book, and I am leaving things out so don't think that I'm the cliff notes to this. (Do cliff notes still exist?)  But I find that each chapter has made me think of not only how to become rich, but also how to attain any desire I wish.  These are lessons that can be applied to all areas of life.  And it's the points that I find interesting that I'm putting down here in this blog.

So now here's the big question I know you all want to know....... WHAT THE **** IS AUTOSUGGESTION! 

Pretty much it's the use of  repetitious stimuli to access the subconscious mind to allow changes, either positive or negative, to our lives.  In other words, when you think and believe something with everything you have in you, that something will come true.  Mainly because you believe it, it's true.

And that's the other thing about putting these steps together.  All three of these steps involve thought process.  Autosuggestion involves belief and repetition of desires, repeated so many times that it becomes part of your normal thought process. Specialized knowledge is, of course, a thought process because you're training your mind to be able to do certain skills, or at least see that potential in other people who can do those certain skills.  And imagination is definitely the most important thought process of all.  It is very necessary to the existence of life to be able to imagine anything.  Not only is it needed for problem solving, but it would also make life very boring not having an imagination. 

So how do these steps help people get rich?

Well to be honest, I thought this was the strangest list of steps for becoming rich that I had ever seen when I was looking at the chapter titles in "Think and Grow Rich".  But as each chapter is read I seem to get exactly why these statements are the steps to becoming rich and gaining what you desire.  Because if the author just stated what he would do to get rich, that would obviously not work for me.  I wouldn't have his drive or desire because that wouldn't be my desire.  So these steps have been created to get people to think about what is most important to them, and then figure out how to achieve those desires.  First by understanding what your DESIRES are, then by putting your FAITH in them with the use of AUTOSUGGESTION, by repeating these desires many times till it becomes a belief.  Once you believe in your desire you can use SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE and your IMAGINATION to try and figure out how you are going to fulfill your desire.

Which is exactly what I'm doing with my first activity.  And it's coming along well.

But there is one quote I'm going to leave you all with, one I really liked out of the chapter about Specialized Knowledge.

"Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from it's application toward some worthy end."

That is very true.