4. Desire
Desire: The starting point of all achievement.
The first step toward Riches
Hill states that the key to success is to define a goal and to pour all of your energy, power, and effort into
achieving it. It may take many years before you are successful, but if you hold onto your desire, you will
eventually attain what you seek. Merely wishing for money will get you nowhere. However, to desire riches
by way of an obsessive goal, a meticulous plan, and not accepting failure as an option, you’ll become rich.
5. To help you do so, Hill presents the Think and Grow Rich six6 steps:
1. Decide exactly how much money you wish to make, to the dollar.
2. Determine what you are willing to give to receive this amount of money.
3. Choose a date by which you want to have amassed this amount of money.
4. Create a plan of how to achieve your goal and begin at once, whether you feel ready or not.
5. Write all of the above down in a clear statement.
6. Read this written statement aloud, twice a day – first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Visualize
your life as if you already own this amount of money
6. FAITH
The second step toward Riches
Faith is a state of mind that you must learn to cultivate. Through repeating affirmations and instructions, a state
of faith is created in the subconscious think to the process of auto-suggestion. Any impulse of thought that is
continuously repeated and entered into the subconscious mind eventually becomes a continuous loop of thought.
Hill, therefore, argues that it’s our beliefs alone that determine the nature of our subconscious. By repeating
affirmations, you can reprogram your mind to visualize and, thus, to feel and believe that your success is
guaranteed
The mind takes on the nature of the influences that guide it. A positive mind is more fertile to faith, and faith is
the starting point for all success.
7. Auto-Suggestion
: Auto-suggestion is synonymous with self-suggestion
It’s the bridge between the conscious and the subconscious mind.
The law of auto suggestion conveys your thoughts to the subconscious mind. It
does not concern wheather thoughts are positive or negative. That's why, I tell
you not to have negative thoughts.
Repeat "Day by day, I'm every way, I am getting better and better". This will
bring you prosperity and success.
According to the way you set sails of thought, the law of auto suggestion will
take you to the destination
8. Specialized Knowledge
o This doesn't not mean only the knowledge acquired in school education
o There are two types of knowledge: Specialized and general.
o Decide the sort of specialized Knowledge you require. To large extent your major purpose in life, the goal
toward which you are working, will help determine what knowledge you need.
o Hill recommends creating a “Master Mind” group. This group should consist of individuals who have the
knowledge you seek and who you can manage to help attain your goal.
9. Imagination
•The great leader of business industry, finance, and the great
artists, musicians, poets and writer become great, because they
developed creative imagination.
• Take time and creat definate and clear imagination on all the key
dimensions in your life in mind. It means; imagination on what
kind of a house you want to live in, the car you want drive, the
lifestyle you want spend and the amount of money you want to
have
10. Organized Planning
From a definite, practical plan, or plans, through which you
desire is achieved.
If the first plan doesn't work successfully, replace it with a
new plan, if this new plan fails to work, replace it, in turn
with still another, and so on, until you find plan which does
work
You should have the quality of persistence till you achieve
your ideas and purpose
11. Decision Making
You need to make promt decision at once for implementing your purpose and ideas. Do not wait.
Make decisions and put them into action wheather you are ready or not.
Hill came to the conclusion that a lack of decision, e.g., procrastination, was one of the leading
causes for failure.
Hill states that to be easily persuadable means that you lack desire and, therefore, will not reach
your goals. Learn to trust yourself, and if you need information, only get it from trusted sources.
12. Persistence
Persistence is built upon strength of will. When desire is combined
with willpower, little can stop you from reaching your goals
If you find yourself struggling with a lack of persistence, by putting
in some concerted effort, you can overcome this hurdle
Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage
Example Edison failed 999 times in innovation of his electric bulb
but he never gave up. He succeeded at the next attempt. After the
great innovation, he said, i did not fail 999 times but I found
999ways, that would not work.