<p>FOREWORD Gay Hendricks, Ph.D. xiii</p> <p>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv</p> <p><i>Introduction: How to Use This Manual</i></p> <p>Introduction 3</p> <p><i>You: Congratulations on Your Life</i></p> <p>Your Point of Power Is Now 7</p> <p>“I Wish I Had Learned . . .” ~ Jim Edwards 9</p> <p>You Can Be Happy Now 9</p> <p>Life Doesn’t Have to Be Hard 10</p> <p>You Are Behind Your Eyes 10</p> <p>Your Feelings Are Hidden Thoughts 11</p> <p>Everything Is Energy Directed by Your Thoughts 12</p> <p>You Can’t Stop Your Thoughts but You Don’t Have to Listen to Them, Either 12</p> <p>Everything Is a Projection from Inside You 13</p> <p>Your Nature Is Your Current Act 14</p> <p>How to Know What You Want 14</p> <p>You Get More of Whatever You Focus on 15</p> <p>Whatever You Say after “I Am” Defines Who You Become 15</p> <p>What You Love or What You Hate Will Be Drawn to You 16</p> <p>Your Body Requires No Assembly 16</p> <p>Great Hair, Great Day 16</p> <p>Your Memory Will Never Be Accurate 17</p> <p>Love 17</p> <p>Sex 18</p> <p>Food 18</p> <p>Exercise 18</p> <p>Three Life Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Earlier ~ Dr. Paul Hartunian 19</p> <p><i>Internal Capabilities: Understanding Your Life’s Potential</i></p> <p>Anything Is Possible 23</p> <p>You Create Your Future with a Pen 23</p> <p>Achieving Your Goals Is Easy 24</p> <p>Your Mind Operates under Its Own Conception 24</p> <p>How to Feel Better in One Minute 25</p> <p>A Smile Is Universally Understood 25</p> <p>Exercise: Laugh Like a Child with Milk Coming Out Your Nose 26</p> <p>Your Language Can Create Attractors 26</p> <p>Behind Every Behavior Is a Belief 27</p> <p>Reclaim Your Self-Esteem: Transform Your Self-Talk from Negative to Positive ~ Dr. Joe Rubino 27</p> <p>Three Secrets to Manage Your Time 33</p> <p>Naps Are Good 34</p> <p>Letting Go of Your Fears ~ Cindy Cashman 34</p> <p>How to Break Through the Hidden Obstacle Holding You Back from What You Truly Want</p> <p>~ Craig Perrine 38</p> <p>Who You See Is Who You Will Be . . . ~ Kevin Hogan 42</p> <p>To Everything, Turn! Turn! Turn! ~ Alan R. Bechtold 44</p> <p>What I Wish I’d Learned When I Was Younger ~ Bob Scheinfeld 48</p> <p>The Great Philosophers Were Only Giving You Their Views 49</p> <p><i>External Connections: Caring for Others in Your Life</i></p> <p>The Most Valuable Life Lesson You’ll Ever Learn ~ Chip Tarver 53</p> <p>Your Relationships Are for Your Growth 54</p> <p>Your Parents Did the Best They Could 54</p> <p>Your Children Will Become What They Become 55</p> <p>You Can Achieve Anything with Support 55</p> <p>Listening ~ John Milton Fogg 56</p> <p>What You Do Influences People Down the Chain 57</p> <p>People Like Nice People 58</p> <p>People Want to Be Loved 58</p> <p>Having a Role Model Can Bring Out the Best in You 58</p> <p>How to End an Argument 59</p> <p>How to Deal with an Enemy 59</p> <p>The Man Who Offered to Beat Me Up 59</p> <p>Everyone Is Going through Something 61</p> <p>Failing Life ~ Bill Harris 61</p> <p><i>Troubleshooting: Taking Care of Yourself</i></p> <p>The Universe Always Says Yes 67</p> <p>Once You Get the Lesson, You Don’t Need the Experience 67</p> <p>Give What You Want to Receive 67</p> <p>You Get the Results You’re Supposed to Get 68</p> <p>This, Too, Will Pass 68</p> <p>Be Not Afraid 69</p> <p>What You Fear May Contain What You Seek 69</p> <p>Be Willing to Delay Gratification to Achieve Astonishing Results 70</p> <p>The Lesson That Takes a Lot of the Speed Bumps Out of Life ~ Ann Taylor 70</p> <p>Miracles Happen All the Time—No Exceptions 75</p> <p>Confusion Is the Wonderful State before Clarity 75</p> <p>The More Clutter around You, the More Clutter in You 75</p> <p>The Night Window Is Your Chance to Place Your Order 76</p> <p>Welcome Ghosts 76</p> <p>Do Not Strive for Perfection 78</p> <p>Perfect As Is ~ John Burton 79</p> <p>How You Feel Really Does Matter ~ Mandy Evans 80</p> <p>Forgiveness ~ Jeremy Likness 83</p> <p>Logic Doesn’t Exist 84</p> <p>How to Make a Decision 85</p> <p>You Will Always Want to Be Right and Rarely Will Be 86</p> <p>Everything You Hear Isn’t True 86</p> <p>Judgment Is Not Evil ~ Bruce M. Burns 87</p> <p>Names Do Hurt 87</p> <p>Predicting the End of the World Will Make You Look Bad 87</p> <p>All Time Happens Now 88</p> <p>What Time Is It For? 88</p> <p><i>Optimum Performance: Getting the Best Out of Your Life</i></p> <p>Indian Wisdom: Two Wolves 91</p> <p>Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for Help 91</p> <p>To Change, Burn Your Bridges 92</p> <p>What to Do When You Are Afraid ~ Dr. Larina Kase 92</p> <p>My Inherited Fear of Financial Ruin ~ Dr. Robert Anthony 93</p> <p>Are You Playing the Role of Victim? ~ Nerissa Oden 98</p> <p>How to Get a Job 99</p> <p>Get a Pet 100</p> <p>Illness Is a Call from Your Body 100</p> <p>Pay Your Taxes 101</p> <p>The Favorite Question of Your Mind Can Drive You Batty 101</p> <p><i>Specifications: What You Need to Know About Others</i></p> <p>People Idolize the Past, Complain about the Present, and Fear the Future 105</p> <p>People Never Question Their Own Beliefs, so Don’t Try to Change Them 105</p> <p>People Will Tend to Say Yes If You Start Them Saying Yes 106</p> <p>People Do Things Only for the Good Feelings They Get 106</p> <p>People Will Pay Any Amount of Money to Have Their Inner States Changed 107</p> <p>People Want to Be Happy–Period 107</p> <p>People Respond to Flattery 107</p> <p>People Will Never Argue with You If You Never Make Them Wrong 108</p> <p>People Always Act for Positive Reasons, Even If the Behavior Is Negative 108</p> <p>People Will Respond to You If You Get Out of Your Ego and into Theirs 109</p> <p>People Want to Be Recognized 109</p> <p>People Universally Feel Deprived 109</p> <p>People Are Collectors of Something, Whether of Books, Thimbles, or Recipes, Though They May Deny It 110</p> <p>People Will Continue with a Bad Habit until It Hurts 110</p> <p>People Will Do Whatever You Want as Long as They Don’t Have a Counterthought to Your Request.</p> <p>Handle the Objection and They Will Comply 110</p> <p>People Feel That Someone Else Is in Control and Desperately Seek Ways to Have Power Again 111</p> <p>People Will Follow Commands That Make Them Feel Superior 111</p> <p>People Are Deeply Affected by What Others Think 112</p> <p>People Only Act for Self-Serving Reasons,</p> <p>No Matter What They Say or What You Think 112</p> <p>People Unconsciously Respond to Your Unconscious Intentions 113</p> <p>People Will Never Change Their Human Emotions or Basic Desires—Only Their Dress and Their Tools Will Change 113</p> <p><i>Proper Usage: Defining Your Life’s Purpose</i></p> <p>You Can Have Whatever You Want as Long as You Don’t Want It 117</p> <p>Rags to Rages ~ Mark Joyner 117</p> <p>Crazy Wisdom ~ Blair Warren 118</p> <p>Growing Old May Be a Choice 119</p> <p>Money Is Energy 120</p> <p>Marketing Is Not Evil 120</p> <p>Failure Is Not Death 123</p> <p>How to Handle Death 123</p> <p>The Only Thing You Can Count On 123</p> <p>The Healer’s Secret—How Can This Secret Transform Your Relationships? ~ William Wittmann, M.Ed., LMP 127</p> <p>Three Secrets ~ Marc Gitterle, M.D. 130</p> <p><i>Assembly Required: Creating Your Future</i></p> <p>Almost All First Steps Are Awkward 137</p> <p>Don’t Fall Back ~ Bill Hibbler 137</p> <p>A New Way to Easily Achieve Your Goals 140</p> <p>Spinning the Roulette Wheel to Self-Fulfillment ~ Dr. Rick Barrett 142</p> <p>The Top 10 Destructive Money Beliefs (and How to Overcome Them) ~ Dan Klatt 147</p> <p>Your Mind Is an Instrument for Poverty or Prosperity ~ Randy Gage 150</p> <p>When Bad Things Happen to Good People 150</p> <p>Everything You Do Will Be a Success 151</p> <p>Life is Short ~ Jillian Coleman 152</p> <p>The Owner’s Manual I Wish I Had Gotten at Birth ~ Pat O’Bryan 153</p> <p><i>Aude aliquid dignum</i> 157</p> <p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR 158</p>