In Chapter1, we discovered the 6 practical steps one should take when desiring riches. The 4th step was to create a definite plan of action that you will adhere to in order to carry out your desire. You must begin this plan at once, whether you feel ready or not.

A lot of people struggle with this because they don’t have a plan and find it very difficult to formulate a plan of action when they haven’t been able to formulate ideas prior to reading these guidelines. What Napoleon shares with us in the Chapter 3 is that you can DEMAND the plans to come to you through the use of autosuggestion. And then once you’re plans have come through as inspiration, act on them immediately!

Don’t just set an intention and then leave it as that for a couple of weeks, instead continually demand the plans to be given to you. Visualize your desired outcome in every moment that you can find. This stuff should be great fun and not a chore of any kind!

If following Napoleons guidelines was effortless and an easy task then everyone in the world would have everything they’ve ever desired. This stuff does require you to take action and you must be persistent but that doesn’t mean it has to be hard work or a tough challenge. Repetition and persistence of doing something that makes you feel brilliant should never be considered hard work - unfortunately we are so conditioned to think in a negative way, that if you think something is good then it’s probably bad and if you think it’s bad then you’re probably right.

In order to reach your desires it takes two things. First, that feeling good is so important to you that you decide that you will feel good over any circumstance that arises. And secondly you will have the persistence and a definite decision that your goal is worth all of the effort required. Something for nothing doesn’t exist.

One night when I was feeling very lazy and had retired to my bed for the night, I was laying awake thinking about an email that I had forgotten to write earlier on in the day. For whatever reason, I decided that I would do it. I made the decision but I was so tired that I really didn’t want to get out of bed. So I decided to put autosuggestion to the test and see if it really does work. I focused all of my attention on writing that email and getting out of bed having loads of energy! It took me about 3-4 minutes before it finally worked for me, and a feeling of exhilaration and WANTING to get out of bed and write that email filled my entire body!

I had transmuted a thought into its equivalent and my body was reacting to my subconscious and not my conscious mind. From being half asleep, to having extra energy and being fully awake only took me a couple of minutes.

I had demanded what I wanted of myself and my body responded accordingly. I’m sure you have experienced that feeling of not wanting to get out of bed before - It’s a powerful feeling and one that you can overcome if you’re willing to put in a few minutes of work.

Don’t let the insignificance of this story make you think that this same amount of effort won’t work with more important things. It most certainly will!

This experience really shook me up as to the power of the human mind. You really can, be, do and have anything - you just need to tune your mind to what it is you want and not the lack of it.