Do you have a plan? Do you have an idea? Are you implementing?

I’d like to share with you Napoleon Hill’s six-step success formula from his landmark book “Think and Grow Rich.”

1. Fix in your mind the exact amount of money you wish to acquire.
2. Determine exactly what you will give in return.
3. Establish a definite date you intend to possess the money you desire.
4. Create a definite plan for carrying our your desire and begin immediately, whether you are ready or not.
5. Write out a clear concise statement of the above.
6. Read your written statement aloud twice daily. As you read, see and feel and believe yourself already in possession of the money.

Quite a plan eh? Now I personally may not choose to follow this exact plan, but it is clearly proven to work, over and over, by those who have accumulated massive amounts of money. I believe number 6 on the list is the most necessary and magical step.

But for me the greatest value is in the style of goal setting, mindset transforming, and action planning Napoleon suggests. In other words, have a plan. Write a goal, give it some detail, and then write about it in the present tense. Feel it. See it. Turn the thought of it into an emotion.

Napoleon doesn’t suggest you go out and do something, he suggests you create a clearly defined plan of action to do something about your mindset. Work on the “inside job” consistently and tirelessly. Focus on number 6.

Only by making a true transformation of your thoughts and feelings can you then easily match your outer world with your inner world. If you do it successfully, the outer world HAS to become a match. When it happens it feels like an “overnight success,” but that is because you have laid the groundwork successfully with your evolution of thought and feelings.

Try it with anything in your life… it is a guaranteed plan of success!

If you’d like to read his book, the original unedited 1937 manuscript of Think and Grow Rich, click here.