| "Thought attracts that which it is directed" explains | | | | The underlying source of all achievement, according to |
| Claude Bristol in The Magic of Believing. Bristol goes on | | | | Bristol, is belief. Belief alone, however, is not the |
| to give valuable life-changing advice for anyone who | | | | answer. You must also enlist the power of the |
| desires more in their life. | | | | subconscious. This can be done through the repetition |
| Bristol's masterpiece, written in 1948, opens with his | | | | of words or phrases which will allow the subconscious |
| description of how he was able to tap into the power | | | | to set events into motion for you. |
| of belief. His path, at first rambled through a succession | | | | Bristol gives a number of practical techniques which |
| of failures and mediocrity. Filled with countless personal | | | | can be used immediately, to produce results. One |
| anecdotes and real life stories, he shares his own | | | | method is called the "mirror technique". He instructs you |
| journey of how he was able to transform his own life. | | | | to stand in front of a mirror, for 5 to 10 minutes, and tell |
| The Magic of Believing is full of examples in all fields | | | | yourself what you want to accomplish. This should be |
| where supreme concentration and self-belief not only | | | | done at least twice a day. He reveals how this simple |
| overcame obstacles but created perfection. He | | | | exercise will cause your desires to seep into your |
| describes both professional and amateur athletes | | | | subconscious and soon become a reality. |
| whose belief in self produced incredible | | | | "Positive creative thought" he concludes "leads to |
| accomplishments. He uses illustrations of all manner of | | | | action and ultimate realization. Remember always |
| ordinary people who were able to accomplish the | | | | whatever man can conceive mentally he can bring into |
| extraordinary. | | | | materialization. |