Can you see what you want? If you want the abundance of material wealth that money provides, what goal will give you that money?

* Do you want the prestige of owning your own business?

* What business do you want to begin?

* Where are the opportunities for you?

Talk to everyone in the business you want to join. Make friends in the literary or art societies in your area. Read books and articles about your field of endeavor. How can you attain your goal?

"If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you don't have to work!" wrote Ogden Nash. Money makes money; success breeds success.

But not always.

How can you break through those thoughts to help yourself to the rewards?

Henry David Thoreau wrote...

"I have learned this at least by my experiment:

That if you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams, and endeavor to live the life which you imagine, you will meet with success."

Think BIG and passionately visualize success, consistently and without ceasing:

* Do you see yourself in a big house?

* Maybe you picture your artwork hanging in a gallery.

* Can you feel your book in print and in your hands?

* How does it feel to be a person of success?!?

Affirm-

"To make firm."

Make firm that you are; know that it is in your grasp. That's what the others did, and that's how people make it to the top.

Then get down to basics. Be precise. E

Exactly how much money do you want, and by what date?

And exactly what are you going to do to earn that money? Be realistic, but give yourself short-term goals. Write it down.

In six months or one year, you will have how much money. And repeat it until it feels good. Then repeat it twice a day until it swirls in your subconscious, until it becomes your one-pointed goal.

"The goal stands up, the keeper stands up to keep the goal," wrote A.E. Housman.

Keys to Success-

* Make people feel at ease- They will respond to your needs as you respond to theirs.

* Share the spotlight.

* Give credit to those who deserve it- and to those who strive.

* Don't grab praise away from other people.

* Have confidence in your own value.

* Don't do anything that won't credit your own self-respect.

* Follow up your actions as they reflect your own self-worth.

Listen well to others' comments. Then weigh your own actions. Cultivate relationships with people who have good and important things to say.

Participate in life.

Be active in business meetings and endeavors; volunteer to be part of organizations and groups. Social interaction will boost your sense of well-being.

* Feel worthy of your own goal.

* Know that you can attain it and that it is right for you.

* Grasp your own challenge.

* Don't give yourself impossible goals, but always reach higher.

Relax and be yourself. Each person is different and just as wonderful as the next. Don't be plagued by what you think others think of you.