As a Man Does…

One of the greatest books, in my opinion, was titled, “As a Man Thinketh”. This book was penned originally in 1903, long before any of the self-help books of today. There are now numerous authors who have written on the power of positive and right thinking, which has been shown to help us to set the stage for our future outcomes. I can attest from personal experience that I have been able to conjure up many situations and outcomes simply with continuous and purposeful visualization activities. However, anything that becomes an outcome in your life, will take some effort to achieve what you desire. I do not believe there are too many circumstances documented which demonstrate great success or awesome achievements that happened simply by brain power alone. My belief is that your thoughts and your visualization are the preview of coming attractions in your life, and that every action or outcome always starts with a thought; but you still must apply action to your thought to be able to realize the outcome you see in your mind.

I would like to propose that a thought, a desire, or a dream is simply the seed that gets generated to grow this outcome in your life. Let us imagine that you go out a purchase some seed for the purpose of growing carrots in your backyard garden. This seed has all the potential it needs to grow into carrots, but if you leave them in the package, or on your leave them in your shed, there will never…