The great writer Elbert Hubbard said, “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” Everything that takes on a material shape is a mental process first. Creativity comes from the mind: the ability to conceive solutions and to foster ideas that you did not have before you employed your thought process. Think in pictures of things that you want to happen; when you do so, more often than not, the future you envision can become a reality.
Once you have this desire for your definite major purpose, then you must achieve a belief that you can do it. If you believe that you can do it—see it as an existing fact—anything you can rightly wish for is yours. Belief is “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” This is why the saying “I will believe it when I see it” is incorrect—you will see it if you first believe it. The belief should come first.
The successful people in this world have always been those who believed in themselves. This may seem like an impossible task, but remember that success comes from within and that when you acquire this inner belief, it will be reflected in your physical or outer world.
Once you have read, studied, and learned to believe the principles of success, you will have at your disposal the tools you need to overcome problems and achieve personal growth that will enable you to take the success journey.
Within you is this power that, when properly grasped and directed, can lift you out of the rut of mediocrity and place you among the few who make great accomplishments in life. You must learn to use this power and realize that whatever your mind can conceive and believe your mind can achieve.