Your thoughts determine whether you reach your goal or not. If you are
constantly in a negative state of mind or succumb to fears and doubts,
then your goal will remain far from your reach. But if you feed your
mind with positive thoughts and imagine yourself having reached that
goal already, then you are almost certain to reach it!
Before you can even set a goal, first acknowledge that we all live in
a universe overflowing in abundance. Lack and poverty are mainly
brought about by thoughts of lack and poverty. But in reality the
universe has more than enough for everyone, if only we ask and
believe. So before you think about you want, affirm the universe's
abundance, that it already has what you want even before you ask for
it. Surely, then, you will have it once you ask! For your subconscious
mind to totally accept this as fact, recite an affirmation everyday,
like "The universe can give me anything I ask for," or something along
these lines.
After having the proper state of mind, you can then start asking.
Write down your goal. Make it very specific. See the outcome very
clearly in your mind. Experience the outcome of your goal in your
mind. If it is your dream job, imagine walking through the office,
talking to people, sitting at your desk and doing the work you love.
Use not only your sense of sight, but whatever is applicable in your
imagined scene. Do your visualization everyday, ideally upon waking up
and before going to sleep....

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