The Hidden Superpowers of Your Mind by Michael Lee

The mind is an infinite wonder. It has the fantastic ability totransmute your desires into their physical counterparts. You can doanything that your mind can conceive, as long as you have thebelief and will power to back it up.Take the case of cancer patients who were given placebo pills.These are just plain pills that have no healing capabilities. Sohow did they get well?The power came from their thoughts. They were told that these pillscontain the highest amounts of cancer-fighting ingredients which caneffectively cure them in a matter of days.See how powerful your mind is?They believed that their health will be restored. They haveregistered in their minds that these pills will cure them of theirillnesses. In the process, the belief embedded within theirsubconscious came to reality.So how can you use your mind to attain success and achieve yourdreams? One of the most effective ways is to use the "as if"principle.Act as if you are the person you want to be. Act as if you arealready in possession of whatever you long to have.So what do you want to be? You want to be a lawyer, doctor,athlete, or newscaster? Think, act, and feel like one. You'll bemuch closer to your goal if you're constantly intact with yourobjective. Be obsessed with your dream. It doesn't mean that if youwant to be Superman you'll fly out the window. Not a good idea!It's not enough that you act like one, but you have to actuallyACT. Do what needs to be done. You might get so lost in yourfantasy dreamworld that you've forgotten to take some action. Letyour visions encourage and motivate you to actualize your purpose.The problem with the people of the modern world is that they aretoo preoccupied with worries, anxieties, and negative emotions. Asa result, they are adversely affecting their state of health.White lies have become prevalent nowadays in order to ease theburdens or to persuade others to do things that they thought areunattainable.There was once a weightlifter who couldn't lift weights in excessof 300 lbs. So his coach devised a clever idea and told him thatthe barbell he has to carry weighs only 300 lbs. With all hismight, the weightlifter managed to put it above his head. After heputs it down, the coach told him that he has just lifted 350 lbs.of weight! It's all in the mind!Henry Ford once said, "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right."If you think you are poor, then you are; unless you properlycondition your thoughts to the positive mindset. I know it's hardto think rich if your environment is not conducive to such way ofthinking. Use your imagination then! Visualize your house to be amansion, your old car to be a limousine,... Well you get thepicture.There is absolutely no limit with what the mind can achieve. Butyou have to combine belief, will power, and action with positivethinking in order to arrive at your intended destination.