The most important 60 seconds of your life begins now.

Whatever you want to be… whatever you want to stop being… whatever you want to succeed in… however you want to change your life, you can make it happen in one minute…

…with two simple, powerful, steps.

One: know exactly what you want. The only caveat is it must be possible. For example: you are 78 years old and want to win an Olympic gold medal in the one hundred meter dash. That’s not possible; that’s a daydream. But making that big sale… stopping smoking… getting that “A” in Geometry… getting off of dope… writing that novel… completing that complex research… having that brainstorm… learning in rehab to walk again… those, and thousands of others, are all possible. In fact, one of the most common reasons for failure is disbelief. The truth is “if it’s possible for you to do it, you can do it – in sixty-second interludes.

Two: invoke your higher power to make it happen. I know, I know, you’ve heard that practically all your life, maybe even tried one or more of those Power of Your Subconscious books, videos, or seminars. The problem is, they don’t give you the right technique – the right way to make it happen. That’s step two: taking a tip from the Jesus the Bible missed. No, we’re not suggesting you pray for whatever it is to happen, at least not in the biblical, religious sense; we’re suggesting you clear the way for your higher power to make it happen, by translating what the authors of the Bible thought Jesus said into what he was really telling us.

What Jesus really was saying when he taught us how to pray is, basically, believe it and you can receive it; you have the power; the kingdom is within you, etc., etc. In other words, Jesus was the forerunner of “Mind Over Matter.” The first Maxwell Maltz, Tony Robbins, Joseph Murphy or Napoleon Hill. The problem is, Matthew and Luke didn’t fully comprehend what he said in The Lord’s Prayer, which is just as well, because there was no way the crowd would have understood its true meaning, which is something like this:

Manifest Consciousness
I know you are there, and I respect you.
Clear a place in my mind and heart for your presence
Empower me, in spite of all difficulties
To bring your vision into reality.
Satisfy my daily needs and desires
Clear my mind of my past failures and disappointments
Rekindle my belief in the potential of others
Keep me from distractive thoughts
And let nothing stand in the way of my fulfillment.
So be it.

Spend one minute frequently during the day, particularly as soon as you awaken, and before you go to sleep, with these two simple steps:

Take 30 seconds to revisit exactly what you want, focusing on it as clearly and in as much detail as possible, by visualizing what it will be like when it happens. Don’t think, for example, “If I don’t make that sale I could be fired.” Or “I’ve got to stop eating so much.” Or “This addiction is killing me; I’ve got to stop.” Instead, imagine how much better your life will be when you succeed.
Take 30 seconds to recite the “prayer” to Manifest Consciousness. And when you say “So be it,” proclaim your desire as accomplished; the results simply haven’t been made evident yet.

Simple. Powerful. Effective. Should you try it? No. As Yoda rebuked Luke: “No try; only do.”