Principle 21 :

In today's Success Principles Mentorship Message, you'll learn how to identify what you want -- and begin taking steps to get it.

Have you ever made a list of what you want from life? From the kind of career you work at to the kind of income you enjoy ...to your relationships, your health, your vacations, material possessions, spiritual well-being and more?

If you haven't, it may surprise you to know that simply deciding what you want is the often first and most important step to getting it.

It's true. Our brain is a goal-seeking organism. In fact, scientists now know the brain uses its own reticular activating system to filter through the millions of images, sounds, impressions and other messages we receive each day - to let into our conscious mind only that information we need to survive or meet goals we have identified.

When you decide what you want, you instruct the brain to start looking for information, resources, opportunities and other ways to achieve the "want" you've identified. While this may sound like an impossibility given your current situation or circumstances, we've seen countless individuals "suddenly" get what they want--often from a source or opportunity that already existed in their life or sphere of influence. They had just never instructed their brain to find it before.

Jack Canfield