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I believe in the unfailing boomerang astronaut, but he broke both arms And instead of putting things on a to-
that whatever you throw out and couldn’t do that. So, he swam do list and then mulling an analysis
(decisions, thoughts, energy) will to get rehabilitated and saw a water to paralysis, I take the action and it’s
come back to you as long as you’re spider with a bubble on her back, just incredible.
not always expecting something in taking air down to her litt le babies.
return. And he had an epiphany. He said, I see a plant that needs watering, I
“Why can’t I put a bubble of air on water it. When that thought comes
In other words, you keep giving my back and why can’t I become an in my mind, I take action. Energy in
because you don’t lose anything aquanaut instead of an astronaut?” motion tends to stay in motion.
when you keep giving. If you give
more in value than you receive in The human brain is so incredible that The more you act on your thoughts,
payment, people will recognize it gets these ideas, and the more the more creati ve thoughts you will
that you’re a bargain, and they will shape that they take, the more they generate.
seek you for the value that you’re become architecturally possible.
projecting. And there’s somebody who has the Brian: How can we get ahold of
skill to make a piece of furniture, to you?
I really think that How Thoughts build the plane, to build the Tesla
Become Things is the next step to car, to build things that we haven’t Denis: Go to my website and you’ll
taking the Law Of Attraction and even imagined yet. be pleasantly surprised, there is
putting daily action to it. That BMW nothing for sale there.
is not going to drive up in your And that’s why Einstein was right — www.deniswaitley.com
driveway when you think about it. imaginati on is more important than
It’s going to come in your driveway knowledge because knowledge Brian: Denis, thank you so much
when you give the dealership a is limited to all we know. But for being here. It was a real honor
value that’s equal to what he needs imaginati on is unlimited to all we and a privilege.
payment for. So, you always need have yet to know and have yet
to think of the value you’re giving to discover. And that’s why being Denis: Thanks so much, Brian.
in everything you do, and therefore, able to imagine something in
you will be receiving something detail becomes a thing because it Denis Waitley is one of America’s most
parallel or equal to that. also becomes chemistry and also respected authors, keynote lecturers,
becomes a belief system. and productivity consultants on high-
Brian: How exactly do thoughts performance human achievement.
become things? When someone has a magnificent He is inspired, informed, challenged,
obsession, it’s very difficult to shake and entertained audiences for over
Denis: Well, thoughts come to us them off that obsession. Anything 30 years from the boardrooms of
mostly in visual images. We’re more we’re obsessed with begins to multi nati onal corporati ons to the
susceptible to visual stimulation, take shape. So, what I always say control rooms of the NASA space
although we’re stimulated by all of is what the mind harbors, the body program, from the locker rooms of
our senses. manifests in some way. world class athletes, to the meeting
rooms of thousands throughout the
But when you get images in your Brian: Do you think that when we world.
brain, the clearer they are, the more take acti on on our ideas quickly that
detailed they are, the more you’re we’re rewarded with more ideas and He has been inducted into the
able to create a blueprint, and you’re bett er ideas later? International Speakers Hall of Fame,
able to put colors, shapes, sizes, and with over 10 million audio
amounts, and numbers to them. The Denis: Yes. I’ve said that programs sold in 14 languages, he’s
clearer you are, the more the brain unequivocally. I don’t believe the most listened to voice on personal
can focus on that image and bring in ready, fi re, aim. Perfecti on is and career success. He’s the author of
to you the other people in the world procrasti nati on. 14 books, and his audio album, The
who have the skills that you don’t. Psychology of Winning, is the all-time
We just need to strive for incremental bestselling program on self-mastery.
Here’s an example of what excellence a litt le bit at a ti me. I’m in
thoughts becoming things means my 80s, and I’m more alive and alert He’s one of the stars of The Secret,
— take the aqualung, for example. and remembering and doing things. and he’s also in the new movie called
Jacque Cousteau wanted to be an But I say, I think it, I’ve seen it, I do it. How Thoughts Become Things.
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