I’ve been re-reading Charles F. Haanel’s The Master-Key System lately… And I came across an amazing line.
“A single idea may be worth thousands of dollars”
If that line doesn’t just jump out and grab then keep reading… Because I’ve got something for you that could make you very rich. But you’re going to have to suspend your judgement a minute for me, okay?
Because if I told you the answer right away… I know what you’ll be thinking.
Dang it Fudgie, I don’t have time for that!
But if you make time for this you’ll quickly start seeing success where you only saw failed projects and ideas!
The Master-Key System is actually a 24-week course where each lesson acts you to practice meditation, visualization and other practices.
I know…
It seems a lot like you’re reading a book on yoga or mindfulness than wealth creation.
But Charles F. Haanel was one of the wealthiest men in America, who was president of the Continental Commercial Company conglomerate and he was also an insanely clever marketer.
And here’s what he believed.
Charles believed that our intuition is in direct contact with God.
Our amazing ideas literally came from God. Sometimes he called this the Universal Mind and you might call it Spirit or the Universe or your Higher Power. Or maybe you can call it “Intuition”.
So… how come some successful people can have an idea that a couple of weeks later turns into thousands of dollars… while other people have an amazing idea that goes nowhere?
How can you make your ideas worth a thousand dollars?
Charles F. Haanel says the key is concentration.
Here’s what he says about it:
“Attention or concentration is probably the most important essential in the development of mind culture. The possibilities of attention is the distinguishing characteristic of every successful man or woman and is the very highest personal accomplishment which can be acquired.”
But Charles isn’t just focusing on an idea.
You may know how when you get an amazing idea you actually feel amazing?
And then a couple of days later the only reason why you drop the idea is because you start feeling worried, or anxious or doubtful?
Haanel’s idea of concentration is that of maintaining the feelings of hope, wonder and amazement associated with your idea.
It’s not just concentration in the sense if working for an hour straight.
It’s concentration in the sense of working for an hour straight and feeling as excited about your idea at the end as when you started.
He calls it ‘spiritual, emotional and physical’ concentration.
It’s literally one of the only differences between successful people and people still on the road to success.
But people without that kind of concentration power… Haanel talks about them like this:
- They’re like someone who plants a seed and digs it up every 15 minutes to see if its growing… until the seed dies.
- They’re like a sculptor with a block of marble who keeps on changing his mind every 15 minutes until the block or marble becomes rubble.
But because a successful person can hold a single idea in their mind without getting too anxious or doubtful they can turn that idea into a thousand dollars – and much more!
Now
Do you feel like you’d like to improve your concentration? But not in a way you might think of like meditation… But with exercises like this:
- Sit still for 15 minutes a day and focus on physically relaxing yourself until your mind is free of fear, worry, or anxiety.
- Concentrate vividly on the object you desire.
- Create an affirmation for yourself (e.g “I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious and happy”) and repeat it to yourself any time you notice a destructive thought in your subconscious.
These are all exercises from the Master-Key System!
I have never seen a visualization technique that covers everything from concentration to actually manifesting success in you life.
I hope it helps you turn your ideas into $1,000 and much more.