[...]... to take control over your life and make all the changes you want but you need to take the action It is so important that you follow through on these exercises and techniques If you do, you will get the results If you don't, you won't It's that simple This reminds me of the tale of the king and the boulder Once upon a time, there was a king who placed a huge boulder on a roadway Then he hid himself and... were fantasies I had them both make up a memory on the spot They both made up a fantasy of how they got to my office and put in all the necessary details, and then I asked them both how they got there The psychiatrist answered me calmly The patient screamed and moaned that it was one thing and then it was the other and then it was one thing and then it was the other She couldn't tell them apart It turned... If you can help people to think differently and actively, they can change their lives If you' re trying to motivate yourself and you' re thinking about how hard it is, it will be hard I always say to people, Ifyou're lookingfor difficulties, you' ll always find them If you ask the question, What can go wrong? then something probably will On the other hand, if you' re asking the question, What works? then... just unable to get your mental motor running on time, this guide will offer a variety of ways to get your life in order If you have spent too much time in therapy and too much money trying to do it yourself, this is for you If you want to take control of your life, this will help you do so effectively Just be very thorough Do all the exercises and take care- ful account of the information you read It... for you to make changes, I want to make you aware of a few mental tools you already have at your disposal As you proceed through this book, you' ll discover more and more how you can use these tools to achieve freedom from your troubles Once you understand how your mind works and how your thinking works, you will become aware of why you' ll be able to make such powerful and permanent changes in your life. .. examine the role and the power of the unconscious mind THE POWER OF YOUR UNCONSCIOUS: THE FREEWAY TO CHANGE THINK OF YOUR MIND as being made up of a conscious and an unconscious portion Your conscious is the part of your mind that analyzes, criticizes, and thinks logically all day long It is where you put your attention Your unconscious is the part of your mind that controls your bodily functions, from your... months? Simple: you just take another twenty minutes and you banish it again INTRODUCTION XXX11 The truth is that it will only come back when you start doing the same things you did before and thinking the same things as you did before Otherwise, it will stay gone forever In fact, something wonderful will happen You' ll have more time to enjoy your life All of the time you spent feeling bad, you could be... people get into car wrecks or they go into debt There are horrible things worth feeling bad about, but those are things worth doing something about so you get on with your life as quickly as you can and become the best person you can be If you can look at yesterday and say you are a better person today, even if it's just a tiny bit, then you' re still headed in the right direction This book is about how you. .. genius What lies inside these pages are the techniques that Richard has used over the past thirty-five years with his clients to help them overcome their problems and get the kind oflife they want From getting over things and getting through things to getting to them, Richard presents a guide that everyone should carry with them Having worked with thousands of people from all over the world with different... the world They seek out ways to prove that nothing will work for them and they are hopeless cases Over the years, if there's one thing I've learned from Richard, and experienced in my own life, it is that there is no such thing as a hopeless case There is always hope, and there is always a way out of your problems You can take control over your beliefs, and you can stop getting in your own way You can . inside these pages are the techniques that Richard has used over the past thirty-five years with his clients to help them over- come their problems and get the kind oflife they want. From getting. endless therapy sessions. Most of a ll , you w ill learn h ow to "run your own brain" and finall y get the life you want- and deserve. "Read this book. It will change your life. ". case. There is always hope, and there is always a way out of your prob- lems. You can take control over your beliefs, and you can stop getting in your own way. You can believe in your