Thinking in a certain way

You must form a clear and definite mental picture of what you want.
You cannot transmit an idea unless you have it yourself.
You must have it before you can give it, and many people fail
to impress thinking substance because they have themselves only
a vague and misty concept of the things they want to do, to have,
or to become. It is not enough that you should have a general
desire for wealth to do well with. Everybody has that desire.
It is not enough that you should have a wish to travel, see
things live more, etc. Everybody has those desires also. If you
were going to send a wireless message to a friend, you would
not send the letters of the alphabet in their order and let him
construct the message for him, nor would you take words at
random from the dictionary. You would send a coherent sentence,
one which meant something. When you try to impress your wants
upon the thinking substance, remember that it must be done by
a coherent statement.
You must know what you want and be specific and definite. You
can never get rich or start the creative power into action by sending
out unformed longings and vague desires.
Go over your desires just as the man I have described went
over his house. See just what you want and get a clear mental
picture of it as you wish it to look when you get it.
That clear mental picture you must have continually in mind. As
the sailor has in mind the port, toward which he is sailing the ship,
you must keep your face toward it all the time. You must no more
lose sight of it than the helmsman loses sight of the compass.
It is not necessary to take exercises in concentration, nor to set
apart special times for prayer and affirmation, nor to .go into the
silence, nor to do occult stunts of any kind. Some of these things
are well enough, but all you need is to know what you want and to
want it badly enough so that it will stay in your thoughts.