Thirty years ago I knew a young pharmacist who was
receiving forty dollars a week plus commission on sales. “After
twenty-five years,” he said to me, “I will get a pension and
retire.” I said to this young man, “Why don’t you own your
own store? Get out of this place. Raise your sights! Have a
dream for your children. Maybe your son wants to be a doctor;
perhaps your daughter desires to be a great musician”
His answer was that he had no money! He began to
awaken to the fact that whatever he could conceive as true,
he could give conception. The first step toward his goal was
his awakening to the powers of his subconscious mind which
I briefly elaborated on for his benefit. His second step was
his realization that if he could succeed in conveying an idea
to his subconscious mind, the latter would somehow bring it
to pass.
He began to imagine that he was in his own store. He
mentally arranged the bottles, dispensed prescriptions, and
imagined several clerks in the store waiting on customers. He also visualized a big bank balance. Mentally he worked
in that imaginary store. Like a good actor he lived the role.
Act as though I am, and I will be. This pharmacist
wholeheartedly into the act, living, moving, and acting on the
assumption that he owned the store. The sequel put himself
was interesting. He was discharged from his
position. He found new employment with a large chain store,
became manager, and later on, district manager. He saved
enough money in four years to provide a down payment on a
drugstore of his own.
He called it his “Dream Pharmacy.” “It was,” he said,
“exactly the store I saw in my imagination.” He became a
recognized success in his chosen field, and was happy doing
what he loved to do.