1. 1-Sentence-Summary:
1.1. The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind is a spiritual self-help classic, which teaches you how to use visualization and other suggestion techniques to adapt your unconscious behavior in positive ways.
2. Favorite quote from the author:
2.1. "Keep your conscious mind busy with the expectation of the best." - Joseph Murphy
3. 3 lessons:
3.1. Use visualization as a way to exploit the placebo effect in your favor.
3.1.1. The central point of the book is that you can use your imagination to suggest ideas to your subconscious to get what you want.
3.1.2. If repeated often enough, your mind will then steer your behavior more towards making those ideas a reality, unbeknownst to you.
3.1.3. There are many ways you can do this, but most of them can be summarized under the concept of visualization – picturing yourself achieving a certain goal or outcome.
3.1.4. The scientific idea this plays on is called the placebo effect.
3.1.4.1. In medicine, a placebo is a pill without a real, chemical or biological consequence, usually made of sugar.
3.1.4.2. But if patients believe they’re getting strong medication, they might still observe some of the benefits, solely based on this belief.
3.1.4.3. While the effect has been observed in many studies, how well it works is very subjective and depends on the individual.
3.1.5. Examples:
3.2. If you can’t decide between several options, give yourself a night to sleep over it.
3.2.1. Often, you can make more confident decisions after a good night’s rest.
3.2.2. An example:
3.2.3. Your subconscious can process information quicker and in different ways than your conscious self.
3.2.4. Therefore, letting it do its thing while you sleep can lead to clearer thoughts and a more confident opinion the next day.
3.3. Make a sincere effort to wish well for others, because envy only gets in your own way.
3.3.1. Many rich people share the belief at the root of this story: if you secretly despise others for having something you want, you’ll make it less likely for yourself to attain that thing.
3.3.1.1. Take wealth, for example.
3.3.1.2. If you think money is the root of all evil and that all millionaires are crooks, how do you think that’ll affect the management of your own finances?
3.3.2. So don’t fall into a victim mindset.
3.3.3. The pie isn’t limited. There’s enough to go around for everyone. Stay positive and root for others, so that the universe may root for you.