Fellow Zimbabweans, after spending two years studying prosperity, I have come to this simple conclusion which is as old as the hills. Prosperity and success is an exact science. Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or physics. There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches, and once these laws are learned and obeyed by anyone, that person will get rich with mathematical certainty.

If you do not believe in the word of God, know this: In fact, over 100 years ago, Orville Wright..okay…fast forward to 1959, Earl Nightingale, a partner of Lloyd Conant spoke and said…wait…Richard Holliwell, Mark Victor Hansen, Bob Proctor, Robert Allen, Randy Gage and every great leader who has ever lived has been in complete, unanimous agreement that we do become what we think about. They have disagreed on virtually everything else but this.

Now, the mind is a tabula rasa, clay. Every appearance in the visible world tends to produce a corresponding form in the mind which observes it, and this can only be prevented by holding the thought of the truth. I know you may not believe that thoughts are things and that thoughts create things. Minnesota-Researchers have harnessed the power of thought to guide a remote-control helicopter through an obstacle course. The Thought-powered helicopter translates the electrical patterns of thoughts into motions in the virtual and real world. You have probably had a minister from your church read this proverb from the Holy Scriptures, As a Man thinketh, so he will become.

From the book, Ask and it is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires by Esther and Jerry Hicks (pp178-9.) comes an excellent way to exercise your imagination muscles. It is called…

The Prosperity Game

Begin by establishing an imaginary checking account. …There will be no actual bank involved but you will make deposit entries and check withdrawals just as if it were an actual account. You could use an old checkbook system that is no longer in use, (or) an accounting program in your computer… Make this process feel as real to you as possible. On the first day, deposit $1,000. And spend it. In other words, make a $1,000 deposit entry into your checkbook register, then write out checks to spend those dollars. You could spend your money all in one place, using one

check, or you could spend it for several different things, using several different checks. The point of the game is to have fun thinking about what you would like to purchase, and to enjoy the process of actually writing out the checks.

Be descriptive on the memo portion of the check. For example: For a beautiful writing pen or Great running shoes or Membership at Gordon’s Health Spa. You can spend it all today, or save some of it for another day. However, we encourage you to do your best to spend it today, because tomorrow you will be making another wonderful deposit.

On the second day, deposit $2,000.

On the third day, deposit $3,000.

On the fourth day, deposit $4,000.

When you reach day 50, deposit $50,000. When you reach day 300, deposit $300,000. If you play this game every day for one year, you will have deposited and spent more than $66 million.

…By writing the checks, using your imagination, writing the memos, focusing as you write, and feeling no resistances as you write the checks because there is no fear or overspending, you will achieve what is necessary in the achievement of anything: You will have made a statement of desire while you are in the state of non-resistance, or better said, in the state of allowing.