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Worth Knowing That

Dr. Bob Proctor (July 5, 1934 – February 3, 2022) was an expert in wiring the brain for success and achieving goals. He studied both himself and others to see what made them so successful. His findings include the influence of the subconscious mind on our successes and how to stop unhelpful paradigms to make way for new paradigms.

He was a Canadian self-help author and lecturer, best known for his New York Times best-selling book You Were Born Rich (also in the videos below) published in 1984 and being a contributor to the film ‘The Secret‘ released in 2006. His teachings maintained the idea that a positive self-image is critical for obtaining success, frequently referencing the pseudoscientific belief of the Law of Attraction and that you set your limits on your potential by the way you think.

He spoke of having a poor self-image and little ambition as a child, dropping out from Danforth Tech after a bandsaw-inflicted thumb injury left him with no plans for the future. However, in the early 1960s, Ray Stanford shared the book Think and Grow Rich with him. Soon afterward, he claimed his life started to change as the book shifted his focus in life. He said he started a company offering cleaning services as his first enterprise, a venture, he claimed, netted him over $100,000 in his starting year despite having neither formal education nor business experience. He read ‘Think and Grow Rich’ countless times for the rest of his life including small excerpts daily and was mentored by the famous Earl Nightingale.

Dr. Bob Proctor was a big advocator of the fact that self image is a key source from which a person’s reality is created, including their quality of life, their achievements, their relationships, their lifestyle. He extensively studied the subconscious mind and shifting paradigms for a more positive self image. This included his research on Psycho-Cybernetics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a plastic surgeon that noticed that when he removed a facial scar, a nose job or created clear physical change/improvement, it didn’t always make the person feel better or more confident about themselves. This was because they still embodied the negative self image. As such, he postulated that there must be two images that we have, an exterior image and we also have an inner self-image.

You can see his most famous bookshere. He has many famous quotes from these books including the ones listed below:

“The only limits in our life are those we impose on ourselves.”

“You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution.”

“The only competition you will ever face is with your own ignorance.”

“Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand.”

“The subconscious mind can not tell the difference between what’s real and what’s imagined.”

“See yourself living in abundance and you will attract it. It always works, it works every time with every person.”

“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.”

“Change is inevitable, but personal growth is a choice.”

“If you do not get you exhilarated when you set your goal you’re not setting big enough goals.”

“Most people are not going after what they want. Even some of the most serious goal seekers and goal setters, they’re going after what they think they can get.”

“If you know what to do to reach your goal, it’s not a big enough goal.”

“Faith and fear both demand you believe in something you cannot see. You choose!”

“You don’t decide what your purpose is in life you discover it. Your purpose is your reason for living.”

“Let’s start with what we can be thankful for, and get our mind into that vibration, and then watch the good that starts to come, because one thought leads to another thought.”

“You want to make sure that your purpose is something people can benefit from long after you’re gone.”

“There is no end to what we are capable of doing.”

Here are some of his best videos including his audiobook ‘You Were Born Rich’ towards the bottom:

Here are some affirmations he likes to use to alter the subconscious mind and create new paradigms, including his favourite money manifestation song.

You can read more on Bob Proctor via his category here and on his website here. You can read more on the subconscious mind here.

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