Faith

The self-confidence formula in this chapter is a little short on detail, but I think it raises an important point (among many):

"I will concentrate my thoughts for thirty minutes daily, upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that person."

Thirty minutes seems a long time to just sit there thinking about this. Anyone who has tried meditation will know how hard it is to sit there for 20 minutes. I wonder how many people who have read TAGR actually followed this piece of advice.

But it emphasises the point that to achieve a goal, you must in some way become the kind of person who would achieve that goal. If you want to be a successful investor but you spend everything you earn plus some more, you won't have any money left over to invest, and will not succeed. To be able to invest successfully, you must be (or become) the kind of person who is disciplined enough to maintain a savings plan, before you can even consider investing. Put another way: "to have more, you must be more".