A Definiteness of purpose: knowing what one wants is the first and,
perhaps, the most important step toward the development of persistence.
TRULY,“thoughts are things,” and powerful things at that,
when they are mixed with Definiteness of purpose, persistence,
and a BURNING DESIRE for their translation into riches, or other material objects.
Instead of the mere“is” which is as yet nothing, we should rather say“becomes”, and as“becomes” always implies“something”,
we have determinate being-“a being” which in the next stage of Definiteness becomes“one”.