Your Forces and How to Use them

It was in Your Forces and How to Use Them, originally published in 1912, Christian D. Larson initiated the Optimist Creed in which many have found inspiration. In hospitals, the creed has been used to help patients recover from illness. In locker rooms, coaches have used it to motivate their players.

Larson was an outstanding and highly influential early New Thought leader and teacher as well as a prolific writer of New Thought books who believed that people have tremendous latent powers, which could be harnessed for success with the proper attitude.

"We are here to become great men and women, and with that purpose in view, we must eliminate everything in our religion and philosophy that tends to make the human mind a dependent weakling. If you would serve God and be truly religious, do not kneel before God, but learn to walk with God, and do something tangible every day to increase the happiness of mankind. This is religion that is worthwhile, and it is such religion alone that can please the Infinite", says Larson in this self-help classic.

Contents Covered:

• The Ruling Principle of Man
• How We Govern the Forces We Possess
• The Use of Mind in Practical Action
• The Forces of the Subconscious
• Training the Subconscious for Practical Results
• The Power of Subjective Thought
• How Man Becomes What He Thinks
• The Art of Changing for the Better
• He Can Who Thinks He Can
• How We Secure What We Persistently Desire
• Concentration and the Power Back of Suggestion
• The Development of the Will
• The Building of a Great Mind
• How Character Determines Constructive Action
• The Art of Building Character
• The Creative Forces in Man
• The Building Power of Constructive Speech
• Imagination and the Master Mind
• The Higher Forces in Man
• The Greatest Power in Man