The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen – Frank Lloyd Wright

You think good things will happen just because you wish they will happen – The Tinker Bell Effect

It appears we have conflicting statements here …. Mr Wright says we merely need to believe that something will happen and it will.  Reminds me of The Secret: believe it,and with strong emotion, and The Universe will deliver it into your life. The Tinker Bell Effect doesn’t say anything about taking action … it just read if you wish it to come to pass, and wish it strongly enough, it will. Your subconscious mind does not know the difference between what you actually have, or do, or feel, or see, and what you have told yourself over and over again.  That’s why visualization works so well…you have created new mindmaps, new neural pathways, in your brain. Think of creating a new path, either a footpath or an off-road path.  The first time you do it you may have to cut down some weeds, some high grass, and the going is slow.  The more you traverse the same path, the easier it is.  The clearer the path becomes and the less thinking you have to do when traveling along that path. Same thing with your mind … the more you practice, the more prominent you make these mindmaps, the more likely you will behave in the manner you mentally rehearsed without thinking about it. It’s not what you said, it’s what they think they read.