Under these conditions，the inventor is working the creative power against himself.Because you are a "successful visualizer" in one phase of your life activity is no indication that you can be or are equally successful in other phases.The same right thinking must apply to all and any of your desires or needs.Some men and women naturally possess what is called a "money consciousness"—they see themselves making money，everything they touch turning to money—and the power within helps them make and attract money.But many of these same people are just as unsuccessful in other departments of their lives，as is evidenced by ill health，inability to get along with others，lack of personal happiness and contentment，and all manner of other deficiencies.Each inventor should face his problem of selling and marketing his invention，of getting financing for it，with the same enthusiasm，the same persistence，the same energetic application of his visualizing powers that he has given to the development and creation of the invention itself.If he does，he will certainly succeed in his enterprise，as any and all succeed who make proper use of "that something" within.
How can we distinguish real hunches as opposed to merely our wishful thinking，the expression of desires and passions of our conscious mind，at a given moment？
This ability to discriminate between a real hunch and an intuitive flash or premonition comes with practice.True hunches enter the conscious field of your mind without any reflection or premeditation.You just suddenly "know" or "feel" something，you get a strong urge to do or not to do something，to be on your guard，to check or investigate.Self-analysis will help you determine whether or not an impulse which you receive has been created by you through wishful thinking，an excessive desire or passion，as you characterize it.You should know yourself well enough to assume an impersonal attitude and say： "I'm just kidding myself.I wanted to get that kind of an impression and I've stimulated my imagination to give it to me.I don't recognize this as a true hunch.My fears have dramatized themselves and given me the false feeling that something is going to happen." You will soon detect a difference in feeling，when a real hunch hits you.
Your remembrance of how you felt when you got this real hunch will enable you to recognize other genuine intuitive flashes and to disregard such other feelings as come to mind which originate as a result of your own fears or pampered desires.You must believe that your inner mind can and will serve you by giving you intuitive flashes，as needed，or else the power within cannot function in this manner for you.Some people say，"I don't believe in hunches—and I've never had any，that I recall." This mental attitude has blocked off such intuitive impulses as might have been received.Learn to control your own excessive desires，things you know are not good for you，eliminate your fears—and you will then put up less and less resistance to the reception and recognition by you of guidance and protection from your faculty of intuition.
My problem is not in the form of money，business or gaining fame.I have the problem of stuttering and stammering which is foremost in my mind.Since studying your philosophy，I have noticed some improvement in my speech.I realize that results in conditions like this do not come overnight—although I would like to have rather fast results.Could you give me any hints as to how to hasten the subconscious in its wonderful work on my problem？
Go back in your life to the time，if you can recall it，when you started stuttering.What emotional experience brought on this condition？ Were you criticized at a particularly sensitized moment by your parents or by someone？ Was there a dominant member of your family who repressed you，in whose presence you were afraid to express yourself？ Did you feel overshadowed by someone—or did you suffer such a fright that you temporarily found it impossible to speak？ Somewhere in your past is the original cause of your present difficulty.Find it and you can then release yourself from the hold this emotional reaction has had upon you.As a further aid，since stuttering and stammering are usually associated with a degree of self-consciousness and overanxiety ...wait a few seconds before speaking.Take a breath，and picture in your mind what you are going to say before putting it into words.If you are groping in mind for words，your full attention is distracted from your speech centers and，as a result，your speech is halting and sometimes broken.Recovering your ability to articulate each word correctly is largely a matter of proper "timing" and visualization.Co-ordinate the two，and you will soon overcome this condition.
I firmly believe in your teachings.You state that one should use this power for good and not evil.This I believe 100 per cent—so that is why I am asking，would it be evil to use this power for gambling？ I'm not a professional gambler but like many people，I do it to some extent.Would it be harmful to use this power for gambling on either a large or small scale？
