SUMMARY CHECKLIST OF THE USES OF RATIONAL THOUGHT (By Maxwell Maltz, M.D., F.I.C.S.)

1. It is the job of rational, conscious thought to examine and analyze incoming messages, to accept those that are true and reject those that are untrue.

2.  It is the job of the conscious rational mind to form logical and correct conclusions.

3.  It is the job of conscious rational thought to decide what you want, select the goals you wish to achieve, and concentrate on these rather than on what you do not want.

4.  It is the job of your conscious mind to pay strict attention to the task at hand, to what your are doing and what is going on around you, so that these incoming sensory messages can keep your automatic mechanism currently advised of the environment and allow it to respond spontaneously.