Here’s another miraculous feature of the power of commitment: You don’t have to know at the outset how to achieve your goal. Sure, you’ll be better off if you have a plan of attack, but it’s not essential that every step be mapped out in advance.

In fact, when you have the willingness to do whatever it takes, the “right” steps are often suddenly revealed to you.

You’ll meet people you never could have planned to meet. Doors will unexpectedly open for you. It might seem like luck or good fortune is smiling on you; in truth, you’ll have created these positive events by making a commitment and, thus, instructing your mind to look for them.

Here’s an example of how a door unexpectedly opened (testimony) for me. In 1989, I started writing motivational articles. I’d learned about the power of a positive attitude and the other success principles, and I was committed to sharing this information with others who could benefit from it. But I had no idea where to start. Do I send my articles to newspapers…submit them to magazines… write my own book?

The first thing I did was submit an article to a local newsletter for people involved in training and human resources. That article was printed in the summer of 1990.

A few months later, I got a phone call from a gentleman named Stuart Kamen, a freelance writer who also worked with businesses to produce newsletters. Stuart said he’d seen my article while visiting the home of his best friend – and was very impressed with it.

Then he asked me, “Have you ever thought of writing a newsletter?” Quite frankly, I hadn’t thought of doing my own newsletter. We arranged a meeting and Stuart explained how we could work together to produce a newsletter that would make these self-development concepts available to thousands of people.

About one month later, the newsletter was published. And we’ve been going strong for more than nine years – and have reached hundreds of thousands of people with this life-changing information!

How did it all happen? I was committed to sharing these principles with others. I had a positive attitude. I started writing. And then, Stuart Kamen, a complete stranger, entered my life – someone who knew just how to turn my dream into reality.

Ah, the magic of commitment!