All your successes and failures are the result of thought patterns embedded in your subconscious mind. These result only from the beliefs your subconscious mind contains.
Your subconscious mind accepts all of your beliefs as the truth. However, in reality many of these may not even be correct. You just assume them to be without your knowledge.
Studies indicate that we use only a small portion of the brain. The other part of the brain is the subconscious part. It constitutes about 95% of our mind. If it stores outdated and conflict causing beliefs, it can interfere with life and lead to failures.
In order to achieve success, it is essential to connect and communicate with the unconscious mind. Everything you perceive gets stored in the subconscious mind. In other words, it is a large database. Everything you superficially believe is interpreted as truth by your subconscious mind.
Feelings affect the unconscious mind directly. If you don't believe in something, the unconscious mind cannot react to it. It can bring into your life only things you believe.
Things pass to the unconscious mind via the conscious mind. The conscious mind deals with your everyday life and is analytical and logical. It is also very well ordered and systematic. The conscious mind interprets information before it gets passed to the unconscious mind. The subconscious mind occupies a large portion of the total brain. Because of this reason, it has an enormous potential in affecting your life. Only about 5% or so of your mind is the conscious part.
Every step we take is fed from both the conscious and unconscious parts. The conscious mind is easy to program but it is difficult to change what the subconscious mind believes. However, it is receptive to suggestions and so it is possible to change it. This is crucial for success.