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An excerpt from When God Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life
by SQuire Rushnell
Wish for Your Own Winks
You have the power within yourself to cause coincidences to happen.

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... Make a wish. Allow yourself a childlike leap to the vision of your future. You have the power within yourself to cause coincidences to happen to you. Here are some questions to ponder:

1. When you were young and wished upon a star, what was your desire? Did someone in your family or school deride you, saying you were just a dreamer? It's time to erase the negative tape in your mind that has been playing those thoughts over and over. Erase it, and replace it with a positive recording -- that your childhood wishes are possible. Write it in your wink diary.

2. Right here and now, what would you really like to see yourself doing in life? In other words, what do you wish for? What is your dream? Don't hold back by listening to those voices who told you to "be realistic." Write it down, in rich, reach-for-the-stars detail.

3. Now look at the list of abilities [that you made in the last chapter.] It contains clues to your destiny. As you've accumulated these talents, skills and abilities throughout your life, you have been quietly preparing yourself for your dreams all along. Now, write ways you can use those abilities to move toward your dreams. For example, what sorts of careers excite you and require your special set of skills? What type of people mesh best with your personality strengths? Name three ways you can put yourself in a position to step into those careers and meet those sorts of people.

4. Who have you always wanted to meet? All it takes is research to find out where they are going to be -- and the gumption to become visible to them. Frequently we roadblock ourselves by saying, "Oh, they are too busy to speak with someone as unimportant as me.' The fact is, most people are flattered that someone wants to meet them. Write down the name of a person you'd most like to meet -- perhaps a contact who can land you a job in a field you enjoy, a person whose life you admire and wish to learn from. Name three steps you can take to spend some time with that person.

Copy your list and post it where you can see it every day -- the refrigerator door, the bathroom mirror -- and then believe that as long as you are moving toward your destiny, somewhere, sometime there'll be a wink -- a coincidence that will show up like a neon signpost in the fog, confirming that you are on the right path.

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SQuire Rushnell (the capital Q is correct) is President and CEO of GoodLife Television. Following 20 years in top management with the ABC Network, he joined GoodLife in June, 1996. Mr. Rushnell is recognized as a creative executive with outstanding management credentials, a visionary leader who attracts top people to his pursuits, and one of the most compelling spokespersons from the communications industry. He has been integrally involved in television programming for news and information to all family programs. Presently, he is focused on building a TV network for America's fastest growing audience, "boomers and over."