Write It Down, Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want And Getting It Paperback – January 3, 2001

I recently purchased this book because the title caught my eye. After finishing the book, it struck me as a book that I could read many more times and learn something new each time.The book is written to serve as a guide to obtaining your wishes, meeting your goals and reaching your potential by digging deep into yourself through regular journaling. Ultimately, the author demonstrates over and over again through many examples, with various people in various situations, that the solution to any question or problem confronting you can be impacted from within oneself. The more focused you are on the situation and solution, the more you obtain the results that you desire. One is encouraged to write in their journal for as long as it takes for the end-results to occur. The longer you journal the more efficient/focused you become and the quicker you get what you want.Furthermore, Ms. Klauser goes on to say that with each new problem that you conquer is an opportunity to learn more about the depth of yourself. In the process you attempt more goals, become more assertive and become more in control of your destiny.All and all, Henriette Klauser dares you to reach your wildest dreams, day by day, journaling. In addition, one does not need any expensive tools other than, the basic tools learned in back in elementary school, of writing your thoughts down on paper.Also, once you get in the habit of journaling the author encourages you to add the element of creativity into the mix. At this advanced level, you can let your imagination run on making the journaling process more intriguing and your, ultimate, desires more daring.Lastly, all and all, an interesting little book with many different ideas that tempt you to try them for yourself. Once you do, the book shows your life going from a one-dimensional level of growth to a rich tapestry with multi-dimensional textures! A most enticing challenge by the author to the reader!!

I bought this book a few months ago through Amazon.com and it's a great book! I've recommended it to many of my friends, who themselves are also buying this book along with Henriette Anne Klauser's other book Put Your Heart on Paper.I give it 5 stars, and here's why.Journaling everyday, you write out things you think about, things you wish for, and things you want happening to you in your life. Some people on here have said that Klauser's book is too superficial, and the stories she wrote are pretty much hoo-ha. That's their opinion. Everyone is entitled to their opinions and judgments. With that said however, this book is completely not that at all. It's a great way to open your mind, expand your horizons, and listen to your inner spirit. You'll be amazed how many times you write things, and it comes true. Things do take their time in coming true and it's best not to say "oh i made this list and it didn't happen, and i wrote that down, but most of it did not happen." There is such a thing as timing, folks!Please read this book, and start a journal if you haven't done so. Seriously, writing things down really helps to clarify what your mind is thinking, how your heart feels and how you respond to the world. If anything, you get really good writing techniques out of the chapters in Klauser's books. Read through the entire book and follow the exercises....change your mindset as you do it and make what you write true intentions for them to come true in the physical sense. It might take a couple hours to a few years before what you've written happens, but trust me, it does. Enjoy!

My dear friend Katia told me about this book when we were talking about writing down our dreams and thoughts and how the act of writing in a physical notebook helps you process where you are stuck in your mind and what may be in your way and what's behind your frustration and anxiety. she swears by this book and so I grabbed a physical copy and have thoroughly enjoyed reading it.Half-way through the book, I set it down and started to do as it preached. I've always written down things too but not as systematically as I should. I've been a blogger, a writer, an author and so I've done the structured working but we're talking about personal journaling and being very specific about manifesting your goals through writing. To be totally honest, I'm not 100% sold on "The Secret" and the simple idea that ask and you shall receive. Perhaps that is the skeptical side of me. I feel that you have to do the work, take the actions and MAKE things happen, and YET, there is so much in this book that gives this another dimension.I respect writing on so many levels that if you told me gold and diamonds would pop out from me writing about them, I might take you up on it ;) OK half kidding but there's no arguing with the immense and hidden powers of Writing Things Down. Writing is medicine; writing is therapy; writing is joy! If everyone of us wrote our way out of our frustrations and problems, there would be more joy and far less pain, but enough preaching about writing. This book takes you through the very specifics of how writing down what you want will lead to you getting it. It's not a straight path, and I love the zigzags along the way. For instance, if you're not getting it, and you're writing it down and doing the work, then something is stopping you; either you are not ready for it, or you are blocking it by something you are doing subconsciously, or you are not seeing that it has already happened to you in other ways.You will find so many creative ways to enhance the writing down part. Klauser talks you through so many wonderful ideas to give you a complete system. Some of my favorites are the following:- Writing through to resolution: This one is to help you get clarity if you feel stuck.- Focusing on the Outcome: "Hold it in your mind that you want a pool" chapter. Staying encouraged.- Stacking Goals, Raising the Bar: "A girl who has done X can definitely do this!" Thinking about a big achievement in your life and reminding yourself that you've gone for something bigger in the past.There are lots and lots of stories of people that the author weaves in to make her point including experiences of herself, and in fact, there is about 80% story and 20% theory or context. This isn't my favorite style of writing but it worked well and it was done creatively. The stories were good.She also gives you exercises relevant to your own writing at the end of each chapter, and if only for that reason, I would recommend getting a physical copy of this book, and this from a true Kindle-lover I assure you but physical books still have their place in this world.