[Trevor] Blake grew up in very poor circumstances in Wales and literally and actively thought himself from a young boy with very limited opportunities into a financially independent multi-millionaire. Blake claims that his three small steps-also the title of his book-will make everyone effective in creating the reality he or she wants. Protect your mentality. That's Blake's Step No. 1 and his critical contribution to the create your own reality" movement. "I don't think it is possible to change your thinking at all," he says. "That's why positive thinking doesn't work. It is impossible to control your thoughts because they happen at the speed of light. But I would say that the one thing you do have control over is how you then react to the thought you just had. You can create in your mind a better set of outcomes; you can imagine something more positive. You do control your response to a negative thought. I changed thoughts of expecting to fail to ones anticipating success. I have repeated that behavior so many times that I now know. I changed my own life pattern the very moment I changed my own thought process. That's why I wanted to write a book for people who feel trapped in the quicksand. That's how I felt. And I know this helped me get out. Once you get out, you can do almost anything."