From Section-DEFINING TRUE WEALTH
 

The Meaning of True Wealth, John Adams

One of the common themes in just about every aspect of my career has been the “self-fulfilling prophecy”—that whatever we hold in our consciousness tends to show up or expand in our lives. This theme has shown up in my work in several areas: health and work-life balance; individual adjustment to changes; implementing large-scale organizational change; and sustainable future explorations. For many years, I have used three quotes to highlight the self-fulfilling nature of both individual and collectively shared mental models.

If I continue to believe as I have always believed,
I will continue to act as I have always acted.
If I continue to act as I have always acted,
I will continue to get what I have always gotten.

 – Marilyn Ferguson

One cannot expect to solve a complex problem
 using the same level of consciousness that
created that problem.

– Albert Einstein

The range of what we think and do
is limited by what we fail to notice.
And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice,
there is little we can do to change;
until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.

– R.D. Laing