In your average children's movie, people dream outlandish dreams.

I wish I could be part of that world.

Teenie, I wish for you to make me a prince.

And then, after 90 minutes of struggle and sound effects, they achieved those dreams.

Wooo!

Thank you! We did it!

In the end, Charlie Bucket won a chocolate factory.

It worked! The ship's stopping!

We think of these stories as fantasies, fairy tales.

But what if science could help make our deepest hopes and desires seem less out of reach?

Today, as part of our U2.0 series, we bring you an episode from our archive that asks,

is there a methodical way to achieve your dreams?

Turns out, there is. And this scientific technique has an acronym.

Wooo!

This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedanta.

There's so much in our popular culture about the power of positive thinking.

We're often told to follow our hearts, to dream big.

You can have, do, or be anything you want.

Whatever belief you hold in your subconscious mind will become your reality.

Bottom line.

Value yourself and believe in yourself.

Because believing that the dots will connect down the road,

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