From Manifesting What You Want:

First create the mental environment. If you want to create abundance, first you must examine your beliefs about money. For example you may have a belief that rich people are greedy or poor people are more caring. You must neutralize and disperse old ideas about money before you can magnetize it in your life. Use affirmations to reprogram yourself for abundance. Discover the essence of what you will receive by having more abundance. Dream of what you will use the money for or what you think it will give you; such as time, play, joy, freedom, friends, security, and so on. Live the essence of already having it before it comes to you and that will act as a magnetic force. Focus only on the positive and not on the negative. Do not be attached to the form it comes in. Wear and radiate the energy of success of seeing yourself at the finish line. Repeat to yourself, "I am successful" Write your intention and affirm it daily. Practice every day wearing the new energies in your cellular structure, down to the atomic level. Create new habits in your mental and emotional body. Flow into an attitude of gratitude. What you appreciate, you get more of. It is the highest vibration.

Wayne McDonald in his article How To Create Gold From Water (2005) states "To change the world around us, we must be willing to change our self first...It only takes ten to twenty minutes a day to visualize and create a new reality. Sit quietly and clear your mind and picture yourself utilizing all your senses. Continue breathing, relaxing, and smile to yourself. Get your emotions charged up so you can really feel and sense this picture. Next create a positive affirmation for yourself and say this affirmation to yourself ten times a day. For the next twenty-one days, read and speak aloud your affirmation."

The most important thing to remember in sharpening your manifesting skills is to first become aware of your energy. Redirect any negativity that you feel by just breathing it out and ask for inner guidance around negativity and blocks. Focus on what you love, then amplify the positive feeling. Tune into and feel those positive feelings. Surround yourself with people and things that you love. Close your eyes and see the things that bring you tremendous joy. Trust your process. Trust that everything is unfolding as it is meant to. Trust, that if you do your job, which is to clear out the negativity plug and follow through on what you get from the inside, the universe will impart it.

The best time to work on creating your new reality is right before you fall asleep. Visualize the next day as the perfect day and imagine waking up full of energy. These thoughts go forward into the future and connect with you the next day.