The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

The quote argues that attention is a lever for achievement: what you repeatedly hold in conscious awareness tends to guide decisions, emotions, and persistence. Focusing on “things we desire” implies clarifying goals and orienting daily actions toward them; focusing on “things we fear” implies rumination that can narrow perception, encourage avoidance, and become self-fulfilling. Tracy’s underlying assumption is pragmatic rather than metaphysical: mindset influences performance by shaping priorities, confidence, and problem-solving. The line also echoes a broader self-help tradition that contrasts goal-directed thinking with fear-based thinking, urging readers to replace worry with purposeful planning and constructive action.