Making A Federal Case Of Dorothea Brande's "It Is Impossible To Fail"...

Hi,

Yes, I intend to make a federal case out of this famous saying by Dorothea Brande.
(BTW, these words are almost "public domain".
Searching for Dorothea's works I managed to put the line and the author together. Thanks for the challenge, Mark Nolan.)

Here they are those famous words:

"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: ACT AS IF IT WERE IMPOSSIBLE TO FAIL. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success"
-- Dorothea Brande --

My questions are:

1.Are those words self-evident to you?
2.Or you feel a sense of unsolved mystery in those words?
3.Do you think "ACT AS IF IT WERE IMPOSSIBLE TO FAIL" needs further elaboration?
4.If those words are so simple and easy to apply, why most people DON'T achieve success?
5.This wisdom flies in the face of common knowledge (in "reality" people fail constantly), can you think of some MODEST examples of putting those words into action?

What are your thoughts?

Simon