Augusto Cury, like many other people, has personal experience with depression. He first battled depression while he was in medical school and yet he had been taught little to nothing about the causes, symptoms, or treatments for this often debilitating disorder. Drugs, support groups, and information were not easily available; in fact, Cury wasn’t even aware at first that depression was his underlying problem.

With no outside resources available to him, Cury began to explore on his own "the fantastic world of the human mind." After years of study and research, Cury concluded that we "are collectively becoming more mentally and emotionally ill. By ‘ill,’ I don’t mean physically sick or mentally insane, but living far beneath our great potential..." Cury believes that the antidote to this epidemic is learning to Think Correctly.

Think and Make It Happen lays out Cury’s Think Correctly Principles, twelve in all, with a full chapter devoted to each. For every principle, Cury provides "application questions and helpful reminders," plus case studies that demonstrate the use of the principles in real-life situations. Also for each principle, Cury gives an example from his Model of Thinking Correctly: Jesus Christ. "...history has focused almost exclusively on Jesus’ divinity to the exclusion of his humanity," Cury points out. "...Jesus the man had a spectacular ability to think correctly."

Each principle’s chapter begins with a summary of the characteristics of someone who lives that principle. Cury then elaborates on the importance of the principle to a balanced life, an example of how the Model of Thinking Correctly applies the principle (with these examples drawn from Bible stories about Jesus), and steps toward incorporating the principle into our lives. Each chapter is wrapped up with topics for discussion and exercises for daily practice. While Think and Make It Happen is written for the individual, Cury also includes an Appendix with guidelines for using the book in a group setting.

These principles aren’t ground-breaking, but Cury’s concise summaries and apropos examples of those principles in action will provide an ‘aha!’ moment for many readers who haven’t found the connection with other self-help books. The author’s use of Christ as a role model will no doubt prove a useful and inspirational feature for Christian readers, in particular. All in all, Think and Make It Happen is neatly conceived and delivered, and certainly worth a thorough read.