Since I’m at Jack Canfield’s seminar, it’s perfect timing to share with you my thoughts about the Law of Attraction, which many if not most of you have been exposed to through the movie, “The Secret”. I want to talk about a misconception many people have about it. Now, a big misconception that a lot of people have about the Law of Attraction, and the topic of much criticism, is that it’s message means we can simply think our way into achieving anything we want. Like the part in the movie where the guy in his living room just thinks about a car, and it appears.
However, if you listen to the speakers from “The Secret”, none of them is saying that all you have to do is visualize your way to success. In fact, as you see in the title of this article, the last 6 letters of Attraction are A-C-T-I-O-N!!! After you focus specifically on whatever it is that you want, you absolutely must take action steps to achieve it. And as long as you continue to focus on what you want, instead of complaining about what you don’t have, you’ll be able to maintain a consistent target to shoot for. For independent business owners, it’s very common to focus on ‘not losing money’ or ‘not being rejected’. These are survival thoughts – designed to just keep your head above water – and they’re very limiting. Instead, you must lock your sights onto the achievements you want, as clearly as you possibly can, or else your unconscious mind doesn’t know what you want. The mistake most people make is they only come up with a vague idea of what they want, and then never create an action plan to get there. All the positive thinking in the world does not have the power to turn your dreams into reality. So after you ‘see’ whatever it is you want in your heart, take the time to work backwards and design the perfect road map to get you from where you are to where you want to be in as short a time as possible. And then there’s just one more thing to do… ACTION!
