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7 Mistakes Everyone Makes Using The Law of Attraction

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The Law of Attraction is such an illusive concept.  After more then 2 decades of working with the idea of “Thoughts become things”, I finally have a grasp on this idea.  Which doesn’t mean that I can think of something and have it appear instantly  What it means is that I can focus on something and eventually it shows up in some way or another.  Here’s a simple example.

The other day my new neighbors told us to come and meet them at the beach.  New to the area they picked the busiest beach with the biggest parking problem.  My wife imediately declined forcasting the issue.  I happily agreed and my two youngest boys were game too.  We left about an hour after they did which meant we were going to have to find them in the middle of the summer weekend chaos of Newport Peir.  On the way there I asked the boys to visualize a parking spot that made us all laugh at how perfect it was.  Then see us lazily walking up to the beach and magically happening upon our neighbors.  Secretly I knew the odds of either happening were very very very small.  But I put that Drunk Monkey talk aside and worked to get into a completely neutral state.  If it happened great, if not we would go to another beach with better parking.

We circled the small parking lot several times which took us nearly 30 minutes.  My 8 year old was starting to get annoyed and began complaining that we should just go to the next beach.  I told him to take a deep breath and watch his movie.  5 minutes later we pulled into an amazing spot, right in front.  We all laughed as envisioned.  Then walking to the beach we turned a corner to head onto the beach and who was standing there about to step foot on the beach themselves?  Our neighbors.

Moral of the story.  Create a back up plan that will fulfill your objective in a different way so that you aren’t attached.  Relax, take deep breaths and invest the time needed.  The more times we circled the parking lot, the better our odds.  The Law of Attraction concept is all about your attitude towards the circumstances leading up to the fulfillment of your desire.

Alex and I traveled to new Mexico today to speak to a group of real estate agents about how to get into Inspired Action. The event went fabulously because we pre paved it with our positive expectations and words of affirmation.

We were flying Southwest Airlines home which means we needed to check in early if we wanted to choose great seats.  When we arrived at the airport I jokingly said to alex, ”Ouch!  We forgot to check in early.  So we are going to be crammed into the back of the plane!”

To our delight we were some of the first passengers to check in and got an A boarding pass. But our flight was massively delayed. We decided to sit in the cafe and do work on our laptops while waiting for our plane to arrive. After working in a trance for a few hours I look at my clock and was shocked to realize that our flight was leaving in 20 minutes!  We jumped up from our seats and literally ran to our gate knowing that most airlines close the boarding process 15 minutes before the plane is scheduled to leave. To our chagrin everyone was already on the plane and my negative affirmation came true.

The moral of the story?  The universe wants to please you. It wants you to live life exactly as you please. Which means you posses the free will to screw yourself over if you so choose.

Be careful what you affirm because it’s going to happen.