How the Law of Attraction Really Works

I want to tell you a secret - I've never read "The Secret" though I've been practicing my own understanding of the Law of Attraction for years.

My version of the Law of Attraction is a combination of setting clear and specific goals, taking consistent action and being persistent. It's not woo-woo at all.

The Law of Attraction is often described as a technique to visualize and affirm the reality you want to create in your life. Things like "I am happy and healthy", "My business is fulfilling and profitable,"and "I am loved" etc.. There are some definite benefits from using positive affirmations and visualizations to shape your thoughts and shift your outlook. These chosen thoughts can help you train your mind to be more loving, positive and upbeat. This works great for shifting your mood and feeling more empowered and excited about life.

However, if you rely on these affirmations to grow your business without combining them with goal setting, consistent actions and persistence in following through with what needs to get done, not a whole lot is going to happen except you sitting around talking to yourself.

I absolutely believe there is a role for affirmations and visualizations, and I teach my clients exactly how and when to use them. But we also combine the mental outlook shaped by these exercises with down to earth strategies and action plans that produce results. For example, in last night's Mastermind call, we looked at what, specifically, would need to happen for the practitioners on the call to achieve their long term goals of making a profit in their business.

For one practitioner, the first baby step was to set a goal of booking 2 clients next month. The actions she needs to take in order to do that are not just speaking an affirmation every morning, though affirmations are helpful to keep you on track. She needs to get really specific about who she wants to help and flesh out a character profile of this person in her mind so she recognizes when she comes across this person.

She also needs to carry around her business cards, talk with everyone she meets about what she does, listen carefully to what people tell her about their own problems and goals, and finally to confidently let the people she talks with know that she can help them with their problems and invite them for a session. She can't just hand them her business card and tell them to call her either, she needs to offer specific session times in her invitation - so she needs to be aware of her schedule and availability too.

To make her goal happen, she needs to be proactive like this every day as if it's her job (it really is her job!), and keep up with it until she meets her goals. She also needs to be persistent and not take it personally when her invitations are declined. She needs to be confident enough in herself and her offering that she knows in her heart the right people will jump on the opportunity. This means wishing those who say no the best and moving on to the next person. She might need to seek out new venues to meet people if she is not encountering the people who fit her profile and tweak who she is talking to in order to hone in on her ideal client.

With consistent action, persistence and determination, I am positive that she will meet her goals. This is the "secret" I use to meet my goals every month, and you can use it too!

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