AttractAnything! (the blog)

Senator Phil Gramm got in hot water this week by suggesting that the economic difficulty facing Americans right now is “mostly mental.” Gramm went on to use some pretty unfortunate language, at one point referring to Americans as “a nation of whiners.”

While Senator Gramm’s choice of words was undoubtedly inflammatory and ill-advised, the overall point he was trying to make is a valid one: the biggest problem with the U. S. economy at this time is a lack of confidence (read: faith) amongst the buying public.

When people get scared because of economic warnings and rising fuel prices, they tend to stop spending money. This has the effect of putting the crunch on retail and other businesses, who then proceed to lay off workers and “downsize.” In other words, worrying about financial hardship is a type of self-fulfilling prophecy, and it all comes down to what economists call “consumer confidence.”

Keep It off Your Radar

Those of you who have read my blog posts before probably already know that I don’t watch the news. I do scan the headlines on my start up page on the computer, but I only read a news story if it is directly relevant to me, or if there is something I can do about the situation (these types of stories are few and far between).

For example, if a hurricane is barreling toward the east coast of Florida (where I live), that is a news story that is directly relevant to me, my business, my friends, family, et cetera. Those types of news stories I will read; but speculation about how bad things are economically for some people, in some areas, in some sectors of the market, are frankly none of my business and I make it a point to not allow such nonsense “on my radar.”

In fact, I encourage everyone to place strict limits on the amount and type of news coverage they will expose themselves to. Some people think this is simply burying your head in the sand, but I see it differently. Exposing yourself to negative information about the economy (or anything else for that matter) tends to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Which Way is Your Energy Flowing?

James Ray is famous for saying “energy flows where attention goes and when we put our attention on problems, tragedies and other negative news stories, we are in fact inviting these things into our experience. This is exactly what happens in times of economic downturns or “recession.” People place so much attention upon negative factors that they become fearful, and end up making the economy worse.

Economic ups and downs are a fact of life for all people, in all countries, at all times. And while it is true that the economy has been sluggish in some areas and it has caused disruptions in some American’s lives, it is important to keep things in perspective. Economic upturns and downturns have always been, and will always be. Keeping that in mind is a good way to weather the storm without allowing it to blow you off course.

In times of hardship (economic or otherwise), it is important to return to the basics: keep your focus on what you want, and ignore the rest.

To Your Continued Success!
Jon

Jon Mercer, MA
Personal Development Coach
http://www.attractanything.com/
Managing Director, Youniverse LLC

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If it’s been a while since you first heard about the law of attraction and stared implementing it in your life, you might find that you have hit "the slump." "The slump" is my word for that period of time that comes after the first excitement over the discovery of the law of attraction has settled, and you start feeling a little disillusioned
because your millions have not manifested themselves.

If you are anything like me and a lot of other people, when you first started using attraction, you were baffled and exited at how it actually worked. After a while though, it may seem like it got harder to use the law of attraction, or like it somehow stopped working.

It is very common for people to hit "the slump" and give up on using the law of attraction all together. What happens when we get to this point is usually that attraction is not as new and exiting to us anymore, and we don’t dedicate as much time as we used to on the practices that will help us create the life we want. We gradually slip into our old, comfortable habits, and forget that as much as we might like them, they could have a negative effect on our lives.

If this is where you’re at, it is time to do a restart and go back to the basics! When was the last time you made or even looked at a vision board? When was the last time you meditated on money coming your way? As with almost anything else, after the novelty of it all wears off, we tend to not put the same amount of energy and attention to what we want to attract.

I suggest you start your back to basics approach by writing a gratitude list. Looking around you and listing what you are grateful for will steer your mind off negative feelings of discontent (and we all know what they will attract to you).

Here are a few more things you can do to get back on track:

1.Write a new set of goals. You might want different things today than you did when you first started.

2.Make a new vision board. You’re probably so used to the old one that you no longer even really see it.

3. Pay attention to the negative influences you get from the media and the people around you, and change what you focus on.

4. Set of time to meditate on wealth and visualize money coming your way.

5. Study the people you want to be like.

6. Read the books written by the old masters of the law of attraction like Wallace D. Wattles and Napoleon Hill.

These are just a few tips to help you get back on the horse. If you hit “the slump,” don’t waste time on doubt or worries; take action to move forward instead.

Stop looking at what you think is reality, and remind yourself that what you see around you today is the past, not the future.

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I am often asked questions about wealth attraction, and many people want to know about aspects of my life — for example, what do I do now, then I did not do when I wasn’t wealthy? This is an excellent question, and it shows that the asker is genuinely on the path of wealth attraction.

In answer to this question, I thought of one specific point that I can share with you — something I’d do today very differently than I did before I was wealthy, and it is this: I ask very different questions.

I am certainly not the first motivational coach to say that our lives are the result of the quality of questions we ask ourselves, so I cannot take any credit for “inventing” the concept. However, I will take credit for using this technique like there is no tomorrow! The fact is, I ask very different questions today than I used to ask back when my life was a mess and I had no money.

One thing, in particular, that I began to do was to ask myself “loaded questions.” A loaded question contains a statement of fact, kind of like this: “what am I doing on a daily basis that keeps wealth flowing to me?” Or, how about this one: “why do I have so much abundance in my life?”

These sort of questions may sound silly to some people, but in fact they take advantage of both of the law of attraction, and a little-known quirk of human psychology. You see, when ever we ask ourselves a question, our mind goes to work immediately searching for an answer to that question. Let me give you an example: “why are there craters on the moon?”

Upon reading that last question, your mind immediately went to work searching for reasons why craters exist on the moon — that is simply how the mind works.

So if you have been using affirmations to try to change your mind set, I recommend that, instead of affirming things, you begin asking things. Ask yourself why you are so good with money, why you are so lucky, why you have so much in your life, and of course, why are you so rich?

The questions we ask determine the answers our mind comes up with and the wealth attraction we see in our lives.

Take care,
Jon

Jon Mercer, MA
Personal Development Coach
http://www.attractanything.com/
Managing Director, Youniverse LLC

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