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The value of hard work and persistence
How to stay focused on long-term goals
How to learn from failures and setbacks
This is precisely why a positive mental attitude is effective. Attitude is absolutely critical. If you spend time focusing on your positive intentions, but you also observe your present situation in either a neutral or negative way, you’re wasting your time.
This is why you don’t get thin by harboring thoughts like, “I hate being fat.” Instead, you must acknowledge your present overweight body while latching onto the hope that your momentum is headed towards your goal weight.
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You’ll achieve your goals if you observe your present reality with a positive momentum in the direction of your goals. But if you set a goal and observe your present situation with a negative or neutral bias, then your goals have no power to induce change.
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A common question that we ask ourselves is "How come when I wholeheartedly intend X to happen, I still get the opposite of X?"
For example… How come when I intend wealth, I’m still poor? How come when I intend a new relationship, I’m still alone? How...
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The key is that when you observe your current reality, you always observe with a bias. Your bias is rooted in your beliefs, but let’s simplify that model to just three general biases: positive, negative, or neutral. All observati...
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Intention-manifestation always works. When it seems like it isn’t working, the reason is that while you’re correctly putting out the intention for what you want, you’re also putting out the intention to continue manifesting what you don’t want. And you’re probabl...
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If you’re in a situation you don’t want to be in, and you observe it or notice it, you’re thinking about it. That means you’re intending its continuation.
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I think that this article is a great read for anyone trying to understand why they find it difficult to change their current situation for the best.
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