HOW TO ATTRACT SUCCESS AND LIVE ABUNDANTLY

I am embarking on a journey and I invite you to come along. This is a personal journey to discover how to live abundantly and attract those things that we really want in life. While each of us may be heading in different directions, the process will be the same. We will first determine the destination, map out the route and enjoy the scenery along the way. Are you interested? Want to come along?

“Success is getting what you want
happiness is wanting what you get.”
Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, American Author, Traine

DESTINATION

Before we even begin to travel, we have to know where we are going. So, let’s define success and living abundantly. For me, it is having what I need and needing what I have. Just being able to recognize that I have enough is empowering. However, there are times in my life when I over-commit and over-indulge. The goal of my journey is to recognize that I do not need it all or even want it all. I just want enough.

What does success and abundant living mean to you? Let me help you along by asking a few questions. When you reached your destination, what will it look like? What will it feel like? What euphoria are you seeking? What dreams are hidden away because you thought they were impossible to obtain? I ask these questions so that you will focus on the possibilities. If you do not know what it is you want, then you will not know if you have reached your goal. As a colleague once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will do.”

PLANNING

It is time to put on your thinking cap and make a list of your goals. If you are like most people, your list may include losing weight, exercising more, eating healthier, reading more books, or getting organized. However, you may desire mini-vacations, a cruise, more money in the bank, more time with family and friends, a new car, or a bigger home. Pull out some paper and pen and start making your list. Simply writing it down starts the process of making it happen. Success will not be far behind.

Many folks make hasty resolutions on New Year’s Day and then chuckle hoping that the changes will last for a week or so. The inability to follow through on resolutions is due to the lack of a passionate conviction and no map or plan. We state a half-hearted remark such as, “I want to get organized,” and then spend a few hours clearing off the desktop. However, when life gets busy again, we are right back to the same old habits with the same old results – clutter and disorganization. Whatever happened to commitments?

CHALLENGE

During the next few days, list all the things that would make your life abundantly successful. Next to each entry, list how you will feel when you actually achieve that desire. Here is a sample layout:

I want to achieve___ -- When I get it, this is how I will feel__

1. Abundant health -- I will feel like I am floating when I walk. Daily activities will be effortless. I will stand tall, head erect and vibrantly observe my surroundings.

2. Abundant finances -- When I sit down to pay the bills, I will have more money than I need in my accounts and I will feel thankful to those that have provided a valuable service that makes my life easier.

3. Abundant energy -- Sleep will rejuvenate me and each morning I will feel refreshed and eager to experience new opportunities.

4. Abundant organization -- When order is a part of every facet of my life, my surroundings nurture me physically, mentally and emotionally.

NOW IT IS YOUR TURN

I Want… -- And, when I get it I will feel…

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FEEL IT

We marvel at the feats of Olympic athletes winning by a mere inch or a fraction of a second. When asked how they accomplished such excellence, often they respond, “I feel the weight of the medal around my neck and the headiness of standing on the center podium listening to my national anthem.” Feeling the success is powerful stuff! This is the track that changes wishful thinking into actuality. Fe-e-e-e-l it!

When you are feeling your best, filled with joy and gratitude, you attract more joy and everything around you vibrates with pleasure. Yet, on those days when you are off balance, filled with fear or worry, you experience discontent everywhere. It is simply the law of attraction at work. Like attracts like. When you think of something that will make you happy, you feel uplifted, joyous and grateful.

The way you think is the way you feel, and that is the power to attract success and abundance. Circumstances outside yourself cannot and will not control your life once you recognize that it is your feelings that set the stage for abundance. You are not a puppet. You have freedom of choice, the freedom to achieve abundant living and success.

SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY

The key to success starts with desire – desire for an abundant bank account, desire for a slimmer body, desire for a new car, desire to organize the garage, desire to learn a foreign language, desire to master the incoming mail, desire to play the guitar, desire to live simply. Whatever your definition of success may be, you can achieve it with a deep down, passionate must-have feeling.

Ask yourself, “What do I want and why do I want it?” Begin to feel the pleasure your response evokes.