Does the Law of Attraction Prevent a Millionaire Mindset?

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Does the Law of Attraction Prevent a Millionaire
Mindset?

- by Todd Jensen

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I hate The Secret. I’ve heard enough crap about the
law of attraction to last me through five lifetimes.

Fact is, I think the positive thinking gurus are
messing with your brain.

At a minimum, they are only giving you part of the
picture.

And why not? You want to think positive thoughts,
surround yourself with visions of life with millions of
dollars, and “Poof” have it magically appear! Of
course you want to imagine your success, sit back, and
watch the universe provide. Who wouldn’t?

Do nothing and get rich. Dream and become a
millionaire. Sign me up!

Fairy tales have always been popular reading. But
modern fairy tales gloss over the bad stuff. Read the
originals, and find out the true story. “The Little
Mermaid” did not marry her prince. She died and became
sea foam.

Reality check, people!

Positive thinking theories sell books, and book sales
line the pockets of the self-help gurus with lots of
green. But positive mental attitude alone does not
work for most of us.

You all know some guy or gal who seems to magically
create something out of nothing. Everything goes right
for him or her, and it’s all because of positive mental
attitude, right?

Wrong! Things work for that person, because they have
always worked for that person. They were the first
ones picked for dodge ball in elementary school. They
were the captains of the football teams in high school,
and class valedictorian at graduation. Over the years,
they have developed the resources and contacts to make
things happen more quickly than the rest of us.

With that kind of success, why wouldn’t the rest be
easy? These golden boys and girls attract wealth the
way they attracted dates in high school. And now they
are telling you it all happened because of The Secret?

What about the rest of us? The ones who were too small
to be picked for the team, too geeky to get a date, or
too shy to be class officer? Think and Grow Rich? I
think not.

I call for a new motto! Do and Grow Rich!

Success comes from downright stubborn headed toughness
and refusal to give up. You create wealth and success
one small step at a time. You make mistakes, and
learn. You find new ways to make mistakes.
Eventually, you get it right.

I don’t envy the golden boys and girls of this world.
At some point all of us face failure. I have never met
a successful entrepreneur who did not have to go
through hell at some point on his or her road to
success.

And guess what? I learned how to pick myself up and
start over when I was eight. I discovered very early
that my success was dependent on one thing and one
thing alone.

Me.

If I want wealth and the life of a millionaire it will
not be handed to me on a silver platter. I must do
more than think happy thoughts and draw pictures of my
dream house.

Most of us are pessimists. We always think about all
the things that can possibly go wrong. We consider
worst case scenario, and prepare for it. We are the
Boy Scouts who live by the motto “Be Prepared”.

And this is a good thing. I don’t want to live my life
wearing rose colored glasses. I want to be the one
that is there with the first aid kit for the inevitable
scrapes, and the raincoat in the car for the unexpected
shower.

I want to always have a Plan B. Even a Plan C, D or E,
if necessary.

You see, true wealth does not come from thoughts alone.
If you want to be a millionaire, you have to DO
SOMETHING!

Want some truly inspirational reading? Try Peter B.
Kyne’s The Go-Getter. This small story of persistence
and downright dogged determination gets me every time.
I can relate to William Peck’s motto “It shall be
done.”

Face it. There isn’t time to waste “getting your mind
right”. The best way to succeed is to get out there
and get it done. Start with little things…one phone
call you’ve been putting off, or even a repair project
you’ve been avoiding. DO when you don’t feel like it,
because you need to, and “feeling like it” has nothing
to do with it. In the beginning it will take conscious
thought, but doing will become a habit. Pretty soon,
you’ll be one of those people who get things done.

Guess what? People who DO make things happen. And
people who DO attract more people who DO, who also make
things happen. I am always amazed by the old saying
“Busy people get things done.” It defies logic, but if
you want something done, find a busy person to take
care of it. Better yet, become that busy person, and
get it done yourself!

Of course, you can’t keep doing the same things if they
don’t work. Insanity is doing the same things over and
over and expecting different results. But don’t just
sit around and whine that things won’t work for you
until you really do something long enough to find out
if you need to find a different path.

This is not like getting lost in the wilderness. You
cannot just hug a tree and wait until someone finds
you. You need to find your own path, and more likely
than not, your friends and loved ones will be like
brambles on that path trying to hold you back. After
all, who will they be able to whine to about how much
their life sucks if you make yours better?

Dreaming about your success does not make it happen.
The true secret is that you alone are responsible for
your success, or your failure. You choose to do, or
not.

My mentor is a short green fellow. He just shakes his
head and ignores whining and self-pity. He understands
that the universe has power for great good and great
evil. He teaches his pupils about choice, free will,
and focus. He takes whiny, sniveling children, and
makes them into men who DO. Belief alone does not make
things happen-belief through action is the key to great
success.

As all young Jedi do, I live my life by words of the
great Yoda.

“There is no such thing as Try. Do or Do Not.”

What about you?

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Todd Jensen, “The Profit Engineer”, has helped hundreds
of business owners make their business more successful
and profitable. For tips and strategies on how to
boost your business success as well as increase your
profits, visit
http://www.theprofitengineer.com or
http://www.freebusinessstartupinfo.com
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