Greetings from rural Australia.

I love your choice with this topic! And it’s right up your alley. The ‘Can Do Man’ challenging the ‘New Thought’ thinkers/writers.

I’m a master at eavesdropping, an ardent voyeur and a keen observer. This is my take on what oils the wheels of the go-getters.

We are what we are. And what we are is staggeringly varied and diverse.

Some are thinkers, but couch potatoes when it comes to taking action. Some leap before they look, taking plenty of action: – but it lands them far away from their ‘X Marks The Spot’. Some are wanna-be's, who stop at nothing to get to their target. Some are lazy and justify their lethargy by believing that everything is impossible. Some doubt themselves, but also have a strong thirst for success and overcome everything to reach the top. Some are naturally optimistic doers, who think everything is achievable and do just that. While some are scaredy-cats, living in prisons of their own making. And some just don’t care and don’t understand why you’d want to make an effort to achieve anything.

What we all have in common is this. Very few of us ever think we’re anything other than optimistic. A recent study of men and women who are considered to be very pessimistic by experts, show that 99.9% of them view themselves as optimists. They view themselves as positive people with a sunny attitude who expect good things to happen. Unfortunately, good things are just not happening now.

So we are not only what we are. But what we perceive we are. And life toddles along accordingly.

Those who think most things are impossible, live a life within narrow boundaries. Those who doubt themselves, but who yearn for something better, jump sky high hurdles and overcome humungous obstacles to give themselves a very fulfilling and envious life. While others seem to go through life attracting abundance and success with little effort. And the optimist – who’s negative – and still waiting for something to happen, has sooooo many reasons why it’s just not happening for them right now. And the master of ‘I could care less’ just takes what comes along.

But what’s true is this. The Original Law of Attraction, which has been in force since the beginning of time, and taught to me by my parents, never fails to work.

What you attract into your life is directly related to what you do to make it happen.

Dreamers, wanna-be’s, scaredy-cats, go-getters, all have different levels of commitment to making things happen. And their lives reflect this.

You can tell people until you’re blue in the face that nothing happens without taking action. And some still won’t budge.

Why?

It’s widely assumed that many people fear success and the change it will make to their lives. They prefer living in their present comfort zone far more than they desire tackling a new challenge with an uncertain outcome.

Or.

They absolutely love and embrace the Rhonda Byrne concept in her New Law Of Attraction, as written in The Secret, where they blow a wish into the universe and patiently wait for it to happen. Very much a case of … ‘all care and no responsibility’. And the perfect way to become a zillionaire. Promise them everything and position yourself to take no responsibility when it doesn’t happen.

I voluntarily mentor one young woman in business every year. Because my only reward is their success, I’m quick to assess their attitude. The nanosecond I detect any excuse for not taking action, I withdraw. Their perception that something is always easier for someone else, or that other people are luckier than them, or something can’t be done because of… tells me they live in a world of wishful dreaming; of someone not yet prepared to be a high achiever by taking action.

Again, it’s the Original Law Of Attraction at work. You attract to you exactly what you’re prepared to take action to achieve.

Taking action is as natural as breathing for those who really want to be successful.

At anything. A hobby, their business, relationships, parenting, snorting coke or winning the Tour de France. Commitment traverses all boundaries. Pete Doherty is as committed to his coke addiction as Lance Armstrong is committed to winning the next Tour de France.

So I’m no longer unforgiving of those who’d rather wish than do. It’s just who they are and I now know they’re happier in the comfort zone that allows them to dream and hope without having to busy themselves with taking action.

This is a great topic, David, with diverse, and sometimes divisive, viewpoints!

Take care,

CAROL

Carol Jones
Director
Interface Pty Ltd
ILFORD NSW 2850 Australia
http://www.interfaceaustralia.com

It's a subtle game. Until you get the mind right you'll most likely be spinning your wheels.

The formula is 1.) Choose Thoughts 2.) Which Generate Feelings 3.) Which Move You Into Action 4.) Which Lead To Results

So many say to move into action, but what are they moving toward? More busy work, which leads to more of the same thought, more busy work. A vicious circle, cradle to grave. This is the average person.

One NEEDS to do some thinking before starting the process, or else they move into mindless, action, aka busy work, aka, keeping busy to stay out of trouble, aka you get the idea.

I agree that you need to move into action. If you want to get the desired results, you actually need a desire in the first place. It makes so sense to get off of your butt if you don't know why you're getting up.

Thanks for sharing your insight.

RB

This is a big focus of mine right now since you of course know I'm all about personal development & personal growth both mentally and spiritually. I've always believed the power in the Law of Attraction however there has always been a flaw in the fact it's not the total required package.

I believe of course in the fact that Action is as well required. There's nothing metaphysical about it. Plan Do then Review. Yes it all does begin with “Thoughts Are Things.”

One of the big issues for many people is they won't take action because of what Joe Vitale calls counter intentions. I would say it goes even deeper than just counter intentions. The masses won't take action based on their deeper and darker shadows as Debbie Ford calls them.

I've personally started shadow work a few months ago and it's opened doors and allowed me to “finally” use the law of attraction. There are so many people attempting to use “programs” like the Law of Attraction and overwrite it on top of negative programs that cancel out any positive action or thought.

I go much deeper into this on my blog but it's a topic I feel is so necessary for people to become aware of because so many people have “unresolved emotional issues” that keep them from a) believing in the law of attraction and b) even if they did they would self sabotage themselves from taking the action based on their shadow beliefs.

Deep subject but very much a reality for many people.

Thanks as always for you candid insights.

I whole-heartedly agree with “action”. I think that this was also missing from movies like “The Secret”.

However, “The Power of Now” completely changed my life. It wasn't just Eckhart Tolle's work either. Various accomplished and dare I say “enlightened” to “almost enlightened” (or on the path to enlightement) writers such as Ken Wilbur also see the mind as being just a tool – something that my partner and I have experienced to be true through meditation.

The mind is powerful without a doubt. I believe that the “acceptance” of what is, i.e. being non-judgmental on the outcome of any situation, is in essense, being “mindless”. Appreciation is given in either outcome.

This is a spiritual as well as psychological topic and I'm glad you brought it up

And there's so many reasons why it's untrue. Just one example from the IM world, Frank Kern succeeded in his niche businesses despite being fairly miserable. I'm sure he didn't “attract” success as per LoA, but just focused on supplying a demand.

Chris

My Dad, with a bit of irritation, instructed, “It didn't move because you didn't believe that it would move. You have to grab ahold, and lift as if you expect it to move.”

Well, I grabbed ahold, and pulled with the expectation that it would lift, and lo and behold, it did.

The problem with the law is in #2. It should read, “Take action to achieve your desire, with the attitude that you will be successful.”

Or maybe I'm full of crap.