Being several months removed from the initial posts on LoA, as well as slowing my own posts down, I thought I'd give another go, from another perspective on How LoA works and How to apply it.
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If you haven't been privy to current events, "The Secret" books are now available. Pricey, at over $25 in a mini-hardcover book, but I received it as a gift, so no amount matters there!
Our days have only finite time, and within that day, we have but finite energy. Time is truly finite. Money, on the other hand, is not. Poor people fight for money, but sell their time. Rich people have endless money and have better time control. That's not to say they don't spend many hours accumulating assets and wealth, but they do so UPFRONT, and then coast on into retirement, or living out their passions. And first and foremost, they're doing something they can committ to. It might not be 100% what they want, but they're aligned so that they are best utilizing their time for their return on time invested.
When you think of life based on time as your currency, you're more capable of utilizing it better. With LoA, if there's 24 hours in a day, and only so much energy you can put into something mentally before feeling tapped out, How are you investing it? Do you spend it complaining about What isn't or What is, or do you spend it seekings solutions or moving on?
If a woman dumped you, the next minute, you're single. Emotionally/mentally, you may be tied to her, still living the past out in the present, but in reality, you CAN move on, and begin attracting the next woman. She won't materialize until you're ready, but you'll be ready sooner if you're investing the time of your life you have in something worthwhile.
A year is truly a LONG time, and is a realistic timeframe to achieve great things. We don't know our own boundaries, and my contention has always been, "if you ask for advice, you're only going to get what somebody else got, so you better like what they have." Even something as minial as going to find another job, I'd rather to do it on my own and see if I figure out things nobody else has. Sure, I'll review what previously successful people did, model them, and dissect it, but living your own life and dealing with personal responsibility comes right down to the most minute details, as simple as finding a job or buying a car, or even dressing yourself stylishly for you.
Time is your currency. It is finite. And therefore, when building or destroying your reality, pay close attention to how you spend those precious seconds, minutes, hours, days, and weeks, as it will be bringing to you or sending away what you want and don't want. LoA works, because we're thought beings. That's our food, our energy. Everything in existence has hailed from a thought. And anything that's been improved or modified, has been done so by putting something in existence through the forge of our brains and yielding something new and different.
Energy is also confined to a certain realm, such as 24 hours. Sure our POTENTIAL is infinite, because we can COMPOUND what we do, it's not just linear advancement, but the energy we have before sleeping (generally 8 hours), is limited, and thus, you must ask yourself, What do I want? And how will I spend my time getting there?
It's wonderous, when you put this little mental piece in your brain, and hear other people, you'll realize MOST people never talk about what they want. They talk about what they don't want. About what workers are doing wrong. About what shouldn't happen. There's 2 ways to say things, positively and negatively. Which do you enforce?
I've heard it come out of the mouthes of young and old alike, and when I do, I try to relign them back to getting what they want now. It's fine to recognize what's going wrong, but typically, what's going wrong is happening because we're not focusing on WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT. When things go wrong, we examine that so we know if we're doing the RIGHT things, not to criticize, bytch or complain.
In the context of getting in shape.
Negatives:
-I don't want to be fat.
-I don't want to cheat on my diet.
-I'm tired of being tired.
Fine, What do you want?
Positives:
I want to be lean and slender and energetic.
I want to be muscular.
I want to be fit and attractive to the opposite sex.
NOW, we can build a plan. How do we do this?
-Living a life of health, such as drinking water 90% of the time, eating fresh vegetables and fruits, focusing on free range meats and poultry, free fresh fish, etc.
- Being active at least 45 minutes a day, utilizing weights and cardio to build strength, stamina, and endurance.
- Counting calories and setting short and long-range diet targets.
- Thinking of this as a WAY OF LIFE, and not some short-term health program.
- Realigning your life to meet these goals, such as avoiding binge drinking, cutting back on meals out and late night dinners, and keeping calorie guidlines in control when you do cheat.
Once these things become a habit, it's easy. Once you've learned to grab water everywhere, it's easy. Once you've begun doing some exercise, you'll find you like other types as well. The inertia of our spirit is the tough part, which requires MOST of the mental energy. Once we get it going, it's cake.
The same thing works in ALL FACETS of life. Put down what you want, how it would be if you had it, as big as you want, and be bold enough to get it no matter what. Many of us nail small goals, and don't realize it, such as buying a certain item (hopefully not on credit), lifting a certain weight, or buying certain pieces of clothing.
I've read the 'NEW YEARS RESOLUTION' Articles in my local paper, and the people who write in provide half hearted attempts, as if they're WAITING to see if they will succeed THEN continuing to do it, RATHER than committing to making it succeed. If you make that committment, then it's only the DOING that becomes the grind. But if you haven't COMMITTED to something's success, then the greatest mental investment we make is in assessing WHETHER we want to do something or can succeed. If you committ with will power to the success of ANYTHING, it's really cake. But it has to be a committment, because we can't achieve DEPTH in life without committment. The rewards MOST people seek, fame, fortune, a celebrity lifestyle, women, etc, come with COMMITTMENT. That BIG guy didn't get big a day, regardless of genetics. That other guy didn't get his wealth in a day (unless it was a lottery ticket). Nothing worth having comes so quickly, or you'd never learn anything, which is the sole purpose of being here.
A-Unit
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If you haven't been privy to current events, "The Secret" books are now available. Pricey, at over $25 in a mini-hardcover book, but I received it as a gift, so no amount matters there!
Our days have only finite time, and within that day, we have but finite energy. Time is truly finite. Money, on the other hand, is not. Poor people fight for money, but sell their time. Rich people have endless money and have better time control. That's not to say they don't spend many hours accumulating assets and wealth, but they do so UPFRONT, and then coast on into retirement, or living out their passions. And first and foremost, they're doing something they can committ to. It might not be 100% what they want, but they're aligned so that they are best utilizing their time for their return on time invested.
When you think of life based on time as your currency, you're more capable of utilizing it better. With LoA, if there's 24 hours in a day, and only so much energy you can put into something mentally before feeling tapped out, How are you investing it? Do you spend it complaining about What isn't or What is, or do you spend it seekings solutions or moving on?
If a woman dumped you, the next minute, you're single. Emotionally/mentally, you may be tied to her, still living the past out in the present, but in reality, you CAN move on, and begin attracting the next woman. She won't materialize until you're ready, but you'll be ready sooner if you're investing the time of your life you have in something worthwhile.
A year is truly a LONG time, and is a realistic timeframe to achieve great things. We don't know our own boundaries, and my contention has always been, "if you ask for advice, you're only going to get what somebody else got, so you better like what they have." Even something as minial as going to find another job, I'd rather to do it on my own and see if I figure out things nobody else has. Sure, I'll review what previously successful people did, model them, and dissect it, but living your own life and dealing with personal responsibility comes right down to the most minute details, as simple as finding a job or buying a car, or even dressing yourself stylishly for you.
Time is your currency. It is finite. And therefore, when building or destroying your reality, pay close attention to how you spend those precious seconds, minutes, hours, days, and weeks, as it will be bringing to you or sending away what you want and don't want. LoA works, because we're thought beings. That's our food, our energy. Everything in existence has hailed from a thought. And anything that's been improved or modified, has been done so by putting something in existence through the forge of our brains and yielding something new and different.
Energy is also confined to a certain realm, such as 24 hours. Sure our POTENTIAL is infinite, because we can COMPOUND what we do, it's not just linear advancement, but the energy we have before sleeping (generally 8 hours), is limited, and thus, you must ask yourself, What do I want? And how will I spend my time getting there?
It's wonderous, when you put this little mental piece in your brain, and hear other people, you'll realize MOST people never talk about what they want. They talk about what they don't want. About what workers are doing wrong. About what shouldn't happen. There's 2 ways to say things, positively and negatively. Which do you enforce?
I've heard it come out of the mouthes of young and old alike, and when I do, I try to relign them back to getting what they want now. It's fine to recognize what's going wrong, but typically, what's going wrong is happening because we're not focusing on WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT. When things go wrong, we examine that so we know if we're doing the RIGHT things, not to criticize, bytch or complain.
In the context of getting in shape.
Negatives:
-I don't want to be fat.
-I don't want to cheat on my diet.
-I'm tired of being tired.
Fine, What do you want?
Positives:
I want to be lean and slender and energetic.
I want to be muscular.
I want to be fit and attractive to the opposite sex.
NOW, we can build a plan. How do we do this?
-Living a life of health, such as drinking water 90% of the time, eating fresh vegetables and fruits, focusing on free range meats and poultry, free fresh fish, etc.
- Being active at least 45 minutes a day, utilizing weights and cardio to build strength, stamina, and endurance.
- Counting calories and setting short and long-range diet targets.
- Thinking of this as a WAY OF LIFE, and not some short-term health program.
- Realigning your life to meet these goals, such as avoiding binge drinking, cutting back on meals out and late night dinners, and keeping calorie guidlines in control when you do cheat.
Once these things become a habit, it's easy. Once you've learned to grab water everywhere, it's easy. Once you've begun doing some exercise, you'll find you like other types as well. The inertia of our spirit is the tough part, which requires MOST of the mental energy. Once we get it going, it's cake.
The same thing works in ALL FACETS of life. Put down what you want, how it would be if you had it, as big as you want, and be bold enough to get it no matter what. Many of us nail small goals, and don't realize it, such as buying a certain item (hopefully not on credit), lifting a certain weight, or buying certain pieces of clothing.
I've read the 'NEW YEARS RESOLUTION' Articles in my local paper, and the people who write in provide half hearted attempts, as if they're WAITING to see if they will succeed THEN continuing to do it, RATHER than committing to making it succeed. If you make that committment, then it's only the DOING that becomes the grind. But if you haven't COMMITTED to something's success, then the greatest mental investment we make is in assessing WHETHER we want to do something or can succeed. If you committ with will power to the success of ANYTHING, it's really cake. But it has to be a committment, because we can't achieve DEPTH in life without committment. The rewards MOST people seek, fame, fortune, a celebrity lifestyle, women, etc, come with COMMITTMENT. That BIG guy didn't get big a day, regardless of genetics. That other guy didn't get his wealth in a day (unless it was a lottery ticket). Nothing worth having comes so quickly, or you'd never learn anything, which is the sole purpose of being here.
A-Unit