Misconceptions about the Law of Attraction August 24, 2014
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Concept of personal growth, Law of Attraction.Tags: achieving goals, goal setting, intention and manifestation, philosophy, positive thinking, self-improvement
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One of the more prominent recent concepts within the discipline of personal growth and development is the concept of the Law of Attraction.
One of the basic “principles” behind the Law of Attraction is that whatever we focus on strongly (such as thinking about something a lot) the Universe will take notice of and will help enable.
This applies to negative focusing as well as positive.
If we spend most of our thinking time focusing on the existing negatives and the potential negatives (our current and future problems; lack now, and future lack; what’s wrong now and what will be wrong with our lives) chances are that not much if any positive good will result.
Conversely, if we spend most of our thinking time on the positives of our lives and the potential positives, the likelihood is that favorable outcomes will occur.
At least that’s the theory. But there are two components missing.
Unless we believe in an interventionist Universe and interventionist God, then how does the Law of Attraction actually operate?
It works by coupling: (1) the concept of Intention (2) with Action.
If we look at any particular Intention as a goal, it is clear that to achieve it, we will need to have an action plan.
Stating, or writing out our Intentions and reviewing them constantly is a sound practice. It reinforces what we want out of life now and in the future.
But without related goal-oriented actions however, our Intentions will be little more than positive reinforcement, or at worst, wishful thinking.
Personal growth: Achieving broad goals via specifics June 25, 2014
Posted by Dennis Mellersh in Concept of personal growth, Goal Setting and Realization.Tags: achieving goals, goal setting, personal development, philosophy, self-improvement
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One of the traps we can fall into in self-improvement is in setting too many vague and overly broad goals without also establishing specific goals (within our general goals) that can be broken down into smaller tasks or projects.
Examples of vague goals:
Improve my knowledge of current affairs
Increase my understanding of personal development principles
Doing a better job of organizing my time
Establishing more quality time with my family
These are admirable objectives, but if not augmented with specific goals and sub-tasks, they can be a frustrating exercise and remain merely good intentions.
Wide/broad goals need to be (1) subdivided into specifics, (2) then quantified and (3) then be incorporated into a timetable.
For improving our knowledge of current affairs, for example, the sub-goal could be to read (on- or off-line) authoritative, quality newspapers, blogs, and magazines.
Then quantify by choosing a specific number you will read, and which ones.
Finally timetable this by establishing the time of day, week, or month that we will do this plus the amount of time we will devote to this activity.
We need to periodically remind ourselves that taking a systematic and specific-actions approach to our broad goals will result in less frustration and more actual achievement in our self-improvement efforts.
Our overarching goal is to better ourselves; but this can’t happen without an action plan.
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