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Affirmations without action will never lead to abundance.

Positive thinking alone - no matter how much money people have made off of selling this idea - doesn’t make our bank accounts healthy. Yes, this blog is all about Thinking Rich, but the thinking here will be more about realigning our attitudes toward money than of touchy-feely statements like: “I’m a nice person so money will flow to me as I contemplate my navel.”

The only thing you’re likely to see growing from that approach is belly-button lint.

So what’s all the talk about money manifestation? Isn’t that just another form of positive thinking?

It is. It’s positive thinking, and creative thinking, and imagining a prosperous future - backed up by definite action. Every story you read about someone who describes beginning a wealth manifestation process and 11 minutes later finding a $20 bill on the street was backed by action. First, the person got off the couch and onto the street. Second, 10 other people may have walked past the same bill without noticing it because they hadn’t actively attuned their minds to seeing it.

When you allow money to manifest in your life, it means you have consciously opened yourself to opportunities. You recognize the abundance that is always around you. Instead of letting possibilities slip by, you recognize their potential. Instead of stepping over the money in the street, you’ve set your mind to see it and allowed your pride to bend enough to pick it up. When you receive an unexpected refund check from the insurance company you don’t simply curse the company for overcharging you and spend it, you realize that it’s proof of the abundance of the Universe and actively welcome it, feel gratitude for it and expect more of it.

If you still have difficulty accepting thinking as action, there’s a great exercise called “Double Your Way to A Million.” It’s a fun challenge created by Stuart Goldsmith, who’ll send you a free copy of the report if you sign up for his newsletter. (You will get email from him offering informative articles and some product offers, but he doesn’t sell your information or deluge your inbox with pointless ads.)

The premise behind the doubling method is that you will find one cent on the street or in your car or someone will give it to you – it doesn’t matter how it happens, just that the coin is “found” money. This way, as you follow the rules of the exercise – which sets out the framework for converting that one cent into one million dollars – and begin playing with larger amounts of money, you can remind yourself that even if you lose some or all of it, it never cost you anything to try. And you can always start over by finding another cent.

The exercise is deceptively simple, but it actually teaches you some complex ways of dealing with money that you may not have learned. Not only will it teach you to open your mind to money manifestation, it will encourage you to actively find ways to add value to the money you have to make it worth more to others. It will teach you how to sell, how to deal, how to save, how to recognize possibilities you wouldn’t have noticed before and it will give you the opportunity to have fun while making money instead of only while spending it.

Download the free report here and find that first cent. In a later post I’ll share my favorite ways of completing the first few steps and we can brainstorm ideas for the larger steps. If you’ve already begun the Doubling Method, feel free to share your experiences by leaving a comment or emailing me. (If you email, please let me know if I can share your experiences or if you’d prefer to remain private.)

Until then, be actively thinking rich.
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