An invisible code of honor holds the team together. Many executives are finding it difficult to attract and keep the right business team. To attract the right business team through the Law of Attraction, executives and entrepreneurs should first know a little more about this Law.

A person attracts into their life whatever they give their attention, focus and energy to, whether the result is wanted or unwanted. This is the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction does not distinguish between whether or not you want something – it simply responds to the mood and feelings of a person and gives them more of it.

If a person wishes to attract more money, contracts, clients, referrals, business teams, business partners or anything else their heart desires, it is essential for them to understand the workings of this powerful Law of the universe.
 
The first step in attracting the right business team through the Law of Attraction is to know how to use the declarative statements. A declarative statement should be a positive statement of what a person wants to attract that elevates the mood and feeling of the team members.

To attract the right business team the entrepreneurs or the executives should be like living magnets. They should invariably attract the right team into their business. They should provide the right situation and circumstances that are in harmony with their dominant thoughts.

They should instill loyalty and confidence among their team members so that they stick together under pressure. They should eliminate stressful problems in the business.  Business people should use friendship as a way to deal with the team members of the business. These are good qualities an executive should have in mind.

The business people should be deliberate in their intent. They should focus their attention on attracting the right business team. They can create what they focus their attention on. The flow of creativity should never be stopped. They should choose to think about experiencing a good business team rather than thinking thoughts about what they do not want in their business. In other words, create what you want purposefully and intentionally.

You can use the Law of Attraction to attract the right business team for your business at the right time in your life. By focusing on a good team for your business, you can attract teams that seem custom made for you and your business.   Focus on attracting the right business team with high quality people. You cannot build a business team without people you can trust.  Attracting and choosing the right business team is paramount to your ongoing and future success.

Spend time developing yourself before trying to attract the right business team. Develop your character, your leadership skills, work ethic, passion for the right business environment and a strong caring for those around you.  This way you can attract the right business team with the passion and desire you have towards your business and educate and communicate what you have to offer.

Work on yourself and focus on your goals, and allow the Law to do the work of attracting the right kind of team for you. You should have an open mind towards seeing the positive results of your manifestation efforts.

Have a very specific business team in mind, or else you may end up with results you have not intended.  Direct your positive energy to attract the business team you so badly need.

Yet it seems that of all desires, money is one of the most difficult to successfully manifest.  This is not true, and by avoiding a few basic issues you can attract money without a problem!
  
 One problem with manifesting money is that most of us need it desperately.  The second problem is that many people choose money manifestation as their very first goal, and basically money becomes their trial run with the Law of Attraction.  No wonder so many denounce the Law and go back to their old routines! 

 The biggest problem about a desperate need for money is that any time there is a desperate need for something, there is a lot of negative energy around it.  Fear, worry, doubt, resignation… these are the habitual thoughts around money for those who struggle with their finances. 

How difficult then is it to offset a round-the-clock negative thought pattern with the occasional 10 or 20 minute exercise?  It’s impossible, or at least unlikely.  Instead, first those habitual patterns of thinking must be changed and simultaneously some trust in the attraction process must be gained.

 The Law of Attraction works best when you are able to experience excitement, desire, and intent within your meditations, then adopt a completely detached attitude about it during the rest of the day.  That detachment allows the universe to work on it for you, without sending any mixed signals that may deter your visualizations. 

 So, start off first by manifesting a few things that you would like, but that you don’t particularly need.  This will allow you to take the right attitude toward the process, so that the process can reveal itself to you.  A light-hearted, playful attitude also goes a long way toward manifesting quickly.  How light hearted and playful can you be about money when you’re busy stressing over the bills?

 Wait until you have had at least two or three successful manifestations before attempting to use the same process to attract money.  And it can also be helpful to attempt to manifest things that require money. 

You don’t have to manifest the money itself – it will come on its own in the process of attracting your other desire.  Sometimes this is actually the best method, as the money is the means (that which the universe worries with) and your outcome is the desire (the thing you attract).

 With a little practice, you will begin having successful manifestations.  This will truly open the door to a new chapter in your life; a new chapter where you call the shots, and live in the reality of your choosing.

What does being prosperous mean to you? 

Before you can begin to create prosperity for yourself, you must truly ask yourself that question.  Only once you have defined what prosperity means to you can you begin working towards manifesting prosperity in your life.

Once you have decided, it is time to begin developing prosperity consciousness.  That is, you need to begin acting in your daily life as though you are already 100% prosperous.  Think prosperous, feel prosperous, and act prosperous.  There may be fear or doubt involved at first – this is normal.  You must set your fears aside and push through your doubts in order to really begin reaping the benefits of your prosperity consciousness.

First of all, be sure that when you want something, you are focusing your thoughts and energy on the idea of having it, not on the desire for it.  Wanting means that you do not have something.  If you simply want something, then you will continue wanting for it.  If you incorporate the idea of having it into your mind, then you will actually have it in your physical life.

Especially in terms of financial prosperity, you must remove your thoughts, energy, and emotions from the “wanting money”.  Do not stress over those bills, do not fret over finances.  Just allow yourself to feel relaxed, comfortable and stress-free, regardless of what the reality of your situation seems to be. 

You need to focus on the good, not the bad; on the wanted, not the unwanted.  Your ability to tune out that which you wish to disappear and focus in on that which you wish to appear will make a huge difference in your level of success.

This will send a powerful message to the universe: I am free, I am happy, and I am prosperous.  The universe will respond by making you free, happy and prosperous, which will release you from your initial troubles.  So “fake it until you make it” is a good way to think about it.  Only, the very act of faking it is what allows you to “make it” in the first place.

Work on thinking prosperous, happy, relaxing thoughts whenever you have a chance.  Let your emotions settle and then bask in the warm glow of your pleasant visualizations and day dreams. 

The more you integrate this practice into your daily life, the more quickly you will see the real changes occurring around you as you attract a more prosperous, enjoyable life for yourself.

It’s not paper checks or balances on a computer screen.  Money is an abstract medium of exchange.  The paper and coinage and checks and balances merely represent this medium, which is not truly physical.  Because of the abstract nature of money, mind plays a very strong role in one’s ability to acquire, hold on to, and accumulate money. 

Let’s look at why manifesting money can be so difficult and how to get around the problems…

The most important fact to understand is that money, for most of us, is nothing more than a means.  We do not care about money.  We do not care about dollars and cents.  We care about that lovely house, that brand new car, or that killer computer system.  We care about our time, about our freedom, and about our hobbies.  But we do not actually care about the green pieces of paper that make that possible.

Ironically, many of us, upon learning about the Law of Attraction, immediately attempt to try attracting money into our lives.  This is not impossible to do, but there is a very high probability of failure. 

This is due to the fact that we don’t really care about money itself.  If you don’t really care about money itself, you can not muster up enough emotional energy to manifest the money.  Or you can, but it takes much longer and far more work than you set out to invest in it.

So the challenge is this: we all need money.  How do we manifest it?

And here’s the solution.  Make a list of all of the reasons that money is so important to you.  Financial freedom.  Freedom from debt.  Freedom of time.  Freedom to have the things that we want.  Your dream house.  Your dream car.  Your dream jewelry.  Your dream home theatre.  Any of these are fantastic reasons to want money.

So here’s what you do.  Instead of visualizing money and attempting to attract money, you visualize freedom, cars, houses, etc.  Visualize the things that you really want, that only money can make possible.  If you manifest a new car, obviously the money has to be there, right?  So work on manifesting the car, and you will have loads of emotion, excitement, and energy to put into it.  The money will roll in as a means, and then you will manifest your car. 

Focusing on the ends is vastly superior to focusing on the means.  The universe is a brilliant, organic, self-aware entity.  It can do literally anything.  When you leave the means to the universe, you never know how it’s going to happen, but you can rest assured that it is going to happen!

The biggest pit fall to manifesting money is that we try to manifest money.  Manifest the things that money can buy!  That will suck the money to you like crazy.  Attempt to manifest hundred dollar bills however, and you can expect to fail. 

Now that you know this little secret, you are in the perfect position to begin successfully attracting what you want and the money you need to have it. 

This is so due to the vibratory nature of the universe.  All matter is energy.  All thought is energy.  All emotion is energy.  All energy vibrates.  When energy vibrates at a certain frequency, in a certain pattern, it attracts other energy that vibrates in a similar fashion.  This is the basis for the Law of Attraction.

Perhaps the toughest thing to grasp at first is that all of the events in each person’s life have been attracted to them by themselves.  Everything good, and yes, everything bad.  Unwillingness to accept responsibility for one’s life and the circumstances therein is the only thing that completely removes that person’s power.  By refusing to accept responsibility, the power to change things for the better will be nonexistent.

However, there is a simple set of rules that can allow even the worst off in life to go from having jack to living like a king.  Here is the universal Law of Attraction in bare essence:

The universe is composed of energy.  All energy is the same at the very core.  Energy can take on different configurations and vibrate at different frequencies.  These infinite combinations of frequency and configuration are what create the physical and nonphysical universes.

Energy vibrating at a certain frequency in a certain configuration attracts other energy vibrating in a similar fashion.  By learning to take one’s personal energy and alter the vibrations and configurations in a similar fashion with the desires that one wants, those desires will be attracted to manifest in one’s life.

Thought is an incredibly fine energy.  Emotion is less fine.  Physicality is far less fine, and is very dense in relation to emotion or thought.  However, all are still energy, and by varying any of them to correspond with one’s desire, an attraction will be set in motion.

By focusing concentrated thought in the form of visualizations, one can imagine having the things that one desires.  This concentrated thought will form an energy pattern, which will often cause emotions to arise, which will likewise form a similar energy pattern, boosting the finer energy pattern formed by thought.

The more energy, both mental and emotional, is fed into this energy pattern, the more powerful the attraction to the corresponding desire.  This can be done in powerful bursts or over periods of time.  Either way, as the pattern is fed energy, the attraction factor is expanded.

Finally, the desire will be attracted, manifesting into physicality.  At this point the original thought form/energy pattern can be released, and new ones can be focused on.  And so, into one’s life may be attracted anything desired, so long as the necessary energy is put into attracting it.

That is the Law of Attraction, broken down into its most basic parts.  By coming to understand the Law, you can learn to apply the Law.  By applying the Law, you can see the effects of the Law as your desires begin manifesting into your life.  This Law is so basic that it is the entire cause of the world you see around you now. 

Whether you are in a good place in life or starting with nothing at all, you can completely alter your life and obtain the success that you desire.  All you need to do is to begin working at it.

However, where the Law of Attraction is concerned such a move will actually increase the intensity of our lack because it creates a blockage in the flow of energy through our lives.  This can affect not only our financial resources, but every other area of our lives.

Before you whip out the credit card and hit the shopping mall, let’s explore a few important points about spending and the Law of Attraction:

Why does restriction cause more lack?  If we think of this universe as one with finite resources, we can see the wisdom in carefully controlling how much we use.  There is only a limited amount of resources available, so excessive usage will deplete the supply.

However, the Law of Attraction teaches us that our own perception of limited resources is what results in depletion.  When we begin to hoard or hold back the use of resources we have, it blocks the flow of energy and creates stagnation. 

Stagnation will continue to pollute any new energy that manages to trickle in, which only strengthens the cycle of lack.  If we instead learn how to work with what we have, we could easily expand it into more.

How do we better work with what we have?  Though restricting the resources we have perpetuates the cycle of lack, spending more than we have will also create problems. 

The last thing you should do is use a credit card when you don’t have cash available, because you are setting up an energy deficit that will begin to eat away at not only the resources you have now, but any resources you may have coming in the near future! 

Instead, make it a point to spend only what you can afford to spend right now, and spend it wisely.  Purchase something that will bring greater joy and gratitude into your life, or even better – use your money in ways that can attract more money. 

Invest it in programs that will give you a greater return than a typical savings account, or consider starting a small business to create another opening for abundance to enter your life.

When it comes right down to it, it’s not about money; it’s about feeling wealthy.  Abundance and lack are nothing more than opposite views of the same concept.  Your belief that you don’t have enough money is what strengthens the reality. 

A focus on lack can cause you to become blinded to what you do have.  However, if you choose to see your current resources as an opportunity to attract more, you will feel more prosperous and encourage a continuous flow of money through your life.

By refusing to spend at all, you are in effect telling the universe that you don’t have “enough” – and the universe will take you at your word.

If you instead find ways to make your money work for you without restricting the flow of it into your life, you will affirm to the universe that there is more than enough to go around – and there will be.

The number in your circle may vary, and only you can decide what the ideal number may be. The Bible tells us that where two or more are gathered, God is there among them. The number 3 is often looked upon as a powerful number, as is the number 7. You may choose to not even set a fixed number, and may be open to fluctuations in your circle.

The masters of this principle, however, do show a significant increase in focus and energy among those groups who decide to be committed to each other, at least for a season.

Set a time and day for regular meetings of the master minds in your group. People at or above your level of understanding of the Law of Attraction.

Be strict about promptness, and attendance. If a member is chronically late, or absent, considering asking them to step down from their position in your circle, as the negativity that could breed is potentially very damaging to the positive energy you are looking to build upon.

Make every effort to free your meeting place from distractions. Play some instrumental music, or other CD you find empowering, such as ocean sounds. Light a candle. Lower the lights, and place a `Please do not knock, or ring door bell’ on your front door.

Now that the setting is arranged, as the host of the power circle, it is your responsibility to prepare your heart prior to your partners arriving. Give your self enough time to decompress from whatever your day has brought.

Ask your Higher Power to help you clear your mind, and protect this time you have set aside. Be especially careful to notice if there is any area of your heart cast in darkness. Unforgiveness, bitterness, ungratefulness.

These negative feelings, and any others, will hamper your ability to reach higher ground spiritually, and therefore your positive connection to the Law of Attraction will be diminished, also.

Begin the power circle session by asking of your group to discern for themselves any negativity they may have carried with them to the meeting and as it is brought to mind, dealt with. Practice accountability in the circle, gently encouraging each other to be constantly striving for balance in all areas of life.

Be aware that the forming of a circle physically when you meet is very empowering. The circle symbolizes completion, continual movement, and is representative of eternity, having no visible beginning or end.

As part of the discipline you are learning, your consciousness will begin immediately to be altered towards relaxation and deeper focus, as you assume your positions around the circle. Your mind leaves the worrisome and mundane, and allows serenity to give way to an expectant joy.

Begin your circle time with a deep, cleansing breathe, and then, after a moment, one by one, verbally express your thankfulness for all that the Law of Attraction is doing for you. Understand the power of the Law of Attraction stands outside of our limited concept of time, so when you are purposely communicating with it, you, also, must be grateful for all that was, is and will be, in the present tense.

As each participant speaks their thankfulness for the successes to come, their partners around the circle will affirm and edify the positive statements being made.

Each time you gather, these simple acts will become more enriching to each member of the circle, and as victories within the partner’s lives are shared and celebrated the power of your circle with grow dramatically.

The Law of Attraction, on the other hand, has no singular ability to improve your health, or emotions, it’s boundless power can only reflect back to you the nature of energy which you yourself are discharging.

Hmmm, well, now that we’ve cleared that up! This discussion isn’t actually about the type of chicken soup that Joseph Campbell made a huge success out of canning, it is actually about a modern day success story, that of the  wildly popular `Chicken Soup for the Soul’ line of books.

More specially, it’s about Jack Canfield, the originator of what grew from a book idea he couldn’t market in 1992, into an entire Chicken Soup for the Soul empire known world wide today.

Prior to 1990, Jack, along with his co-originator of the CSS Corporation, Mark Hansen, was a much sought after motivational speaker. Today, Jack is still a highly desired inspirational lecturer, however he is now also recognized as an expert teacher on The Secret, the book and movie phenomenon explaining the Law of Attraction.

Featured in the movie, The Secret, Jack now also leads others on this proven path to immeasurable power that is available for each of our own uses.

Do you believe a man, with a book idea that 140 publishers once turned down, has something to share about the strength of believing in the power of creating your own future? Of course he does. Do you hesitate still? Do you believe you must possess some special talent or be at some financial or educational level before you can even pursue manifesting your destiny towards greatness?

Please understand, Jack Canfield is just one of countless modern day success stories who credit the Law of Attraction with the level their personal accomplishments. A majority of these achievement minded people go by names you will never hear on the news. Many will never write best selling books, and most will pass though this life with no public accolades.

What is important, though, is that they are practicing the Law of Attraction, they are creating their own good fortune, and they will leave behind a legacy in their own sphere of influence.

There is but one infinite power. There are universal spiritual laws, such as free will, and cause and effect, that are understood to be true, particularly be those who reach for enlightenment.

The natural laws of the universe are precise and unchanging. We live in a very orderly universe. Have you ever considered that if the sun were to move any closer to the earth we would all cease to exist due to the tremendous heat?

Flip that coin over, and realize that if the sun decided to pull away from the earth just a bit, we would be frozen very quickly. Your mind was wonderfully and magnificently created, and holds power beyond calculation.

The thoughts you are currently experiencing are things, not abject nothings, but solid manifestations of your emotions, generating a reflection of our own feelings and beliefs.

Are you satisfied with what has been coming into your life? If you truly are, I applaud you, since I must ascertain you are already an advocate of the Law of Attraction. If not, what is holding you back? A virtual ocean of goodness awaits your command to send in the waves of success.

I send you peace, joy, and love as you begin your future today…

You, as the owner of your thoughts, feelings, emotions, are designing your reality every moment, awake or not. What you experience on a daily basis is a mirror reflection of that which you are focused on.

You do not need to travel to a high mountain in India to receive enlightenment, it already exists in your conceptual self. What you will need to do is discover for yourself the vehicle that most easily enables you to  visualize your dreams, and ultimately causes them to be manifested in reality.

There are numerous tools available for your visualization needs. Power wheels, victory boards, and even a simple river rock can all help you deliberately direct your positive energy towards the life you desire.

The power wheel resembles a pizza, if you will, with a circle in the middle. In that circle you write down, or place a picture of, the desire you will be manifesting into actuality. Around the circle, in the `slices’ write down descriptions, or place more pictures of people who are already experiencing this specific type of success.

Don’t generalize! If you are envisioning a home with a rock fireplace in the 1500 square foot master bedroom, do not allow your energy to wander vaguely!

The Law of Attraction is extremely precise, as is any absolute truth, and it will not give you exactly what you want if your thoughts are less than concentrated. As you dwell devotedly on your power wheel be thankful for the home that will be, as if it already is. Imagine yourself decorating the home, entertaining in it, and especially experiencing the tranquility that only creating your own personal sanctuary can bring.

A victory board will generally be less structured than the power wheel, but with equally influential results. Purchase a poster board, or a bulletin board. Write extremely descriptive plans regarding your goal, and post these, along with photos or drawn images that coincide with your intentions.

This visualizing tool is very similar to the power wheel in concept, but just as there are many different dreams, there must exist different tools that enable your positive energy to be funneled in the right direction, also. It is not important which tool you avail, it only matters that you have one, and you are faithful to the concentration of your emotions towards that ultimate objective.

How can a lowly river rock help you achieve wildly ambitious aspirations? Quite simply, you carry it with you consistently, and whenever you feel it in your pocket, remember to visualize your dream.

Anything that keeps you focused, keeps you energized, and helps to maintain your joyful expectancy is worthy of your efforts as you discover for yourself which tool or tools work best for you.

There is no right or wrong way to call the Law of Attraction into action on your behalf, there is only doing it, and beginning today!

How about while shopping, when you `stumble across’ an immense sale, and get on your cell phone to alert your friends? Well, first of all, if you are at all familiar with the Law of Attraction, and universal power, you realize we don’t `stumble over’ anything, but the phrase makes a worthy point here, so we’ll allow it.

If these, and numerous other little delight make news in our circle, than why are you holding back on sharing the biggest `secret’ of your life.

It surely isn’t because you are concerned the power will run out if too many people are in on it, you are aware the Law of Attraction holds infinite power and always has. Surely it isn’t because you don’t want any competition for  the specific blessings you are focusing on, again, there is no limit to the amount of positive energy the Law of Attraction can send out.

What then causes you to contain your greatest discovery ever? Do you believe that some individuals may think of you differently if they knew you are `into’ that power of positive thinking `thing’? As we honestly examine that possibility, let us first look at some of the people who made the Law of Attraction their foundation for daily living.

From the late 1910s to 1920s Napoleon Hill, best known now for his classic work, `Think and Grow Rich’ first published in 1937, interviewed 500 of the most successful people in America, asking some of the most thought provoking and provocative questions revealing the most and persuasive concepts of accomplishments at that time, and many still to date.

Dale Carnegie, himself an astonishingly successful man, had commissioned Hill for this research, with the idea that with all the combined wisdom and experiences Hill would discover, there could be gleaned a formula for creating wealth.

During his research,  Hill interviewed many of the most famous people of that time, including Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, George Eastman, Henry Ford, Elmer Gates, John D. Rockefeller, Charles M. Schwab, F.W. Woolworth, William Wrigley Jr., John Wanamaker, William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Charles Allen Ward and Jennings Randolph.

The project lasted over two decades, during which time Hill became an advisor to Dale Carnegie…

All this extensive research lead to one central idea, one truth. The mind is an unimaginable power source, and used correctly will cause that which you concentrate your energies on to come to pass.

Now, with company the likes of the afore mentioned, will you still hesitate to share the secret to your success!

Tell someone today about the Law of Attraction, and how it has enhanced your life. Perhaps you too, if you desire, can create your own Master Mind group!

Consider this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson, great poet and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early nineteenth century:

“To laugh much; to win the respect of people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition, to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

Does anything Emerson had to say on the subject of success ring true in today’s complex and highly consumer influenced world? On the surface, it would seem not to, but look deeper with me. What is missing in this passage from Emerson’s extensive writings?

There is no negativity listed at all. No thoughts of `Not hurting anyone, not littering, not being selfish, not being wasteful’, and so on. What is the difference? The difference is quite simply this: Success is not the absence of `bad’, since we live in a world tainted with people and their processes that are intent on evil `bad’ will not disappear from our lives, regardless of our success. Success is not the absence of bad, then, but the actual embodiment of good.

Stop, immediately, thinking what you don’t want in your life. Begin to purposely dwell on those things that, for you, spell success. Are the personal relations in your life in a shambles? Does your bank balance show more coming out than going in on a regular basis? Is your physical health so poor you don’t believe you can bear another day of suffering?

All these issues, and countless others all await the Law of Attraction for positive direction and healing. The universal Law of Attraction does not see `good’ or ‘bad’, it only answers to the force calling. Therefore, if all you think is, `I don’t', `I can’t', `It won’t', you will be right every time. The Law of Attraction is not interested in making a fool out you, if all you think about is what’s wrong with your life, that is all you will continue to see and realize.

When, however your perspective changes to the positive, it is as if the floodgates of heaven had opened upon you, and you won’t be able to find buckets big enough to hold all the blessings that pour down. So, allow your self to be positive, allow your heart , mind and soul to join together with the Law of Attraction and begin today towards a more successful tomorrow.

There are several ways to do this, but here’s one to get you started:

First, consider how much frivolous spending you do in a typical week.  “Frivolous” spending refers to purchases of items you don’t really “need,” but you do enjoy.  Perhaps you spend $15.00 a week on gourmet coffee on your way to work, or you buy a cafeteria lunch every day, or you and your family rent 2 or 3 movies every weekend.  Also include clothing, shoes, books, cigarettes, cosmetics, newspapers, and other miscellaneous items you buy on a regular basis.  Make a detailed list of these purchases and set it aside for now.

You may be surprised (and relieved) to learn that I’m not going to suggest you refrain from purchasing these items and instead put the money in your wealth fund.  (Exception: if your spending is out of control and causing severe financial problems, it IS a good idea to control it better.)  However, if you can afford these purchases each week, feel free to continue with them.

BUT – I also want you to set aside 10% of everything you spend on frivolous items.  If you spend $15.00 per week on gourmet coffee, you should set aside $1.50 for your wealth fund.  If you buy 3 new books for a total cost of $41.80, you should set aside $4.18 for your wealth fund.  (I like to round up the change to the next .50 cents to keep it simpler, so I’d actually set aside $4.50)

You can designate a pretty jar or box to hold this money and once you’ve got enough to open a separate savings account at a bank, do it.  (DON’T use your regular savings account, and DON’T request a debit or ATM card for this wealth account!  You don’t want the money to be readily accessible.)

Each week simply deposit your 10% for the week.  And forget that money exists!  Seriously, don’t allow yourself to touch it for ANY reason.

At the end of the year, you should have a tidy sum which you can then invest for long-term wealth.  You can purchase a certificate of deposit, open a mutual fund account, buy some bonds, or any other type of investment you feel comfortable with.

It may not seem like you’d have a lot of money by doing this, but that’s because you don’t realize just how much money you spend on frivolous items each week!

Let’s look at some conservative estimates:

If you determine that you spend $50 per week on frivolous items, you’d be setting aside $5 per week for your wealth fund, which would gain $260 in a year.

However, most of us spend much more than $50 per week on frivolous items.  More than likely it’s closer to $100 – which would give us $520 in a year.  It seems like small potatoes, but it definitely adds up!

Also, don’t forget that most people make at least a few large purchases throughout the year.  If you buy a new flat screen TV for $1200, be sure to set aside $120 for your wealth fund and give it a nice boost!

This can be difficult to understand by traditional lines of thought. Perhaps you are used to thinking of money as a tangible object that you have to obtain, like most people do. However, with the Law of Attraction, there is nothing to obtain, but rather ALLOW.

“Allowing,” as it relates to the Law of Attraction, means being in a state of non-resistance. In other words, not blocking the flow of abundance or goodness into your life. Unfortunately, a focus on lack or struggle automatically creates blockages!

Gratitude is one easy way to dissolve those blockages and get the flow moving again. Below are 3 ways to use gratitude to attract more money into your life:

1) Be grateful for the money you have now

This is obvious, but it’s something that people often overlook when they’ve been focused on lack for too long. No matter how little money you have right now, you need to move yourself into a state of appreciation and gratitude for having it at all. If it helps, you can remind yourself that some people have far less than you do.

When you pay bills, take a moment to appreciate the product or service that created it. You have already received something in return for that money, so feel grateful about being able to give something back.

2) Be grateful for the money you can’t yet see

Even though you may be used to focusing on lack with fearful or anxious thoughts, begin focusing on it with gratitude. Affirm that even though you can’t see the flow of abundance in your life yet, you do know it’s there. Marvel at the way the universe allows you to create your own reality through the power of perception, and affirm your desire to expand your awareness of the abundance all around you.

3) Be grateful for all forms of abundance

Abundance comes in many forms, not just monetary wealth. Make it a daily habit to express your gratitude and appreciation for the wonderful things and people in your life. Be thankful for your loved ones and friends, your job, your pets, and anything else you can think of.

Affirm that it ALL comes from the same flow of abundance that money comes from, and by allowing more of all forms of abundance, you will also be allowing more money to enter your life.

Most of us would like to believe that, but at the same time we have a niggling little voice in the back of our minds that jeers at us:  “Ha!  Who do you think you’re kidding?  You know you don’t deserve to be wealthy and happy.  You’re not one of the lucky ones and you know it.  Just give it up.  You are doomed to live a mediocre life.  Accept it.”

This little voice is usually the result of early programming and negative reinforcement we experience during times of difficulty.  It’s bad enough that this negative voice takes up residence in our minds in the first place, but much worse is that we begin to believe what it says!  We end up sabotaging any efforts we make to live a more abundant life.

If this sounds all too familiar to you, it’s possible you are blocking abundance from entering your life.  Dissolving these inner blockages may take some effort on your part, but it is time well-spent!

Before we go into the steps for doing that, keep in mind three things about this negative voice:

• It is replaying things that people in your life have communicated to you in the past.
• It is replaying things you have said to yourself in the past.
• You do not have to believe these things if you don’t want to!

Here’s how to turn that negative voice into a positive, supporting voice:

Begin speaking kindly and lovingly to yourself.

Remember, that little voice in your head will keep repeating what you consistently tell it.  In the past you may have been harsh on yourself when you failed at something or didn’t follow through with goals you set.  Recording over that negative voice with more positive messages is very simple – just keep speaking kindly and lovingly to yourself as often as possible!  In time, the tone of that mental voice will begin to change. 

Celebrate your achievements.

If you believe that nothing you do is ever good enough, begin making it a priority to celebrate everything you do.  Even the tiniest accomplishment should be cause for celebration.  Pat yourself on the back, congratulate yourself, and most importantly feel GOOD about who you are and what you do.  Keep striving to do better, but also give yourself some recognition for even trying!

Believe that abundance is your birthright.

Keep affirming that you do deserve an abundant, happy life.  Expect abundance and goodness in all forms.  Say things like this, “I just know I’m meant to live a powerful life.  I believe I have the strength and ability to make my life into anything I want it to be.”  If you know you deserve abundance, expect abundance always, and allow yourself to open to abundance – you get abundance!

Remember that it will probably take time to notice obvious results.  Keep doing the steps as often as you can, and before long you should find yourself feeling lighter and happier, AND attracting ever-increasing amounts of abundance into your life.

If we understand the Law of Attraction (that we get more of what we put our attention on), it only makes sense.

Our attention is on the work – on what we have to do to make money. But you don’t have to do anything, and in this infinitely abundant universe, you don’t have to make money; it’s already everywhere.

What’s more, those working so hard to make money are making money; they’re just not keeping it, or using it for the things they desire. “But I have bills. I have needs that must be met before I can spend on my desires,” the argument goes. The typical conclusion? “I simply need to make more.” So how do we make money to meet our needs and fulfill our desires?

Focus on the desire. One of the fundamental keys to attracting money into your life is, rather than focusing on the money, focus instead on what it is you want that money to help you do or have.

We already focus on money and work and meeting our needs, and look what happens. The Law of Attraction brings us money and work and meets our needs (we eat, we have shelter, and we’re not dead yet). Focus on that which we desire and the Law of Attraction will also bring us the means to attain it. It’s not an either/or situation; not in this universe, it isn’t.

On a spiritual level it can be argued that the only reason you don’t have the money for what you want yet is because either you haven’t seen yourself as having that desire fulfilled or you haven’t brought yourself into energetic alignment with its happening. Either that or you already do have the money for what you want here and now and your vision is just too clouded for you to see it.

Fear of scarcity and lack cloud our ability to recognize our current state of abundance. We’re so afraid of losing what we have or of not having enough for what we need that we cling to whatever we do have; we horde. This keeps us cut off from the free flow of infinite abundance that is our natural state. Our focus on scarcity and lack creates more scarcity and lack. Our focus on the little we do have keeps us having little.

Despite common misunderstanding, “Money is the root of all evil,” is not how the saying goes; it’s actually: “The love of money is the root of all evil.” Money is just a means to an end. Fixating on the means rather than the end is the error. That just keeps you locked in a vicious and exhausting cycle of pursuing endless means. The ‘end’ is just your current desires.

Are your desires evil? If you judge them to be so, then it’s your desires you may need to change. But chances are you don’t think your desires are evil. Removing the stigma you may have about money is a invaluable step in allowing money to pass through your hands.

Everything is in motion. Like water, like breath, like time – everything flows. Disengaging from the flow is the way to create and perpetuate and reinforce the illusion of scarcity and lack. Engaging in the flow is the way to attract affluence.