My mom taught my sister and I very early on about manifestation. There was no book called “The Secret”, no Oprah interviewing people about the “Law of Attraction”, but there was Shelley.
My mom, Shelley, truly believes that if you convinced the universe that you wanted or needed something enough, it would come to you. She taught us from an early age that we needed to speak our desires, think our desires, dream our desires and offer that up to the universe to let it happen.
Sure, you say…if all you had to do was offer up the need for tons of cash, then why aren’t you filthy stinking rich, Lesley?
Well…nothing wonderful comes without a cost and the cost to this is that you have to back your desires up with a lot of hard work. Also, you have to ask the universe for the right things. Very specific and tangible goals are always key.
Also, as with all things, sometimes you ask for the wrong thing and it derails you. Here is an example of that:
A few years ago I put out that I needed more business. I was soon flooded with qualified buyers. On the surface this seems like I got exactly what I wanted, but, I am primarily a listing agent and the time spent helping these buyers took me away from finding qualified sellers to help. While I loved helping each of them find their home, when that run was over I had to start all of my normal business growth from scratch because I hadn’t had time to nurture it. I then realized, I wasn’t specific enough.
Following that I put my focus on more business through listings sold. This worked a lot better. I still worked with buyers, but the main part of my business was working with listing clients (my specialty because of my unique marketing plan) and I was successful in being named Park Square Realty’s Top Agent for Listings Sold. I was thrilled with this success, but there was still a part of this business manifestation that I didn’t get right. I wasn’t specific about the type of houses I really wanted to sell. I wanted to narrow my vision focus and find some very specific clients.
Now don’t get me wrong, I work all over Western MA with all sorts of buyers and sellers and I am always thrilled when someone reaches out to me for help. I don’t want those referrals and return customers to go away, this visualization is about what ELSE I want to attract.
So, for my third round of putting it out there I am getting very specific. I won’t bore you with those details, but I am very hopeful that this business vision will be refined and fine tuned this business year into the exact business that I want to create for myself.
I am going to meditate, talk about, write down on lined paper, dream about and visualize myself working on these specific home’s sales. But visualization and actualization won’t work magically without my hand. I am going to target my marketing, put some new systems in place and reach out directly to these home owners to make sure they know what I have to offer.
While the universe works on giving me the assist, I will be working my fanny off. I am determined to get this right.
Lesley, after watching you on Facebook and Twitter the past 2 1/2 years, I have no doubt you’ll achieve whatever your heart desires. When I was young I truly believed in the law of attraction, although I didn’t know that’s what it is called. People discouraged me saying I needed to stop thinking everything was magic. But it really is! I have discovered that what I knew all along was right. I took a little time to grieve for what I have lost all these years as a result, but there comes a time when I have to make my own magic again and stop blaming and dwelling on the past. You are blessed to have had such a smart mom.
Thanks! And my mom does rock 🙂
Nice post! I have to say that once you put your mind to something it is amazing how things can come together. In my own experience it was not until I completely committed to something that the magic would happen.