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Mind Over Money

Type “attract money” into Google and pretty quickly it’s all too obvious what the game is here. The good ‘ol Law of Attraction all kitted out as an infallible tool for diverting a flood of cash into your waiting wallet.

Yes, it’s Mind Power at its capitalist best; turning Thoughts into Money.

Except that it doesn’t work; or rather it works until it doesn’t, after which you make excuses for why it didn’t work. You know, like flipping “heads” until “tails” comes up at which point out comes the excuse.

There’s a word for phenomenon that might or might not “work” - random.

How about the Law of Weather; a primal law of nature no less that assures you will experience the type of weather you focus upon. Well, let’s face it, if you can attract money why not sunshine?

You can see immediately that the Law of Weather is completely bogus; if many people focus their thoughts intently on sunshine then indeed sometimes it will “work” and they will accordingly experience a sunny day, but not always. Sometimes it will favour those of us with large gardens who often prefer rain.

The premise of the Law of Attraction is no different to my “manifesting weather” principle. Yet still large numbers of people give it credence. Why?

Finding the Source

The insidious staying power of the Law of Attraction is most probably down to three facts: first that people believe what they want to believe; second that money (unlike weather) gets attention; and finally that there are elements of truth woven into this sack of crap.

If you focus your mind on something (making money, say) then you will become more alert to opportunities to acquire it. Conversely, if you don’t you won’t and chances (to make money) will pass you by completely unnoticed.

To take a tangential example, the source of the Nile was discovered by John Speke and not simply stumbled upon accidentally, for the very good reason that he was actively looking for it. Most other people weren’t, so they didn’t.

In simple terms, it is perfectly true that you are likely to get what you focus on in life. But this describes neither “attraction” nor any kind of “law”.

A Game of Trivial Pursuit Attraction

I play the piano reasonably proficiently. My interest was sparked by hearing great classical recordings, and so I started learning to play myself. As I practiced and mastered pieces I developed greater understanding which fuelled further interest, which led to further improvements and so it went on.

At no point did I ever “think” about or visualize being an accomplished pianist. The necessary skills and muscle memory were not attracted to me. Quite the opposite, I “pursued” the goal of learning to play and put in an hour or more of physical practice each day.

In other words, once I had decided “I’d like to play to be able to play Beethoven like that” it was simply a matter of persistently putting one foot in front of the other for as long as it took.

The same applies to making money. If you genuinely put acquiring wealth above all else in your life you will seek out and actually act upon every opportunity that comes your way. You are almost certain to learn from doing this and so further hone and reinforce your focus.

There is absolutely no way, other than by the liberal application of doublethink that the word “attraction” accurately describes, or is even vaguely appropriate to, the process at work here. The correct word is “pursuit” - which has completely the opposite meaning.

Antelope - Always an Attractive Snack

The Law of Attraction crowd would have you believe that an antelope that became lunch for a lion “attracted” its fate. Most sensible folk can see straight through this swirling flurry of horse feathers to the reality that a) the antelope most likely did everything possible to not attract a lion, and b) the lion did not attract its lunch either - it chased it.

So there’s no attracting going on and whatever else may be at work, it ain’t no law either.

A law of nature guarantees an outcome. Toss a self-help guru out of a sixth floor window and the Law of Gravity assures that there will be a frightful mess on the street below (though many would contend that was just reward for the frightful mess these creeps make of other people’s lives).

The Law of Whatever It Is But It Sure Ain’t Attraction offers NO guarantees whatever. It might appear to work, it might not. It is so riddled with inconsistencies, complications and contradictions you would fare equally as well picking through the entrails of a dead goat.

By definition, it cannot possibly be a “law”. It simply doesn’t conform to even the minimum criteria for a Law of Nature - a consistent outcome.

But Everyone Says It Works!

You typically find heavy doses of the Law of Attraction injected into “How to Get Rich” books (and, no, you won’t make any money reading those either).

It’s lazy but, of course, easy to sell. But the best thing (as far as the authors are concerned) is not that just it’s so easy to recycle this fossilized dung but that when it fails to work (as it always has and always will) then that’s entirely your fault.

You see, when things will go well for you that’s because the Law of Attraction manifested your positive thoughts, but when they don’t go so well then it’s because YOU failed to apply it properly.

As you know, the fact is that on average you get good stuff happening about half the time and less good (or even seriously crappy) stuff the other half. But the Law of Attraction wants to claim all the credit for the good and dump the blame for the bad all on you. Heads it wins, tails you lose.

The Law of Attraction wants to have your cake and eat it. Why would anyone even begin to consider having anything at all to do with this lame piece of shit?

A Pail of Poo by Any Other Name

Yet still people do - in their droves. Eat more excrement; how wrong can a billion flies be? As Buzz Lightyear might have put it: “To Insanity… And Beyond!”

As a basis for making money, the Law of Attraction is right up there with The Tooth Fairy. Correction. Nearly up there; as I recall the Tooth Fairy was pretty damned reliable until I ran out of teeth (a slight weakness for a business model I’ll admit).

The Law of Attraction is provably without substance and so therefore is everything else piled up on top of it. Any scheme to create wealth that rests on the Law of Attraction is by definition utter garbage and will not work. Nothing more need be said.

But what do I know eh? I have no doubt that the only thing this article will attract is the usual idiotic litany from the disciples of the Church of The Law of Attraction; I don’t understand, I’m not doing it right, yada yada yada.

To them I add this final suggestion… don’t forget to attract yourself a nice sunny day! Ya wouldn’t want all that money you’re attracting getting wet now, would you?

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