Many years ago I attended an afternoon talk by Mark Victor Hansen, one of the co-authors of
Chicken Soup For The Soul. He suggested that the best strategy to use in listening to a speaker is not necessarily to try to absorb everything, but to listen for the ideas that struck a chord with who you are at the moment, the "aha!" moments.
My most recent aha! came in listening to
James Ray, one of the teachers from
The Secret, on the Oprah Show. He said the secret to getting what you want consists of three steps, Intention, Attention and Action.
INTENTION - Decide what you want. Write it down. "I Intend......." Remember to always state your INTENTION in positive terms.
ATTENTION - Focus on your INTENTION. Visualize it as an accomplished fact. Feel the emotion impact of already having it in your life. Read about it. Write about it. Look at pictures of it. Pay ATTENTION to it.
ACTION - When opportunities present themselves in the flow of your life to take ACTION toward your INTENTION, seize the moment and take ACTION.
Keep it simple. Life was not meant to be a struggle.
By the way, do yourself and your loved ones a favor and buy
The Secret, DVD or book. You might just experience a few aha's yourself.
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