Advanced Attraction?

Many years ago I was a strength and conditioning coach.  One young man I coached was not particularly athletic, but he knew how to work hard.  This young man did something unique going into and during his Senior year.  He always signed his name on his schoolwork and wrote “state champion” after it.

What was he doing?  Since then I’ve realized he was applying the Law of Attraction.  Stay with me a moment.  Answer the following questions.

Have you ever wanted something really bad and eventually you received it in some form?

Have you ever worried about something so much and it came to be . . . such as getting sick?

Have you ever had a vision for something in your life and kept thinking about how to make it occur until eventually it did occur?

If you answered yes to any of these then you were unconsciously putting this law into action.  Another way to think of this is what we focus on expands.  For an illustration of this idea go here.

What does all of this have to do with leadership?  The young man I mentioned ended up becoming the first state champion I had the opportunity to work with.  He held the vision of what he wanted in his mind and daily reinforced it.  As leaders I see two big takeaways from this principle to help us lead ourselves and others more effectively.

Faith

This young man would not have considered writing that on his paper without the faith to believe it would occur.  Faith in this situation is the belief we can accomplish something without evidence proving it will occur.  Leaders understand this reality.  Whatever you are pursuing started first with an idea.  After that idea flashed into your mind you had a choice to either believe it and act on it or discard it.

You obviously did not discard the idea, but in faith held the belief and continued to think into how to make this a reality.  Over time this law of attraction has brought to you the resources, people, ideas and what you have needed to make it happen.  Now I am not suggesting positive thinking alone will help you accomplish your vision because hard work, strategy, skills and things out of our control all play a part as well.

You can skip this brief thought, but as a person of faith I believe these ideas and resources ultimately come from God.  Whether that statement resonates with you or not, faith is required to turn an idea into reality.

How we think

As leaders we may get stuck thinking into the how so much we get analysis paralysis.  This young man knew he had to train hard and more often than others and he did, but his thinking was the tipping point.  Bringing our vision into reality starts in our mind.  David Schwartz in his book The Magic of Thinking Big says:

“Big thinkers are specialists in creating positive, forward-looking, optimistic pictures in their own minds and in the minds of others.”

This big thinking brings the ideas into every person’s mind to make them into reality.  Surround yourself with other big thinkers who are willing to help you think into how to turn the idea into reality.

Be Careful

This idea can lead us down both a positive or negative path.  As we keep first things first in our lives and seek to add value to others over selfish gain the outcome of our focused intentional thinking will be positive.  May I challenge you to ask others to question your ideas enough to help you decide if this is one that will add value to others.  If the answer is yes, keep focusing and growing that idea to help others.

As a leader where is your focus going?  Are you focusing more on problems or solutions?  Need someone to help you or your thinking?  Contact me for a no-cost thinking partner session.  Lead Well!

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