“When I make my first million, then I will buy that dream house.”

“When I lose 15 pounds, then I will buy that dress I really want.”

“When I save up a little more, then I will start that business.”

The WHEN THEN statements you make in life directly cause you never to get what you desire.  These statements send a strong message to your subconscious that you do not trust or do not have any faith in the desire becoming a reality.

This is because you are putting off things you really want and desire UNLESS something else happens first.

Get rid of the WHEN THEN statements.  If you find yourself having one, instead say to yourself that the WHEN is already on its way into your life.

In fact, I recommend that you go the other way and make a small gesture to yourself as a sign that you know it is on the way.

For example, if you are waiting to make a million dollars so you can buy your dream home, do certain things such as look at magazines or search the Internet for that dream home.  Buy a picture or something that you would buy to start decorating that dream home.

If you are waiting to buy some nice clothes until you lose some desired weight, go to the store WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE and try on clothes you will want.

Similarly, if you are looking to start a business but waiting for some future event.  Pretend the event has happened and start to make small gestures of what you would do to move that business forward.

If you do this (drop the WHEN THENS and replace them with positive affirmations AND make gestures towards those desires), your reality will change toward the manifestation of those desires.

Just Do It and you will see.

Every manifestation method contains some element of visualization – this is because it has proven to work over and over again.

Think of the best athletes in the world.  They use focused and intense visualization to increase their skills and success in their sports.  Michael Jordan visualizes baskets going in before he shoots.  Golfers spend hours during their practices with detailed visualization of hitting the ball just perfectly and the golf ball travelling and landing in the perfect place.

I heard about a recent strudy where average high school basketball players were divided into three groups.  They all took a foul shot test.  Then they were divided into three groups.  For the next two weeks, group one went out and practiced foul shots for 20 minutes a day every day.  Group 2 did nothing and Group three visualized themselves shooting and making foul shots in their mind (for 20 minutes a day).

At the end of the two weeks, both Groups 1 and 3 evidenced a 23% improvement when shooting foul shots while Group 2 remained at the same level as before.

Now here is the thing- the visualization is of the desired END RESULT.  People who use this method with success do not focus on how or exactly what needs to be done to get the end result- the picture focuses on the end result happening.

That is all you need to do.  By doing this often and consistently, your subconscious mind will do all the work required to make it happen in reality.  This is the result of your visualization creating the right energy in the world and your subconscious leveraging such energy to do its magic.

When you are working on a desired outcome, create a detailed vision of it already being present in your life. . . attach strong emotion to the vision and repeat often.

A great analogy for learning how to manifest money or anything in your life is gardening.

If you want to create vegetables, you must plant vegetable seeds. . . . if flowers, flower seeds. ..  if strawberries, strawberry seeds. Similarly, if you want to create something in your reality, the “seeds” are the right kind of thoughts you must form and “plant” in your mind.

However, planting the right seeds is never enough to grow what you desire.  When  gardening, you first need to remove the weeds.  Weeds will get in the way . . . similarly, negative thoughts and self sabotage will prevent you from ever manifesting your desires.  So, you need to know how to remove the weeds when manifesting.

Also, when gardening after you remove the weeds and plant your seeds, you need consistent nurturing- usually watering, pruning, and making sure any new weeds are removed.  There is the time when you start where you do not see anything growing yet.  A gardener knows that a lot is happening to create the vegetables, flowers or fruits even if he or she does not see anything.

There is this same period when manifesting something in your reality.  During this time, you must continue to nurture your desire with affirmations, visualization and a regular manifestation practice.  Most importantly, you must have faith and certainty that with time and continued nurturing, your desire WILL manifest in you reality.

So, think of these three important elements of gardening- planting the right seeds (thoughts), removing the weeds (negative reactions, thoughts and self sabotage), and constant nurturing until your desire has “sprouted” into your reality.

Have you heard of the butterfly effect? It is a phenomenon where just one little change made today will create huge results and outcomes later.  If you have not heard of it, look it up on the Internet.  There is the famous example of how one butterfly flapping its wings a certain way in Rio de Janeiro can significantly affect what kind of weather shows up on a certain day in Chicago!

The butterfly effect applies to human nature in the same way it applies to mother nature.  What this means is that small changes in the way you think and behave can create drastically different outcomes in your life.

We have all had one of those days where something negative happened first thing in the morning and by focusing on it and letting it bother you, you release negative energy which in turns creates other negative and frustrating things throughout your day. Believe it or not, if instead, you isolated the incident and chose to not let it affect your mood and energy- the entire day would have been different.

So, it not only affects your day but it can also affect your entire life.  Here is how to make the butterfly effect work to your advantage.

START OFF EVERY DAY with 5-10 minutes by repeating positive affirmations and imagining something wonderful happening.  If I am working on a business project, I might say something like “today we are going to have a major breakthrough in sales and make $x in sales.”  And I say it every morning until it happens!

If it is a Saturday and my kids have soccer, I say an affirmation like “today they are going to play hard, each score a goal, be safe and learn to love the game a little more!”

If there is nothing in particular you want to focus on, you can use a general affirmation like “amazing things are going to happen to me today. . .”

By saying affirmations and attaching positive energy to them, you are aligning the positive creative force of the universe to support you.  Do this every day and over a period of a month, a year and even a lifetime, you will have unbelievable experiences in your life.

So, in summary, know that the butterfly effect is a phenomenon that has been proven in science to work.  Apply it to your life to more quickly succeed in manifesting the life you desire.

If you are serious about learning exactly how to create your desired reality, I want to share with you my Thoughts-Beliefs-Reality Formula for manifestation.

In summary, your thoughts of today create your reality of tomorrow. But here is some detail on how to apply this formula.

If you want to intentionally create something in your reality, you must have the proper innate beliefs about that something. And, in order to have the right beliefs ingrained in your being, you need to control your thoughts.

If you are still struggling with controlling your thoughts, think about it this way. With food, the kind of food you feed into your body affect the health of your body. Similarly, the quality and nature of your thoughts you feed into your mind every day affects the outcomes in your reality.

Practically, what you need to do is first become aware of your existing thoughts. If you are doing this for the first time, just observe your thoughts for a day. You will likely observe many negative thoughts.

Next, understand that negative thoughts serve no purpose as all in your life other than to create a negative reality. There is NOTHING positive that a negative thought can bring to your life. Once you see this, you will no longer have a need for them.

Instead focus on feeding your mind positive thoughts about what you want in your reality. At first, you may not believe them but trust me- just keep feeding your mind these positive thoughts on a consistent basis. Say them in the present tense.

Over time, by repeating positive thoughts all geared toward creating a certain positive outcome in your reality, you will soon form beliefs surrounding it. And once you have those beliefs, the things required to create the outcome in your reality will occur.

Now, the great thing about this formula is over time, it teaches you HOW TO THINK. And once it becomes natural for you to think in the proper way and to throw out any negative thoughts if and when they come, then wealth manifestation and the creation of anything becomes a natural way of your being.

It takes practice and while it gets easier, it is an ongoing process- but this formula- being aware of it and practicing it will change your life!