Joe Vitale argues that almost everyone underestimates the volume and negativity of their internal self-talk — research suggests around 70,000 thoughts a day, mostly the same as yesterday's. The first concrete step in working with the Law of Attraction, he says, is simply noticing this.
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what can people know right now or learn from you right now about this concept of this law of attraction as far as what you think about and what you really concentrate the ends up what you bring into your life I mean what are some basic elements of that because I've heard you talk about this in detail but I still think most people don't know how to actually practice it yeah the very first step is you have to become aware of your current thinking most people don't realize that their thoughts are in the toilet but they're read they're listening and and to themselves say negative things about 70,000 times a day 70,000 70,000 there are some research studies that are showing it's higher than that and the other thing that's more startling is that they're mostly repetition they're the same thoughts there are things like I'm not good enough it's not going to work out this stuff works for other people works for Joe vitally but it doesn't work for me works for the people in the secret but it doesn't work for me they want to do things but they think you know the economy's wrong the president's wrong the timing is wrong I don't have enough education I don't have enough experience all of these kinds of negative thoughts keep people shut down they don't go for their dreams they react to life that kind of crawl through life with no enthusiasm no sort of energy and no belief in themselves or the possibilities of something better with the law of attraction as teaching people is that you have a choice you can change your thinking one way to look at this is the thoughts you're having right now are primarily negative so that's the first thing to notice your thoughts are primarily negative the second one is your not your thoughts you are separate from your thoughts and this is massive earth-shaking news if somebody's hearing it for the very first time there have been books that are called you are not your mind you are not your brain and what they're saying is these thoughts that we're having we're having them we're not them if we can detach enough to go oh here comes that I'm not good enough thought again and let it go by we are one step removed from it now we've clipped off that energy that was causing us to feel bad because of that thought so that's the second step is to become aware that I'm not my thoughts third step is to start to generate what you do want to think and this is where things like affirmations positive thinking positive statements instead of saying I'm not good enough beginning to say I am good enough begin to say this can work out for me if this material has worked for other people why can't it work for me too you know I'm human they're human and you can start to rebuild you are software of the mind if you want if you will and these are all elements and then there's you know we can get into details like what you're going to tend to bring into your life or things that you think about a lot most people think about the things they're afraid of the things that they're worried about I tell people why don't you start thinking about the things you love the things you're passionate about you're gonna go in a new direction you'll be happier you'll be healthier you know you're gonna have better momentum better enthusiasm so the repetition of that is gonna be a big thing emotion going with those feelings of passion is going to fuel you to go in a direction that you prefer and actually having an image and the image could be a graphical representation of what you want it could be a house it could be a car it could be a job it could be a pile of money could be spiritual awakening whatever you can do because the brain the reticular activating system in the brain responds to repetition imagery and emotion so all of this is in the direction of it's like a condensed course and how to redirect your life but becoming aware that you're not your thoughts those negative thoughts you can let them go you can start to create new thoughts you can actually aim where you want to go by choosing what you want getting an image of what you want fueling it with passion and love and then you can start to create it almost organically and automatically