Law of Attraction, Manifestation, Motivation

This is Why Your Manifestation is Failing

Shan Yi Tan
4 min readFeb 20, 2021
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Law of Attraction? Manifestation? You have heard that it works wonder on people but it doesn’t work for you. And as a person who had fairly manifested things into my life, let me share with you how you are doing it wrong.

People have different ways of manifesting, some is journaling, some is just having it inside their head. These are not the issues, let’s unravel the mistakes people make regardless of the methods they used:

Messy thought

You do not know what you want. You said you want happiness, you want success, but you have no idea what it meant to you. Without a clear picture of what you desire to achieve, you are directionless, let alone letting The Universe to help or guide you.

One of the best ways is to draw it out, visualize it and then put it into words, so that your mind can recall it easily.

For example, you want a house in 2 years. Draw it out how it looks like, where the house is located at, who you will be staying with. From there, you can picture it in your mind and make decisions or actions, be it big or small, to help you achieve owning that house.

“Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.” — Unknown

No action and no self discipline

Yea, you put in effort but the it is all spent on thinking or daydreaming. Life kicks in and you are too occupied by this and that, so you never start your acting on your goals. The thing is you will have time if you make the time for yourself. Don’t blame it on life, eventually no one can decide or force you.

If you are finding excuses to procrastinate, talk to yourself and go figure out why. A lot of time is because of fear, you are scared that it will fail. And what you can do to tackle this is to acknowledge and embrace that failure is part of process and it will be your stepping stone. Then you will be more cautious and focused on doing things right later on.

You expect things in a blink

There’s no overnight success. Even if you were born with a silver spoon, you still to work hard so that you can get what you want, the only difference is you might achieve it easier compared to normal people. So, never expect things to turn out your way in the blink of an eye.

But how do we know when we are going to achieve what we want? As mentioned, these are what you going to do :

  1. Get a sober mind and start visualizing exactly what you want. It can be opening a small business and achieving USD 1 million sale in 1 year. Make it specific.
  2. Then you start breaking it down to short and long term targets and put a timeline to each
  3. You have to do research to know what targets you should set based on your current resource, the realistic timeline, the additional resources you need, and etc.
  4. Once the initial plan is set, you can may start working on it while manifesting that eventually you will be reaching your goal despite the obstacles.

Yes, there WILL be obstacles, especially you are embarking on something you have never done before. But what manifesting and law of attraction are going to help: make your journey smoother and achieve your goal faster, because now you have more confidence and higher energy. This is going to attract people and environment that will add up to a positive synergy for your project.

No sense of gratitude

Lastly, always carry a sense of gratitude wherever you. Personally I’m guilty of this and have to constantly remind myself to be grateful. Gratitude makes you humble and down to earth, so that you don’t get sidetracked from your goals. Be grateful for life, that you have the ability to dream and work on your goals. Be grateful that you have people whom support you along the way. Finally, be grateful that you have worked so hard for your goal because you have always been there for yourself.

Now, you know it all, let’s start manifesting abundance of prosperity and happiness into your life with the right mindset this time. Please comment below if you feel like sharing your experience. :)

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Shan Yi Tan

A fintech product manager who runs creative projects and business after 9-5 | More manifestation and productivity at http://wondefull.com/