The Power of Focused Attention | Understanding the Magnifying Glass Effect

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Are you ready? Let's go. Hello, my beautiful friend, happy Thursday, and welcome back. In today's episode, we're going to talk about the power of focusing attention, and how when you focus your attention, you can supercharge your manifestations. Now, this is important because honestly, a Over the last 20 years, our attention has become one of our most valuable and yet sadly, one of our most scarce resources.

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The focus light becomes intense, it concentrates, it becomes very, very powerful. And if you hold it long enough on a piece of paper or a dried leaf, Then it will burst into flames. I'm sure you've done this as a child. I think we've all done this experiment in school. And this my friend is exactly what happens with our attention when we're manifesting.

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We're constantly distracted with notifications, pings on our phone, ads, worries, all the things on our to do list. So when we live our life this way, we're like that magnifying glass, just moving around erratically. It's frustrating. There's energy there, but it's completely diffused. It lacks intention and power, but here's the good thing.

When we learn to focus our attention, it to truly, truly concentrate our desires and hold them steadily, steadily in our imagination. That's when we start to create real change in our lives. Because, just like that focused sunbeam can start a fire, our focused attention can make major transformations in our reality.

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So I'm never going to talk about brain science or woo woo without giving you practical tools to actually make a difference in your life. Okay. So I'm going to break it down into three key areas. The first is sharpening your attention. The second is clarifying your imagination. And this third is maintaining your focus.

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That means turning off your cell phone and Getting the dings off. They're not being distracted by anything. Then when the timer goes off take a five minute break Now this trains your brain to concentrate deeply for sustained periods of time and this is really great, especially for work So I know a lot of people, you know, they'll start one thing and then they get distracted by something and it's like ooh butterfly So, this is a really great way to get a lot of stuff done quickly.

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And imagine your desired outcome in as much detail as possible. And when I say detail, I'm talking about sensory detail. What does it look like? What does it feel like? What can you hear, smell, and taste? The more you engage your senses, the more real it becomes in your subconscious mind. Like I always tell you, engage your senses, all of them, and imagine yourself in that desired outcome.

Don't think about it. Just do it. Imagine yourself in it. Okay. Lastly is maintaining your focus. And this is where so many people struggle because again, we live in this world that's designed to fracture our attention. It's designed to pull our attention everywhere. So we really need to be intentional about protecting our focus.

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So I encourage you to go check it out. Um, I'll drop it in the show notes, so you don't have to go search for it. Okay, so remember, just like holding that magnifying glass steady takes practice, maintaining your focus is really a skill that you have to develop over time. Be patient with yourself, but also be consistent.

This is where it really helps to work one on one with someone. So if you need help with this, Please reach out to me. You can set up a free consult right on my website. Okay, real quick before we move on, I want to address something really crucial because very often we find ourself inadvertently focusing our attention on the wrong thing.

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And I'm the first one to tell you, it is so easy to fall into this trap. We think we're being productive. But in reality, we're really misdirecting our power in our attention. Remember where your attention goes, energy flows. So when we focus on the negative aspects of our situation or we get lost in like overwhelming details, then we're essentially manifesting more of what we don't want.

I equate it to using your magnifying glass and just starting little fires everywhere on accident. Well, where we want to focus energy, just. Stay in the shade. And I do talk about this a lot more in the episode on manifestation loops. So I will also link that one in show notes because that's a really good one.

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Once you've. Received what you want once you've reached that goal, all of those good things. Now, this does not mean burying your head in the sand. It's all about maintaining a very clear vision of our goal or what we want to manifest as we work towards it. And when we do this, when we sustain our focus, it will create inspired action, synchronicity, and so many magical things will happen.

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And the real beauty of this practice is that it compounds. It's kind of like going to the gym. As you strengthen your ability to focus, you'll find that your manifestations come faster and more powerfully. You'll find that the more you strengthen your focus, the easier it is to maintain. Because you are literally rewiring your brain.

So my friend, I challenge you this week to pay really close attention to your attention. I know that sounds funny, but notice where it wanders. Practice bringing it back to your desires and hold it steady. Let it go. Like a magnifying glass on what you want. Remember, you are the creator of your own experience.

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I have an amazing 12 week transformation program where I work with you one on one to create the beautiful life that you deserve. Okay, my friend, until next week, take care. Be well and keep manifesting an amazing fucking life.