If you are familiar with manifesting or perhaps have dabbled at all, you probably know that one of the most popular things people manifest is abundance. People want to live abundant lives, rich not only in money but also success, joy, and happiness.
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If you’re a business owner or have grown your career substantially, there’s a chance you’ve already done some manifesting, either knowingly or unknowingly. The thing about manifesting that people get hung up on is that it’s more than just imagining what you want and then magically seeing it appear. In the world of business, you know how important it is to dream big, set goals, hit targets, overcome hurdles, and take action. You also know that these things don’t just show up unannounced. From the goal you set out to achieve and watching it come to fruition, all of that is, simply put, your idea becoming manifested.
Entrepreneurs usually have a special knack for manifesting. They can dream up an idea and then turn it into an actual, viable business. They make their dreams a reality, and if you’ve ever done this or know someone who has, then you’ve most likely witnessed manifesting in real time. Most times, if and when that business takes off, then an abundant life usually follows – whether abundant in money, time, or freedom. Many entrepreneurs can attest to making their dreams come true.
So, what do you do if you’re having trouble attracting abundance into your life or business? The biggest roadblock for many people is their (usually subconscious) limiting beliefs about money. The thing is, to attract money, you first need to change your mindset about money.
Let’s get real. How do you truly feel about money? Did you grow up hearing your parents say, “Money doesn’t grow on trees”? Did you lose a lot of money at some point in your life and feel like you aren’t deserving of having money again? Do you think money is evil and that people who have a lot of money are greedy and selfish? Do you actually feel worthy of living an abundant life? These might be tough questions, but in order to call in abundance, you need to dig deep and understand how you truly and deeply feel about the green stuff.
While you work on overcoming these limiting beliefs (and I’ll tell you first-hand that it’s usually not an overnight job), you can use affirmations to help move your thoughts about abundance to a more positive state. Affirmations alone aren’t likely to completely change your limiting beliefs, but they’re a great start when it comes to fixing your self-concept and undoing the years of negative thoughts you’ve carried around about money.
If you’re just getting started and you’re committed to calling abundance into your life, then the following affirmations can help you start to reprogram your brain so that you can finally allow abundance to begin flowing directly to you.
- I love money, and money loves me.
- Money flows to me and from me freely.
- I am worthy of money and abundance.
- Money is wonderful, and I can afford anything I desire in life.
The key to manifesting abundance is that you can begin saying these affirmations before you even believe them. It is crucial, though, that while you work on engraining these affirmations into your mind, you also understand where your limiting beliefs about money stem from and work on healing those old, untrue wounds.
The truth about money and abundance is that there is always enough money to go around and that money is not inherently good or bad. Money is energy, and if you align your energy positively with it, it will have no choice but to flow into your life.
If you’re a business owner and you’ve been feeling down about your revenue, applying the above affirmations and manifesting ideations into your daily routine can help change your luck. Don’t believe it? Give it a try. As a startup founder myself, I have been in the trenches, and I know how hard it can be sometimes, but I also know how easy money can flow when you allow yourself to live in the right state.
The important thing to remember about manifesting is that once you decide you want something and believe you’re worthy of it, it has no choice but to enter your reality. Begin taking inspired action and living like someone who already has all the abundance you long for. You cannot attract money from a place of lack, so it’s important to feel as though you already have everything you could ever want or need.
Once you start living as that person, you will begin attracting opportunities into your life and your business that might have never crossed your mind before. You will embody that abundant mindset that, perhaps right now, you can only dream of. The great thing is, if you’re already dreaming it and desiring it, then it is completely possible.
So many people will live their entire lives and go through their day-to-day routines, wishing for more money, wishing they could win the lottery, wishing, wishing, wishing. Well, manifesting is more than wishing. It’s truly taking the steps to bring anything you desire into your reality, and if you only continue wishing for abundance instead of doing the work, then you’ll remain in a state of lack. You are worthy of so much more, so start believing that and watch the abundance flow freely into your life, your business, and everything you touch.
by Shannon Ferguson