Apparently, there is (what I can only call) an "idea" that if you think about something long enough, you will achieve/obtain it. This is an heavily enthused (and cult followed) theory called The Law of Attraction.
The Law of Attraction works both positively and negatively. So if you think about loosing your keys enough, you may loose your keys. If you see yourself living in a big house, you may live in a big house.
I kind of want to call Bullshit, but part of me wants to feed into this. If I just started thinking more positively, life could be better for me. And the fact that people could create a theory around the power of thought alone is intriguing. And anyways, what would we be without wishful thinking?
I think people who think a great deal about what they want do tend to get it, but this is correlation, not causation.
ReplyDeleteBeing obsessed makes people willing to work harder and longer for something.