
Law of Attraction
What are you attracting? Years ago a career coach told me that I had to work on becoming “irresistibly attractive.” I didn’t completely understand it at the time, but now I do. When we hear the word, “attractive” we usually think of physical appearance. That’s what makeovers usually focus on, don’t they? Changing the outside and expecting that the inside will just fall into place.
If you don’t think you deserve a better job, a rewarding career or a successful business, how can you achieve it? How can you reach something if you don’t feel you can have it? If I don’t believe in my business, then it’s not likely that I’ll attract clients who want to work with me. It’s also not likely that I’ll be successful if I don’t believe it’s possible for me.
Even though I’d been dreaming of my own business for years, once I started it I didn’t completely believe in it. I wondered how I could compete with more experienced entrepreneurs, and how I could attract people who saw value in what I could do for them. What I have learned is that if I don’t think my work has value, I’m going to attract people who don’t see the value either – and I certainly can’t build a business that way.
There comes a time when we have to take a good look at ourselves and ask, what are we attracting? How are we feeling about ourselves and our potential? If you want to change for the better, then you have to believe in it. You have to be there on the inside long before you see the outside results.


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Thanks for sharing your great words of wisdom Deborah. This is exactly what I and I'm sure thousands of other women need to hear on a continual basis. The president of St. Elizabeth's in Madison, NJ (http://www.cse.edu), Sister Francis Raftery, speaking at my graduation last spring took it one step further, to not only believe in yourself, but also let your light freely shine. Don't be intimidated or feel that you are being boastful, rather use your talents actively and openly in the world. I visited your website,
(http://www.writingservicescentral.com/) and it shows obviously, about which you have much to shine!
-The Comeback Mom
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