I recently read a great article on the Knowledge Plus Action blog that had some great points in regards to letting go of the “when” and “how” when using the Law of Attraction in your life.

While people can easily grasp the idea of visualizations and affirmations, they can sometimes get caught up in thinking, “there’s no way this could actually happen,” or “this might not happen.” In the Law of Attraction, simply performing the meditations isn’t enough. You must have faith that you deserve whatever it is you desire, and that it (or something even better) will come to you.

While I agreed with most of the points in KPAction’s article, there was one point I do not agree with: how our work ethic has changed in the present day. The author made the argument that it should be easier than ever to use the Law of Attraction because in the past, the idea of working hard was necessary for survival.

While I agree that we do not have to work as long and laboriously in today’s society, we still need to take active strides toward what we want. However, in the time between manifesting your thoughts and taking action, you need to practice the art of “allowing.”

Allowing gives us the ability to stay open to what God can give us.

For example, let’s say I set the intention of a specific vehicle that I want: a red car with four doors, four wheel drive, and all the bells and whistles. Once I’ve done that, I have set the intention of what I want.

The next step is to let go. Why? Because whatever comes my way, I’ll be open to it, because it will be better for my life. When you allow, you’re not blocking yourself from whatever it is that God can bring you. When you don’t allow and don’t let go, you are blocking yourself from the possibility of something even better than you imagined coming into your life.

Instead, you create anxiety by holding onto something and trying to force it into existence. You begin to worry, “Why is it not working? Why is this not appearing in my life? Why is it not manifesting?” When you do your visualizations and your meditations, and set intentions, you must have faith that whatever you ask for is going to manifest. If you have faith, you allow, and you let go. Affirm to yourself, “It will come to me. It is either this, or something better.” Then you are open to endless possibilities.

Letting go can be hard for some people to grasp when applying the Law of Attraction. Letting go means to fear NOT and TRUST that you will get what your heart desires.

What I mean is to let go of the doubts and insecurity. Thinking “it might not happen” keeps you at that negative energy frequency. Keep up the visualizations, affirmations, and intentions. However, once you do, let God take over and bring about your manifestation.

You need to stay open to whatever God can bring you when the time is right. By letting go, you’ll find it overrides that doubt, and fills you with faith that it’s going to happen. Remember, it’s very simple when it comes to the Universe: Ask, and you shall receive.

I am often approached by people who tell me that the Law of Attraction is not working for them. I always ask, “Can you tell me the reason why it isn’t working for you?”

The answer is always the same: “Well, I concentrate on what I want, I visualize and recite affirmations, but nothing happens for me.”

“After you do all of that, what actions are you taking to make this happen?” I say.

“What do you mean?” is the frequent reply.

When it comes to the Law of Attraction, you have to have a plan of action. Before you build a building, you have to have a blueprint. After you have the blueprint, you have to work diligently in order to complete the project. You need to put in the hours to get the foundation done, and build the building from the ground up. The same thing applies to your goals and dreams. You concentrate and visualize, you recite your affirmations — but do you follow through by taking any action?

Let’s say you want to lose some extra pounds. Do you honestly believe that exercise is not necessary? Of course not. You know you need an exercise plan or regimen that you can follow to achieve your best results. You know that just by merely visualizing and affirming you won’t get the results that you’re looking for. You need to exercise, and watch what you eat.

The same is true with anything else you’re trying to achieve. You have to be plugged in mentally, in order to get the ball rolling. You have to set your intention with powerful emotions to keep that ball on course.

It’s true that you need to visualize and affirm that whatever you want is already yours. But if you never make a physical effort, if you don’t follow your intuitions, you will never capitalize on the opportunities the Law of Attraction will bring into your life. You are the one that has to make things happen.

You need to put forth the effort to bring the things into your life that you have already visualized. If you visualize yourself losing weight, you have to exercise. If you visualize yourself getting a better job, you have to apply for a job. If you visualize yourself winning a race, you have to train and practice.

Fulfilling your desires ultimately comes down to the effort you put into it.

About a week ago, I was doing a radio interview and was asked, “how can I stop procrastination?” Unfortunately, I was given about 20 seconds to respond, which didn’t really allow me enough time to expand on this answer, so I ‘d like to do that here.

If you have a problem with procrastination, you are not alone. If I don’t keep myself in check, that is exactly what happens to me. Procrastination is something that most people struggle with. That’s a fact of life. In order to kill procrastination, we need to take action. But how do you do that?

1) Follow a specific routine

In order to get more out of my day, I like to structure my weeks so that I can follow a specific routine which allows me to complete the tasks that I have in front of me. You can start that by making a list of things you have to do for the day.

By doing this, you begin to recognize exactly how much you have on your plate so that you can prioritize. Then, you want to look at your day to find out if you have what I call, “empty spaces.”

Empty spaces are those times in which we are just sitting around without purpose — surfing the Internet or wasting time talking on the phone. The goal is to fill those empty spaces with all the items you wrote down on your list. Determine your empty spaces and start filling them up with the things that you have to do for that day. Again, structure your days and weeks so you have a blueprint to follow efficiently. Find out what you have to do, prioritize those things, make a list, and then find and fill the empty spaces in your schedule.

2) Build a support network

Another important way to beat procrastination is to find someone who can keep you honest about your to-do list — a professional, like a life coach, or anyone who can keep you on course. This will give you the support and encouragement you need to complete whatever is on your plate.

Have a network of these people who can support you — whether it’s a parent, a sister, a friend or spouse — anyone who can touch base with you on what you’ve done for the day or week. Knowing someone is out there to inquire about you and support you will drive you to start crossing items off of that list.

The Law of Attraction can help you lose weight, but not in the way you think.

First, you must remember that the Law of Attraction will attract more of what you focus on the most. For instance, if the first thing you think while looking at yourself in the mirror is “I am overweight,” or “I am fat,” or “I am ugly,” you will bring more of those qualities into your reality.

The fact is, we are all vibrating at different frequency levels, and it’s up to us (depending on our level of consciousness) to tune ourselves to the frequency that we wish to vibrate in. In order to lose those unwanted pounds, you not only have to be willing to do some serious grinding at the gym, but also be willing to expand your consciousness so you can block unwanted beliefs about yourself and start attracting the quality of life that you deserve.

So how do you start?

It is common knowledge that to lose weight, you must follow a nutritional diet, as well as exercise regularly. There is a science to losing weight that cannot be avoided or magically altered. However, there are few things you can do to use the Law of Attraction to your advantage to complement your path to a healthy lifestyle.

1) Exercising Gratitude for Weight Loss

This is perhaps one of the most important, effective exercises that you can do.

Recognize that you are already a wonderful being that God created in His image so that you can experience life on Earth. Feeling grateful is a powerful emotion that gets the wheels turning and pulls you in tune with your desired energy frequency.

Feeling that emotion is actually the driving force behind attracting to us what we’re looking for. By being grateful for what you already have and knowing that you are wonderful already, you are put in the frame of mind to open yourself up to endless possibilities in how you look and feel.

2) Use Law of Attraction Visualizations and Affirmations to Help Weight Loss

Visualize how your ideal body looks and feels. Is it thin, strong, muscular? By doing this, you are actually putting emotions into it, whether you know it or not. When you visualize yourself as healthy, you automatically get a feeling of completion. That feeling acts as a trigger to set the Law of Attraction into motion. Affirmations follow the same premise. Doing affirmations — “Today I am eating healthy,” “I am losing weight,” “I am looking better and better every day” — are phrases that create feelings, which in turn create actions.

Try these two mental exercises in combination with your physical exercises and diet plan. The Law of Attraction can really aid you in helping to lose weight and become your best, healthiest self.

Typically, when we talk about the Law of Attraction, we think about how our thoughts create our reality — how important it is not only to guard our thoughts from negative chatter, but to also practice visualizations and positive affirmations in order to achieve what we want. What some people find hard to grasp is, it is also the feeling of whatever it is that we want that creates reality.