Today is the 15th day since the launch of our own local Million Dollar Experiment chapter based on Steve Pavlina’s Million Dollar Experiment.
So, for those who publicly joined on our blog, Pete, Brenda, Yezhong, June, Mikki, and Bernie, how has it been working out for you guys so far?
Me, personally, I’m proud to report that it has brought me a grand amount of zero dollars. Yep. Zero. Nada. Nothing. Zilch.
However, I’ve heard from some of you that it’s brought in results?
While it hasn’t for me (yet), I’ve noticed some things I like from just doing this intention thing. I started doing mine early in the day on the bus to work, and in the first few days I noticed that it not only had a calming effect on me (due to the focusing of attention I suspect), I also felt like it set a direction for the rest of the day.
The metaphor is instead of taking the car out and driving to see how I could reach my destination, I lay out a map instead and set my directions in advance.
So, instead of unconsciously and haphazardly saying, ‘let’s make money, any way I can find out to, give me some ideas, even if I have to bust my gut doing it,’ the direction is set up clearly, ‘in an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, in its own perfect time, and for the highest good of all, I intend $1 million to come into my life and into the lives of those who hold this intention.’
Interestingly, I’ve begun to notice my thoughts getting more money-focused unconsciously, and in a healthy direction. When I daydream or let my mind wander, they start to drift off into making money and the very positive benefits of making an abundance of money, which is a real shift from the daydreams I’ve had before (ahem, no speculations on my previous type of daydreams, thank you).
I’ve never really bought into this ‘intention’ stuff as it seemed too ‘touchy-feely’ to me compared to the specifics of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) but the benefits so far got me curious enough to want to find out more about setting intentions. And yesterday as I was at the library looking for another book, what did I chance upon but Wayne Dyer’s The Power of Intention
I’m definitely going to continue this experiment. So far it has cost me nothing except for an easy soothing minute or so of attention and it offers a good potential reward. I’m also impressed enough by the results on Steve’s Million Dollar Experiment page ($8241.29 today!) to want to achieve the same. And this intention thing is interesting enough that I want to continue this practice, looking to design intentions of my own and finding out more about it.
Pete, Brenda, Yezhong, June, Mikki, and Bernie, do leave a comment and let us know what your own experience has been like? And consider signing up on Steve’s Million Dollar Experiment page too if you haven’t already (Pete and I are up there).
November 21st, 2005 at 9:55 pm
An update from me: Just like Alvin, I haven’t got any unexpected sum of money coming in. Yet.
But I must agree with Alvin that it does guve me a sense of calmness and focus especially when I finished my 1 min intention.
Personally, I’ve used it for other cases other than wealth and I’ve gotten a mix of success and failure. But, when it does happen, it just so amazing. It can’t purely be a coincidence!
November 22nd, 2005 at 1:10 am
Key here is look out for synchronicities of events that will lead you there if any.
It’s working for me. I’m geting some money from the work I do without expecting a fee. There was this guy who was one of the first people I coached a year back when I first explored coaching.
I told him, you only need to pay me when you found the shift that you made useful. A year on, he made about $200K US. He wrote me a cheque of $1K of which 90% I commit to a charity for cancer children.
I found some money by an ATM and inherited some money from my late grandmother.
Suddenly, those clients who weren’t able to pay started paying and requesting for more coaching.
Yeah, I still need to coach in exchange of service fee but these are people whom I am not expecting a fee from.
Manifesting gives me a sense of purpose and I feel I’m getting into the flow. No need to fight it, no need to hype it, just take it on the run.
When it’s time for more, it’ll be time. We’ll reach a tipping point somehow.
November 24th, 2005 at 12:54 am
I’ve been practicing this experiment too.
So far I found S$10 on the street while I was on my way to work.
This is only the second time in my life that I found dollar note on the street. So I think it does work when the time comes. :>
November 25th, 2005 at 2:24 pm
For a while now, I start and end off my day with a list of empowering mantras and intentions. I added the million dollar intention to the list and so far, it’s working for me.
The reason for this late post is cos’ I just got back from Ipoh, a last minute free trip that was unexpected. And because of this trip, I received a “red packet” from my mum which is unexpected money.
And sometime last week, I said to myself that I would like to watch Harry Potter but for free. Guess what? The very next day, someone offered me a free ticket (unfortunately I couldn’t go in the end).
I’m definitely continuing with it cos’ it’s fun, has results (in kind and $), abundance for others as well and best of all, absolutely doesn’t cost me a cent!! Like Pete says, just get into the flow of things.
November 25th, 2005 at 2:28 pm
oops, didn’t mean to use my Chinese name for this comment. Sau-Yin is also me..
November 25th, 2005 at 4:22 pm
Aha! So that’s who you are, Sau-Yin!