Abundant thinking requires that you appreciate what you have in life, rather than bemoaning the things you lack. In contrast, scarcity thinking focuses on what you don’t have, what you want more of, what you might lose, and what has gone wrong in your life. Abundance asks that you focus on what is possible, and that you reach for what you want in life. If this latter point sounds like something you are already doing and it is not producing the goods, it is because you have not established the former mindset – the one that makes you always appreciative.
People who think abundant thoughts are happier than those who don’t – and it stands to reason. That does not mean they are unaware of areas where their lives might need improvement; they are simply able to approach those areas with a positive frame of mind, confident that they will have no difficulty bringing about the necessary changes. This is because they choose to believe that there is an abundance of whatever they need just waiting for them.
Our thoughts dictate our lives. Our thoughts can attract good things into our lives, or repel them. This is another Universal Law that you have probably heard of – the Law of Attraction. One of the most oft-quoted sayings within positive thinking methodology was uttered by Napoleon Hill himself i.e. that “whatever the mind of man can conceive, and believe, it can also achieve.”
That is not to say you simply have to sit at home thinking good thoughts; that is obviously not enough. You will still have to take actions to back up those thoughts, but those actions will work infinitely better when they are backed by positive thinking, and abundant thinking. The fewer (or smaller) things you cause to happen, the less effect you will produce. If you want another quote from the Bible, it says in James that, “faith without works is dead.”
If this all seems a little otherworldly to you, here’s an example of how this law might operate. Let’s say you are looking for work, but your dominant attitude and belief says that there are very few suitable jobs for you, and that you’ll never find one for yourself - in other words, you have a negative attitude. This might mean that you take no action to find a job. You don’t compile a CV, you don’t send email enquiries, and you don’t go knocking on doors.
And if by chance you did bump into the very person who could give you your dream job, they would not offer it to you because you would not be viewed as the positive individual they would want on board. A negative attitude can therefore act as a self- fulfilling prophesy, as it will consistently produce negative results that will naturally reinforce your negative beliefs.
Conversely, abundant thinking opens up possibilities and opportunities that we could easily have missed by harbouring negative thoughts and thoughts of scarcity. It causes you to take positive actions because you firmly believe and expect that they will produce the desired results. Your proof for this is the fact that you are already blessed by the abundant gifts you are already enjoying within your life. Abundant thinking is about focusing on what you have right now, and using that to build a brighter future. It does not lead you to dwell in the past, regretting mistakes and ventures that did not work out exactly as you had hoped or planned.
People who think abundantly do not suffer guilt for their desire to attain more. This is for two reasons: they are already grateful for what they have, and they do not feel that asking for more will deprive anyone else. It is an attitude of plenty that accepts and believes that there is more than enough to go around, for everyone to have what they want and need.