How Your Mindset Affects Manifestation Success

If you've been reading my blog for a while, you probably understand each of the steps of manifestation. You know how to determine what you want and may have tried to manifest it with varying levels of success. If you've followed the steps and can't understand why you haven't actually manifested all of your dreams and desires, it could have something to do with your mindset.

Did you know that your mindset plays a huge role in whether or not manifestation will work for you?

Two Mindsets

There are two basic opposing mindsets that you might have, though you could fall anywhere on the scale between them as well.

• Scarcity

• Abundance

If you have a scarcity mindset, you believe there is scarcity, a shortage of supplies, limited resources. You may feel that if someone else has something, it means that there is less for you. So if someone else succeeds, it would affect your ability to succeed and make your success less likely. You may live with fear, stress, or anxiety and feel lower self worth based on others' successes.

On the other hand, there is the abundance mindset. People with an abundance mindset feel like there are ample supplies and unlimited resources. You feel that it's easier to succeed together as success breeds success. There is more than enough for everyone. You feel secure and often feel higher self worth.

A Scarcity Example

You've heard about manifestation and try to follow all of the steps. With a scarcity mindset, as you see others manifest their dreams and desires, you begin to doubt that you can successfully manifest anything.

You may have started following the steps, but as your belief falters, you stop taking action or fail to notice little successes. You don't thank the Universe and don't receive anything else toward your dreams and decide that manifestation just doesn't work.

An Abundance Example

Let's change that and switch to an abundance mindset. You follow the steps, and as you see others manifest their dreams and desires, it reinforces your belief that you too can manifest anything.

You continue to follow the steps, take action, and notice little successes. You thank the Universe for each success and keep manifesting more and more of your dreams and desires. You know manifestation works.

A subtle difference in life

Let’s say you have been working in a company for a long time and someone new comes along and gets better paid or gets a promotion. If you feel sour, think that they are just lucky, and you’re not happy to see them doing better than you, that's a scarcity mindset.

On the contrary, you may feel happy to see them doing so well, believe that it means you can do the same, and use it as an inspiration to improve and get better. You’re happy for them and grateful that they come along and shown you what's possible. This is an abundance mindset. Sometimes it can be very subtle, but the energy in the two mindsets are very different and lead to different paths in life.

How To Change A Scarcity Mindset

If you have a scarcity mindset, you can take steps to change it. Be grateful for what you have. Be thankful for any gift you may receive. Each day, make a habit of writing down 3-5 things you're grateful for as soon as you wake up, or just before you go to sleep. You can also use affirmations such as "I am enough. I can have anything I desire. There is enough in this world for everyone." Make a point to notice the abundance that you already have in your life.