When I was thinking about faking it till you make it, I was thinking about it around the concepts of wealth and success. Essentially, to become wealthy and successful, you have to do things that wealthy and successful people do. See, a lot of times, we think we should begin doing certain things after we attain the things we want, but you have to start doing them beforehand to actually get there; doing so puts you in the right mindset and gets you in the right habits, which will help make the aspirations a reality.

For example, I want to be wealthy (like many of you, I’m sure). Most of us know that wealthy people keep budgets, they keep track of where their money goes, and they likely had a plan to get where they are (just to name a few things). So, if that’s my goal, I have to do what they did; even if I don’t make a lot of money right now, I still need to make a budget for what I do have, keep track of where my money goes and create a plan for wealth. Another example: being a successful entrepreneur. What do successful entrepreneurs do? They have a plan and vision for where they see their businesses going, they are focused on achieving their goals and completing projects (whether they work at home or in an office), and they are willing to give up some of their leisure time in the beginning to ensure the success of their businesses. And if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, guess what? You’ll likely have to do that, too.

So, to fake it till you make it, you need to:

Figure out the mindset and steps it takes to get where you want to be. What kind of mindset do you need to have to be wealthy, successful, etc.? What kind of thoughts do you need to think? What kinds of things do you need to do?

Feel yourself being that way. Ask yourself: If I was wealthy/successful/healthy/insert your adjective here, how would I feel? Close your eyes, and really imagine how you would feel if, for example, you had all the money you needed to pay your bills on time each month, to buy something for yourself and give money to your favorite nonprofit. Would you feel excited, relieved, happy, free? Allow yourself to actually feel that way.

Take action. Obviously, you may not be able to do everything right now that you’ll be able to do once your vision is a reality (like hire employees as a startup), but you can do something to get you on the path to getting there. You can write your business and your marketing plans so you can get started on that Fortune 500 company. You can create a budget for you and your family each month. It doesn’t matter how small the step is, you just need to take one.

Don’t hesitate: Start today on your vision by faking it till you make it! And before you know it, your faking it will become your reality!

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Jamie Fleming-Dixon is the founder and author of ForColoredGurls.com. Her intention is to empower readers, inspire them to live their most fabulous lives and to motivate them to reach for their dreams and goals. This is done through motivational articles and quotes, interviews with women from all walks of life, posts on topics that affect every area of women's lives and more. For more info about Jamie and FCG, email her at info@forcoloredgurls.com.

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Examine what you’re attached to. You might believe that you have to manifest this thing so you that you’ll be happy or at peace with life. This type of belief makes you feel that your desire has to happen, and when you make an attachment to anything, it lessens your ability to manifest. By learning to let go and being unattached to how things should happen, you open up your experience to receive something much greater. How do you know if you’re dealing with attachment? Notice if you have a weakened emotional charge around a particular result. When you’re attached to something, you tense up and begin getting anxious about manifesting your result. This lowers your manifestation vibration and prevents you from attaining your desires.

How do you let go? Let love in. Deciding to “live in trust, patience and consistent inspired actions that make your heart sing will always liberate your mind from being attached to any future outcome.” Putting those three traits into practice daily will help you create deep clarity that can see through the fog. Learn how to attain unlimited patience through the power of meditation, and you’ll create lots of miraculous results in your life.

Also, keep in mind that you can’t pretend that you’re detatched while secretly wishing to manifest a particular result underneath the surface. While your mind can try to pretend anything, your body doesn’t lie.

The way to manifest is to gently hold the intention of creating what you want to manifest while simultaneously being fully at peace with the idea of never manifesting your preferred results– it’s the art of being detatched (easier said than done, right?). When you’re content with yourself and un-attached from your desires, you can relax and let God fully support your manifestation. Being detached also allows you to be completely open, which draws new opportunities and people to you.

So, make time daily to notice what you’re attached to, and remember, if your mind thinks it needs to have a certain something to be happy, it’s wrong: Nothing outside of you will ever fulfill the constant desires of the ego. The only thing that’ll bring the happiness you want is reconnecting with the infinite presence of who you really are.

All you have to do is trust the divine, all-intelligent consciousness, and let it lead you in creating the greatest possible experience in your life. Enjoy it!

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Basically the law of attraction asserts that like attracts like- if you’re keeping up a vibration that complements what you want, more things will come your way to make you feel that way.

When you make a vision board, it’s important to not only make it, but also use it. Used correctly, your vision board will assist you in producing a matching vibration to what it is you want to have, be or do in your life and in your environment. As a result, you have to FEEL what’s on your board- feel what it will feel like if the images are really in your life. This will help bring your vision/desires/goals into fruition.

 So, how do you make one and what do you put on it?

 You can use pretty much anything to create a vision board- a sheet of paper, a power point slide, or a poster board. I have a poster board across from my bed, one on my desk. I even have stuff on my planner lol.

 Next, you just find pictures of things you want in your life. It can be the actual thing (i.e., a particular car) or a symbol (a picture of Kimora, to me, symbolizes success and Fabulosity). You can print pics from the internet or cut them out of magazines and catalogs. You can also put words on it like ‘success’, ‘believe’, etc.

 If you’re making it on a poster or paper, glue or tape the pics on the board. Et voila! You have a vision board. You can take it a step further and frame it. Here’s mine (excuse the glare):

Source: What is a vision board~ How do You Make a Vision Board~ Vision Board Software~ Law of Attraction and Vision Boards

Jamie Fleming

A lot of times when people hear about ‘the secret’, they think it’s un-Christian like or that the idea is just sit around thinking about what you want and it will appear. Well both of those ideas are wrong, in my opinion. You have to do the work to get what you want.

Anyway, here are some tips on using The Secret.

Ask God/higher power/the Universe for what you want.

Believe. Act, speak and think like you’ve already recieved it.

Receive. Feel the way you’ll feel when you get what you want.

(Of course, like I said, this requires that you work by doing your part in making things happen).

Powerful Processes:

Expectation. Expect the things you want, not things you don’t want. (For example, instead of saying, ‘I don’t want to struggle with money,’ say ‘I have as much money as I want and need.’)

Gratitude. Be thankful for what you have already and more good will  come to you.

Visualization. Create images in your mind of yourself enjoying what you want.

For more info about the secret, you can get the book or DVD at a bookstore. You can also do a search online.

Jamie Fleming