Though I don’t have any superstitions, I do “believe” in them – conceptually. Meaning: they work for the people who believe in them.

There’s actually some science to “prove” it.

Think about The Placebo Effect. During medical trials, a group of subjects all suffering from the same illness are gathered together to participate in a clinical trial of a new medicine. Some patients will be prescribed the actual medicine and others will be given nothing more than a sugar pill.

The amazing thing they have discovered is that some people believe so strongly that they have received a new, miracle drug for their illness that they actually become well even when they weren’t taking the real drug. These results have lead many scientists to undoubtedly believe in the power of thought to create reality.

The driving force behind all the New Years resolutions and common superstitions is the power of belief.

Energy flows where attention goes, and if your attention is on superstitions, they’ll become your reality…whether they serve you or not.

You can just as easily believe that black eyed peas bring you good luck as you could bad luck. Either way, you’re right.

The cool part is YOU get to chose what you want to believe in.

Practical Application

If you have “superstitions”, consider the source. Is it some ‘tradition’ your family’s been blindly following for years? If so, is it serving you? If not, really consider what’s driving you to participate in them.

Make up your own superstitions. Just start telling yourself something like – “Every time you break a mirror, you add 10 years to your life” or “Every time you lose your keys, you’re attracting a more expensive car” or “when your favorite sports team loses 2 games in a row, you’re going to get a raise”

There are no “rules” to superstitions.

They’re equally as powerful or as silly as you view them.

Someone made them up…why can you?

By the way, did you eat your peas?

I’ll share a couple from the 5 areas of a ‘whole life’ living:

Health Declarations

• Gain 11 pounds of lean muscle mass by June
• Eliminate dairy entirely by May

Business Declarations

• Relaunch Double A Dollar for my new website in February (along with the Thinkbanc subscribers who want to participate)
• By Dec, make 4 times what I’m making now working 12 hours per week

Spiritual Declarations

• Meditate at least 15 mins for 325 days this year
• Read SOM daily

Relationship Declarations

• Have dinner at a new restaurant with at least one friend every week
• Spend 2 days per month with my god-daughter

Personal Declarations

• Have a 30-minute conversation in Spanish by June
• Have a 10-minute conversation in Mandarin Chinese by December
• Be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound

What are you declaring for 2008?

Practical Application
Be sure you WRITE THEM DOWN!!! Not into a computer (at first)…write them on a sheet of paper, then copy them to your computer if you like. Please don’t under estimate the power of writing things down. This help you from many perspectives. Here are a few:

1. When you write things down, you’re stimulating the creative part of the brain in a way that typing can’t.
2. Writing things down frees your brain up for a higher level of thinking… “Remembering” isn’t the best use of your brain.
3. From a metaphysical perspective – when you write your intentions, you can liken this to the ‘first’ physical manifestation of your intention. This is the first time your thought ‘appears’ in the physical universe.

There are several others, but I think you get the point.

Also, share your intentions with as many people as possible. The more the better. Your intention becomes more ‘real’ this way.

Here’s to what you want to create in ’08!

Antonio