Do you sometimes feel that the law of attraction seems to work for everyone but you?
Or is it even worse than that – is it more than sometimes? Do you feel that the law of attraction never – or, at best, hardly ever – seems to work for you?
Since the law of attraction went viral and spread across the globe, the world seems to have split into 2 categories – those who swear by it and those who think it is a load of tosh! Yet few would dispute that one's state of thought governs one's life experience. Over a century ago Henry Ford said, "If you think you can do a thing, or if you think you can't do a thing, you're right." So if the law of attraction isn't working for you, perhaps you need to rethink.
Perhaps a good way to start is to think what attraction and satisfaction have in common. Clearly satisfaction depends on what you attract, but the words themselves provide a clue to a closer link: both end in action.
For starters, attraction is not passive. The light has to shine to draw the moth. So to get something for nothing is impossible and to expect it just because you positively wish for it, is to delude yourself. Similarly, the word satisfaction is derived from the Latin 'satisfactus' which in turn has its roots in the words 'satis' meaning enough and 'facere' meaning to make. Consequently the etymology itself makes it clear that action is imperative.
So, where is this leading?
Well, it doesn't matter if you are an executive dissatisfied with bottom-line results and looking for productivity improvement from your people, or you are an employee looking for greater job satisfaction, the situation is not going to improve on its own. When, however, you recognise that the two issues are actually just different sides of the same coin and can be conveniently bracketed under the heading of employee engagement, you can see the potential for a single solution to solve both problems. This is why employee engagement is such a high-profile challenge. Solve this conundrum and you have a win-win where everyone will be satisfied.
And valuing people as human assets – and thus treating them as such -is the solution. It addresses both parties' needs. So what are you waiting for? There is no reason why you can get no satisfaction!