Why You Keep Manifesting the Wrong Things (And How to Fix It)

Back, everyone, at the School of Greatness. Very excited about our guest. We have the inspiring James Doty in the house. Doctor Thank you. Good to see you. Thanks for being here. Sure. I am fascinated by this topic of manifestation, and I'm even more fascinated when you bring neuroscience research and studies that back the power of manifestation. Your new book, Mind Magic, the neuroscience of manifestation and how it changes everything, I'm very excited about because you kinda walk us through these different steps on the process of manifestation. So first, I wanted to ask you a question about the difference between the law of attraction and manifestation. Are they the same thing or are they different? Well, if you look historically at the law of attraction, it goes back to Hermetics, which is this group in the first or second century AD. And there was this belief in the mind, and they used the terminology, the law of attraction. And, of course, then there's a guy, I think his name Phineas Quimby, who, then promoted this further, and this was in the eighteenth century or so. And then, of course, or nineteenth century. And then we had, who was it, Think and Grow Rich? Napoleon Hill. Yes. And, and sort of continued on that path. So, it is this narrative that there is this universal power that, when you want something, if you, whatever, use the right methods, you will get it. And, and it's, of course, been embraced by the, group who sort of promotes woo woo and pseudoscience. And that's not to say there's not a kernel of truth, but it's been surrounded by all sorts of, other aspects that I think diminish the actual power of it. So there is power in the law of attraction? Well, you could say it's synonymous. The manner in which it is used is synonymous with manifestation. The question is, I think, more importantly, all of us are manifesting every day. Right? Most of us do it very inefficiently. Right. You know, because everybody sits and says, I want x, y, or z, or I wish for this to happen. I think there are techniques you can use that can maximize the potential for you manifesting your intentions. Mhmm. So learning how the brain works and how those techniques work maximize that. So you go it's like an athlete as you well know. You know, if you've never been taught something, you try it for the first time, you sort of stumble through it. Yeah. Frankly, most people stumble through life. Right? And then as you practice it or you learn from from people who, you know, have the knowledge, then you, perfect it. And, and then you understand the, if you wanna say, the neuroscience underpinnings of it and how you make these, what we call, cognitive brain networks interact, and then, you've taken it from sort of, well, it might happen. I thought about it to …