For you to design a truly inspiring life, one that sets your soul on fire and drives you towards abundance and productivity, you need to focus on yourself! With the sheer power of your intention, you can bring all your dreams to reality simply through manifestation. So what is manifestation?

Here’s how I define manifestation: consciously creating a life you love. It means reaching a higher level of awareness while identifying what holds you back. Having done that, you can transform your mindset to raise your vibration and thus living standards. The transformation from a victim to becoming a victor does not occur overnight. In between this valley of sadness and bliss lies the high road of creation; building the life of your dreams, step by step.

First things first, you need to understand that you are the creator of the world around you and take full responsibility for it. This does not mean you’re consciously choosing to be less fortunate or poor, but you’ve created these circumstances with the power of your higher self. And this is where you need to focus. Let’s say, we don’t get what we want in life, we get what we believe we deserve. Here’s a practical example.

A lot of us want to get better jobs, earn more money, have better living standards but no matter how hard we try, no matter the number of extra working hours, we still fail to rise from the pit stop. Why? The answer lies in how we perceive the world and more importantly, how we perceive ourselves and money in this world.

Money, like everything else around us, is our creation. So, if you’re not satisfied with your financial status, instead of working harder and failing, you need to focus on your perception of it. Every one of us has the freedom to create the financial life we wish for. As we know, the majority of entrepreneurs come from very humble backgrounds. What defines them is their thinking pattern: their perception of the world, irrespective of their circumstances. It is their intention that aspires them to achieve. Though here’s a catch! There’s a difference between desire and intention. We can do wishful thinking for all we want, we can focus on hurdles like financial constraints or we can write 100s of formations, we can never succeed until we turn our gaze in the right direction. That direction is looking inwards.

Now we know that the world we see is a reflection of our mind, so if we can change our perception and thinking, we can change our lives!

How do we do this?

It’s simple. We can manifest our intention by overcoming two main blocks in our mind: the first being self-perception and the second is an incorrect perception of money. Many of us are unaware of our true potential and we limit ourselves by believing the world will allow us to thrive when in reality the world is a mere reflection of us. This means that if we believe we are in a position to give something to the world, in return, we create a reality that favors the change. Since we do not see our value, we create a world outside of us that does not value us and the cycle never breaks.

What we need to do is boost our self-worth for which I recommend two simple things: write down all the things which make you valuable. It does not have to be grand! Your mere existence is unique and a simple experience of yours may be enough to change someone’s life. Just focus on any value you give to the world! The second and more powerful tool of manifestation is to meditate for five to ten minutes every night. You can start by focusing on your breathing, sit quietly with your eyes shut and back straight. As clichéd as it may sound, it has worked wonders for me and my husband. For starters, you may not feel anything but as you develop concentration, you connect with your higher self which is the ultimate consciousness, the universe. Once you do, you will witness the most amazing things happening in your life.

Meditation increases your vibrational energy. Even though it’s short, it is very strong and powerful. With this technique you can literally transform your life within weeks, if not days. The deeper you go into your mind, the more alive you feel. This feeling of being alive is what drives your inactivity into action. This is how you manifest your dream life into reality by being more and more alive with every passing day.