The Law of Attraction and positive thinking are two phrases that have been blasted across the Internet, radio frequencies, and television stations ever since the movie “The Secret” was released to the public. There’s nothing wrong with positive thinking and using the Law Of Attraction to help you get what you want and deserve out of life. I practice the LOA and am ridiculously optimistic by nature But in order for me to be successful in all areas of life I need to embrace a pessimistic outlook as well.

One of the problems that the Law of Attraction movement has created is that it gives you the impression that you have to think positive all the time and the second a negative thought pops into your head you need to banish it and replace it with a positive thought. This can be a recipe for disaster if you are not careful with this strategy.

What happens when things do go wrong? Do you throw in the towel and say, “The Law of Attraction doesn’t work” and give up on your goals completely?

Lets use fat loss as an example. You’ve set a goal to release the last 10 stubborn pounds of belly fat from your body, you set a date to achieve it by, and you put the Law of Attraction into place by visualizing yourself walking on the beach, proudly displaying the flat stomach that you just created. You sit there and think nothing but positive thoughts. The moment that you begin to have doubts about achieving your fat loss goal you immediately replace it with a positive thought. But then…

…After 6 great weeks of doing really well on your diet and working out consistently you are faced with a challenge, whether it be a party where you gave in and binged on junk food and alcohol, a bad cold that has you lying in bed for days, a big project at work that demands extra hours of your time, or an injury that sidelines you for a couple weeks.

What happens at that point? Do you question the Law of Attraction? After all the positive energy that you put behind your goal you didn’t achieve it yet again. Do you throw in the towel? Do you brush off the Law of Attraction for good?

One of the downfalls that I see with using the Law of Attraction is the total disregard for the benefit of pessimism or negative thinking. If you want to be successful in any area of life you need to get optimism and pessimism working together for you.

Sometimes you have to take those rose colored glasses off in order to see the true path to success in front of you.

Here’s a clip from my movie “The Change Series“. In this clip you will hear some great words of wisdom from one of my mentors John Paul Micek.

How Do You Make A Pessimistic Outlook Work For You?

Sticking with the fat loss example you definitely want to believe in yourself and believe that you will achieve your goal of releasing the last 10 stubborn pounds of belly fat. You want to put as much positive energy behind it as you can and practice many of the mindset and motivation strategies that are revealed in the Change Series or Unstoppable Fat Loss. But you have to realize that your journey to achieving your fat loss goal is not going to be a smooth straight road no matter how much positive energy you put behind it.

You need to prepare yourself for the inevitable roadblocks and challenges that lie ahead of you. Trust me, you will face challenges and setbacks. It happens to the best of us. When you allow the ‘negative or pessimistic thought’ about the challenges that you will face to enter your mind and you take that thought and come up with a plan to overcome it, you will increase your chances of success dramatically.

You don’t need to dwell on those negative thoughts. Just become aware that the journey is not going to be perfect and come up with a plan to overcome those challenges.

You can even have a list of things that could possibly go wrong and next to those items have a solution for overcoming those challenges.

This practice will help put you in the frame of mind that you are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve your goal. That creates a positive outlook. That creates certainty in your ability to achieve your goal.

The Law of Attraction really works, but you need to combine it with a short term pessimistic view and action that is filled with purpose and passion.

What are your thoughts? How has the Law of Attraction worked for you? Do you think the Law of Attraction is just a bunch of psycho babble? Are you going to adopt a bit of a pessimistic view about your goals and do you see the benefit of it?

I’d love to hear your thoughts. Please share them in the comment box below. All of us at the Fat Loss Quickie blog are grateful for your thoughts and opinions.

You ROCK! Enjoy the experience,

Scott Tousignant

PS The Change Series comes as a special bonus for a limited time when you grab your copy of Unstoppable Fat Loss before September 7th. It also comes as a bonus for the Fat Loss Quickie Home Office Fitness program, and the More Love Less Fat program.