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Originally Posted by Sam988  One that can be dangerous if the person believes too much in it, and consequently ends up making bad decisions based in unrealistic expectations from an unrealistic belief in an unrealistic tool. |
I must confess that when I first started experimenting with the LOA, I had such concerns myself. In fact, although they have since diminished greatly, I cannot help but still have such concerns today.
Thus periodically, I attempt to do an "objective" assessment of myself and my life. Just to see if there are any signs that I may be becoming clinically insane.
I also periodically assess my progress on my goals across seven main areas of my life - these are career, family, finance, health, spiritual growth, social contribution and poetry (writing poetry is my hobby). This is to ascertain whether, as you say, LOA has led me to make bad decisions based on "unrealistic expectations from an unrealistic belief in an unrealistic tool", leading to adverse consequences in my life.
(The latter assessment is also a throwback to my days when I relied on more conventional PD. For example, if you read Brian Tracy's books on goal-setting, you'll see that he discusses the importance of tracking your own progress regularly).
So far I have been seriously using LOA for about two years. I am happy to report that over there are no signs, as far as I can see, that I am insane. Or that in any area of my life, I am suffering adverse consequences attributable to "bad decisions based in unrealistic expectations from an unrealistic belief in an unrealistic tool".
One convincing indicator of my continued sanity (at any rate, it is convincing to me) is that I periodically receive feedback from people that:
(a) I speak and write very well;
(b) I am very clear, logical and insightful in the way I present my views and make my arguments;
(c) at work, I am quite formidable in analysing complex problems and finding the most effective solutions (
they do say that my reasoning process, while undoubtedly thorough, can be a little long-winded 
)
It occurs to me that if I were insane, people would not make such remarks about me. Because insane people should not be able to speak and write well, and be clear, logical, insightful etc.
As for adverse consequences resulting from "bad decisions based in unrealistic expectations from an unrealistic belief in an unrealistic tool", quite frankly I cannot see that any such consequences have arisen in my own life, in the past 24 months.
(And it so happens that I have quite detailed records of my life over this period, due to my habit of maintaining a blog about my daily life. So there is no question of amnesia here).
Over the past 24 months, the only thing abnormal about my life is that I am abnormally successful. Let's take money, for example. (I use money as an example because it is extremely quantifiable - whereas other matters such as spiritual growth, happiness etc, while more important are very subjective and not easily measurable).
I have ascertained that currently I am earning more than three times than my average peers. (By peers, I mean the people who graduated from the same university and same faculty as myself - that was 10 years ago).
My Salary Details Documentary Evidence
I am fairly confident that I earn that much more than my peers, because it is based from what I have gathered from different sources. By different sources, I mean the different headhunters and search firms which call me frequently. They possess reliable market information, since they are in charge of recruitment and come to know about everyone's salaries & bonuses in the process.
(Headhunters frequently appear spontaneously in my reality, soon after I close my eyes to manifest them. Not kidding. Really. A recent example
here.
Headhunters are not very different from blue feathers or red hats, actually.
)
I attribute my abnormal success to LOA. Why? Because I intend for abnormal success, and then abnormal success happens. As simple as that. It has reached the point where, frankly, it would be irrational and illogical of me,
not to believe in LOA.