People too often try to use IM as an excuse to be lazy, as if it's a "fast and easy" way to avoid taking action.
The MDE works via intention + inspired action. A quote from the main MDE page:
"And when a new opportunity comes to you as a result of this intention, take advantage of it if you feel drawn to action."
I've noticed that if you keep focusing on the intentions, you soon attract the lessons you need to work through -- whatever blocks you from action, such as fear, lack of discipline, laziness, etc. Sometimes people don't recognize these reflections though because they think everything should be fast and easy like marketers tell them, so when a lesson arrives they reject it.
As you work through your blocks, you'll finally begin feeling those calls to action. When you attract an unusual synchronicity, you'll be willing to follow it, even if it means doing some things outside your comfort zone, like starting up a conversation with a stranger.
Sitting on the couch all day wishing your problems away isn't IM -- that's just wimpiness, cowardice, disguised fear.
Personally the MDE has had a huge effect on me. I haven't updated my official results in a while, but they're probably over $100K by now. Seems a bit odd for a website that has no direct sales, no products of its own, no customers, and no employees. And I still haven't spent a dime on marketing.
The ongoing path to $1M now seems fairly doable -- I have several practical ways to get there. But I'm open to twists and turns along the way as the MDE keeps bringing me unexpected opportunities.
The real benefit of this experiment isn't the money but the lessons I attracted that have been helping me change my thinking and my beliefs.
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