{"id":7074407,"date":"2026-10-03T14:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T14:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7074407"},"modified":"2026-10-03T14:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T14:19:40","slug":"the-secret-about-the-power-of-intention-hint-its-not-very-powerful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7074407","title":{"rendered":"The Secret About The Power of Intention (Hint: It&#8217;s not very powerful)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Do you remember when the law of attraction hit the public psyche on the back of the movie, <em>The Secret<\/em>?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Sorry to offend if you think otherwise, but <em>The Secret<\/em> was a travesty of a book\/movie\/compact disc\/cuddly toy\/whatever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">All it did was sell a big fat lie that appealed to a lot of people \u2013 many of whom were desperate and couldn\u2019t afford to get ripped off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">It suggested, that if you want anything badly enough and you place your intention in the right place for long enough, then voila, it will be yours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">They even added a Genie and lots of gold into the movie trailer to demonstrate its mystical powers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The movie spawned an entire industry of people who were suddenly experts at manifesting their dreams using the power of intention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">And the good news was, you could hire them to help you do the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Except, they couldn\u2019t deliver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Sure, there may have been a few coincidences here and there, which is what the movie was based upon. But that was about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Because the reality is, that intention is largely superficial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Most obese people intend to lose weight. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Most smokers or drug addicts intend to quit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">And most people who hate their job intend to walk away and do something more meaningful eventually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Yet, for the vast majority of those people, nothing changes. Or at least not in the way they\u2019d like it to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Intention is a prerequisite in making a beneficial change in the same way that eggs are a prerequisite in making a souffl\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Souffl\u00e9s are difficult to make, but that difficulty morphs into impossibility if egg whites are the only ingredient you have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Making big life changes is difficult, but that difficulty becomes insurmountable if intention is all you have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Most of those self-proclaimed experts are now long gone \u2013 ironically because they couldn\u2019t attract coaching clients. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The tiny few who remain are now claiming they didn\u2019t mean you only needed intention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ho-hum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The crux of making a beneficial change is to move from intention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Clarity-Method-Motivates-Clients-Colleagues\/dp\/0578476568\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">values-based decisions<\/a> and then to action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Deciding to do something leaves no room for doubt. A decision is a decision. The derivation of the word in Latin means to cut off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">When you truly decide, you remove yourself off from all other options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">So yes, all conscious change starts with an intention and it\u2019s necessary, but that\u2019s not where the power lies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The real power is making a decision that is in alignment with your highly personal, core values. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Because it\u2019s awareness of your core values that will keep driving you forward<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">But Tim, you may be thinking, how do I make decisions that are\u00a0always in alignment with my core values?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Well, I\u2019m glad you asked because my latest book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Clarity-Method-Motivates-Clients-Colleagues\/dp\/0578476568\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Clarity Method<\/em> is now available on Amazon<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">For less than ten bucks it can help you make good decisions again and again and again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">It can also help you reduce procrastination, become more tolerant and unsurprisingly, give you a lot more clarity in your life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Oh, and there is also a video of me demoing the process with a client as well as the option to download the forms I use so you can use it on others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Not bad, eh?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/simisi1-5920903\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=4198396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Image Courtesy Of Simis1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"tve_leads_end_content\" style=\"display: block; visibility: hidden; border: 1px solid transparent;\"\/>\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember when the law of attraction hit the public psyche on the back of the movie, The Secret? Sorry to offend if you think otherwise, but The Secret was a travesty of a book\/movie\/compact disc\/cuddly toy\/whatever. 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