Laws To Live By

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When it comes to life and business, there are certain laws we must follow in order to get to where we want to go. Laws help to simplify things for us and ensure that we are taking actions that are aligned with our goals and values. These laws below are not just theories; they are the guiding lights that can illuminate our journey through business, personal development, and entrepreneurship.

The Law of Gravity

The Law of Gravity comes from the idea that right now, we’re exactly where we’re supposed to be, and that we need to be grateful for this fact. Having the faith that we’re in the right place, at the perfect time, is a key part of our mindset. Tied into this principle is the principle that we are already happy, healthy, wealthy, and worthy, we just have to figure out what we’re doing to interfere with it.

The Law of Attraction

Many of us are aware of the basic idea behind the Law of Attraction: positive thoughts attract positive results and negative thoughts attract negative results. What this boils down to, in essence, is taking accountability for our own thoughts and actions. Accountability has three parts, with the first being responsibility. If we are accountable for something, we are responsible for it. Not only that, but we are also responsible for the people and events that we attract into our lives. Finally, we must be willing to ask ourselves, “What did I do to participate in this perception and what am I supposed to learn from it?” Only by taking full accountability can we learn and progress, rather than choosing to be a victim of a situation or circumstance.

The Law of Perception

Speaking of perception, it is also important for us to understand the Law of Perception, which states that our perception rules our world. Whether we perceive that we are living in a world of abundance or scarcity, we are right. This is why we must place our attention and intention on looking at life and its circumstances with a lens of positivity, placing our faith in the idea that we are being protected and promoted by what happens.?

The Law of Appreciation

This law of abundance states that we should appreciate what we have, add value to it, and then give it away. Most people love to give, but many of us fail to build a bigger vessel by truly appreciating what we have and being grateful for it.

In practical terms, this means that before aspiring to give back to others, we must first nurture and grow what we currently have. It involves honing our skills, deepening our relationships, and maximizing the potential of our existing resources. This process is not self-centered; rather, it's a strategic approach to amplifying the positive impact we can have on the world.

The Law of Acknowledgement

The next step after appreciation comes from acknowledging what we have, and that only occurs when we give something away. It’s important to understand that giving isn’t the only way to acknowledge something, although it is the easiest and most obvious. Acknowledgement occurs whenever we don’t have something. If we lose it, it’s stolen or manipulated away from us, we can learn even more lessons than if we had just given it away.

The Law of Asking?

Used in conjunction with the Laws of Appreciation and Acknowledgement is the Law of Asking. After we’ve acknowledged something by giving it away, we must be willing to ask for more. After we “empty our vessel”, we need to refill it! We also need to make sure that we are asking for the right things for the right reasons, rather than desiring something to impress others.

Many of us struggle to ask, but what can help to shift our mindset is applying the 100/20 Rule. We need to think, feel, and believe that we are providing other people $100 worth of value, but only asking for $20 of value in return. This belief will change how we feel when asking for and help to increase our statistical success. Plus, the value we provide will eventually win people over and they’ll be compelled to give us value back equal to or greater than what we give. It’s a simple truth of the universe.

As part of this abundance, we must also be humble and willing to ask for help. In some cases, asking for help is the most value we can provide. This situation gives someone else the opportunity to feel great and share their best self, in order to help us get closer to our best self. It’s also important to remember that there are four ways to ask: in-person, via the phone, via email, and (social) media. We must be willing to utilize each of these mediums when asking for what we want. We should not only be consistent and persistent in asking, but we need to remember to ask big!

The Law of Behavior

Our habits are an energy, and that energy aggregates and compounds upon itself over time. This means that we have to be very conscious about the aggregation of our behaviors, both positive and negative. Often, we expect immediate results from our positive behaviors and don’t expect any results from our negative behaviors, but this isn’t how the world works. It’s also virtually impossible for us to understand the progress we’ve made at any given moment, which is why we are prone to quitting right before a breakthrough. Because our behaviors aggregate, compound, and accelerate over time, and as a result, we need to be intentional about what we say, think, do, believe, and feel.

What further complicates things is that we almost always fail to understand the true meaning of the outcomes that we receive. We don’t have the capability of understanding the outcomes that have occurred, so we are forced to give meaning to the past instead. The meaning that we give to the past needs to be one of radical humility, that we don’t know what we don’t know. This humility should also stem from the knowledge that we don’t have the capability of understanding the future, either. All outcomes occur in the past, regardless of how much action we’ve taken to prepare for them, and we’re incapable of understanding them because we can’t tell the future.

While we can’t control our inability to understand outcomes or predict the future, we can control the meaning that we give our past. When we view those situations and circumstances as promoting and protecting us, rather than punishing us, that optimistic perspective empowers us to continue taking action aligned with the goals we’re striving for.