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Introduction

The Law of Control states that we feel good about ourselves to the degree to which we feel that we are in control of our own lives. When we are physically, mentally and emotionally controlling the changes in our lives, than this naturally leads to greater achievement, emotional satisfaction and a sense of fulfillment. Uncontrolled change on the other hand leads to stress, anxiety, frustration and misery – all of which signifies that our minds are undisciplined and lacking order and structure.

This IQ Matrix Mind Map breaks down the Law of Control and how it applies to our lives from a variety of angles and perspectives.

• The 1st Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map delves into the meaning behind the Law of Control and the impact that it has on our lives.
• The 2nd Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map analyzes the benefits and drawbacks of the two types of control that influence our lives.
• The 3rd Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map presents several strategies and self-analysis questions that will enable you to gain a greater sense of clarity about your life, and subsequently allow you to seize back conscious control over your decisions, behaviors and ultimate destiny.

The Law of Control

The 1st Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map delves into the meaning behind the Law of Control and the impact that it has on our lives.

Your Degree of Control Determines…

The degree of physical and psychological control that we feel we have over our lives at any given moment in time essentially determines how feel around certain people, how feel on a daily basis, how we feel under specific circumstances and conditions, and the types of emotions we tend to experience consistently.

Your Level of Control

When it comes to our ability to control our life and circumstances, there are essentially two levels of control that we can become habitually accustomed to:

High Level of Control

Under certain conditions, people and circumstances we can experience a High Level of Control.

Having a sense of a High Level of Control naturally leads to the experience of positive emotions, and it signifies that our lives are controlled by us (Internal Locus of Control), and not by outside circumstances or people.

Low Level of Control

Under certain conditions, people and circumstances we can experience a Low Level of Control.

Having a sense of a Low Level of Control naturally leads to the experience of negative emotions, and it signifies that our lives are controlled by external circumstances and people (External Locus of Control), and not by ourselves.

The Importance of Controlled Change

When we learn to effectively take Real or Imagined control over the changing conditions and circumstances of our lives, than this naturally leads to lower levels of stress, higher levels of performance and a greater sense of overall achievement and confidence in our personal abilities.

Types of Control

The 2nd Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map analyzes the benefits and drawbacks of the two types of control that influence our lives.

When We Lack Control

When we feel that we are lacking control over events, people, circumstances and the emotion we tend to experience on a consistent basis, than this naturally affects us in limiting and negative ways.

Here are the drawbacks of this type of control:

High Levels of Procrastination & more

When we feel that we are lacking control over our lives and circumstances, our bodies naturally begin to panic. This state of hesitancy raises our levels of stress, anxiety and overall ability to think effectively under these emotional conditions. Moreover, all of this naturally leads to higher levels of procrastination, as we feel somewhat unable to effectively deal with the circumstances of our lives, and as such we tend to do nothing about it, and as a result procrastination ensues.

Limiting & Negative Emotions

Sensing a lack of control over our lives can also lead to many other limiting emotions such as frustration, disappointment, overwhelm, guilt and anger.

Whenever you are experiencing these emotions, it simply means that at that very moment you are feeling as though you are not in control of your life. As such, you will continue to experience these emotions up until the moment when you feel that you have gained back some semblance of control over yourself, your life or your circumstances.

Ineffective Choices & Decisions

As we become overwhelmed by all the above mentioned negative emotions and limiting behaviors, is it really surprising that we naturally begin to make ineffective choices and decisions on a daily basis?

Our Choices and Decisions are a reflection of our state-of-mind and of our ability to effectively predict the outcomes of our lives before they occur. If we feel that we are lacking a sense of control over our lives, people or circumstances, than this will naturally breed a sense of hesitancy and fear, which brings up thoughts of an uncertain future leading to indecision and the vicious cycle of procrastination.

When We Maintain Control

When we feel that we are maintaining control over events, people, circumstances and the emotions that we tend to experience on a consistent basis, than this naturally affects us in empowering and positive ways.

Here are the benefits of this type of control:

Productive Emotions

When you experience a sense of control, you naturally feel good about yourself, your life and the circumstances you find yourself in. This therefore attracts positive and empowering emotions into your experience, which likewise adds to your Clarity of Thought.

Greater Clarity of Thought

When you experience a sense of control, you are able to think without stress, anxiety and a plethora of other above mentioned emotions that clutter your thoughts with negative outcomes.

Effective Choices & Decisions

When you experience a sense of control, you experience positive emotions and Clarity of Thought, which allows you to make better and more effective choices and decisions about your life and circumstances.

High Levels of Motivation

When you experience a sense of control, you naturally believe that your choices and decisions will lead to the outcomes you desire to bring forth into your life. This therefore raises your levels of motivation and inspires you to take positive action.

Inspired & Proactive Action

As a consequence of all the above, you take inspired and proactive action, thusly bringing forth into your reality the goals and objectives you have set yourself to achieve.

Self-Analysis & Transformation

The 3rd Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map presents several strategies and self-analysis questions that will enable you to gain a greater sense of clarity about your life, and subsequently allow you to seize back conscious control over your decisions, behaviors and ultimate destiny.

Self-Analysis Questions

Here are several self-analysis questions that will help you to gather the necessary information and resources you need in order to take back control over your life and circumstances.

Life Areas You Control

What areas of my life do I control?

Life Areas You Semi-Control

What areas of my life do I partly control?

How can I enhance my control within these areas? Socially, physically and emotionally?

Life Areas You Don’t Control

What areas of my life don’t I control?

How can I gain control over these areas?

What am I unable to control?

How can I let go of the need to control these areas?

How can I learn to accept that not everything can be controlled all of the time?

Transformational Strategies

The following discussion focuses on outlining some effective strategies you can utilize in order to gain back the control you desire to have over yourself, your life and the circumstances you find yourself in every single day.

If you take the time and effort to implement even some of these suggestions, you will undoubtedly develop the necessary frame-of-mind and willpower to control the outcomes within your reality.

Cultivate the Qualities of Control

There are certain personal qualities and attributes that if cultivated in the right manner and in the correct quantities will naturally enable you to gain back control over your life and circumstances.

Present Moment Awareness

At any moment in time when we are suddenly feeling that we cannot control our life, events or circumstances, it helps to focus on the Present Moment. Once there, you soon realize that within the Present Moment you can begin by controlling your breath, the movement of your body, hands, legs, etc. Soon afterwards you realize that you can also control how you talk to yourself, your thoughts and subsequently the emotions you are experiencing in the moment. Consequently, you begin asking better and more effective questions, which enables you to make better decisions about the current predicaments you are facing, leading to an unusual Clarity of Thought and Proactive Action.

Just remember that control ALWAYS starts and ends in the Present Moment.

Persistence

No matter how little control you have in the present moment, it always helps to cultivate the quality of Persistence. If you persist long and hard enough in creative ways, than the odds will eventually be stacked in your favor – enabling you to gain some semblance of control, which will lead to ever greater levels of control as long as you keep persisting and moving forward in a creative manner towards your goals and objectives.

Patience

At times experiencing a lack of control has to do with nothing more than bad timing. During moments such as this it is important to let yourself go, to disassociate yourself from your experience, and wait the storm out patiently. Additionally, all the while as the storm is brewing around you, keep your senses primed to spot opportunities that may arise. The moment an opportunity arises, is the moment you have an opportunity to get back in the game one small step at a time.

Foresight

Foresight is the ability to see beyond your present circumstances, and into a future of potential pitfalls and/or opportunities.

By thinking ahead in an open-minded manner, you will develop the necessary foresight in order to determine the best course of action you should be taking in the next moment, thusly enabling you to take back control over your present circumstances a slice at a time.

Focused Attention

When we are lacking control, it is very easy to become overwhelmed in the moment, and as a result we naturally tend to blur out the obvious answers that we are looking for.

Cultivating Focused Attention means that you are attending to the microcosm of details that make up your current predicament. It is after all within these ‘details’ that ideas are born, and it’s within these ‘details’ that you will find the necessary answers and solutions to help you take back control over your current life condition and circumstances.

Discipline

Cultivating discipline will enable you to become better aware of what is required to take back control over your present circumstances.

Discipline helps us to stay at a task longer; to spot the details that normally would be out of range of our senses; and it provides us with a greater Clarity of Thought, allowing for proactive action and the development of a deep sense of conviction about the task at hand.

Humor

When you are able to humor yourself about your current predicament or about your uncanny lack of control over your life circumstances, you effectively detach yourself from your experience, and associate yourself with the possibilities of finding an effective solution that will help you gain some semblance of control as you move forward towards your desired outcomes.

Create Productive Time Schedules

By taking the time to organize your time, you are effectively giving yourself the ability to control how you spend your time, where you spend your time, and how long you spend it. That by itself enables you a great deal of control over the events and circumstances of your life.

Additionally, by being disciplined and sticking to your time schedules – no matter how events or circumstances change around you, – will keep you within that Zone of Control, thusly enabling for greater Clarity of Thought and proactive action in the midst of turmoil.

Create Empowering Goals & Objectives

Just by setting empowering life goals and daily objectives, naturally provides us with a sense of control over our lives.

When we work towards achieving an outcome, we naturally work from a place of control where we know our outcomes and understand what we must do to get them. That by itself will provide you with a greater Clarity of Thought enabling you to make better and more effective decisions about the predicaments that confront you on a daily basis.

Create Contingency Plans

The moments when we tend to lose a sense of control over our life and circumstances, are the moments that surprise us unexpectedly without prior warning.

These unexpected events cause great distress because we simply did not prepare for them before we took our current course of action. As a result we hesitate or feel powerless when moving forward, and thusly lack the necessary Clarity of Thought to overcome these unexpected setbacks.

In order to overcome these types of instances, we must take the time to develop effective contingency plans if things don’t go as we expect. This can take some time and effort. However, you could save a lot of time by asking yourself:

What consequences could potentially result from this course of action?

How will these consequences impact my state-of-mind and circumstances?

How will I take control of these consequences in an effective and efficient manner?

Accept Change Wholeheartedly

For many people Change can be a positive and enlightening experience. However, for other people – and under different conditions – Change can also mean a loss of a sense of control over certain aspects of their lives.

Many times over we must simply accept that change is inevitable, unavoidable and unpredictable. In such instances we must learn to appreciate this change for what it is, instead of trying to resist it with all our strength.

Change occurs because our energies are no longer aligned with our habitual patterns of behavior. As a result our circumstances change, our life conditions become somewhat foreign to us, and we lose that sense of control, certainty and familiarity. When this occurs, it is important to just accept things as they are and take notice of the opportunities that have suddenly become available to you.

Change does not signify an ending, but rather New Beginnings.

Develop Real or Imagined Control

If you are unable to develop Actual Control over the events and circumstances in your life, than simply Fake It!

Close your eyes and imagine yourself being in control of the events and circumstances that are causing you distress. Close your eyes and really think about it…

If I had unlimited resources, how would I resolve this predicament?

If I had NO Limitations, how would I gain control over my current circumstances?

You may actually find that by imagining Being In Control, will actually provide you with that missing creative spark that will enable you to gain the Clarity of Thought to take control over your life circumstances.

Let Go of What Can’t Control

When all else fails just simply Let Go of what you can’t control.

There is no point in hanging onto and stressing about something that you cannot influence or control yourself. Just Let it Go, and move on with your life.

Sometimes things do have a way of working themselves out. And if they don’t, than at least you are not stressing about that Storm raging outside. If you can’t control the Storm, than what’s the point of stressing about it? Just let things go

Control Your Mind

Finally, the one thing that We ALWAYS Control no matter what is going on around us is our Mind.

You are always capable – maybe not always willing but certainly capable – of controlling your thoughts, attitude, self-talk and the subsequent emotions you experience as a result.

No matter what is going on around you, there is never an excuse not to begin by taking control of your own mind. To do this, simply start by thinking and talking only about what you want to Do, Be, Have and Achieve. Who knows, you may actually find that all your answers lie within

Final Thoughts

Our need for Certainty and Control is no doubt a primary driving force of Human Development. It’s something that has shaped the course of evolution, and it is undoubtedly something that will continue to shape each and everyone of our lives for all eternity. However having said that, we must also keep in mind that we are not really talking about External Control, but rather Internal Control – the control you have over your thoughts, self-talk, attitude and beliefs. It is after all this Internal Control that has the power and influence to shape your life choices, decisions, actions and ultimate destiny.

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Introduction

Are you the type of person who feels that “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, at the worst possible time, all of the time, without fail, when you least expect it?” If that sounds like you, than you are living under the influence of Murphy’s Law. Many people will naturally interpret this law as a pessimistic view of life. In fact, they couldn’t be further from the truth. Murphy’s Law is built upon the solid principles of Forward Thinking – preparing effective contingency plans that will help ward off possible setbacks and minimize the negative impact of the challenges that lay before you.

So who was Murphy? Is he a real person or just a figment of a cultural imagination?

This IQ Matrix Mind Map breaks down Murphy’s Law and twists it in a positive light – allowing us to take advantage of these laws to help us better prepare for the unexpected setbacks, problems and challenges that life throws our way.

As you read these laws, stay alert to the possibilities and opportunities that they awaken within you as you interact with the outside world.

The greater our capacity to think clearly about our circumstances, and spot things that otherwise we would have ignored; the greater the likelihood that we can turn disaster into potential rewards that will serve us as we move into the future.

Anything Can Go Wrong!

Anything that can or cannot go wrong, will go wrong, and is your fault.

Taking personal responsibility for our life and circumstances is one of the fundamental keys to success. We must own up to our mistakes and take the blame for our predicament no matter how unfortunate circumstances may have panned out. When we do this, we will be better able to foresee possible obstacles and challenges that lay ahead of us as we move towards the attainment of our goals and objectives.

Anything that you do or don’t expect will go wrong, and will be worse than expected.

We must always expect the unexpected, or at the very least prepare contingency plans for unfortunate circumstances, time delays, or for what seems to be nothing more than rotten bad luck.

If we are personally finding it difficult to expect the unexpected, than we would be wise to ask others for their opinions and perspectives. Sometimes the most unexpected people might be able to shed some light into the darkest corners of our world.

Anything that doesn’t go wrong, won’t last and creates even bigger problems.

The moment we feel that we have successfully avoided a catastrophe, is the moment that the whole world can cave in on us without a moment’s notice. As an individual, we always have a very limited perspective of the impact that our behaviors, decisions and actions have on the world around us. What initially might seem like a gift, may in fact turn out to be your worst nightmare. To avoid these circumstances, we must always be alert to the potential negative impact that supposedly positive decisions, behaviours and actions can have on others, circumstances and the world around us.

Anything that you try fixing will take longer than expected and cost more than you initially thought.

Whenever we undertake a task it is very easy to approach it from a limited perspective – meaning that we don’t have all the information that is required to get the job done to the best of our ability or to the standards that are expected. This essentially comes down to the questions we ask ourselves before the task is undertaken. The more thought-provoking the questions, the greater their capacity to expand our understanding of the situation, and the more likely we are to predict the potential time and cost of the tasks that we undertake throughout our day.

Anything left to itself will go from bad to worse.

How many times have you thought to yourself that “If I ignore this problem, it may just go away and resolve all by itself itself.”

• Maybe other people will take care of it for you?
• Maybe circumstances will miraculously change?
• Or maybe luck will favor the ignorant?

There are just too many “maybes” within this scenario. The bottom line is, that if you are not in direct control of something, than it is likely to get out of control very quickly and in unexpected ways. Consequently, in such instances it is best to resolve the problem as best you can, or at the very least keep the problem close to you in order to progressively influence it towards a satisfactory outcome over an extended period of time.

Anything worth doing has already been done.

We live in a world of ideas, of motivated, creative individuals who – as a unit – are progressively and rapidly moving the world forward technologically, entrepreneurially, physically and emotionally. A supposedly great idea that you have today, may in fact be in the stages of development on the other side of the world. A wonderful thought that you have today may unknowingly be rewarding a 14 year old kid with financial abundance.

Don’t assume that your business idea is unique, or that it hasn’t been done before. Assume instead that it has been recycled over and over again, and that you must now twist it in such a creative, ingenious way that it will become far more than what it is today, beyond what you ever expected.

If you don’t stretch yourself and your imagination, you will never really know what you are capable of.

Nothing Ever Goes Right!

Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Under most circumstances, we don’t have all the required information on hand to clearly identify what is involved in completing a task or project successfully. The reason for this is either we don’t have the experience, haven’t asked the right questions, or simply fail to grasp the complexity of the task at hand. In order to avoid these pitfalls we would be wise to seek out relevant information, to ask others for clarification and assistance, and to question the things that we would normally deem to be irrelevant to the situation and task at hand.

Nothing is as worthwhile as it seems.

When our imaginations and emotions lock on an object or opportunity, they become an all-consuming force that puts Rose Colored Glasses onto our eyes, and raises our expectations beyond the realities of life. In such instances we see things not as they are, but rather what we wish them to be. Yet, the reality of life is that things are not always as they seem, and what might at times seem like a golden opportunity, ends up being nothing more than mud in the hand.

Consequently we learn that opportunities are not always all that we imagine, and certainly not what others make them out to be. And as a result we critically question and examine everything meticulously before jumping to unjustified conclusions about life, circumstances, opportunities and others.

Nothing is ever perfect.

From our limited personal perspective it is easy to imagine that things are perfect. Yet, little do we realize that from another perspective there are real concerns and problems that we just don’t see because we fail to open ourselves to alternative views and angles of the situation or circumstance that we find ourselves in. What may initially seem as a flawless plan, can quickly turn on its head; and what might look fresh on the outside may in fact have been rotting away from the inside for days on end.

Unless we ask the right questions and become aware of the possibilities that nothing is ever perfect, than we will remain ignorant to the bacteria that is feeding off of our skin.

Nothing is created equal.

There is nothing equal in this world. People are not born equal, companies do not have equal opportunity, and nothing ever seems fair. They are the realities of life that we must accept and live with. Only through acceptance will we begin to understand how to take advantage of this law for our own personal benefit.

Nothing is created equal is in fact an EFFECT of a CAUSE that stems from the choices and decisions we make on a daily basis.

Nothing may be created equal, however the quality of our choices and daily decisions can and will level the playing field; and at other times provide us with an advantage over others if utilized to their fullest capacity. Therefore don’t discount the effect that small choices can have on the scales that balance the opportunities and problems that confront you on a daily basis.

Nothing has a straightforward solution.

We as human beings are creatures of habit who look for the quickest possible path towards the destination we are aiming for. We therefore usually jump to quick conclusions and assume that there is always a straightforward solution to the problems in our lives. In some instances this might be true, however in most cases we quickly underestimate what is required to overcome the obstacles and challenges that confront us, and as a result we wilt under the pressure of false expectations, and give up hope before hope ever had a chance to force us to think critically and creatively about the problems that confront our lives.

If you always think that Nothing Ever Has a Straightforward Solution, than you will always discover creative pathways to the toughest challenges in your life.

Problems Always Exist!

Aways smile because tomorrow will be worse.

It is said that the person who smiles first has the last laugh.

Life is in fact a journey of unexpected twists, of continuous problems and obstacles that divert us off the beaten track. The simple act of smiling will allow us to get through these challenges with a greater clarity of thought, and enable us to rise through the emotional setbacks that overwhelm the many who never see past the clouds and fog that blocks their sight.

You are different. You understand that life is meant to test your willpower, to test your resolve and capacity to think under incredible amounts of emotional pressure – as a result you smile with a sparkle in your eye, fully knowing that you are ready for the worst that is yet to come.

Always several things will go wrong at the same and worst possible time.

It is said that the only certainties of life are death and taxes. Additionally, you can add to that list that life will always throw you a curve ball when you least expect it and effectively collapse the domino tower you were building so meticulously for so many years. All that work for nothing, and now you must begin once again and build the tower from the bottom up.

To avoid these circumstances you must identify possible scenarios, minimize the possible side-effects and develop contingency plans if the worst case scenarios were to come to fruition today.

Always every solution breeds new problems.

The moment we think of a brilliant new idea that will finally resolve a problem, is the moment we become too emotionally involved within the circumstances, and therefore fail to critically examine the solution from a variety of angles and perspectives.

Being unable to fully grasp and understand the effects that a solution can have long-term, short-term, on us, the world and on our relationship with others, can in fact cause further problems in unforeseeable ways. Ideally a solution must feel good, be good for us, good for others and serve the greater good. If it doesn’t than it will probably cause more problems than it is worth.

Always whatever you want you can’t have.

What we want we can’t have because WANTING something is an act of desperation that stems from lack rather than from plenty. All of this comes back to the Universal Law of Magnetic Attraction which shows us how it’s not so much the WANTING that gets us what we want, but rather the intention behind the thought of HAVING something that attracts into our life the desires we would like to bring to fruition.

Always whatever you can have you don’t want.

What we want we can’t have, and yet what we have we don’t want… How does that work? If you know, please share within the comments!!!

Always everything takes longer than expected.

It is said that time contracts and expands in accordance with our expectations x 2. What this means is that however long you expect something to take, it will usually take at least twice as long to complete than you initially expected. This is due to a simple lack of experience and Forward Thinking that fails to take into account all the possible interconnecting pieces that culminate to form the end result that you are wanting to bring to fruition.

The solution lies in asking more effective questions, chunking down the task that you need to complete into distinctively small components, and preparing contingency plans for possible setbacks that may confront you along your journey.

Always everything goes wrong all at once.

There is always the possibility that things will go wrong all at once. As a result you must prepare the necessary resources, tools and information you will need in order to minimize or better yet, overcome the scenarios that could unfold.

If you fail to prepare, than you are planning to fail.

You will Always find something in the last place you look.

If you always find something in the last place you look, than you might be better off to look for it beginning in the last place you would have decided to look in the first place

There is Always another problem around the corner.

Let’s be honest and just get down to the hard truth here…

It is said that life is like a box of chocolates, and that you just don’t know what you’re going to get. Yes, there is some truth here, however it’s not entirely true. We actually do know what we are going to get. You see, what they don’t tell you is that every chocolate has a special caramel filling that’s enriched with a substance known as a PROBLEM – in other words an Opportunity to grow and become more than what you are today. Additionally the problem provides you with an opportunity to expand your understanding of your world, to stretch your limits and test your resolve.

And when we finally eat that last piece of chocolate from that beautiful chocolate box of life, we smile, and grab another box out of the draw filled with further caramel fillings enriched with problems, obstacles, and challenges that make life well worth living.

Yes, there is always another problem hiding around every corner. However, it’s not about the problem, it’s rather what you do with it, how you approach it, what you learn from it, and what that problem makes of you. Nothing else matters in the end.

Whenever Something Can’t, it Will!

Whenever everything is going right, than something is wrong. Additionally, whenever things are going well you have overlooked something.

It is very easy for us to become somewhat complacent when things are progressing as we had planned and prepared for. We naturally relax, lay back and expect that nothing will change. Yet, little do we know, that beyond our awareness, yet still within our physical control, there is something stirring in the background. It is something that we don’t expect, something we actually might have overlooked. And it is this something that will throw you off balance when you least expect it.

The solution lies in developing thorough checklists that prepare you for the task at hand – making sure that you haven’t overlooked something that is critical to the project’s success. Additionally you should consider preparing a maintenance checklist that is ticked off during the task or project and takes into account as many possible scenarios as you can think of that may require your attention.

In most cases that which we don’t expect can hurt us in the end. However, what we don’t expect, isn’t usually something that we can’t influence or control if we expected it in the first place. It therefore all culminates in effective Forward Thinking and the planning and maintenance tactics you utilize before and throughout a task or project.

Whenever things seem too good to be true, they probably are.

People will always try and entice us with wonderful things. In fact, these people will make a great deal of effort in order to convince us that what they have is exactly what we need and will help us overcome all our problems and attain the life we desire to live. These are no doubt wonderful promises that at first seem too good to be true. However, when our emotions get involved within these kinds of interactions, funny things begin to happen and we naturally reject our critical thinking mind and jump into situations head first without a second thought.

In more cases than not, whatever seems too good to be true, is probably too good to be true, and may in fact cause you more problems than it is worth or at the very least leave you disappointed that you wasted your time in the first place. In such scenarios, do your research, speak with a variety of people, seek different opinions and perspectives, and above all else, make an educated decision.

Whenever something was supposed to happen, it won’t.

Do you tend to worry and stress all of the time? Maybe you are one of those people who always expect the worst from every situation? Well, how about you begin expecting in advance that something you expect may not in fact transpire when and how you expect it. Wouldn’t that put an interesting twist on your worries and concerns?

The same is obviously true in reverse. Many times when we expect positive outcomes, they will tend not to come to fruition when or in what capacity we expect them. This simply means that the timing wasn’t right, that you overlooked something, or simply missed the train as it passed through the train station. Either way it all comes down to good planning and meticulous concentration.

Whenever life seems at its worst, it gets worse.

Imagine yourself paddling vigorously down a river. You’re bobbing up and down, almost crashing into rocks, and scraping through by the skin of your neck. “This is really tough work” you think to yourself, and you can’t imagine it could get any worse, when all of a sudden you spot a waterfall in front of you, and a few moments later fall over the edge.

This is a perfect example of life getting worse with every stroke.

You literally crash to the very bottom of the waterfall, yet miraculously survive the fall. You think that it just couldn’t get any worse, when all of a sudden your paddle hits you in the head with a big thump.

At this stage most people give up, feel sorry for themselves and don’t try anything meaningful ever again. However, little do they realize that they have fallen into another river, a New Beginning of sorts that is calm, serene and flowing gracefully through a beautiful tropical forest filled with wonderful riches and opportunities. If they only realized that life could be this way, than it most certainly could.

Whenever life seems at its worst, it does get worse; that is unless you are able to see beyond the fog and down the corridor where opportunities await.

Whenever you are good at something, you will always screw it up.

Complacency is the mother of all problems. Whenever we believe that we are good at something we naturally relax and happen to overlook critical aspects that need our constant attention and energy. And as a result we screw things up and end up with problems that we never knew existed.

To overcome such scenarios we must approach each task as a novice – a beginner of sorts who has many unanswered questions. From here we must develop a thorough checklist and plan that we can follow meticulously during the project or task to ensure that nothing gets overlooked or accidentally ignored. In this way we will minimize screw-ups and maximize our skills and talents.

Whenever you try pleasing everyone, nobody will like you.

Everyone is different and unique in their own right. We all have experienced a different psychological path through life, and as a result we have developed a variety of ways of interpreting our world. Consequently we also developed unique ‘likes’ and ‘dislikes’ which means that we won’t always like what others like and vice-versa. Additionally, this means that you cannot please everyone all of the time, and when you try pleasing everyone you will naturally end up pleasing no-one because there is no middle line – there is no balance.

Life is simply black and white, and the middle line is only an illusion that we think exists. Therefore your solution is to do your very best to please the majority of the population with what you have to offer, and throw everybody else out of consideration.

Everyone is Better than You!

Everyone has dreams that will never be fulfilled.

Humans are natural dreamers. We dream of a better life, we dream of perfect health, we dream of more wealth, and above-all-else we dream of the experience of pleasure over pain. However, dreams are exactly what they are; just dreams. They are not goals, objectives, tasks, projects, etc. They are just dreams, resting within our heads making us feel all wonderful and tingly inside.

Don’t get me wrong, it is wonderful to have big dreams, however dreams will never become reality unless we turn them into goals, objectives, tasks and projects. Therefore if right now you have a dream that is giving you wonderful tingly feelings in your body, than the truth of the matter is that it will never become YOUR REALITY unless it gets taken out of the Realm of Fantasy and into the Realm of Clarity and Action.

Everyone has tasks that will never get done.

Let us be honest with ourselves… it is not possible to complete everything when you have 50 things on your To Do List.

Given the unpredictable nature of human beings, the unexpected realities of life, and the undeniable effect that a chain reaction of circumstances can have on your time, energy, money and resources – you quickly realize that you have tasks that will just never get done.

This is a simple case of overwhelming ourselves with too much Busyness and not enough Substance.

The solution is simple. Prepare a list of the 5 to 7 most important things that you must do today, and only do those things. Don’t worry about the other tasks. Just get the big rocks out of the way and life will provide you with the oxygen you need to keep moving forward. Additionally, it will be worth your while to learn to schedule your time sensibly, to plan for interruptions, and create contingency plans for unexpected emergencies.

Everyone has goals that are beyond them.

Having big goals is a wonderful thing. However, most of us will never attain these goals because we simply fail to realize that we need to build steps to reach them.

Just imagine having a big goal dangling up in the sky 50 meters over your head. How will you reach this goal? How will you soar up into the air and take possession of this object?

The key lies in setting consistent objectives that will enable you to build ever bigger stepping stones helping you to climb progressively higher towards your goal.

Objectives are like mini-goals that you work on to achieve on a daily and weekly basis. Once an objective has been attained, you effectively take one step closer towards your outcome and the attainment of your goal.

Everyone has plans that are never successful.

Planning is an art form. If you rush your plans, than you could very well be creating more problems than is worth your time, energy, effort and money. And for that reason everyone has plans that are never successful.

The solution lies in undertaking a meticulous planning regime where you take into account all possible scenarios you have to deal with, resources you have on hand, and outcomes that you might be confronted with if things don’t go as expected. Only by undertaking a process such as this will you successfully develop the confidence to see your plans through to the very end.

Everyone is better than you at something.

On the surface this may indeed seem rather depressing. However, below the surface this is an opportunity in disguise.

Life is all about relationship building. Additionally it is about leveraging other people’s skills, talents and abilities in order to create Win / Win scenarios that will enable the both of you to benefit from the relationship. You must therefore become aware of other people’s abilities and have the Forward Thinking skills to identify how their abilities can be best utilized to help you get what you want most in life.

In the end, nobody can do everything by themselves. That’s why we build companies, organizations, clubs and team. Everything is a team effort. And leveraging off other people’s skills, talents and abilities is just another interpretation of Darwin’s Survival of the Fittest.

Everyone believes in something false and unproven.

Our beliefs are deeply ingrained into our psyche from the youngest age. We developed these beliefs based on our understanding of the world at the time. Whether our understanding was correct or false did not matter. All that mattered was that it made sense to us, and as a result we came to believe what we believe today – whether true or false.

There are many false beliefs that are rather insignificant and can’t really hurt us psychologically. However, there are other beliefs that are malicious and may very well be influencing every fragment of our lives in very negative and unpredictable ways.

We must learn to identify these false beliefs, and then transform them into new and empowering convictions that will move us forward in rapid succession towards our life goals and objectives.

Everyone always knows what you don’t.

Have you ever stepped out of the bathroom and wondered why others are smirking at you??? Well… if you are a female, than you probably tucked your skirt into your underwear; and if you are a male, your zipper is probably undone

Since everyone always know what you don’t, doesn’t it make sense to pick their brains from time to time and learn from their experience? Life could become so much simpler and so much more fun

Final Thoughts

Murphy’s Law is a law about life, about the importance of Forward Thinking, and about shifting our perspective about the ‘so called’ negative circumstances that life throws our way over and over again.

From another angle, Murphy’s Law is about spotting the opportunities, and the seeds within every problem that we must cultivate and grow into positive outcomes every time we take up a new challenge. And finally, Murphy’s Law is about you. About your approach to life, and about turning the so called ‘lemons’ into a refreshing glasses of lemonade. In the end, it’s up to you. Murphy’s Law can either work for you or against you.

Which path do you choose?

To learn more about Murphy’s Laws please visit the Murphy’s Laws Site which showcases many variations of Murphy’s Law within different contexts and settings.

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Introduction

The Universal Law of Magnetic Attraction states that we attract into our lives people, things and circumstances that correspond with our dominant patterns of emotional thinking. This Universal Law has 3 sub-laws. The first is the Law of Attraction which states that our thoughts are like magnets attracting into our life corresponding circumstances. The second is the Law of Expectation which states that whatever we expect with ‘feeling’ becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. The third sub-law is the Law of Reflection which states that everything happens first inside of us then corresponds outside of us. Each law is critical and builds the foundations of the Law of Magnetic Attraction.

This IQ Matrix Mind Map breaks down the immutable Universal Law of Magnetic Attraction and tries to represent it in such a way that will enable you to take advantage of its principles and utilize them to improve the quality of your life.

• The 1st Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map breaks down the Law of Attraction and discusses the fundamental guiding principles behind this Universal Law.

• The 2nd Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map breaks down the Law of Expectation and discusses the fundamental guiding principles behind this Universal Law.

• The 3rd Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map breaks down the Law of Reflection and discusses the fundamental guiding principles behind this Universal Law.

• The final Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map presents a few Transformational Analysis Questions and some effective strategies you can utilize to help you take advantage of the Universal Law of Magnetic Attraction to get you what you want most in life.

Keep reading for a more in-depth explanation of each Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map. And don’t forget to download this FREE Mind Map at the IQ Matrix Shop.

The Universal Law of Magnetic Attraction is part of the Universal Law series of posts:

This article post only scratches the surface of what it takes to attract what you want most into your life. It is in essence a very simplistic version of life that has many more hidden layers and rules that must be fully understood and adhered to if you truly seek to take advantage of the Law of Magnetic Attraction. To get a deep understanding of all the psychological layers involved within this process, please refer to the MasterMind Matrix Chart.

The Law of Attraction

The 1st Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map breaks down the Law of Attraction and discusses the fundamental guiding principles behind this Universal Law.

The Law states that we magnetically attract circumstances, events and people that are in harmony with our dominant thoughts, emotions and patterns of self-talk. This means that what we think about most of the time, how we think about things, talk to ourselves, and the emotions we experience throughout our days, determines the events, circumstances and people that we tend to attract into our lives.

The Law states that we magnetically attract into our lives that which we talk about most of the time. This not only includes how we talk to ourselves, but also encapsulates how we talk to others, how we talk about our circumstances and our life experience as we go about our day.

The Law states that you are the Sculptor of your future and your ultimate life destiny; that you are the Painter of your life’s canvas and experience; and that you are the Architect of your life circumstances and attitude.

For better or worse, whether good or bad – the Universe simply does not judge how we sculpt our life, what paint we use on our canvas, or how we design our circumstances. It simply responds to the intentions of your creative mind by bringing forth into your life events, people and circumstances that correspond with your dominant patterns of thinking, talking and emotional longings.

The Law of Expectation

The 2nd Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map breaks down the Law of Expectation and discusses the fundamental guiding principles behind this Universal Law.

The Law states that what you expect within yourself with confidence doesn’t disappoint and becomes your self-fulfilling prophecy. This simply means that our expectations about ourselves, our lives and our circumstances will always come to fruition one way or another as physical manifestations within our reality.

If we expect that good things will always happen to us, than good things will happen even if at first they may appear unfortunate or unlucky circumstances. Moreover, what we believe is the only road to a destination is in fact one of many that may take several surprising turns and twists before the destination itself is reached. In such instances we must maintain a state of positive expectancy in order to identify the opportunities that may come our way as we make progress towards our goals and objectives.

The Law states that what you expect from people and situations determines your attitude towards people and situations. This simply means that our expectations towards people and circumstances affects and influences the attitude we project out into the world. Moreover, this attitude is accompanied by corresponding thoughts, self-talk and emotions that further attract into our lives those things that are in harmony with our dominant psychological patterns.

The Law states that people behave in accordance with other’s expectations of them. Consequently people do not become What they Make of Themselves, but rather adapt their behavior, thoughts, emotions and self-talk to the influence of others who are around them most of the time. This is a significant statement because it means that Who You Are and What You Are Becoming is simply a by-product of the influence of those closest to you. Their expectations shape your personality, decisions, actions and behaviors on a daily basis – potentially leading you down a path that is not of your choosing.

The Law states that people are only reflections of your attitude and emotions. Moreover people are mirrors of your inner word; of your psychological frame of mind. This simply means that what you see in others is simply a reflection of who you are within yourself and what you are projecting out into the world on a daily basis. Therefore if you don’t like something about another person, the key is to first look within yourself and identify what within YOU is causing this response.

All solutions lie within us and not outside of us…

Triggers Formation of Beliefs

The Law of Expectation triggers the formation of beliefs you have about yourself, life and others. This simply means that whatever you expect from yourself and from life influences how you think, talk and feel about circumstances, which therefore affects what you believe about these circumstances.

The Law of Reflection

The 3rd Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map breaks down the Law of Reflection and discusses the fundamental guiding principles behind this Universal Law.

The Law states that everything happens FIRST Inside of you, then corresponds Outside of you. Additionally, nothing is achieved outside of you unless it is first created within. This means that you cannot experience anything in the real world without first creating it within yourself via your thoughts, self-talk and the emotions you project out into the world.

The Law states that your circumstances reflect your inner states and frames of mind. This simply means that the current circumstances you are experiencing in your life are the result of the inner states (emotions) and frames of mind (perspectives and beliefs) you have had on a consistent basis over an extended period of time.

The Law states that your Outer World corresponds with your dominant thoughts and emotions. Your Outer World is essentially a reflection of your Inner Psychological Universe that encapsulates thoughts, emotions, beliefs, convictions, values, attitude and the perspectives you accept to be true in your life.

The Law states that your level of Wealth, Intelligence and Health is a reflection of how you think consistently about yourself, others and circumstances. This is very good news because it means that anything you don’t like about yourself or about your circumstances, can in fact be transformed over time by making progressive shifts within your psychological makeup. For more information about how to go about doing this, please refer to the MasterMind Matrix.

Transformational Analysis

The final Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map presents a few Transformational Analysis Questions and some effective strategies you can utilize to help you take advantage of the Universal Law of Magnetic Attraction to get you what you want most in life.

Ask yourself the following set of self-analysis questions that are designed to help you alter your inner world of thought in order to attract what you want most into your outer world of experience:

How does my outer world reflect my inner world of thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, emotions and convictions?

How does the world harmonize with my thinking?

What in me is causing my problems?

What are the flaws in my thinking patterns?

How must I alter my thoughts to transform my life?

The Do’s of Magnetic Attraction

Here are a set of straightforward rules, strategies and guidelines that will help you attract what you want most into your life.

Transform Inner Aspects of Mind

It is important to remember that NOTHING can happen outside of you unless it is first created within YOU via your thoughts, emotions, self-talk, and beliefs. Therefore by transforming the inner aspects of your mind (the CAUSE) you will gain ascendancy and control over the reality that is outside of you (the EFFECT).

Ask Solution Focused Questions

Asking Solution Focused Questions will enable you to focus on what you want to do, be, have and achieve in your life; while at the same time redirecting your thoughts away from your problems, challenges and the thing that you don’t want to experience. Additionally these questions will help stimulate your creativity, therefore opening the doors of new insights and opportunities that you may not have been aware of before.

Take Full Responsibility for Actions & Circumstances

The moment we begin to take full responsibility for our actions and life circumstances, is the moment we begin to gain control over our lives.

We must all reach a point in our lives where we fully appreciate and accept that the life we are experiencing at this very moment is a result of what we have been projecting out into the world from within on a consistent basis over an extended period of time. It is only after we take full responsibility for our circumstances that we begin to shape our lives on purpose and mold our destiny with conscious hands.

Expect that Your Problems are NOT Permanent

A Problem is simply a fancy name for an Opportunity that you haven’t as yet identified.

Problems are there to alert us to errors in our thinking, and to bring forth into our awareness alternate ways of doing things that will help us get what we want most in our lives. Additionally, it is important to expect that solutions can and will always be found, and that anything is possible at any time given the right frame of mind.

Change How You Think About…

To transform your life circumstances you must begin by changing how you think about yourself, people, events, and the world around you.

It is said that the definition of “Insanity” is simply doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. The same principle applies here. If you continue to think about your life, others and circumstances in the same way as you always have, than you will always have what you have always had and nothing more.

Change Yourself First

Finally, and most importantly you must change yourself first (the CAUSE) in order to change the external circumstances of your life (the EFFECTS). If you misunderstand this principle and flip it over the other way, than you will suffer the consequences of a frustrating existence that brings you nothing but resistance, dissatisfaction and unfulfilled dreams.

The Dont’s of Magnetic Attraction

Here is a list of a couple of things that you should NOT DO if want to attract what you want most into your life.

Don’t Try Changing People or the World

The only thing we control 100% of the time is our frame-of-mind.

When millions of people suddenly change their frames-of-mind about specific issues or circumstances, than a natural shift occurs that creates a wave of influence – dramatically transforming and altering societal perspectives almost instantly overnight.

Just by changing yourself, you can over time open the floodgates to new opportunities and understandings that can drastically change the course of history for all mankind.

Don’t Talk & Think About What You Don’t Want

When you talk and think about what you don’t want in your life, you naturally call to action the Law of Magnetic Attraction which corresponds to your dominant psychological patterns and begins to draw What You Don’t Want into your life experience.

Finally, it is important to remember that the Law of Magnetic Attraction is neutral and doesn’t choose whether something will be to your liking or not. It rather just brings forth anything that is consistently aligned to its magnetic principles.

Final Thoughts

The Universal Law of Magnetic Attraction is a powerful and all encompassing law that determines and dictates what we have or don’t have in our lives. It can either work for us if we begin accepting responsibility for our own psychology and circumstances, or it can work against us if we go about our days with an unconscious frame of mind – blaming events, people and circumstances outside of ourselves for our life predicaments. The law is neutral, and therefore how you use it rests completely in your conscious hands.

I hope that the principles behind the Law of Attraction are now becoming clearer with every post, and will continue to gain more clarity as we continue with this series of IQ Matrix Mind Maps about the Universal Laws of Success in the weeks to come. To read the entire series, please click through to the Universal Law posts section of the IQ Matrix Blog.

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Introduction

The Universal Law of Belief states that we Do Not Believe what we see, we rather See what we have already decided to Believe. This Universal Law is a foundational law of life to the extent that without wholeheartedly “believing” that something can become a part of your reality, than consequently it will always remain out of your reach – no matter how desperately you may want it in the moment. Unfortunately life doesn’t give us what we Want, but rather what we Intend with Feeling – whether that intention lies at a conscious or unconscious level of awareness.

This IQ Matrix Mind Map breaks down the immutable Universal Law of Belief and tries to represent it in such a way that will enable you to take advantage of its principles and utilize them to improve the quality of your life.

• The 1st Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map describes the Universal Law of Belief and discusses the intricacies of how our beliefs influence and determine the course of our life’s destiny.

• The 2nd Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map delves into the world of Self-Limiting Beliefs and the paralyzing impact and influence they can have oer our lives.

• The 3rd Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map breaks down some simple Mindset Altering Strategies that will enable you to take control of the beliefs that are directing your daily decisions and actions.

• The final Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map presents a few Transformational Analysis Questions that can help you take advantage of the Universal Law of Belief and utilize it to better the circumstances of your life.

Keep reading for a more in-depth explanation of each Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map. And don’t forget to download this FREE Mind Map at the IQ Matrix Shop.

What Are Beliefs?

Beliefs are built upon a mix of fact and fictitious perspectives we have about life, ourselves and others.

Beliefs are built upon prejudice. When we prejudge something, we are ineffectively reaching premature conclusions about the events and circumstances that are directing our attention. In many instances, we reach conclusions despite evidence to the contrary, or despite our best efforts to make logical sense of the situation at hand.

Beliefs are in essence filters of reality and experience. They filter-out of our sensory perspective anything that simply doesn’t align with our psychological programming. And consequently we don’t see reality as it is, but rather how we perceive it to be.

Beliefs are based on incomplete and biased sensory perspectives that have been conditioned and programmed over time through our memories of past events, circumstances and experience. These memories that we BELIEVE are real, are in essence only interpretations we made about reality at the time. Moreover, these interpretations of Reality have been filtered over and over again through our Belief Systems over the years, and have taken on a life of their own; reinterpreting our life experiences in a multitude of unique and creative ways that have nothing to do with the reality of those events.

Beliefs are nothing more than interpretations of events, circumstances and life experience. Our emotional state, frame of mind, social condition, and other factors all affect how we will interpret the events and circumstances of our lives. If for instance we were to experience an emotional breakdown while certain events and circumstances took place around us, than our beliefs of those events and circumstances would be very different than if we were to be in a positive frame of mind at the time.

Beliefs consistently reject any information that is inconsistent or contradictory in nature. For this very reason it is extremely difficult to convince someone of your opinion or perspectives if they have already developed a strong alternative belief about the information you are providing them with. The more emotional involvement is associated with a belief, than the stronger the conviction, and the more steadfast this person’s perspective is going to be. As a result, they will reject any and all information, no matter how logical it may seem, if it isn’t consistently aligned with their conditioned patterns of believing.

Beliefs determine the intensity of our emotional experiences in relation to people, events and circumstances. In other words, your beliefs provide you with a set of pre-programmed fundamental rules and emotional reactions that you Launch when certain Anchors are activated within your environment (such as people and circumstances) triggering specific and conditioned emotional responses.

Beliefs determine how we behave on a daily basis. We consistently act in accordance to the beliefs we have about the World, Ourselves, Others, Events and Circumstances. These are pre-programmed responses and reactions that we have conditioned ourselves to accept without question. And the longer we allow these Conditioned Responses to perpetuate within our psyche, than the greater difficulty we will have in transforming these patterns for the better.

Finally, Beliefs are nothing more than just Illusions of Reality.

You do not believe what you see, you rather see what you have already decided to believe.

Self-Limiting Beliefs

Self-Limiting Beliefs are simply Beliefs that you have about yourself, others, circumstances and the world around you that limit your life in some way. In most instances these beliefs are just interpretations you have made about reality that work against the Goals and Objectives you seek to achieve in your life.

Our Self-Limiting Beliefs make up the fundamental flaws of our psychology. They limit our Opportunities, Behaviors and Actions in so many ways at an unconscious level of awareness, that it is frightening to think about the possible long-term impact they are having upon our lives.

Your Self-Limiting Beliefs undermine your ability to grow as a psychologically healthy human being. They essentially paralyze your ability to think effectively, to make sensible decisions and to take proactive actions. If you are finding yourself fighting through procrastination, stress, worry, anxiety or fear; than these are sure signs that your Self-Limiting Beliefs are dictating your life’s reality and ultimate destiny.

Your Self-Limiting Beliefs will hold you back from living the life you desire to experience, and will dramatically limit your potential as a Human Being in so many ways that it is very difficult to fathom the true extent of their impact on your life.

Your Self-Limiting Beliefs consistently encourage the development fear, self-doubt and lead to patterns of emotional self-sabotage.

Are my current belief patterns working for me or against me?

Mindset Strategies

This section of the IQ Matrix Mind Map discusses some effective Mindset Altering Strategies and techniques you can immediately utilize to help you overcome the Self-Limiting Beliefs that are currently ruling your life and creating your destiny.

What to DO

Do reject your limiting beliefs by no longer accepting the control that they have over your life.

Do believe with feeling. Your feelings and emotions will give life to your beliefs. Therefore cultivate your Empowering Beliefs by sprinkling them with intense “Feeling” and you will progressively transform these Beliefs into Unshakable Convictions that will move you towards the attainment of your goals and objectives.

Do model the beliefs of successful and proactive people. They have attained their current level of success because of the beliefs that are driving and dictating their patterns of behavior. Your objective is to find out what drives these people, what beliefs and convictions they cultivate within their psyche, and model these patterns within your own mind.

Do challenge the self-limiting beliefs that are currently holding you back from the life you want to experience. Simply begin by Questioning their validity and existence, and resolve that you will no longer accept them in your life.

Do develop your natural talents and abilities by involving yourself in activities that will help instill new Empowering Belief patterns within your psyche. These new belief patterns will spread like wildfire and affect all other aspects of your life.

What NOT to DO

Don’t jump to rash conclusions as a result of predetermined patterns of thinking and believing. Consider that you may probably not yet have the full picture of the events and circumstances under question.

Don’t accept the self-limiting beliefs that are currently dictating your life’s decisions and actions.

Don’t settle for less than your best. If you are taking shortcuts or not giving your best at any moment in time, than this is a sure sign that you have a set of limiting beliefs that are currently dictating your life’s decisions and actions.

Don’t prejudge possible problems. Consider the possibility that problems can at times be Opportunities in Disguise. However, they will always be “problems” if you see them in the light of your own limiting patterns of believing.

Don’t prejudge personal potential and ability, which could be lying dormant within the recesses of your mind. Unless you push your limits, and think beyond what you “believe” you are capable of, than you will never really know how far you can possibly go.

Don’t prejudge other people or circumstances because life’s too short to jump to rash conclusions about things you don’t really know.

Don’t prejudge until obtained all relevant knowledge, perspectives, understandings and information about other people, events and circumstances. Until you know all there is to know that is relevant to the present person or situation, than you really don’t know much at all.

Don’t underestimate available solutions and opportunities that may be hiding just out of view or just outside the invisible boundary of your limiting patterns of believing.

Transformational Analysis

The final Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map presents a few Transformational Analysis Questions that can help you take advantage of the Universal Law of Belief and utilize it to better your personal life experience.

Ask yourself the following set of questions to help you overcome your self-limiting belief patterns:

What self-limiting beliefs are currently holding me back from the life I want to live?

How do others view these self-limiting beliefs? What other perspectives are there?

What would I do if there were no limits to my money, talent, time, potential and ability?

What would I do if I knew I could not fail?

What must I now believe to achieve my ambitions, dreams, goals and objectives?

Final Thoughts

The Universal Law of Belief is no doubt a transforming principle of life that – if used correctly – will allow you to attract what you want most. If on the other hand it is utilized to promote your Self-Limiting Beliefs, than it will consequently hold you back from the attainment of the reality you desire to experience on a daily basis.

I hope that the principles behind the Law of Attraction are now becoming clearer with every post, and will continue to gain more clarity as we continue with this series of IQ Matrix Mind Maps about the Universal Laws of Success in the weeks to come. To read the entire series, please click through to the Universal Law posts section of the IQ Matrix Blog.

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Introduction

The Universal Law of Cause & Effect states that for every EFFECT there is a definite CAUSE, likewise for every CAUSE there is a definite EFFECT. Your Thoughts, Behaviors and Actions create specific EFFECTS that manifest and create your life as you know it. If you are Not Happy with the EFFECTS you have created, than you must change the CAUSES that created them in the first place… Change Your Actions, and you Change your life… Transform your Thoughts, and you will create a brand new Destiny.

This IQ Matrix Mind Map breaks down the immutable Law of Cause & Effect and tries to represent it in a way that will enable us to take advantage of its principles and utilize them to improve our personal lives.

• The 1st Branch of this Mind Map describes the Law of Cause & Effect and identifies what it enables us to do if we seek to obtain success in any field of endeavor.

• The 2nd Branch of this Mind Map discusses the premise that life isn’t built upon accidents, chance or luck. It is rather built upon Cause & Effect.

• The 3rd Branch of this Mind Map delves into the dynamics behind Free Choice. It describes how we are consciously and unconsciously choosing what we experience and how we feel on a daily basis.

• The final Branch of this Mind Map presents a few Transformational Analysis Questions that can help us to take advantage of the Universal Law of Cause & Effect and utilize it to better our personal lives.

Keep reading for a more in-depth explanation of each Branch of this IQ Matrix Mind Map. And don’t forget to download this FREE Mind Map at the IQ Matrix Shop.

The Law of Attraction

We will not specifically discuss the Law of Attraction here. However, the Law of Cause & Effect and several other laws – that will be discussed at a later time, – are in fact the CAUSES that lead to the EFFECTS of the Law of Attraction. This means, that if we are able to gather an understanding of these laws first, than that will essentially help us to better utilize the Law of Attraction to attract what we want most into our lives.

If you have read other blog posts @ the IQ Matrix Blog, you will already know that I am not a big fan of the Law of Attraction. I feel that it is presented by most people as a short-cut / quick fix idea for those who are struggling to get through life. And in many ways certain and specific principles are ignored or skipped over all together because these people have simply failed to understand the true significance of this Universal Law.

I won’t go into detail of how to manifest the Law of Attraction in your life here. However, by reading through the MasterMind Matrix Chart and learning to understand the principles behind our psychological tendencies, you will begin to understand what it takes to bring forth the Law of Attraction into your life.

The discussion that follows will instead focus on the Law of Cause & Effect, which – as stated earlier – is the CAUSE that leads to the EFFECTS of the Law of Attraction.

The Law of Cause & Effect

The 1st Branch of this Mind Map describes the Law of Cause & Effect and identifies what it enables us to do if we seek to obtain success in any field of endeavor.

The Law of Cause & Effect states that:

Every EFFECT has a specific and predictable CAUSE.

Every CAUSE or Action has a specific and predictable EFFECT.

This means that everything that we currently have in our lives is an Effect that is a result of a specific Cause. These Causes are the Decisions we make and the Actions we take on a daily basis. Whether our decisions seem small and rather insignificant, or whether they are significant and transformational in nature, does not matter. Each and every Decision we have made and Action we have taken has set events into motion creating predictable and specific Effects that we are now experiencing in our lives.

This Law of Cause & Effect further states that:

Success in any field of endeavor is a Direct Result of specific CAUSES and Actions.

Success in any field of endeavor is an Indirect Result of specific CAUSES and Actions.

This basically means that Achieving Success in any field of endeavor is predictable and can be repeated if we are aware of what we are doing. Moreover, if you make the right Decisions and take the right Actions, you will undoubtedly achieve the success you envision for your life – whether you are directly aware of it or not.

As a consequence the Law of Cause & Effect brings to light the idea that Success can be Modeled once we are aware of what we WANT. All we must do is find out what Successful People DO, and we will be able to DO what they DO to achieve the success that they have attained in their own lives.

However, finding out what people DO is only the beginning. We must also identify these Successful People’s:

• Decisions
• Habits
• Beliefs
• Values
• Emotions
• Behaviors
• Actions, etc

In essence we must intimately study these Successful People from within their Personal MasterMind Matrix. And only once we have identified How They Are in all these areas; only then can we take advantage of the Law of Cause & Effect to help us attract similar results and success into our own lives.

There Are NO Accidents

The 2nd Branch of this Mind Map discusses the premise that life isn’t built upon accidents, chance or luck. It is rather built upon Cause & Effect.

The Law of Cause & Effect stipulates that:

Success is NOT built upon Chance or Luck.

Success is NOT determined outside of You.

Success is CREATED within You.

In short, the law states that there are NO Accidents in this world, and that the Effects we create in our lives are a direct result of Causes that come from within ourselves.

The Law of Cause & Effect goes onto say that:

Everything happens for reasons, whether good or bad.

Because nothing happens by chance or luck, therefore everything happens for a reason as a direct result of the Cause that you brought about from within yourself.

Whether good or bad, life doesn’t play favorites. What you attract into your life is a direct result of the Causes you brought forth into existence.

The Law of Cause & Effect goes onto say that:

Your life conditions create EFFECTS.

Your life reactions to Events and People determines how you feel and behave.

Who you’ve been, are today, and whom you’re becoming, is in essence creating the conditions and circumstances of your life and manifesting your future in front of your eyes. In fact, how you react to the events, people and circumstances of your life, is actually determining how you feel on a daily basis; and this by itself is creating a Chain of Effects that are constantly transforming your destiny anew every day.

The Law of Cause & Effect also discusses the Power of our Thoughts:

Your Thoughts create CAUSES.

Your Thoughts give meaning to circumstances.

Your Thoughts are creatively manifesting your reality.

Your life experience is a reflection of Thought Manifestations.

Within the seed of individual Thoughts, lie the origins of the Causes we create within our reality. These Causes create Effects which we experience in our lives as Manifested Life Circumstances. In fact our Thoughts do more than just that. They actually give meaning to our Experience of Reality. Which is why each of us holds a different perspective of the world around us.

You Have Always Had Free Choice

The 3rd Branch of this Mind Map delves into the dynamics behind Free Choice. It describes how we are consciously and unconsciously choosing what we experience and how we feel on a daily basis.

The one thing that is completely within our control from the moment we come into this world is our conscious power over our Thought Processes.

The Law of Cause & Effect states that:

We Choose how to interpret our experiences.

We Choose to experience emotions both consciously and unconsciously at any one moment in time.

We Choose to behave in accordance with how we Think about the world, others, events and ourselves.

Because we have Free Choice to control our Thought Processes at all times, and since our Thoughts create the Causes that lead to the Effects that we experience in our lives, than this therefore leads us to the conclusion that We Have Freely Chosen to experience life as we know it, whether we are consciously aware of it or not.

The Law of Cause & Effect further states that:

Free Choice has created learned behaviors, responses, reactions, thoughts and interpretations of life and circumstances.

We are experiencing Life as we Know It because of the Learned and Conditioned Psychological Patterns we have pre-programmed into our minds over a lifetime of Free Choice. Moreover, this Psychological Programming is filtering our experience of reality in a very biased yet very predictable manner – effectively creating and interpreting our existence in front of our eyes.

The Law of Cause & Effect does however provide a solution for this predicament. It states that:

Because we have Free Choice, this means that we also have Free Choice to Unlearn our thoughts, behaviors and reactions.

Because we have Free Choice, this means that we also have Free Choice to become Proactive and Conscious Thinkers.

Free Choice means that it is never too late to turn things around.

No matter how unfavorable our circumstances, how dark our predicaments or how unlucky we may have been. Free Choice means that we can Make a Different Choice and choose to Unlearn what we have learned, and Learn what it will take to trigger the Causes that will create the Effects we desire to experience within our lives.

Transformation Analysis Questions

The final Branch of this Mind Map presents a few Transformational Analysis Questions that can help us to take advantage of the Universal Law of Cause & Effect and utilize it to better our personal lives.

The Law of Cause & Effect has provided us with several guiding principles that we can now use to create a set of Transformational Analysis Questions that will help us to take advantage of this Universal Law instead of allowing the Law to take advantage of us.

The following Transformational Analysis Questions will help you to gain greater clarity about your life and thought processes, allowing you to find the answers that will enable you to achieve the success you desire to experience in your life:

How are my thoughts Causing, Creating and Maintaining my Current Life Circumstances?

How can I begin interpreting my world differently?

How can I change my patterns of thinking?

How can I model other people’s successful behaviors, habits, decisions, thoughts and actions?

Final Thoughts

The principles behind the Law of Cause & Effect are very deep and profound, allowing us to see life NOT as a set of random occurrences, but rather as a predictable formula of conscious Free Choice that can be molded and shaped to create the life we would like to experience and enjoy on a daily basis.

This discussion is only the beginning of a series of Universal Law IQ Matrix Mind Maps that will hopefully shed some light into segments of the MasterMind Matrix, and the unseen Universal Principles that are guiding and creating our daily realities.

I hope you enjoyed this post. If you have any further queries or questions, or would like to share your experiences about this topic, than please do so in the comments section below.

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