Why ‘The Law of Attraction’ Is Complete Bollocks!

Roy Carter
4 min readJul 9, 2021

(No offence).

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Just so we are clear, the dictionary definition is:-

bollocks

/ˈbɒləks/

noun

VULGAR SLANG•BRITISH

1. the testicles.

2. nonsense; rubbish (used to express contempt or disagreement, or as an exclamation of annoyance).

For the avoidance of doubt, I’m referring in the title of this article to the number ‘2’ dictionary definition.

As you may know about me by now, if you have followed my thoughts and meanderings for any length of time, I’m pretty down to earth and I like to keep things simple. Particularly when it comes to making money online or off.

But in life in general I also like the simpler, calmer, less stressful way of life too.

Simple is best pretty much always, don’t you think? I mean why do something (like earning your crust) in a complicated way, when you can do it an easier, more simple way?

You may also know about me that I’m not into all this ‘whoo whoo and rah rah’ shit either.

I think ‘The Law of Attraction’ is complete bollocks.

Well, it’s bollocks if you think that you can just sit on your fat arse on the couch and ‘attract ’ or think positive thoughts and a Ferrari will suddenly appear on your driveway in the next 7 days as if by magic.

However, ‘The Law of Attraction’ is not complete bollocks if you believe that what you focus your attention on and work hard at will improve. That is what it really is intended to mean, in case you were wondering.

When I say, ‘focus your attention on it and work hard at it and it will improve’, that does not mean hustle your butt off, work all the hours God sends and have no life whatsoever.

I mean, if you want to do that, if you want every day to be a long, stressful ‘hustle and grind’, if you want to head in the direction of complete burn out and an eventual heart attack, then be my guest. You know, whatever floats your boat.

Me? Been there, done that and having done so I’d now rather be sailing that boat on calmer waters.

Roy Carter

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