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The World Treats You How You Train It To

The Law of Attraction gets talked about like it’s magic. It isn’t.

It’s not crystals, vision boards, or wishing hard enough. It’s a simple, uncomfortable truth: you tend to get back what you repeatedly put into the world.

You’re broadcasting all day. How you show up, how you talk to people, how you handle setbacks, how you treat yourself—those are signals. Not to some mystical universe, but to your environment, your relationships, your opportunities. You throw a pebble; the ripples come back.

Walk around negative, cynical, and bitter and life will keep handing you evidence that you’re right. You’ll notice every slight, every failure, every reason things “never work out” for you. You train your brain to scan for proof that your story is true. You’re not cursed—you’re committed to a narrative that keeps paying you in misery.

Flip it. Approach life with curiosity, optimism grounded in reality, and a growth mindset, and the game changes. You don’t suddenly get everything you want, but you do become the kind of person who spots opportunities earlier, recovers faster, and stays in the fight longer. That’s not magic. That’s intentionality.

The mistake people make is thinking attraction is passive. It’s not “think about a championship and it appears.” It’s “become the type of person whose habits, skills, and relationships make a championship a byproduct.” You don’t attract what you wish for; you attract what you are.

You want success? Start acting like someone who earns success:

• Show up when you said you would.

• Do work you’re proud to sign your name to.

• Learn faster than you complain.

You want better relationships? Become someone worth being in relationship with:

• Listen more than you talk.

• Tell the truth.

• Stop treating people like placeholders until something better comes along.

Your work is a signal too. The quality you put into the world is a magnet. If you consistently solve real problems, take your craft seriously, and make other people’s lives easier, you will not stay unnoticed for long. The right people and opportunities tend to find those who quietly do elite work over long periods.

This isn’t a slot machine. It’s compound interest. Small, aligned actions repeated over time create outsized outcomes. You won’t see most of the payoff immediately, which is why most people quit and call the whole thing fake.

Attraction isn’t just about pulling the right things in; it’s about pushing the wrong things out. Get clear on your values and direction, and you’ll naturally start saying no more—no to drama, no to distractions, no to people and opportunities that don’t match where you’re going. That’s not being harsh. That’s being aligned.

If you want to put this into play, start here:

1. Get honest. What patterns of thought, behavior, and energy are you actually putting out right now? Not the curated version—the real one.

2. Get intentional. Decide how you want to show up: in your work, your relationships, your self-talk. Then start acting like it before you feel like it.

3. Get consistent. One good day doesn’t change your life. Ten years of alignment does.

4. Get patient. The lag between who you become and what you attract is real. Don’t confuse delay with denial.

5. Get open. The thing you want may not arrive in the package you imagined. Don’t miss the right opportunity because you were waiting for the perfect aesthetic.

This whole idea isn’t about manifesting. It’s about responsibility.

You are not in control of everything that happens to you. You are fully responsible for the person you become in response to it. And over time, the person you become decides what tends to show up in your life.

So ask yourself, without the motivational filter:
What am I actually putting into the world right now?
If my life is a mirror, what is it reflecting back about who I am?

If you don’t like the answer, don’t blame the mirror. Change the person standing in front of it.

Two Quotes

1. “Knowing who you are is the best protection against what the world demands you become.” — William Ury

2. “It's easy to become a better basketball player but harder to become a better teammate or person” - Tom Izzo

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 Best Regards,

Colin Jonov, Founder & CEO Athletic Fortitude