The Magic of Strategy: Manifesting Abundance

If you commit to the simple principles of strategy, you can find yourself effortlessly manifesting abundance in your life. I know that’s a bold statement - but time and time again, I have met and exceeded my personal, and professional, goals through the simple and powerful magic of strategy.

At it’s most basic, strategy is a decision to take deliberate actions to affect a desired outcome. This is the Holy Trinity of Strategy: Decision, Action and Outcome. 

Every single human-made thing in this world started out as a thought. The chair you’re sitting on, the computer in front of you, the words you’re reading – even the person writing them – started as a thought.

A thought, plus an action, equals an outcome. This is strategy - simple, elegant, magic. I have succeeded at almost everything I have put my attention to simply because failure doesn’t occur to me. I lock onto a goal, I visualize the outcome and I don’t quit until I succeed. Sometimes I adjust my goals along the way if something better presents itself, but I don’t give up.

This is the key to strategy and ultimately - success.

Long before I fully understood strategy, I was manifesting abundance. I first became aware of its magical powers working on business development with Indigenous communities in rural British Columbia. As a community planner, I was responsible for guiding the emerging economies in communities that had little business experience. 

After generations of poverty, as a result of the restrictive, and even punitive legislature, these communities had become accustomed to failure. Their governing bodies and businesses had learned to work in reactionary conditions. Understaffed, and underfunded, failure was embedded in their collective memory. 

However, without fail, when we took strategic control of our decisions, actions and outcomes, we were able to turn community aspirations into realities. We used this basic toolset to create new businesses, own source revenues and employment.

We transformed thoughts into things – like magic.

We don't merely overcome adversity, we find value in our obstacles. They became our greatest learning opportunities - important plot points in a story we author. Through the power of choice and action we influence outcomes. If we approach a bump in the road as an exciting learning opportunity it becomes fuel for success. We turn a deficit into an asset. If, on the other hand, we approach that same bump as a reason to quit - failure is inevitable.

The world is full of people who are quick to point out why something won’t work and we shouldn’t do something. These are toxic people. We pull them from our lives like weeds competing for our sunlight. We surround ourselves with positive people and thoughts of accomplishment. We visualize our goals and aspirations as reality and manifesting abundance becomes inevitable.

Strategy is about taking control of your own destiny. You are the author of your destiny. As the author you cannot fail. If you let circumstances beyond your control, or toxic people and negative thinking dictate your choices, actions and outcomes then success is all but impossible. 

Lock on to the outcomes that you want to create in your personal and business lives. Check yourself. Are the choices you make moving you towards or away from these outcomes? If they move you away – stop doing that. Make choices and take actions only when they advance you towards your goals.

If you look back at your successes you may find that you’ve been using these simple principles of strategy intuitively to realize your goals and manifest abundance in your life. With this awareness you can marshal choices, actions and outcomes at will and truly live your life on purpose. 

That’s the magic of strategy.

For more on strategy, strategic planning and manifesting abundance check out my website the Edge On Strategy or my eBooks series Strategies for Success.

Best Sam Edge