When setting intentions for what you’d like to manifest, how do you know how big to dream? Do you go for what you really want or what you think you can have? In this article, I’ll share my best tips for finding your intention-setting-sweet-spot.

To stay on track and actually realize our big dreams, we must learn how to see the signs that a dream is manifesting. We must actively, frequently look for the evidence that the dream is coming true all along the way to the full manifestation.

Instead of slamming the manifesting door shut by deciding that what you want isn’t happening, there’s an easy way to focus your mind that leaves the door to dreams-come-true gently open.

What allows some people to manifest their desires no matter what? To put it simply... stubbornness. These Magic Makers have developed a miracle-making mindset of staying stubbornly focused on what they want and the belief that they can and will create it.

The power of a strong morning routine to elevate your entire day cannot be underestimated. If your life could use more magic, ease, flow, fun, good vibes and dreams come true... this is the first thing I’d focus on tweaking.

The idea that we have to be perfect with our thinking is a total myth. Actually, you only need to think positively about what you want just slightly more than half of the time to get things moving powerfully in the direction of your dreams.

What you most want to manifest is likely already in your world right now. It’s just waiting patiently for you to develop the eyes to see it.

One of the most ironic things about manifesting is that often the fastest way to create something brand new and better is to make peace with things exactly how they are right now.

Six years ago, Nick and I decided to try to win front row tickets to see the musical, The Book of Mormon. Joined by 50 or so of our fellow Portlanders, we leaned against the giant concrete columns near the front doors of Keller Auditorium, to hear if our names would be called as that day's winners.

Ready to retrain your mind to believe in big dreams? Here are 3 thoughts I use to help me shift from doubt to belief around my current set of big dreams.

Deliberately manifesting what you want basically comes down to talking yourself into it. These 5 thoughts help take you from doubt to certainty so that you can bring your inspired ideas fully into form.

As with a lot of things in life, a simple approach to transforming negative emotion into positive seems to work best.