How many times have you had a thought about something and then been distracted by something else and then, somewhere in the future, that same thought comes up?  For example, the other day my doctor noticed that I had what he called foot neuralgia, so he prescribed Neurontin.  I picked up the prescription and it was great.  Made my feet feel like new again.  The next day in the mail, this flier came in that was touting homeopathic cures.  I’m into homeopathy enough to know what works for me but I’m always looking for new ideas so I glanced through it.  They would mention an ailment and then tell me to get their New Book and I would find the answer on page so and so.  I was about to throw it out when something caught my eye.  It talked about foot neuralgia.  I figured that it would refer me to a page in the book but on this one topic they decided to give the answer.  Alpha lipoic acid, was their recommendation.  I had been using GTF Chromium and noticed that provided some relief.  But I hadn’t tried alpha lipoic acid. 

Do you notice how many times you recommend something to someone and they just shrug and it almost seems that they don’t even hear you?  Like asking a friend if they want to see a movie at the cinema?  And then sometimes later that day, often after a few days, they will come back and suggest the very same thing?  I don’t even tell them that I mentioned that exact same thing a few days earlier … I just say “yes, I would love to go to the movie with you”.  I now use that ploy regularly.  I’ll mention something that I would like to do and then wait for them to mention it back.  It seems that when we think of something we like we often don’t like it when someone else mentions it.  It’s like we want to be the first ones to bring up the idea.  Anything less is not acceptable.  But I have learned to bury my ego and not let that get to me.  Instead, I have learned how to get what I want, even if I’m actually manipulating others somewhat.  Is it really manipulation though, if the other people suggest it?  Even though I may have planted the seed?  Yeah, you’re right, it is for sure.  But it does work … may I suggest you try it and see how it works for you?  It’s kinda fun to do too.  Empowering, it is.