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I've listened to a couple of books about manifesting and this one had extremely high ratings on Audible. All the more reason to give it a listen, right?

Although I do believe in the power of our minds and that everything we do and achieve comes down to our mindset, I think manifesting is definitely not for all of us. Especially the last chapter of this book confirmed one thing for me about manifesting and that is that it all comes down to having faith. According to Roxie Nafousi, the author, there are seven steps, all, with the exception of the last one come down to having the right mindset and letting go of your fears and doubts. The final step is about having faith in the entire idea of manifesting. What I really dislike about this is how that final chapter is basically a disclaimer telling the reader that: "If manifesting doesn't work for you, it's because you don't fully have faith in manifesting and the Universe." I think this is a very cheap way to ensure that when manifesting doesn't work for a person, you can just say, "Yeah, I just don't believe that you have enough faith, or maybe fears or doubts are holding you back from fully manifesting your greatest dreams."

Having said this, I do think this is one of the best books on the subject that I have listened to. The steps are helpful and will definitely help anyone to get into the right mindset to manifest their dreams and wishes. What it ultimately comes down to, in my opinion, is having the right mindset and taking risks to make your dreams come true. That means you'll have to work hard for the things you believe in and this boils down to making sure you have a clear goal to work towards to, then working your arse off to make it a reality. Nothing is handed to us by the "Universe".

The Universe is a recurring theme in this book. According to the author we need to have faith in the Universe and it will provide for us, if we have an abundance mindset. This means that as long as you think there's plenty of everything to go around, instead of having a scarcity mindset, that the Universe will provide. This is starting to sound a whole lot like a religion, does it not?

Another thing that started to annoy me about this book was all the success stories of Roxie's clients. These were abundant throughout the entire book and all were pretty much testimonials to her own work, full of circumstantial evidence that her seven steps system for manifestation actually works.

So, despite all these comments on the book, I would still give it a three star rating? Well, yes, like I said, this book manages to illustrate how manifesting works in an easy step-by-step plan. Basically, if you strip down this book to just the steps, without all the testimonials, you have got a basic understanding of how manifesting works. Too bad that the final step is just telling you to "have faith in the Universe", which basically is just a very easy way to explain when it doesn't work for people and another point to prove that manifesting is not for everyone.

All in all, I think I couldn't have done the things I wanted without the right mindset. I do think we are capable of manifesting our dreams, but in my honest opinion this is all about mindset and not so much about having faith in the Universe. The Universe owes us nothing, we are all made of stardust and we have to forge our own destinies, but this all comes down to working hard for the things you believe in and that, to me, is what manifesting is all about.