“The process of concentrating on the goalevery day greatly increases the likelihood of noticing anopportunity in the environment. The coincidence will createthe illusion that writing down the goal causes the environmentto produce opportunities. But in reality the only thingthat changes is the person’s ability to notice the opportunities.”

Scott Adams
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