At some point, you might find yourself short on money with no obvious way to fix it. You'll have a plan. You'll have strategies. But you won't know exactly where the money will come from.

That's where I am right now. So I tried something that might make some of you groan: I manifested money.

You've probably done it too, even if you didn't call it that. People manifest their destiny all the time by telling themselves what they want or deserve:

I want to be rich.

I want to find a girlfriend or boyfriend.

I want to get married.

I will have two children.

I will make my first million by 35.

I will get into that school.

I will land that hot pre-IPO AI job.

I will write a national bestseller.

I will get promoted to managing director.

I will lose 10 pounds this year and keep it off for the rest of my life.

I will perform in front of a large crowd and make no mistakes.

Some of these come true.…