I don't really believe that form of Law of Attraction, that your mind can control events. Call me niave, i just can't imagine it.
However, I do believe that we can calibrate our minds to see possibilities for our future. If you consciously go for something big in life, your sub-conscious mind goes to work on how to attain it, and if you are in tune[your actions/thoughts match] with what you want, then you will be able to spot the opportunities that your subconscious mind sees.
For example, you're driving along the highway and your buddy in the passenger seat starts talking about BMWs...For awhile, you'll start seeing BMWs everywhere..If he mentions Fords, your mind will start seeing Fords everwhere, etc.. That's a really simple example...
So if you have goals in your mind and you focus on them daily, then your subconsciousness will work out the step-by-step's of the goal and essentially tell you how to get there. The whole idea is that your mind has to be in tune with your goals, or else all the effort goes to waste.
You have to really want it, in your mind.
You have to really see it, in your mind.
You have to have it, in your mind.
Some other dude brought up Visualization earlier in the post. That is entirely correct. To see a simplistic view of how Law of Attraction works, look at any sport(basketball is easy). Do you think any of them sink a hoop while imagining they will miss the shot? No, hells no. In their head, they've ALREADY MADE THE SHOT. So what they're doing physically is just following the guidelines that their subconscious mind set out for them. Essentially what I'm saying is that you have to believe that you can do something & focus on it, or else it will never work(not consistently, of course).
People tend to underestimate the power of the subconscious mind.
P.S. I wholeheartedly agree that with a simple snap of your fingers the universe will get you what you want, is utter bullcrap. Yet I do support the notion that with the right mindset, anyone here can achieve far more than they think possible. Alot of you seem jaded, by life or whatever, and frown upon the thought that with your mind you can do anything. As long as you treat your mind with skepticism, you won't get any extraordinary results from yourself. Sure you might get lucky or do something you never thought you could, yet alot of the time an external source was the catalyst of it. The other part of the time, well...That's exactly what I'm telling you we can manifest.