Enjoyed reading this take on manifestation. For me, practicing manifestation over the years has forced me to look at limiting beliefs about myself that have kept the reality I want to manifest from ... well ... manifesting. You definitely have to take action, and a manifestation practice helps you develop, as you say, the positive mindset that brings it to you.

And it's definitely a "practice" involving lots of repetition as you dismantle old neural networks and build new ones.