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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Yes, once back in highschool, and I laughed the entire time. Then I handed my teacher Think and Grow Rich
But they're the same thing.
Its a positive way of thinking.
Hekks hit it right on the head. I have been dreaming of an Bacon, egg, and cheese sandwhich all moring. I can vision it and everything. So why am I still hungry.
If you employ the Laws of Subtraction, Traction and Action, then the Law of Attraction will work wonders.
I went for a run today and I was thinking of a Lamborghini Aventador, and I haven't seen one sense lol. I don't know if the Law of Attraction works, but why not try. Its a positive way of thinking.
The problem is most never act on those thoughts no matter how strong they are thus thinking that "the secret" is bullshit or they act on the opposite which leads to this.
My problem with it is that there are just as many people who will watch The Secret and wrongfully assume that they can fully substitute action with expectation. They will use dreaming as their process and expect the favorable end result regardless of whether or not they put conscious effort toward reaching their goal.
Everything you said about it (basically, the proper way of using it) is on par with Think and Grow Rich and I agree with it. But to me, The Secret is presented in a misleading way, at least what I remember from it (I should watch it again and reconsider my points).
-hekks
The only defect of that book is action/execution part. One has to get up and work, then apply all that positive thinking and "secret" tactics, and success is guaranteedI have. You didn't state your opinion about it, but here's mine: I think they took one important but small part of positive thinking and blew it up into a marketer's dream. The author knows that the masses like to take the path of least resistance, and hey, there's no easier way to success than dreaming about it (while it passes you by). Now every lazy person out there can feel good about themselves by expecting to materialize a 20,000square-foot home out of pure feel-good thoughts while planting their a$$ in the couch. Keep in mind, this is not my judgement of everyone, but certainly an overwhelming majority of that audience.
I think it's a dangerous delusion that they're selling to desperate-but-helpless minds. Instead of teaching people crap like this, more authors should step up and offer concrete advice such as what the Fastlane has given me.
Don't get me wrong, I believe that positive thinking is an absolute must when dealing with business and self-development, but there is a difference between positive thinking and lying to yourself that you'll have a Range Rover by thinking really hard about it. Maybe you'll finance one at 15%, cause hey, anyone can do that.
My 2 cents.
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