I first heard of it from John Calub's Money Magnet seminar. He taught it to us in various ways but this documentary (as mentioned in Tep's previous post) will give you an idea of what it's all about:
This post is actually an updated version of the one I did last December. I'm typing this one today at 2:48PM on October 9, 2013.
What I wrote before was too tedious to read so I'll try to simplify things to the best of my ability, to suit your reading comforts. :))
The Secret has already been debated over and reviewed for so many times. A guy named Alexander Kjerulf said, "The important thing here is that The Law of Attraction itself is real. But the arguments and explanations put forward in The Secret are alternately unscientific, mystical, nonsensical or just plain wrong." (Read his entire review here.)
I'm sharing this to you so you can have both sides of the story and can decide what's best to believe in. Here's another supporting review, negating John Calub and The Secret. In Andrea Toledo's blog post, she states that "The Secret is not the answer to unlocking the so-called infinite potential of both man and the Universe. Over-optimism is just another word for DELUSION. Watch this RSA Animate video to more clearly understand why too much of anything, including that of positive thinking, can lead to disastrous results. At the end of the day, we must exercise a balance between idealism and realism, or what I personally call "Idearealism"."
Idearealism. Big and shiny word! I actually loved her insight, and loved her site more when I read this on another post: "The key to progress is MOMENTUM. One thing I've learned from a really good friend's dearest mentor is this: What separates the talented ones from the successful ones is that the latter KEEP ON MOVING, MOVING, MOVING... Most especially when they are NOT IN THE MOOD to do anything. :) It's called momentum. Never lose it."
Another example of what she said is the book "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. Listen to the Soul of the World, open your eyes to opportunities and make sure that you act on them.
The previous version of this post goes on about another one of my surprise encounters with my love, Jeric Fortuna. I believed that it happened because my mind directed it to happen. Law of Attraction.
Even after all the stated arguments, I still personally believe in this law. Optimism is always good. But as always, too much of anything is bad. It's up to you, whatever works.
Bottom line is, no matter what method towards success that we use, it's really up to us. We must work for it. We must move our butts out of the chair we're sitting on. Remove our limp bodies from bed. Every. Single. Day. We have to move to make things happen. We can't just wait for opportunities to knock on our doors.
Same goes with personal development. Cosmopolitan Magazine founder Helen Gurley Brown once said, "You cannot sit around like a cupcake asking other people to come and eat you up and discover your great sweetness and charm. You've got to make yourself more cupcakable all the time so you're a better cupcake to be gobbled up."
If I were to make my own formula, it would be Positive Thinking + Great Ideas + Action = Success.
I hope you learned something new from what you've just read. Feel free to share your ideas with us! :)
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