The Secret is a best-selling 2006 self-help book by Rhonda Byrne, based on the earlier film of the same name. It is based on the belief of the law of attraction, which claims that thoughts can change a person's life directly. The book has sold 30 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 50 languages.
Here’s the essence of The Secret in 3 lessons:
The law of attraction is one of the most prevalent principles in the world.
In order to use the law of attraction, you must think about what you want, not what you want to avoid.
The three steps of the law of attraction are asking, believing, and receiving.
To manifest your dreams, you must ask, believe, and then receive.
Besides regularly thinking about your goals, visualizing them, and framing them positively, Rhonda suggests an actual, three-step process you can use to make the law of attraction work for you:
- Ask. This is about being specific in what you want out of life. Vague questions get vague answers. Use a present tense structure and write down what you want from a perspective of gratitude: “I’m grateful to have [INSERT DESIRE].”
- Believe. If you don’t have unwavering faith in your goal, why should others? This is about radiating confidence, so that the people you meet along the way will support you. Don’t be blindly optimistic, but in a go-getter spirit.
- Receive. Imagine how you’ll feel once you accomplish your goal. What would life be like? Visualize. This’ll prime your actions in the right direction.
Again, I’m all for planning, being motivated, and believing in yourself. “the law of attraction only works if you do.” So think positive, prep for success and then work like a madman to get what you want.
Lesson 1: law of attraction.
“As you shout into the woods, so they echo back.” In essence, the law of attraction states that what you think and feel determines what you’ll attract into your life.
The Master Key System by Charles Haneel, and even the book Rhonda herself found it in, The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles, all describe it in different forms. For example, if you focus on all the negative feedback you get as an artist, you’ll likely encourage more criticism. Similarly, it’s hard to imagine a person who hates money to become wealthy, and so on.
What the book is often criticized for is its overemphasis on the power of the law. While there is a concept in psychology called priming, that shows we intuitively act based on influences, you can’t live your entire life this way. So yes, it’s important to put yourself in the right state of mind to achieve your goals, but that alone won’t cut it.
Lesson 2: The law of attraction only works when you think in positives, not negatives.
Another case study of the law of attraction is Jim Carrey, who, funnily enough, discussed his experience with Oprah in 1997, also before she knew about The Secret. As an aspiring actor, Carrey would stop on his drive home every night, think about his future accomplishments and visualize them. He took comfort in the fact that he “[did] have these things, I just don’t have a hold of them yet, but they’re out there.”
He even wrote himself a check for $10,000,000 and post-dated it 5 years. Lo and behold, he did end up making the sum from Dumb and Dumber, just around the deadline. What’s remarkable about the way Carrey did it, and Rhonda says this is a prerequisite for the law of attraction to work, is that he always envisioned the positives that would come into his life, rather than the negatives he was trying to avoid.
When it comes to our internal monologue, loss aversion is a powerful driving force. We’re a lot more worried about losing what we have, rather than getting what we want. That’s why most of us subconsciously play not to lose, instead of playing to win. In part, this is why people who take more risks have less competition. Fewer people shoot for great than for average.
Lesson 3:
To manifest your dreams, you must ask, believe, and then receive.
Besides regularly thinking about your goals, visualizing them, and framing them positively, Rhonda suggests an actual, three-step process you can use to make the law of attraction work for you:
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