Almost sound liking a drill instructor, huh? I was talking with people on the Rettnet, one of the special needs support groups for people who have children who have Rett Syndrome and one of the things that came up was the discussion of the “The Secret”. Basically, it is the Law of Attraction (what you can imagine you will get, Like Attracts Like, etc). I don’t have too many gripes with it except for the fact that the so-called secret has been around forever in mystical teachings. It hasn’t been taught to the masses because generally they need to have their bodies and minds tuned so that they can clearly broadcast what they really want and is it a noble, life and society affirming wish. Or at least that is how it is presented.
It seems today that everybody wants everything now and fast. I’ve talked about this before in some of my other posts. My cure for this in business, in relationships and in life is to tell people to be disciplined and be positive.
By being disciplined, that means that you don’t give in to every impulse to by the latest gadget or goodie that is thrown in front of your face on television, the internet or anywhere.
That means that you need to get your family on board with discipline as well since it won’t do you any good saving money or energy if everybody else leaves the lights on in every room when they aren’t in it or spend their paychecks as fast as they get it – and then try to max out their credit cards. Sheesh!
I will not be going into some of the fundamental problems I have with the presentation of plans like the Secret, but I will say that positive thinking does work and overall I think that will power and desire are what drive the universe.
The problem I have is that everybody has all sorts of will power and desires that don’t always go along with the wills or desires of everybody else. A lot of the time their desires don’t even go along with the best interests of society as a whole and I thing it is best to leave the subject there for now!
I guess that is where things like social communities like blogs come in. For further discourses please post me a message. In the meantime, I need to practice what I am preaching and get back to working on my next book.
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Kim Greenblatt believes that discipline and Positive Attitude are “The Secret” keys to success in business and life in his profitable blog at http://www.kimgreenblatt.com/wordpress.