I’m not going to tell you (the secret) is some magic cure all like Oprah and other celebrities. I can on the other hand, tell you some logical reasons as to why it works.

- Confidence

When you focus on a single thing that you desire, money for example, a few things happen. The first and most apparent will be the placebo effect. You instantly have confidence in what you do and start to actively feel better. This can easily lead to job promotions and bonuses. Your first instinct is to blame this on the “The Law of Attraction!”

- Paranoia

Something seemingly random such as buying a lottery ticket and winning a few dollars will be blamed on this magical law. The balance of good and bad luck in anyone’s life is about 50/50 so every time something positive happens you’ll assume it’s the book. When in reality it’s just a change in perception. You are no longer focusing on the negative and are instead focusing on the positive.

- Focus

For “The Law of Attraction” to work you have to focus on a single goal, such as money. As soon as you start doing this money will magically fill your bank. This isn’t true of course, in reality you’re hard work and dedication will fill them. Most people don’t realize that they have never really focused on a single goal. When you do this you tend to succeed. That’s why most self help books recommend you choose one goal and focus on how to get that, then set another one. These micro goals will end with you succeeding in your major goal.

- The Subconscious Mind

When focusing on this one simple goal your subconscious mind goes into overdrive. You’ll start to dream about ways to accomplish the goal and in the back of your mind always be figuring out ways to get what you want. You might even subconsciously do things in your life to achieve it, such as randomly talking to people you normally wouldn’t or even subtly changing the style of clothes you wear.

“The Secret” DOES work, but it’s not because of some magical law. The secret works because it makes you use basic goal setting and focusing techniques that experts have recommended for years.

Andrew

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You have a good point, Gordie. You never know. I am after results. If things work then that is enough for me and that is why I stress that everyone should experiment and find what works for them.

Can’t wait to read the next few parts!

It’s pretty impressive how much you can enhance your goals by writing them down. Almost like you tell your brain to do this stuff and it believes you, just because you wrote it down, you made it permanent

Cheers!

I agree with everything that you wrote. Years ago, when I first learned of LOA (this was long before “The Secret”), I created a goal book of all the things that I wanted in my life. Within five years, I had achieved every single thing in that goal book.

Usually I create a new goal book every two years or whenever everything in there has been accomplished or experienced. My goal book usually is just a notebook with images/pictures of things I wish to be or experience. It always works without fail.

And I loved how you wrote that if you are happy, you draw more happiness to yourself. That is so true. We draw whatever we feel. And even though you did not include scientific proof, it does exist…yay!

I look forward to the rest of this series!

Keep Smiling!

I prefer a more scientific approach to the whole matter

You’ve also probably heard about how powerful your beliefs (programming) can be. This is often demonstrated by hypnotists. So programming, visualizing, taking action and changing your beliefs will definitely change your life.

Whether you want to call it the Law of Attraction or something else is not important, use whatever term makes you happy and brings you the life you want, because that’s what is important, right?

Thanks for the awesome comment, Sami!

However, there are a couple things that do make sense to me:
- Visualizing does impact the unconscious mind, and unconscious mind guides our actions more than we think.
- By “programming” the unconscious mind this way will cause us to naturally make choices and take steps that bring us closer to our goals.