The Law of Attraction…

You’ve heard of it, right?

Here’s a reminder: Some people thought it was “The Secret.”

You know, “the secret” formula that would bring you riches, fortune and fame.

Well, I actually believed in it…and still do…but not so much…well, not exactly.

Let me explain…

The Law of Attraction was most recently described – more or less –
as “the energy you create and put out into the Universe is the same
energy that will be returned to you.”

It’s also very similar to written an old sacred text: You reap what you sow.

And, as well, it was also written in another older sacred text as:
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
(They spoke and wrote funny way back then.)

Sounds clear, rather simple and, above all, easy, right?

Wrong! Sorry, life doesn’t give us shortcuts.

Although I will, say life does give us “formulas” that work when properly applied.

Look at the word “attraction” for a moment…what do the last 6 letters spell?

If there was any “secret” this is it: A-C-T-I-O-N!!

Massive, targeted, focused action!

And that is where most people fall down.

I have known thousands of people from around the world who have
“semi-applied” the law of attraction, and most of them have gotten little or no response.

Myself included.

Why? We didn’t get into “proper” action.

I asked myself why…and then I went back to what I believe is the real cookbook for the
Law of Attraction…at least for me (and tens of millions of others): Think and Grow Rich.

Napoleon Hill, who I casually refer to as “Uncle Nappy”, did the research for most of his life.
Has asked tens of thousands of people, successful people and unsuccessful people,
what they did to create their success (or lack thereof).

Originally he discovered 13 principles of success, but as he continued to research
throughout his lifetime, he discovered 4 more principles.

Here’s the list, with some minor editing to make the terms a bit more understandable
(they were originally written in the language of the early 1900’s; a bit archaic I thought):

•    Definiteness of Purpose

•    Mastermind Alliance

•    Applying Faith

•    Go the Extra Mile

•    Pleasing Personality

•    Personal Initiative

•    Positive Mental Attitude

•    Balanced Enthusiasm

•    Discipline of the Self

•    Accurate Thinking

•    Controlled Attention: Focus

•    You and Me: Teamwork

•    Reframe Adversity

•    Creative Vision

•    Health Maintenance

•    Budget: Time and Money

•    Attraction Principles

So, after seeing that and reading that, can you see that there’s a whole lot more to this law of attraction stuff!!

That’s why I think, as well as many others, that this has become The (F)Law of Attraction.

People don’t think they have to work at creating their prosperity.

It takes physical AND mental energy…lots of it!!

Ladies and gentlemen, here’s the bottom line: You will have to work for what you want!

Work hard, in fact, and also work smart.

Here’s what I suggest…I call it my “four-step”:

1.    Create a powerfully huge vision for your life

2.    Write out the goals that will fulfill the vision…
SMART Goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time Oriented

3.    Break down the goals into more specific plans and projects

4.    Out of the plans and projects, make action steps: The smallest actions you take, starting today, to be moving towards your vision

THEN, stay in alignment with it all…stay focused…follow Nappy’s 17 principles every day in every way.

You’ll get there if you do all that.

Oh, by the way, Nappy said that only about 5% of the people actually applied all this stuff.
I figure YOU must be in that 5% since you’re reading this.

Now go for it!!

By the way, since you’re a loyal subscriber, I also made you a success “cheat sheet.”

Just click on the button below and you’ll have access to a chart, similar to what
Benjamin Franklin used to track his daily virtues, but used with Nappy’s success principles.

I think we can all use a little guidance, accountability and feedback, right?!!

Oh yeah, remember: A-C-T-I-O-N!!

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I highly recommend it…very few books get my attention like The Dream Manager has.

Here’s a couple of quotes about dreams you might recognize:

“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’”
~George Bernard Shaw

 
 “Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” 
~Gloria Steinem

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Ken Donaldson introduces his good friend Napoleon Hill and he goes back about hundred years ago and talks about the wisdom the billionaire Andrew Carnegie shared with him.

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Today’s Illuminating quote:

“Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others
argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry
over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their
future in someone else’s hands, but not you.”
~ Jim Rohn, The late (and very great!)
personal development author and speaker

Motivation…Inspiration…Goals…Follow-Through…
Achievement…Success.

Like those words? Most people do.

In fact, most people aspire to live in the essence of these words.

The only problem, as you may have noticed, is that many people come up short.

Why? What stops people from having a truly fulfilling life?

Andrew Carnegie asked himself that question in the early 1900s and hired
Napoleon Hill to go on a 20 year mission to seek out the answers.

Mr. Hill, however, didn’t interview the people who were struggling, but rather,
he interviewed over 500 of the most successful people of those times.

He recognized after this 20 years of research that there were recurring patterns of
all these successful people.

In fact, he recognized 13 distinct patterns between ALL these people.

Would you like to know what they were?

I thought so…here you go, but beware, at face value, they may not make total sense.

1.      Desire
2.     Faith
3.     Auto-Suggestion
4.     Specialized Knowledge
5.     Imagination
6.     Organized Planning
7.     Decision
8.     Persistence
9.     Power Of The Master Mind
10.   The Mystery Of Sex Transmutation
11.   The Sub-Conscious Mind
12.   The Brain
13.   The Sixth Sense

Like I said, some of these may not make sense to you,
but they are worth knowing and investigating.

Oh yes, there are two more things I’ll mention to you.

First, as Napoleon Hill continued his research over the next 40 years,
he discovered 4 more patterns.

More importantly, however, is this: These successful people didn’t just practice
some of these traits some of the time.

They LIVED all these traits ALL the time.

So here’s the bottom-line: It’s time for you to connect with your Inner Winner!

I’m going to make it easy for you. There is a carousel beneath below in which you can
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I’d recommend you invest in “The Laws of Success” and the “Think and Grow Rich
(Original, Unabridged Edition 12 CD Set)” audio version.

That way you can read when you have the time and listen to it on your way to and from work and other appointments you have.

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Oh, plus, I’ll be getting more in depth with all this material over the next year.

Stay tuned…this is only the beginning!

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