DealFiles Success!

As you may be aware, The Secret - now a book and a movie - focuses on the Law Of Attraction. The law of attraction is, in fact, no law at all, but simply a re-tread of very old, very tired positvie thinking philosophy. It is nothing less than a false faith. If you have bought into what I call The Secret Lie, I caution you to think very carefully.

The Secret movie purports to hearken back to ancient days, when wealthy men closely guarded the secretof the law of attraction, which holds that whatever we focus on and mold our life around we will somehow mystically attract to us. In other words, if we focus on wealth and prosperity we will attract wealth and prosperity. Conversely, if we focus on failure and poverty, we will attract those things into our lives.

If we’re not careful, we will fall into the same trap people have been falling into for centuries- believing in the power of positive thinking to bring us the success we desire. I agree that there are principles to success. If we follow them, we can put ourselves in the best possible position to realize our dreams. But simply focusing on wealth and success will not magically make them ours.

The real danger in that kind of thinking is a complete loss of balance and an inability to focus on those things that truly matter. If we are applying all our focus and attention to getting wealth, little of ourselves is left over for our God, our family, our community. The Secret fails to take into account that there’s more to life than money and success.

It’s really not a secret at all. If you desire to be successful- not just materially, but spiritually and in your relationships as well- then you would do well to focus on those things that never fail. Love, faith, hard work, and integrity.