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Here's a sure sign of having made it to the collective consciousness: Well, I'll tell you one way... it's on Oprah. Oprah features it. If you're at all inclined in this way, you've probably already seen 'The Secret'. Here are my thoughts on this: I love 'The Secret'. It's absolutely phenomenal. I wholly recommend it if you haven't seen it yet. It may just have an impact on your life. I believe completely in 'The Law of Attraction' and know that it is at work in my life and the lives of my students, my family, and everyone who has the inclination to pay attention to this. What is the Law of Attraction? It's this: Whatever you concentrate on, you draw into your life. Worrying about a 'lack' of money will draw more 'lack'. Conversely, if you concentrate on abundance and drawing money, you become a money magnet and attract affluence. This isn't just about money, but about absolutely everything in your life. Health and wellness, love, relationships, sex. . . as well as business, converting prospects to clients. . . As with anything that garners public attention, especially something that isn't tangible or verifiable to the naked eye, there are a number of detractors--people who are trying to make a name for themselves by trashing 'The Secret'. What does this have to do with persuasion? And why would someone want to trash it? The Secret is certainly in the news and many people will use things in the news to piggyback. In fact, I love to use the piggybacking strategy myself when I get a chance. And I guess you have to take a stand one way or another on things, so this group of people chose to take a negative stand. If you think critically, like I do, then you probably don't believe everything you hear from any source. The next question I have is, do you agree with everything you've heard about 'The Secret'? I, for one, do not. But let's not throw the baby away with the bathwater. Just because there are a few things I don't believe in, doesn't mean there's not a whole lot of value to be gained. It's like taking the position. . . "Well, money can be used in a negative way so I don't want to have anything to do with money." If a person objects to positive mental thinking, positive mental attitudes, and the sage advice that has shaped our nation and most all of the successful people in the world today that have followed along the footsteps of great thinkers of our time, then I guess someone could genuinely be upset with 'The Secret'. But what in particular did 'The Secret's' detractors pick on? One thing is that 'The Secret' talks about our own personal responsibility and says that, "We all choose our own reality. Even the people of Darfur consciously chose their plight in life." And to that, the people who were criticizing 'The Secret' responded, "That's nonsense. 'The Secret' is a cult and it's saying things that are blatantly untrue." The frame the naysayers are putting on this is "cult". I absolutely do not believe that the people of Darfur or people who suffer terribly wherever they are consciously chose to be where they are. In an attempt to entertain, 'The Secret' may have gone too far. However, do you know that there are many, many millions of people that actually believe along those lines? I don't think anyone would say someone would consciously choose that kind of life, but let's say that you believed that we are here on planet earth for a reason: to learn. Life is a school and we're trying to learn all the lessons this school has to offer. Through the perspective of reincarnation they might believe that we choose our parents, we choose the country we're going to be born in, and we choose to live the lessons that earth has to give us such that one day we don't need to come back anymore and we can evolve to a higher level. With this belief as the basis for this premise, then would it be reasonable if you were the creator of the movie The Secret and you believed in these things, that you would make a statement such as, "The people in Africa who are starving have chose their plight in life so that they could experience these difficulties to learn how to overcome them or simply experience a life of poverty"? I think the answer is absolutely yes. They didn't choose them consciously; they chose them before they came into this earthly experience. The big question I have for you is: why should we knock it? I have my own beliefs and thoughts. I believe we need to be responsible. I believe we need to be careful, but to deny the value some people have derived, just to tear it down, I just can't fathom.
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Kenrick Cleveland teaches strategies to earn the business of wealthy clients using persuasion. He runs public and private seminars and offers home study courses and coaching programs in persuasion strategies.
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