The Law of Attraction is BS

Law of Attraction Gobbledy Gook

Not really sure how to spell "gobbledy gook", but it's the only way I can describe one of the biggest misconceptions about The Law of Attraction.

Let me explain...

Friday is my breakfast splurge day. I eat pretty healthy from Monday through Thursday, but on Friday I get a nice ham, egg and cheese sandwich in a wrap. If I'm feeling devilish, I'll have bacon instead of the ham.

Well today I got the usual and I head to the checkout counter and I see that the woman is reading The Law of Attraction by Esther and Jerry Hicks.

She sees me put my food down and take out my money.

She has to finish writing something on a cue card (glad to see her taking notes), then place the book down in her little area. It doesn't fit well, so she nudges my plate over, marks her page and turns her attention to me.

After entering the order, taking my money, she counts out my change, coughs on it (don't we all have a cold this time of year) and hands it back to me.

What's wrong with this picture?

a) She's reading a book while on the job?
b) She coughed on my money?
c) She wasn't reading my book The Secrets of Wealth?

It's actually all of the above and one thing more.

Do you know what it is?

I'm guessing she's expecting SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. That's what 99% of the people reading The Law of Attraction, The Secret and Think and Grow Rich.

They want to read a book, think positive thoughts for a weekend and wake up a millionaire.

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[ed note: if you'd like to remain part of the dreamer's crowd, head stuck in the clouds waiting for your lottery ticket, rich uncle, can't miss internet opportunity to make you rich, please don't read any further. Fabio, in his silly attempt to tell you the truth, will attempt to set you straight]

I loved watching The SECRET. More because of the way the "author" Rhonda Byrne took dozens of experts, interviewed them and made a movie, then a book out of those interviews.

Brilliant stuff and it made her a millionaire.

Now don't get me wrong, I DO believe in The Law of Attraction and the importance of eliminating NEGATIVE thoughts, but you have to DO SOMETHING in order to get ahead in life.

You have to STOP SPENDING MONEY in order to get out of bad debt.

You have to LOOK AT PROPERTIES to find a great buy that has a positive cash flow.

You have to Buy LOW, do your analysis and monitor your stocks in order to make money in the stock market.

You have to WRITE DAILY if you're going to create that next bestselling book.

The formula is simple:

In order to achieve [insert your goal here] you're going to have to [insert some form of work and effort here] and you have to keep on doing it, adjusting along the way, until you achieve your goal.

There are no shortcuts and CERTAINLY you can't get their without DOING SOMETHING to get there.

So back to lunch lady.

I'm guessing she's sick and tired of her life and her job (why else read a book like LOA, right?)

She probably thinks she should be paid more.

Probably thinks she should find the love of her life.

But is she really DOING the things that will get her WHAT she wants in life and get her to WHERE she wants to be in life?

Had she woken up early or stayed up later at night, reading her Law of Attraction book, got to work early, given 100% of her mind and physical effort, who knows, she might become the manager of the store one day.

Or maybe get a raise or....

You get the point.

You've got to take ACTION and do a little WORK to get anywhere in life. There are no shortcuts in life. Well, maybe if you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but then again, we all can't be Paris Hilton or one of those other annoying heirs/heiresses.

So we've got no choice but to roll up our sleeves and DO SOMETHING about it.

Get to work. Your Financial Freedom is waiting...

Fabio
PS, I'm not knocking The Secret or The Law of Attraction. I own both books, have read them several times and even watched The Secret movie. The point is that you can't just think and grow rich - that was NOT the secret inside of Napoleon Hill's classic book.

If you're interested in learning more about both books, head on over to Amazon.com and take a look at the comments by reviewers and decide yourself if you want to read them:

The Law of Attraction

The SECRET