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The power of enthusiasm is born when your thinking is fixed firmly on your goal and your imagination and desire work together as teammates. Enthusiasm is an incredibly powerful tool that can create momentum in everything that you do.

I have found that when I am enthusiastic about something it is much easier to accomplish it than when I have a task that I do not like. I believe that enthusiasm is a force coming from deep inside that lifts you up and takes you along. Enthusiasm is more than just jumping up and down or shouting your lungs out. It brings joy into your task.

It is claimed that very little of value is completed if enthusiasm is missing. Most of the greatest inventions, masterpieces and accomplishments of all time were possible because the creator was enthusiastic about his or her task. Some even claim that enthusiasm for a task makes up for a lack of skill. I think that we have all seen sports teams fired by enthusiasm beat teams that, on paper, were more talented.

Enthusiasm is the self-raising force that lifts your dreams to the stars. All of us have dreams, however, only those that are extremely enthusiastic about their dreams ever take the action necessary to bring them to completion. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes and the speed in your stride. Everything in your life seems better, brighter and easier when you approach it with unbridled enthusiasm.

Remember, when you were little, how everything was as bright and shiny as a new penny and you just could not wait to get your hands on it? Well, the world has not changed that much, but you have. Sure, there is more technology today, but life is just about the same, maybe a little faster, but only because you make it that way.

I am sure that if you approach everything with enthusiasm, you will find that things are done more quickly and that your days will be as enjoyable as they were when you were a child. You see, enthusiasm is the wondrous engine of life that adds fun and excitement to everything you do. It is the underlying force that is at the bottom of all progress.

Enthusiasm is a powerful tool and when used properly, it can be a superb catalyst toward progress. Enthusiasm is the mark of sincerity and truth wins no victories without it. Enthusiasm is the power that lurks within each of us waiting to release our hidden genius, enabling us to produce fantastic results that no one dreamed we could ever do.

In conclusion, enthusiasm is the spark that will take the mundane and turn it into the creation of a lifetime. If you approach all of your tasks with true enthusiasm, you will find that you have unleashed the power and the passion that will ensure success in all of your ventures. It will be a success that will lead you to an ultimate lifestyle, a future full of happiness and the culmination of all your dreams and desires.

Accountability means being held to account, scrutinized, and being required to give an account or explanation of your actions and decisions.

Somewhere in the last half century or so, society as a whole seemed to forget that there was such a thing as personal responsibility or personal accountability. Whether accountability and responsibility disappeared in the rush to claim the almighty dollar as the most important thing in life or whether they disappeared along with morality in favour of “the right of an individual to do whatever they want” is unknown. What is known, however, is that when individuals no longer felt that they were responsible for their own actions, society began to crumble.

Today, when someone does something that they should not do, instead of being made to face the consequences blame is shifted to their parents, the environment or the location where they were raised, their schooling or lack thereof, alcohol, drugs, the government or some other thing. The individual is never held accountable. That is pure crap. If the person is not mentally deficient, then they know the difference between right and wrong. If they know the difference then they also know if they do something that they will have to pay the consequences.

It is time that parents, teachers, religious leaders and the courts start teaching children from an early age that they must take responsibility for their actions and that they are accountable for everything that they do. It may be too late to get adults to realize this, but we can turn things around by ensuring that future generations understand this basic requirement for members of a civilized society.

As a former police officer, I find it strangely ironic that members of the public want to make politicians, public servants and corporate leaders accountable, but they do not want to have to be accountable themselves. They want everything these people do made reportable and examined in every aspect while at the same time they do not want any of their own actions or information to be released to anyone under any circumstances.

Well, that just will not work. The only way that accountability works is when everyone is accountable. And, when everyone is accountable, then accountability becomes very powerful. People working for a company will be accountable to ensure that they do the best job that they can and the company will be accountable to the government for the taxes and licences they must have, to their employees to ensure that they provide a good working environment and good wages and to their share holders for the money that was invested to create the company in the first place.

I for one, would be thrilled to know that when I buy stock in a company that every individual in that company from the CEO down to the janitor is accountable for doing everything in their power to make sure that the company performs at peak efficiency. And, if I was running a business, I would expect that anyone I hired as an employee would be accountable to me to put all of their skills, talents, education and effort into the duties they performed for me every day they were at work. In return, I would be accountable to my employees to be certain that I provided a safe workplace, adequate pay and benefits, proper training and that I would run the company responsibly and in a way that would ensure that it would be sustainable. That is the power of accountability, everyone being answerable to everyone else.

Politicians passing laws making business people accountable while they themselves refuse to be accountable to anyone will not let the power of accountability work like it should. For accountability to work, everyone has to be accountable to someone else.

When I was a child, children were accountable to their parents. Parents were accountable to their children to ensure that they had a place to live, clothes to wear and food to eat, The parents were also accountable to their employer to make sure that they gave 100 percent or more effort to their duties in exchange for a pay cheque. Not only did the power of accountability work well, but it resulted in respect. Employees respected their employers and the employers respected the workers. Children respected their parents, their teachers and authority figures. Most people respected the law and everyone knew that if they broke the law that they would be punished for it.

Recently there have been some high profile cases where company executives have been held accountable for their actions with respect to illegal things they did in relation to running their companies. Some have been jailed and others are awaiting their “day in court.” Unfortunately these attempts to make people accountable have been sporadic at best.

Accountability is powerful because those who acknowledge the reality of living in a civilized society are able to find solutions, suitable to everyone, that shape their destiny and the destiny of society as a whole. Accountability means more than just doing your job. Accountability must become a component of the basic skill set of everyone involved in the competitive enterprise of the future. Accountability cannot and will not become a part of the skill set of future businesses and their employees unless and until they are using records management systems that enable them to conduct their business efficiently and effectively while at the same time fully and accurately documenting each and everything they do.

Also, young people we bring into our organizations must be taught about accountability because most of the time they have not developed that level of maturity when they first enter the workforce. To develop accountability in personnel, you must foster accountability by believing in its power and through your own actions demonstrate that you yourself are accountable. As even the greenest of project managers know, without individual accountability and responsibility, projects will tend to flounder. And, when projects flounder, the company is in trouble.

The crisis in accountability becomes particularly acute when it comes to disclosure of information that is not financial. At a time when many companies crank out reams of quality data, customer satisfaction data, employee satisfaction data, turnaround time data, environmental management data, equal employment data, charitable giving data, employee treatment data and other miscellaneous data, they spend too little time examining how they can use the data for gaining advantages through both internal and external reporting and public accountability. All this information sits in storage somewhere and only comes to light when the company is trying to deflect criticism. The rest of the time it just sits there gathering dust. If you have this information, use it. If you do not have it, why not? People need to see that you are accountable and proud of it.

One of the root causes of the accountability crisis is that many company boards of directors do the bidding of the chief executive, as opposed to having a chief executive who does the bidding of the board of directors. If the CEO is not accountable, and the board of directors has abrogated its responsibility by failing to hold the CEO accountable, then the company is, for all intents and purposes, out of control.

As members of a civilized society, each of us has a responsibility to ensure that companies that we work for or hold shares in do not get out of control. The way we can do this is by ensuring that we are accountable for everything that we do and that we hold others accountable for what they should do. In this way, we can get the power of accountability working for all of us and the world will be a much better place because of it.

Today’s Quote is by Allan K. Chalmers.

““The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.””

One of the biggest problems today is that most people are not happy. We all look for external stimuli to make us happy. We expect our significant other to make us happy and divorce her when she doesn’t. We expect our children to fulfill our dreams for them and are disappointed in them when they do not. We expect money to solve all our problems and make us happy, then we can’t understand why it doesn’t once we have it. (All that money does is relieve the stress associated with paying bills).

How many times have you heard someone say, “I will be happy when…”? I will be happy, once I am married. I will be happy, when I get a promotion. I will be happy, when my children are grown and I have more time for myself.

Pages and pages of examples could be given. Another way to view this statement is, “I will do this, when that happens.” Have you ever made that type of statement? I hear people say it all the time. And, I’m probably guilty of saying it myself from time to time. It gets to be a habit, and not a good one.

You are making your happiness contingent upon an external event. Mike thought this way years ago. He always said he would buy a house, when he remarried. He kept saying that for many years; until one day, he realized that he did not need to wait to meet that special someone to own and enjoy a home of his own. Since then, he has owned two homes and is still single . . . but he is happy!

Happiness is not an external thing. Even once you have something external, the happiness it brings you is short-lived. For example: You have waited for that special relationship. The significant other is great, but you still have a negative attitude. You were happy during the initial stages, but now it seems routine.

You have always known that a promotion would get that new home for which you and your spouse have been waiting. You got the promotion, the money is great, and you buy that home. After the initial excitement wears off, things go back to the same routine, just in a different house. Your happiness falls back to your previous feeling before the promotion.

You and your spouse know that you will be happy, once the children are grown. You will not have to work so hard to provide for the family, and you will have more time to enjoy your relationship and home. Well, the children have grown, but they can’t afford to live on their own. All three children are still living at home . . . for free!

Look at all the time in the examples above that people wasted not being happy! Then, when they got what they were waiting for, the happiness was fleeting.

Again, it’s because happiness cannot be gained from anything external. THE SECRET TO BEING HAPPY - It’s incredible how many books have been written on the topic of being happy. Yet, so many people are not. Don’t they read the books? There are people who read such books all the time and are still not happy. With so many unhappy people in the world, being happy must be an extremely difficult thing to achieve.

Yet, haven’t you known or met someone who always has a great smile on their face, a smile in their voice, and a skip in their step? You want that too . . . don’t you?

So what is the secret to finding happiness? Believe it or not, the secret is known! It is easy to do - no complicated actions. It is quick to do - no long-term procedures. You can do it anywhere - no special requirements or equipment are needed. Anyone can do it!

The secret? Just determine that you will be happy all the time! True happiness that lasts is an internal process. Nothing from outside you can make you happy or unhappy. As in any situation, your reaction determines whether the event is stressful for you or not. It is the same with happiness. If upon waking each morning, you state strongly to yourself, “I am happy today”, then you will be. Whenever you encounter stress, just mentally reaffirm, “I am happy today”, the stress will be there, but your reaction will be minimal. That person who always wears a smile and has a skip in his step, seldom experiences stress the same way you do. He is happy, and being happy allows the stress to roll off his back better.

So, make your determination every morning. Tape affirmations that say “I am happy today” all over your home and at work. Say it aloud to yourself often throughout the day, especially on those days with many stressors. Continue to say it, until you believe it. Then, put a smile on your face and confront the outside world. When you are happy, you have the world in your hands! And your future instead of looking bleak, looks rosy.

People think that their life will be perfect only when they have achieved everything they want, when everything is going exactly the way they want it to go.

They feel that the perfect state of life is something that is in the future, that they do not have it now but they need to progress toward it.

The ironic thing is that even when they have reached that state there will still be new things to be achieved. It is foolish to think that the perfect life is something in the future instead of being with us now. To believe that a perfect state of life is dependent on material things is silly. Sure material things make life easier and they are nice to have, but you can have a perfect life and have few material things. A perfect life is a state of mind. When you are happy and you are able to work at a job or profession that you thoroughly enjoy and you have good health and possibly a loving relationship, what more could you want?

You want a mansion? Well, they cost a lot of money to buy, a lot to heat and cool, depending of the season of the year and they take a lot of work to clean and keep in good repair. On top of that you will pay a fortune in property taxes. You can do the same things in a bungalow for far less cost and work. And, it will keep you just as warm and dry.

Did I hear you say you wanted a Porsche? Yes, they are nice, but it is just an automobile designed to get you from one place to another. A Chevrolet or a Ford would do the same thing for a whole lot less money. Oh, they give you more status! Ok, but what is status? It is just a feeling and if you need a piece of metal to give you a feeling, then you probably will never get to have a perfect life until you change your thoughts and realize that what is important is what you stand for, your values, your beliefs, your morals and your actions. Human characteristics are far more valuable than any material thing.

Things do not give you a perfect life. Love, respect, contentment, lack of stress, and satisfaction in what you do will give you a perfect life. And it is yours whenever you make up your mind to create that type of attitude in your life.

Life is exactly what you make of it. A perfect life is within your grasp right now, all you have to do is want it enough to create the mood required. And, you can do that by your thoughts and actions. Create your perfect life now, I dare you!

Wikipedia defines integrity in the following way. “Integrity is the basing of one’s actions on an internally consistent framework of principles. Depth of principles and adherence of each level to the next are key determining factors. One is said to have integrity to the extent that everything he does and believes is based on the same core set of values. Behaviors within the concept of integrity include: honesty, sincerity, truthfulness, keeping one’s word and agreements, punctuality, ethics, fairness and justice.”

The power of integrity is realized when you discover that everything you do and say is guided by the above behaviors. When they become the yardstick by which your life is guided, you have the power, the will and the moral right to do and be anything that you want.

Unfortunately many of our business leaders, sports stars, entertainment icons and politicians have not displayed integrity in their comments and actions. As a result, many of them have lost their jobs and quite a few have lost their freedom because they have been sentenced to jail for their indiscretions.

It used to be that you could point to a successful businessman or sports star and tell your child to emulate them because they were special and admired by all. Today that is not the case as the morals and actions of many show no sign of integrity and instead loudly bugle, “I will get mine and to heck with everyone else. As long as I get what I want, how I do it is immaterial.”

Fortunately, the average person is now recognizing these charlatans for what they are and no longer want to have anything to do with them. It is very heartening to see that the average citizen has more integrity than many of the so called “high and mighty.”

As the result of court actions placing numerous business moguls in jail, many companies are now creating business conduct guides which all of their employees from the newest recruit to the CEO have to follow. It is nice to know that integrity is making a come back, because its power ensures that employees, customers and suppliers will all get honest and considerate treatment from the companies who follow the behaviors listed above.

You too can discover the power of integrity when you commit to personal accountability and making great choices. Did you know that the power of integrity lies within each and every one of us? Well, it does and it is very easy to release this power. All you have to do is follow the above behaviors in everything you do and say and you will discover that the power of integrity opens a whole new lifestyle for you. The power of integrity, a power that no one can take away from you, but which you can squander by not following the above behaviors, is the power of your soul, the power that will ignite the passion of your conscience. With this as your guide, you will never again have to settle for less because your actions and words will mark you as an exceptional individual, someone to be followed and to be listened to. When you are locked into a life of integrity, you will feel powerful and self confident and you will exhibit a magnetic presence and an aura of leadership. With the power you gain from your life of integrity, you will become successful in all areas of your life.

In conclusion, living a life of integrity gives you more power than any other lifestyle. Your success will be immeasurable, your popularity unmatched and your joy will be boundless. A life devoted to integrity will be an ultimate lifestyle, and what could be better than that?

Today’s post was inspired, in part, by the picture of a super model who suffers from anorexia. She got that way from trying to maintain a really thin body. Now she is deathly ill and wants to show everyone what her unnatural eating habits have caused.

The following quote is by Anatole France (1844 - 1924). “”The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one, which will last forever.”"

This quote is an apt description of the large majority of people today. Many of us can’t decide what we want to do with our life, but we want to make sure that it goes on forever. We spend huge amounts of money on plastic surgery, diets and exercise companies trying to make ourselves into what society seems to think is the ideal individual.

Do you want to know what is the sad part about this? Everything is based upon physical appearance. This does not make sense. Physical appearance changes as we age. It is a natural thing. Look at everything else in the world. Whether it is a living thing or an inanimate thing, it ages and its appearance changes. Whether you are talking about a tree, a pet dog, a car or a person, their appearance changes with every passing year. Trying to change that appearance to reflect something that it is not is a fool’s game. You will never win. As well as never winning, you are also endangering your life every time you try to change your appearance from what it is to something that is different. As a youngster, Michael Jackson was a good-looking boy. For some unknown reason he attempted to change his appearance. What you see today is some weird caricature that stumbles from one crisis to the next.

If you have been following the news, recently a young woman from Ontario, Canada, went to a clinic to have a cosmetic procedure done. The procedure being performed on her was liposuction. It was done by a general practitioner, a doctor who was not a plastic surgeon. Something went horribly wrong during the procedure and this young woman needlessly died.

I say needlessly because of two things. First and foremost, there was no need for her to have this operation. She did so because she thought she was overweight and she wanted instant results. Secondly, the doctor who performed the procedure may not have had sufficient training.

Daily, millions of people around the world undergo cosmetic surgery or other procedures to make themselves look like they think the “ideal” person should look. Many have temporary success, but some suffer terrible results which leave them disfigured or dead, all for the sake of appearance.

Having dealt with some of the most successful and powerful people in the world, I can tell you that appearance does not make the person. Integrity, personality, charm, charisma and character are far more important in defining a person than appearance ever will be.

Yet, the media and society in general worship appearance. Why do they do this? They do it because it can be bought and it doesn’t take much effort. Integrity, personality, charm, charisma and character on the other hand require a lot of effort to develop. And, in this instant world we live in no one wants to spend time on anything that will require a lot of effort. Everyone wants instant results and they want someone else to do it for them.

I want you to stop and think for a minute about the type of example we are setting for our children. We are teaching them that good looks are more important that anything else. They feel that if they are not pretty or handsome with great bodies that they are failures. This affects their attitudes, their self worth and their outlook on life.

As you know, one of the most important issues facing our children today is their overall health. Excess weight is one health issue that is facing millions of children around the world. Since a positive body image is very important to many girls and young women, many try to overcome this weight problem by starving themselves or taking “pills” offered by unethical hucksters. Almost all of them have bought into the myth that body image is very important. Unfortunately the majority of them end up being hurt either emotionally or physically. The most important thing is not body image, but body health. If a person, particularly a young person is healthy, then that is the most important thing. And, to stay healthy, they have to eat properly and get enough exercise.

Dubious marketers, aided by advertising agencies and the media have been perpetrating several myths for ages. No one needs to look like anyone else. Not everyone will be tall and thin, and it would be a dull world if everyone was.

Here is myth number one. You absolutely have to look like your friends.

The truth is that you do not have to look like your friends. In most circumstances, it is physically impossible for two people to be exactly the same size. Your friend may be able to eat anything and everything and never gain an ounce, but that my friend is genetics. I know it stinks that you can’t eat half what she does without gaining weight, but that’s life. It is far more important for you to be healthy than it is to fit in your friend’s plaid skirt or skin-tight jeans. Trying to “get down to her size” will only make you crazy, so be healthy and be happy.

Here is myth number two. Only losers cannot diet their way down to a thin super model body.

The Truth is that super models are thinner than 98 percent of the female population. Look, everyone has certain genes, which will determine their body type. It was written in stone before you were born. No single body type is better than the others, so you’re stressing out over something you can’t control. Less than 2% of the population has that super model look, which means that there are actually very few people who look like that. Also, if you do some research on models, you will find that many of them live on near starvation diets to maintain those thin physiques. And, many of them, like the one in the picture plastered all over Italy, pay a terrible price for doing so.

Here is myth number three. Boys like only incredibly thin girls.

The Truth is that while young guys like to gawk at thin or very pretty girls, it is another matter altogether when it comes to dating. Most teenage guys and young men are petrified of “very pretty” girls, and feel more than a little awkward around them. In fact, they feel far more comfortable with regular girls.

Here is myth number four. How a person looks is the only thing that matters, not how smart, engaging or pleasant they are to be around.

The Truth is that this is what is known as faulty logic. The most important thing is that you are healthy and pleasant to be with. If you are buying into the appearance myth, then you are punishing yourself for absolutely no reason. Think about this for a moment. If you are trying to make your appearance or your body into something that it isn’t, you should understand that this will catch up to you. If you abuse your body, it will only take it for so long, and then it is payback time. Payback may be in the form of disease, disfigurement or even death.

Do not measure your self worth by the standards of someone else. Endeavor to stay healthy and fit by maintaining a proper diet with plenty of exercise. Be healthy, be happy and most of all - be you!

Self confidence is not something that holds me back, in fact I really appreciate the level of confidence I enjoy and feel that I can make the choices and decisions I want without a feeling of concern or over riding fear. That is not to say that I am always successful, but I realize that even by trying I am moving closer to a higher level of confidence.

I did not always have a high level of self confidence. When I was younger, I had a lot of self confidence in my ability to do well in football and track, but my confidence in my ability to deal with life’s challenges was quite low. This was probably caused by a fear of not measuring up to my parent’s expectations and a little bit of social shyness. However, as I got older, I realized that my parents only wanted me to be healthy and to try my best at everything I did. As a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, I had a lot of social interaction with people from all walks of life and I lost most of my shyness. My job also required that I respond to all different kinds of situations. The more success I had, the more my self confidence rose.

Self confidence or confidence in yourself means that you know that you can do whatever task you are faced with. This does not mean that you have to do every task by yourself. It means that the ones you know you can do by yourself you do and the ones where you need help you know how to find it. Confidence is a learned trait, not something you are born with. It is the force which pushes you forward and allows you to find the right path amidst the confusion and chaos of life. Confidence is the necessity you must have to assist you in realizing your dreams and goals.

We all have the power of self confidence within us. Sadly many leave it unused for long periods of time while others use it sparingly like a miser. Forget about past worries and build the power of self confidence within you. Since you can’t change the mistakes of the past, don’t let them spoil the present or dim the future.

The first thing that you must practice is “don’t hate yourself” before deciding to practice self confidence. It is very difficult to become self confident if you do not like yourself. Remember, just like everyone else, you were born into this world for a specific reason. Think about the things that you are good at doing. Work at becoming better at them. Don’t worry about the things that you are not very good at. As a very successful person I was talking to recently said, “Why spend your limited time here on earth working on things you are not good at. Instead perfect the things you are good at and hire someone to do the things you are not good at.”

Mediocrity and poor performance are often due to low self confidence but it is not something you have to live with. You can build your self confidence by challenging yourself to take action and do something. Even though you feel as if you lack confidence, it doesn’t mean other people can tell. Building good self confidence is a wonderful thing, and it’s much easier than you’d imagine. One of the easiest ways of building self confidence is to “take baby steps.” What I mean by this is to set small goals or projects that you have to complete. Each time you do one in the time you have set for yourself, you will build your self confidence. The accumulation of small “victories” will convince your subconscious mind that you can do what you set out to do. It will then convince your conscious mind that you have a lot of capabilities and your self confidence will grow. If you continue to do this over a period of months, you will find that your self confidence becomes greatly improved. With improved self confidence you can take on bigger projects and goals and as these are completed your self confidence will grow by leaps and bounds.

So what other techniques are available to anyone wishing to develop more self confidence? It should be no surprise to you when I tell you that the single most influential person on your self confidence is you, or more specifically, your mind. This probably sounds very basic but are you using your own thoughts to reenforce your self confidence and self esteem? Talk positively to yourself all the time. Become your own best friend and supporter. Encourage yourself to do more. Congratulate yourself on every small or large victory. Remember that very few people are successful the first time they try to do something. You didn’t ride a bike the first time you tried. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb on his first attempt either. It took him more than 10,000 attempts before he made the first successful light bulb and it only lasted a few minutes. The biggest thing to remember is that you are never defeated in doing anything you want to do until you quit. Donald Trump, during a recent interview, stated that he was richer than most people because he failed more times than most. However, in his case, he learned from his mistakes and tried again. Why? Because he was confident that he could do what he wanted to do if he just continued trying. You are no different from Donald Trump. Do what he did. Just keep trying until you succeed. When you do, your self confidence will soar and you will realize that you can do anything you want to as long as you continue trying.

Another technique is to watch other people. When you see someone that stands upright and moves with a sense of purpose watch to see if they give you the impression that they have a lot of confidence. If they do, duplicate the physical characteristics of these confident people and you will start to gain the confidence they display.

One thing that you must ensure that you do not do is listen to people who talk down to you or try to tell you that you cannot do something. Usually these people can’t do these things themselves, so they try to convince others that they can’t do them either. If something like this keeps happening to you, tune these people out and stop associating with them. Your inner confidence needs to be liberated from this constant barrage of negative thoughts and statements from the dream stealers around you. Your limitations are in your mind, not in your reality.

Here are some tips for everyday practice. If you want to develop and build confidence, associate with positive uplifting people. Good people around you will help you build self confidence. If you want to build up your confidence, do something new every day. Each of these small acts will add to your confidence and also make your life more enjoyable. The most sacred thing in life is self confidence because it is the secret of all miracles. When you have confidence in yourself, you arouse everything that is stronger, greater and superior in you. In consequence, the more confidence you have in yourself, the more you will attain and accomplish. A person who knows the power of self confidence walks a path of inner growth and achievement. With self confidence a person of mediocre ability can achieve more in life than those with exceptional talents and little self confidence.

Supreme self confidence is a birth right for every person so isn’t it about time you claimed yours?

By now, just about everyone has seen the video “The Secret” or read the book by the same title or maybe they have done both.

Millions watched the Oprah Winfrey show about “The Secret” and listened to the principals talk about it and the Law of Attraction.

Many have visited the plethora of websites devoted to “The Secret” and the Law of Attraction. It has almost become a worldwide obsession.

I’m sure that millions of people have tried to follow the instructions and get the Law of Attraction to fulfill their desires and dreams. And, I’m also sure that the vast majority failed to see any difference in their life or current circumstances.

It’s not because the Law of Attraction doesn’t work. It does, very well, in fact. It has to because it is a Universal Law. Just like the Law of Gravity, the Law of Matter and the Law of Energy, the Law of Attraction is governed by physics. You know, that science class we took but didn’t understand all that well, the one where we dropped weights down the stairwell and slid blocks of wood across the desk. It was the one where we got an idea about gravity, friction, motion and energy. Do you remember it now? Well that was physics. It is the science that governs and explains action and reaction, repulsion and attraction.

Well, the Law of Attraction is governed by that science and as one of the Universal Laws, it will work anywhere on earth if the proper actions, beliefs, powers and vibrations are utilized.

So, if that is the case, then why have most people failed when they tried it? It is simple really. “The Secret” or Law of Attraction, has a secret of its own that even the promoters didn’t know about.

If you take a look at most of the people involved in “The Secret” you will discover that they are people like Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Dennis Waitley, Bob Proctor, Dr. Joe Vitale, Jack Canfield and other similar types. You will notice that they are all people with very strong personalities and passionate drive. To consider them as “ordinary” people is like considering a hurricane as just another gentle breeze.

That having been pointed out, don’t despair. It doesn’t mean that “The Secret” or the Law of Attraction will not work for ordinary people. It will. It will work for everyone, even the ones who have tried over and over and have not had it work for them yet.

All of the above-named people didn’t need to know the secret behind “The Secret” because of the kind of people they are, strong willed, passionate and filled with self confidence and drive.

The average person may wish for a million dollars, but subconsciously they know that they will never have it. As a result, their subconscious mind won’t send out the proper vibrations to attract that million dollars to them. Wanting or wishing for something and believing in your whole being that you will get it are two different things.

So, for the average person, the secret behind “The Secret” is that you have to take baby steps. In other words, you have to start out small. Your subconscious mind will never believe that you will get a million dollars if you ask for it so don’t even try. Instead try asking for something simple, say a seat in a crowded subway car or on a crowded bus. Or how about finding a parking space on a crowded street or near the doors of a busy mall?

When you buy a lottery ticket, don’t think or ask to win the top prize, ask for ten dollars or 20 dollars or 50 dollars. Since these amounts are possible and believable, you can convince yourself that you deserve it and that it is yours. Give thanks for winning it as if it were already yours. Be passionate and convinced that it is and constantly give thanks for it.

When you see these simple results of the Law of Attraction start working for you, then you can try working on slightly bigger things. Don’t go too fast and don’t become discouraged. If you check the histories of the aforementioned people, you will see that they didn’t succeed the first time they tried.

They had the passion and belief to keep trying until it did work because they knew that it had to because it was Universal Law.

In conclusion, you can get the Law of Attraction to work for you no matter what your current life is like as long as you start small, convince yourself that you already have it and constantly give thanks for having it. When you continue passionately working on it one small step at a time and constantly express gratitude for having it then you will eventually see that the Law of Attraction works for you too.