So, I’m in this Mastermind group and we’re all big into the Secret. The Secret is the Law of Attraction. Now some folks think it’s kind of hokey, even ridiculing people who believe in the Law of Attraction, but for me the proof’s in the pudding. My experience demonstrates that it has worked in the past, and now that I’m refocusing on it, it’s working again.
The Law is simple, if you think about positive things, they manifest themselves in your life, and conversely, when the mind turns towards negative things, you attract them. As marketing pros, this should be obvious. When we put out attractive marketing to our target audiences, they are interested. But if it’s negative or false, it fails.
Politicians have learned this lesson, too. Look at Obama’s messaging: The Audacity to Hope. Much better than Not Wanting to Succumb to Terrorists! No wonder this guy’s a huge hit… And he doesn’t even say much on the substantive policy side.
So on a small business level, if you focus on creating a million dollar company, building a great marketing campaign, etc. serendipidity, coincidence and whatever other higher powers there may be come into play and deliver these amazing results. Conversely, if you always think about how bad your cash flow problems are, I guarantee your customers won’t pay you until past 60, or even 90 days.
While this is not the first time I have been introduced to the Secret (a la Earl Nightengale’s The Strangest Secret and Denis Waitley’s The Psychology of Winning), it has never had as profound an effect as now. Though I find the current iteration to be a bit “cheesy” in its presentation, I truly realize any success and difficulty I am encountering is self manifested.
The exercises I am engaging in via Mastermind seem to be really shifting my thought patterns towards great success. Further, I can redirect my current notions of success to a much better future than I believed. I had a conservative growth goal for the year. This weekend it was doubled, and why not? I’ve done more in past years.
Perhaps, some of the best benefits to these excercises is the return of creative visioning. Suddenly, there are book ideas, one business, one fiction. This is the first time in a year that I’ve come close to having any book ideas of worth (I have actually drafted two novels in the past).
So, believe in The Secret or not, positive thinking brings great results. And who wants to do business with a storm cloud, negative-type of person, anyway? I see it as a no-lose type of attitude.
Here are this week’s beginning of the week (Monday for most)’s quotes for you, provided by the Positive Attitude Quotes blog:
- “Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon,” Denis Waitley.
- “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow,” Albert Einstein.
- “The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure,” Sven Erikkson.
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