“The Secret” and Taking Action
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do.”~~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you’ve been keeping up with the last few articles here at Ron’s Esoteric Thoughts, then you know we’re talking about “The Secret”. You also know that there is more to making “The Secret” work for you than just sitting on your butt and wishing for something to manifest in your life. The first principle is to focus your mind on what it is you want to manifest — the second principle is to take action — to follow the clues as to what you need to do to help this manifestation along.
When the focus is sharp — when it’s clear to your mind and to the universe what it is you desire — then the light bulb goes on and the ideas begin to show up on how to get what you want. Resources will begin to come into your life. You’ll begin to see the path to reaching your goals. This is when it really starts to get exciting. Your level of motivation will jump up by leaps and bounds. You’ll find you have more courage — it will be easier for you to persist in carrying out the actions needed — you’ll be more disciplined and less likely to procrastinate. Let’s face it, you’ll be enthused about this new venture.
The most exciting thing for me when I get to this step in the process is how positive I feel. I really feel good — I can’t wait to get at it. I also find that I seem to develop new qualities that I never knew I had. This is what it feels like when you’re taking the actions necessary to make “The Secret” work the way it should.
This is also the point in the process where you need to be careful and not let your focus begin to slip away. If you want to maintain that positive energy you must keep the dream alive and foremost in your mind. You need to keep those clues coming — you need to be working on those actions. So many times, people will fall away at this point — sometimes because they just get lazy — but more often it’s because they lost the razor-sharp focus.
Don’t be afraid to ask the universe — your higher power — God — “What do I need to do to make this happen?” This is especially true if the ideas don’t seem to be making themselves known. The ideas aren’t showing up because your focus isn’t zeroed in the way it needs to be. Asking this type of question will bring it back up to where it belongs.
“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.”~~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Is this going to seem harder for some than it is for others? Well, for one thing, waiting for a miracle will be really easy to do — just don’t do anything but hope for the sky to open up and have your desire fall into your lap. Is that likely to happen? Not by a long shot. I’ve been reading some articles lately that still seem to promote this as the way to make The Secret work. I have to disagree. Everyone I know that is truly successful got that way because they took the necessary action steps to make it happen for them. And, in most cases, the action they took was of value, not only to them, but to the world around them. Laziness won’t do the job — it will take work on your part — but you’ll feel great while your doing the work.
One quick example of this in my own life. I’ve been looking at building some business by finding good small niches — and finding good valuable products that fit into those niches for me to promote. (I’m promoting a few of them right here in my blog — read to the end of the posting and look on the sidebars and you’ll see them.) I focused on this as a goal to help me monetize this site a little more than it was originally. I knew I was putting out a good product here — and I knew that the action I was taking — writing these articles — was of value to whoever was taking the time to read them. It was also of value to me to do the research and the study necessary.
But it went a step further — not only did I need to give value in my writing — but also, if I was going to promote any products here — they too, had to have value — and if they weren’t my own products, the people creating them had to be giving value.
Do you see?
That leads us into the third principle of “The Secret” — taking actions that give value. We’ll make that our focus for next time.
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.”~~~ Napoleon Hill
You are the most precious gift you can give yourself. Every day look in the mirror and say, “I’m available to more good than I have experienced, realized or imagined ever before in my life!” Do this every day while you look into your own eyes.
You are special — and you are loved. You are the greatest gift you can be.
Shanti … (A sanscrit word meaning, “Let there be Peace. Peace, beautiful Peace. Peace within, Peace without. Peace in this world. Peace for all beings.”)
~~~ DBL-R
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I enjoyed reading “‘The Secret’ and Taking Action” today, and it occurs to me that you might be interested to learn that a new edition of Napoleon Hill’s classic book “Think and Grow Rich” has been published. (TGR, of course, is the foundation and wellspring for “The Secret.”)
The new edition’s title is “Think and Grow Rich!” (subtitled) “The Original Version, Restored and Revised.” I am the editor/annotator of this new 412-page edition, which is really an homage to Dr. Hill. (For several years I was the editor-in-chief of “Think & Grow Rich Newsletter.”)
What I have done is this: to restore Dr. Hill’s book to its original manuscript content (it was first published in 1937, but was abridged in 1960), annotate it with more than 50 pages of endnotes (most of the persons and events he discusses are generally unknown to readers today), index it thoroughly, add an appendix with a wealth of additional information about Dr. Hill and his work, and revise the book in ways to help remove certain “impediments” to reading the book today (language that today would be considered obsolete, sexist or racist). None of these things had previously been done with TGR.
If you would like to learn a little more about this project, a quick visit to www.tgr-restored-revised.com will give you some details. The “Editor’s Foreword” provides more complete information, and the “Testimonials” page will demonstrate how well-received this new book is around the world. Here is the book’s Amazon.com page:
http://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich-Original-Restored/dp/1593302002/sr=1-1/qid=1172004763/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-1493475-7148634?ie=UTF8&s=books
The book is available on all the Amazon websites and most other online sellers, it can be ordered by any bookstore, and it will start appearing in bookstores soon.
Our edition of TGR! is superior in every way to other versions on the market. It is a trade paperback, not a pocket-size mass market paperback. It is 412 pages versus 256+ (depending on the edition). It looks better, feels better, reads better than any other version. It is fast becoming the “version of choice” among Napoleon Hill devotees and other students of success and high achievement.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Ross Cornwell, Editor
Comment by Ross Cornwell — March 30, 2007 @ 1:59 pm