You’ve probably heard all of the popular talk about how thoughts become things right? But is it the truth or is the law of attraction just another scam?

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You know I can remember when “The Secret” first came out, it was back when I was the sales manager for the coaching division at “Get Motivated Seminars.” At first, I was excited because I heard that Bob Proctor was in it. I had respected him for many years as an authority on behavioral transformation and had seen his material produce great results for my clients.

However, I was quite disappointed at how watered down his approach was in the movie “The Secret” and I am sure that Napoleon Hill is still rolling in his grave.

Why?

Because there were several places in “Think and Grow Rich” where Hill said:

“Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond to definite desires, backed by definite plans through constant persistence.”

BAM!

Ok, so why is “The Secret” so popular? There are several reasons and that is actually the subject of my new book “A Genius Awaits You.” However, since the book is not officially released let me tell you a bit about why “The Secret” is a scam.

First, thoughts do not become things. Ask anyone who has ever procrastinated or (excuse my being blunt) any man who has ever fantasized about a women….thoughts don’t attract results into our life…

ACTIONS DO!!! Actions bring attraction

The more that you teach people that their thoughts attract things, the more denial you create and the more out of touch they become with the reality of where they are in the present. I can remember that I had dozens of new clients who I met for coaching sessions who had fallen prey to this optimistic denial. One of the first things I would do is help them to assess where they are now so that they could begin to CHANGE it.

You know, it’s like those maps you see that say “You are here.”

Why do they do that? Because…

“In order to change your future you must first have the courage to confront the reality of the present.”

If you don’t have a clear picture of where you are now, you have little chance to change it. And what keeps you from having this clear picture?

Denial (not a river in Egypt, it’s when someone stops payment on your reality check)

The problem is that “theories” like “The Secret” keep people locked into what Tim Ferriss calls denial disguised as optimism. I don’t know how many clients I just couldn’t take on because they had seen “The Secret” and so they refused to accept the reality of where they were. They would say things like:

“Oh wait, I shouldn’t say ______ because the universe will hear me and then_____”

AGHHHH!!!

You know I followed up with a lot of these people months later and got one of three responses (yes, I am a nerd and kept record):

• 40% No answer (probably embarrassed to admit that they were still stuck)
• 50%  Still stuck and still in optimistic denial
• 10% Realized that they had been fooling themselves and become my clients

Guess what happened to the ten percent? We worked together, they got their butts in gear and they got results. Would that work for you?

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Here is the bottom line: The Secret exists, Napoleon Hill wrote about it after observing the lives of people like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Andrew Carnegie. Not reading about them, he actually KNEW these people.

In the same way, through many years of working one on one with REAL people facing REAL problems, I had the privilege to discover the difference between what REALLY works and what is nothing more than optimistic denial. I consider this the most fortune opportunity I ever had in my life.

You see, the problem with the law of attraction is that we live in a universe which is governed by natural laws (real laws, not made up stuff)……one of these laws is the law of contribution which states:

“There is no such thing as something for nothing”

You see, thoughts are passive; it takes actions to attract results into your life. Let the teachers in “The Secret” take that BS to a third world country where they are starving for a loaf of bread and see how effective it is.

BAM BABY!

However, once you get up the courage to face the reality of where you are now and look at the thing that truly drives your actions then you are well on your way to creating an amazing life.

Want to know how?

This is the reason I’ve been posting this series on “The Secret” for our site members. The registration is FREE and we are about to start getting into some of the strategies which I used for YEARS working with REAL people who were facing real life challenges just like you.

I am talking about everyone from multi millionaire business owners to people struggling with addictions. How many? I did not keep track but I would guess at least several hundred over the five years I was coaching at GMS. It took a lot of work, but it was worth it to find something that really worked.

That’s how I came up with the strategy that I call Value Driven Transcendence.

No theories, no optimistic denial, no BS.

As you know, the mission of VQ Success is to share what I have discovered with as many people as possible. So if you have not yet tuned into the series on “The Secret” go ahead and check it out. Tell a friend, spread the word and let’s take these optimistic denial turkeys on head on. Till next week, remember to learn from the past, dream for the future and take action in the present.

By the way, just for fun…here is a great video about “The Secret”

–To Your Success,

Seth Czerepak

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