The Secret is one of the best-selling books by Rhonda Byrne that has shaken the self-help industry and changed the way people think about the things that they want in life. The Secret was first released as a film and later was published as a book. The principle behind The Secret is mainly based on the Law of Attraction and many personal development gurus have been featured in the book including Jack Canfield, John Assaraf, Michael Beckwith, Joe Vitale, and more.
The author, Rhonda Byrne, was shot to instant fame right after the release of The Secret. She was featured on Time Magazine’s list of 100 people who shape the world. Rhonda also gained mainstream popularity and received commercial success after her appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
No doubt that The Secret is a great book full of great insights on the Law of Attraction, many have changed their lives and are living their dreams by applying what they have learned from the book. In this article, you will discover the top 10 success principles that anyone can learn from the author of this remarkable book, Rhonda Byrne. You too can live the life you have always desired by learning these principles and applying them to your life.
1. Thoughts Are Things
The first principle you can learn from Rhonda is that thoughts are things. This is the fundamental idea that the book, The Secret shared with its readers. Rhonda said in her book that your thoughts will become things. What you think about consistently will eventually become your reality. In fact, many success gurus have mentioned this and the importance of your thoughts.
You will become what you think about most of the time. Thus, if you are consistently thinking about failure, you will somehow produce the exact outcome you hold in your mind. On the contrary, if you always think about victory, winning, and success, you will live your thoughts and manifest those into your life.
The basic idea for this is that everything is made of energy. When you look at your body under a microscope, you will see that you are made of molecules and atoms. And atoms are made of energy. In a nutshell, everything else in this world is made of energy, including your thoughts. And because everything is made of energy, you can manifest what you desire and bring your thoughts into your reality.
Perhaps, the best way to explain how the Law of Attraction works is through Ralph Waldo Emerson‘s famous quote, “Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” It all begins with your thoughts. If you want to achieve your goals and live your dreams, start from sowing thoughts that will get you there.
2. Your Feelings are the Key
According to Rhonda, one of the main reasons people fail to manifest their desire is that their feelings are not in alignment with their thoughts. A lot of people think that all they need to do is to constantly think about the things that they want, but that is not enough. Besides thinking about it, you must also feel it.
For example, if you have a dream of watching the World Cup football final in the stadium, apart from thinking about it, you must also feel it. You must act and feel like you are already there, feeling the cheering of the crowds, seeing yourself standing among thousands of others, and enjoying the moment. You must feel it in order for the Universe to manifest what you want.
Rhonda said it well, “The secret is that you have the key. The key is your thoughts and feelings. And you have been holding the key in your hand all of your life.” You have to think about it and at the same time, feel it.
One of the featured gurus in The Secret, Joe Vitale said that it is important for you to feel good. This is because when your feeling good is what goes out as a signal into the universe and starts to attract more of itself to you. Hence, the more you can feel good, the more you will attract the things that help you feel good and that will keep bringing you up higher and higher.
3. Live an Abundance World
If you want to manifest everything that you desire in life, you must learn that this world is abundant. There are more than enough for everyone including you to have what you desire. According to The Secret, there is no limit on what the world has to give because it is always in abundant. Take a look around you at nature. There is an abundance of birds, trees, animals, grass, clouds, and anything else you may think of.
The problem is that most people have been conditioned by the society and media that we are living in a world of lack. The news is constantly bombarding you with poverty and people who are living without having enough to survive. And our society has made it a culture for people to think that they should pursue what is lack.
What is more important is that when you operate from the scarcity mentality, you will never have more. Scarcity mentality creates the “us versus them” mindset. When you see someone with a lot of money and if you do not have much to show, negative emotions will arise from within you. Or when you are going through a hard time in life, you look at others and wonder why they have all of the happiness and stability while you are struggling. This is why you need to get rid of this scarcity thinking that will prevent you from living at your best.
Stephen Covey, the best-selling author of the popular book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, said that people tend to think of resources like time, happiness, and money as belonging to one pie. And when the pie is gone, the resource will be gone too. And there is a limited amount of pie that if big chunks have already been taken, there is not much left for the rest of the people. This kind of thinking will surely affect the way you are living. So get rid of the scarcity mentality and start thinking that this world is abundant and you can have everything that you want.
4. Ask for What You Want
According to Rhonda, there are three simple steps that one must take to attract the things that they desire into their lives, and the first step is to ask for what you want. By asking, you are also creating a vivid intention of what you want in life. The majority of people are not living a successful life because they are unsure of what they want. Try to ask someone what is the goal that they want to achieve in life, and almost everyone will tell you either they don’t know, or they will give you a vague answer.
Knowing absolutely what you want is the first step to manifesting it. Imagine if you have the magical Aladdin lamp in front of you and the genie can grant you a wish, what would you wish for? If you have no idea what to wish for, there is no way the genie can make your wish come true. Not only that, if your wish is vague like “be happy” or “become rich”, the genie cannot grant your wish too because it is not specific enough. When you say you want to become rich, how much exactly do you want? Do you want to get richer by having $10 more or do you want to have $1,000 more? Make your intention clear.
Therefore, be crystal clear about your intention. When it comes to asking what you want through thinking about it, the universe needs to know exactly what you want so that it can bring it to your reality. When you are unclear, you will be sending confusing signals to the universe and there is no way it can realize your dreams for you.
5. Sincerely Believe in It
The second step according to Rhonda Byrne is to believe in yourself and your vision. And this means that you must be able to see yourself doing, being, or having the thing that you want in your mind’s eye, in full color, vividly with a positive emotion. Most people fail at this stage because they do not believe in their dreams. They say that they want to be a millionaire, but deep down in their heart, they simply do not believe it. As a result, most people fail to manifest what they want in reality.
James Clear, a successful blogger in the personal development industry once said, “The biggest difference I’ve noticed between successful people and unsuccessful people isn’t intelligence or opportunity or resources. It’s the belief that they can make their goals happen.” No matter who or where you are right now, as long as you sincerely believe in yourself, you can make it. It does not matter whether you are a doctor, a janitor, a teacher or if you are poor and in debt. When you truly believe without having a shadow of a doubt, you can manifest your desire.
And beliefs often associated with actions. Think about it, when you truly believe that whatever business you venture into will be successful, will you take action to build the business or you will just sit and do nothing? Of course, you will take action because you know that you will definitely produce the result you want. And the same applies to every area of your life. When you believe that you can manifest your desire, you will take the necessary action. On the other hand, you will never take action if you do not truly believe in it. Have you ever wonder why most people are not taking action right now? This is mainly because they do not believe in themselves and their dreams.
6. Be Willing to Receive
The third and final step of the Law of Attraction is to receive. Rhonda wrote in her book saying that after you have specifically asked for what you want and believe wholeheartedly that it will come true, you need to be ready to receive it. You must be open and willing to try out new things or to accept opportunities that come to you.
This is also the success principle that Rhonda suggested her readers learn because this is where the miracle occurs. Receiving means you must be ready and prepare yourself for what you have asked for. For example, if you ask the universe for manifesting a love partner into your life, you must be open to all the opportunities that come to you. When your friends invite you out, go for it as you may not know who you will get to meet. Simply put, when you are ready to receive, you put yourself in alignment with all the possibilities that come to you.
Your actions will show how much you are willing to receive. There is no point to ask the universe for a successful business when you do not even take action to register your business. If you want to receive what you asked for, make sure your action says so. And if you are expecting to manifest a partner into your life, make sure you have fully let go your previous love relationship. The universe will never grant your wish of having a new lover while you are still clinging to the previous one.
This is what it means when Rhonda said about receiving. Always be prepared and ready for what is coming to your life.
7. Practice Visualization
Another success principle one can learn from Rhonda is visualization. Rhonda is a strong believer in visualization and one of the most important keys to making the Law of Attraction to work for you is that you must visualize and see the pictures of the achievement in your head before you can manifest it into your reality.
Rhonda wrote in her book that if you can think about what you want in your mind, and make that your dominant thought, you will bring it into your life. She also said, “See the things that you want as already yours.” One of the reasons people do not have what they want is because they are thinking more about what they do not want than what they do want. And visualization can help you in solving this problem.
In fact, many scientific research has shown that visualization works and many professional athletes train their skills using this technique as well. Your mind will make whatever you visualize become real. When you picture yourself drinking lemon juice, you will produce more saliva in your mouth. Your mind simply cannot differentiate between what is real and what is imagined. Hence, your mind creates the effects on your body. And this means that visualization has a great impact on your reality.
Practice visualization every single day. Preferably, once in the morning after you wake up to get a kick start of your day, and once at night before you sleep so that your subconscious mind will work on the thoughts you visualized.
8. Create Room for Something Better
When you write down your goals, remember to include the words, “This or something better”, you want the universe to know that you are either achieving your goals or something better. This is what Rhonda shared in her book, The Secret. Sometimes, the universe has something better in store for you, but if you are not willing to accept it, it will never come to you. Therefore, you must always be willing to receive more and create room for something better.
Many people actually limit on what they can accomplish when it comes to manifesting what they want. They thought that the best they can do is what they can think of. Sometimes, the universe will reward you with something bigger and better. You may not know it because the universe is vast, abundance and unlimited. For instance, when you are looking for a new job and all you think about is getting a job so that you can pay the bill, guess what, you will have exactly that. Even when the universe gives you something better, you will reject it because your mind has been fixed with what you want.
This is why Rhonda shared with her readers to include the “something better” idea in whatever they are trying to manifest. You must always expect that magic can happen and the universe is powerful enough to bring you something better.
9. Express Gratitude
Rhonda Byrne often said, “It is impossible to bring more into your life if you are feeling ungrateful about what you have.” In other words, you must appreciate what you have in order to have more of it. If you do not appreciate what you already have, the universe will never grant you more.
Think about it. If you do not like jogging, will you buy a pair of jogging shoes? No, you will not, because you do not appreciate the sport and thus, you will never get yourself the jogging shoe. Conversely, if you love swimming and you appreciate every moment you are in the pool, do you think you will buy yourself swimming suits? The answer is obvious. This is why you need to express your gratitude for what you want.
Take money as an example. You must appreciate all the money that you have, even if you have little, you must be grateful that you have it. John Templeton, one of the greatest stock pickers in the century said that wealth is gratitude. He said that when you are grateful for what you have, you will feel wealthy even if you do not have much. And if you are grateful for what you have, you will never feel wealthy even if you have a lot.
This is why you need to adopt the attitude of gratitude in life. You must express your appreciation for what you already have. And when you do that, the universe will reward you with more.
10. Love Yourself
One of the famous quotes from The Secret is this, “There is no greater power in the Universe than the power of love.” When you love yourself and accept yourself, it makes you a happier person. And you do know that emotions and feelings are important parts to make the Law of Attraction work. People who do not love themselves will never activate their feelings to manifest what they want.
If you feel as though you are sacrificing for someone or something else, you will be resentful. As a result, you will attract people and situations that cause more resentment. When you see someone who is richer and more successful than you, how do you feel? Do you feel resent and tell yourself that they are just lucky or they inherit the money from their parents? Or do you feel proud and aspire to be like them?
Please understand that you can never have more of what you resent. So choose to love the things that you want. Begin with loving yourself. Study after study has shown that people who love themselves tend to have better mental health, more productive and are more resilient in handling adversity in life.
More importantly, when you love yourself, everything around you becomes more beautiful and appealing. It enables you to look at people and things from a better perspective. Thus, your feelings about everything will change and so with the vibration energy within you. This will allow the universe to manifest what you want in a faster and better way.
These are the top 10 success principles you can learn from the best-selling author of the book, The Secret. Rhonda has more in store than you know, but these are the ten principles that can work as a great start in helping you achieve what you desire and making the Law of Attraction work for you.
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