The Success Manual

Take these words to heed: we are creators of the events and circumstances in our lives.  God provided us with infinite resources at our disposal; we came equipped with such capabilities as standard operating equipment at birth.  However, creating the life that we Desire occurs not just with and through our Thoughts, but also by and through our core system of Beliefs and Values, the Decisions that we make (or fail to make), and the Action(s) that we take – or fail to take – in our lives.

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Key Success Strategy: Understanding the Law of Attraction and Taking Action to Achieve Success

Critical Action Step Required

[NOTE: The following Success Strategy is Part 2 in a Series that initiated with The Success Strategist: The Law of Attraction article from March 29, 2010, wherein we posted the essay, "The Law of Attraction" by William Walker Atkinson, from his Success Manual "The Secret of Success."  Today's post is a critical follow-up to understanding the Law and implementing it properly to achieve results].

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Much has been written over the years as to the various elements necessary to attain Success in any endeavor, particularly wealth, prosperity and financial Success.  In this regard, the “Law of Attraction” has probably received more attention than any other topic over the past few years.  Yet, few still do not truly understand the Law, how it works, and how to properly apply it to achieve the desired results.

Ice in Huntington Ravine on Mount Washington of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, New Hampsire. Photo by David Jang on April 5, 2005.

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Let’s start by looking at some of the fundamental ingredients to achieving wealth, prosperity, abundance and Success, which have appeared consistently in many of the great classic Success Manuals that have been written over the years.

Desire, indeed, a burning Desire, has probably been designated more often than any other quality as the requisite foundation to achieving Success.  In fact, in his Master Success Manual Classic, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill made the topic of Desire the very first chapter.  In order to attain wealth, prosperity and Success, one must have a deep, white-hot, burning Desire that permeates one’s conscious and subconscious being.  With such intense Desire, the very thought of the Goal – whatever it may be – is embedded in the forefront of the Mind, a basic tenet of the Law of Attraction.

Expectation is often next cited as the second most necessary ingredient to Success.  One must not only have a burning Desire to attain wealth, prosperity and riches, but one must also Expect the Desired result.  To merely Desire, without the complementary element of Expectation, is to simply “wish.”  In his powerful book, “Working with the Law,” Raymond Holliwell thusly states:

“It is no use to desire a thing unless you expect to get it, either in part or in full.  Desire without expectation is idle wishing or dreaming.  You simply waste much valuable mental energy doing this.”

Desire and Expectation work together, in tandem, and are the primary underlying forces that give rise to the Law of Attraction.  In “You Were Born Rich,” Master Success Thinker – and my personal coach during 2008-2009 – Bob Proctor states the following regarding the interplay between Desire and Expectation:

“Your desire is the motorpower which will move you in direction of your dream and expectation is the attractive force that will move your dream in your direction.  So see yourself moving toward the wealth you visualize and see the wealth you visualize being attracted to you.”

Desire and Expectation thus work hand in hand.  One (Desire) is the attractive force that moves you towards your Goal; the other (Expectation) is the attractive force that drives your Goal towards you.

Desire and Expectation work together, in tandem, and are the primary underlying forces that give rise to the Law of Attraction.  One (Desire) is the attractive force that moves you towards your Goal; the other (Expectation) is the attractive force that drives your Goal towards you.

In explaining the dance between Desire and Expectation, Bob Proctor likes to use fishing as an analogy.  Desire is the force in action when you cast your line out; it is done with the Desire and intent to catch the fish.  Expectation is the force that takes over when the fish hits the lure; you hook the fish and Expectation reels the fish in.  You don’t reel in a fish without the expectation that you will land it.

Yet, both forces originate within and both MUST be used consistently, positively and with Faith.

Yes, Faith.  Another critical ingredient – similar in some respects to Expectation, but quite different.  Think of Faith as the super-glue that holds Desire and Expectation together, in harmony and in congruence.  But Faith does more than merely bind Desire and Expectation.  Faith is the Great Energizer.  Faith turbocharges Desire and Expectation, creating a strong and powerful spiritual Force within.  Faith is Spirit in action.

In Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill offers the following insight as to Faith, the entire subject of Chapter 2 of that Classic:

“Faith is the head chemist of the mind.  When Faith is blended with the ‘vibration of thought,’ the subconscious mind instantly picks up the vibration, translates it into its spiritual equivalent, and transmits it to the Infinite of Intelligence, as in the case of prayer . . .  Faith is a state of mind which may be induced, or created, by affirmations or repeated instructions to the subconscious mind, through the principle of autosuggestion.”

Now, if this is all beginning to finally sound like the “Law of Attraction,” you are absolutely right.

But, we are not done.  While there are many, many nuances to the overall process of attaining wealth, prosperity and Success – and, importantly, there are many other Universal laws in play – a fourth and critically important step is required: ACTION.

Nothing happens without Action.  For if we do not take Action towards realizing our goal, particularly when Action can be taken, we will fail to realize our goal, regardless of the level and extent of our Desire, Expectation and Faith.

Nothing happens without Action, and if you are a fan of Anthony Robbins or have read, listened or otherwise come across any of his work, you know that he is all about taking Action.  For if we do not take Action towards realizing our goal, particularly when Action can be taken, we will fail to realize our goal, regardless of the level and extent of our Desire, Expectation and Faith.

Yet, it is Action that is left out of the process 95% of the time, thereby resulting in failure!  It is this final step that a vast majority of those seeking to be, do and have more fail to undertake, thereby shirking their personal responsibility in the process of shaping their lives and creating their circumstances.

While the book and movie, The Secret, was phenomenal in exposing the Law of Attraction to those who had never heard of it, The Secret did little to educate the serious Success novice as to rightly applying and implementing that Law – and the many other critical Universal Laws, including the “Law of Laws,” the Law of Cause and Effect.  Without the necessary ingredient of intense, focused and consistent Action that is congruent with concerted synergies of Desire, Expectation and Faith, the Law of Attraction will either fail to work or will work less than optimally.

The Internet, including many Social Media platforms, is awash with well-meaning (and, perhaps, some not-so-well-meaning) individuals who banter about the concept of “Law of Attraction” as though it was some type of magical mantra that requires little, if any, congruent Action on behalf of the individual seeking to invoke this Universal Law.  Yes, we do become what we think about, but to attain real, honest, sincere, lasting and immense Success, we must take huge amounts of ACTION – in a consistent manner and on a consistent basis.

To attain real, honest, sincere, lasting and immense Success, we must take huge amounts of ACTION – in a consistent manner and on a consistent basis.

How many times have you heard that “God helps those who help themselves?”  Or, that “God provides the worm to the robin, but does not place it in the robin’s beak.”  Or, that “God brings home the groceries, but He doesn’t cook the dinner.”  In each example, if Success is not realized, it is not because of a breakdown with God or His Laws; rather, failure occurs because the necessary Action was not taken.

Going back to Working with the Law, in the very chapter entitled “Law of Attraction,” Holliwell notes that you must “be reasonable and practical and do what you can to promote its [the Desired result] coming.”  Holliwell goes on to further state that:

“I have little confidence in the Lord answering the one who rocks in an easy chair and waits for the desired thing to be placed on his lap.  Somewhere it says the Lord helps them that help themselves.  Yes, action spells results.  This supplements your mental creative process and provides the channel for its expression.  Then leave the results to the Law.  As you do your part, the Law will do the rest.”

In what many consider the “granddaddy” work on the Law of Attraction, “The Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace D. Wattles, it is explained as follows:

“[M]an must not only think, but his personal action must supplement his thought . . .

“[Y]ou must so arrange your own business affairs that you may be able to receive it [riches] when it comes to you.  Your thoughts make things, animate and inanimate, work to bring you what you want; but your personal activity must be such that you can rightly receive what you want when it reaches you.

“Your pocketbook is not going to be transformed into a Fortunata’s purse, which shall be always full of money without effort on your part.

“This is the crucial point in the science of getting rich; right here, where thought and personal action must be combined.  There are very many people who, consciously or unconsciously, set the creative forces in action by the strength and persistence of their desires, but who remain poor because they do not provide for the reception of the thing they want when it comes.

“By thought, the thing you want is brought to you; by action, you receive it.

“Whatever your action is to be, it is evident that you must act NOW . . .  Put your whole mind into present action . . .  There is never any time but now, and there never will be any time but now.  If you are ever to begin to make ready for the reception of what you want, you must begin NOW.”

All of this, according to Wattles, is “Acting in a Certain Way.”  Today, we would simply call it “taking Action.”

I personally know individuals – some family and friends – who attempt to utilize their infinite God-given powers and abilities through the Law of Attraction by sitting in an easy chair.  Then, when the Desired results fail to manifest, they ignorantly conclude that the Law of Attraction is mythical and doesn’t exist.  Or, even worse, that God failed them.

“This is the crucial point in the science of getting rich; right here, where thought and personal action must be combined.  There are very many people who, consciously or unconsciously, set the creative forces in action by the strength and persistence of their desires, but who remain poor because they do not provide for the reception of the thing they want when it comes."  -  Wallace D. Wattles, "The Science of Getting Rich"

In such instances, unfortunately, when one seeks to assign “blame” for failure from the “within” to “without,” a subtle, yet profound, paradigm shift takes place.  In sum, the student of Success recedes back into “victim consciousness.”  That is, the individual surrenders his or her personal responsibility in life to the outer circumstances and events, thereby giving external factors and forces control – in complete contravention to the Law of Attraction!

God never fails.  The Laws of the Universe never fail.  It is we who fail.  To quote Shakespeare (who, by the way, understood the Law of Attraction): “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”

God never fails.  The Laws of the Universe never fail.  It is we who fail.  To quote Shakespeare (who, by the way, understood the Law of Attraction): “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”

When we fail to achieve Success, it is usually because of one or more of the following three reasons: 1) we do not fully understand the Laws and/or are not using them properly, 2) we failed to take the necessary Action, and/or 3) we simply gave-up or quit too early (remember, there is also the Law of Gestation; all seeds of Success take the required amount of time to germinate, grow and ultimately bear fruit – you wouldn’t plant an apple-seed and expect a bountiful harvest in a week; why would you expect an equivalent amount of personal Success in the same amount of time?  Both are under equal operation of the Law of Gestation).

Take these words to heed: we are creators of the events and circumstances in our lives.  God provided us with infinite resources at our disposal; we came equipped with such capabilities as standard operating equipment at birth.  However, creating the life that we Desire occurs not just with and through our Thoughts, but also by and through our core system of Beliefs and Values, the Decisions that we make (or fail to make), and the Action(s) that we take – or fail to take – in our lives.

Don’t be a victim of ignorance when it comes to the Law of Attraction.  Be careful what you read and hear on the Internet when it comes to the Law of Attraction, just as you would with any other important issue or matter.  Unfortunately, the Law has been twisted and contorted, and worse, it is being exploited by some seeking immoral financial gain.

Learn, understand and properly apply the Law by doing YOUR part.  You need to take Personal Action – and you MUST start NOW!

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Mount Washington image with permission from the Mount Washington Observatory.  Thanks, Crew!

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