Friday, March 16, 2007

Performance Strategies: Lessons from "The Secret"

WOW! Once Oprah and Larry King "discover" something it really takes off. Of course I'm referring to the phenomenon of "The Secret". Watch it free here and if you like it buy it at the official website.

So why put the word discover in quotes? Simple! They discovered nothing. They did however pick up on a sweeping wave of interest that has been around forever and bring that to a massive audience. In so doing, the interest continues growing exponentially) I'm sure Rhonda Byrne, James Ray, John Assaraf, Joe Vitale, Lisa Nichols, Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield, Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith and others affiliated with the project are all smiling.

The real secret is applying what you learn. In other words...live it, don't just learn it.

WORD OF CAUTION...Watching the secret changes nothing. Telling people how you agree with its content changes nothing. Entire groups of people will make it into a trend but like all other truths out there, nothing happens till you live it. Watching it is a start but then so is Dianetics, Landmark (a/k/a EST), holy teachings (The Torah, The Bible, The Koran, Buddhist texts, Kaballah, etc.), Quantum Physics (i.e. What The Bleep Do We Know, etc.).

Reading, Listening, Watching....all passive!

Doing, Living, Being...all active!

The difference is in the outcome.

Footnote: Joe Vitale already "slipped" that there will be a sequel (because he is attracting it). He also said his recent emergency appendectomy was attracted because he needed to take a break from his hectic life.