Friday, March 14, 2008

Oprah and The Secret

"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work."
Oprah Winfrey


Wait a minute...isn't Oprah the great endorser of The Secret and the Law of Attraction, which teaches that stuff happens because you think about it, not because you work at it?

Yes, The Secret teaches that you don't need to do much except transmit those positive success vibes out into the universe in order to be successful. But Oprah doesn't really believe that. She is arguably one of the most successul women of our day, some would say in history, but she recognizes that you need to do something besides just thinking about what you want if you are going to get it.

A well recognized trait of successful people is that they have a bias for action. They don't just think about what they want, they take action and do their part to make it happen. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but The Secret seems to say otherwise.

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