Why the Secret Fails - Seven Secrets to Happiness

It's February and if you're like most people, guess what has happened to your well-intentioned New Year's resolutions? They've disappeared into the dark valley of shame, regret, and discouragement. Hey, I'm not any pinnacle of virtue either, that's for sure, but I really do not like feeling like yet another statistic when it comes to making lasting and positive changes in life.


That's why when I previewed this, I immediately wanted to write all about it too, because this IS the answer!

Forget resolutions and do THIS instead!

The reality is, my colleague Natalie Ledwell (one of the creators of Mind Movies) has hit the nail on the head with this video. Nat has worked closely with people who were involved with The Secret. In fact, she has used the law of attraction to reach a number of really phenomenal achievements in life.
But she quickly realized that something extremely important was missing from the message of the Secret, and it was causing a LOT of disappointment among those of us who want with all our hearts to attract our deepest desires into our lives--but can't seem to get there from here.

The difference between Natalie and "the rest of us" is that she set out on a mission to figure this out. And she did! Simply by putting her philosophy to work and PROVING it to herself first. And when she saw how incredibly reliably this works, she knew what she had to do: make it available to anyone who wanted to fully access the incredible power of the law of attraction.

You can actually get RESULTS by implementing a few very easy-to-understand concepts. It all starts with four steps you can take right now to get started. And you know what? It makes so much sense, it is so easy to do, and it WORKS! You'll see when you do it--things just seem to start falling into place to deliver your goals to you. But they key is actually DOING it.

Natalie shows you the way right here 

She clearly explains the four steps, and it's super easy to begin. Actually, I'm still shocked that she's giving this away, but she is. I watched this video twice, just to make sure I could jot down some notes on the steps and I have to tell you, I was so excited to get started with it, I began immediately.

I'm already seeing and feeling the difference this makes. Once you do this, anything is possible for you if you just follow these four easy steps!

Follow These 4 Easy Steps

I'm totally stoked about this, and I think you will be too. Because once you see how effective this is for ANY goal you want to achieve, I believe you'll be applying this simple but powerful formula to accomplish ANYTHING. So watch the video which is FREE, because Natalie just wants to get this
into the hands of as many people as possible so you can realize your dreams too. Oh and by the way, this takes all the struggle out of trying to keep your New Year's resolutions. It's a whole different
way of going after what you want with one big difference - It WORKS!

Natalie explains this totally awesome concept about creating your new life story. At first I wasn't sure if it would make a difference or not, but I can already tell you that it definitely DOES. Get started right here: What's Your New Life Story? 

I think Natalie presents the most practical Steps to Happiness

Happy as You Want to Be

Almost everyone have heard the hit single 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin. The song has a very catchy way of conveying its message of being happy to everyone. Bobby Mcferiin's simple message surely made a lot of people by telling them not to worry.

Living a happy, resilient and optimistic life is wonderful, and is also good for your health. Being happy actually protects you from the stresses of life. Stress is linked to top causes of death such as heart disease, cancer and stroke.

One of the better things ever said is - 'The only thing in life that will always remain the same is change', and in our life we have the power to make the necessary changes if we want to. Even if we find ourselves in an unbearable situation we can always find solace in the knowledge that it too would change.

Social networks or relationships are essential to happiness. People are different, accept people for who or what they are, avoid clashes, constant arguments, and let go of all kinds of resentments. If arguments seem unavoidable still try and make an effort to understand the situation and you might just get along with well with

Happiness is actually found in everyone, increasing it is a way to make a life more wonderful and also more healthy.

To be happy is relatively easy, just decide to be a happy person. Abraham Lincoln observed that most people for most of the time can choose how happy or stressed, how relaxed or troubled, how bright or dull their outlook to be. The choice is simple really, choose to be happy.

There are several ways by which you can do this.

Being grateful is a great attitude. We have so much to be thankful for. Thank the taxi driver for bringing you home safely, thank the cook for a wonderful dinner and thank the guy who cleans your windows. Also thank the mailman for bringing you your mails, thank the policeman for making your place safe and thank God for being alive.

News is stressful. Get less of it. Some people just can't start their day without their daily dose of news. Try and think about it, 99% of the news we hear or read is bad news. Starting the day with bad news does not seem to be a sensible thing to do.

A religious connection is also recommended. Being part of a religious group with its singing, sacraments, chanting, prayers and meditations foster inner peace.

Manage your time. Time is invaluable and too important to waste. Time management can be viewed as a list of rules that involves scheduling, setting goals, planning, creating lists of things to do and prioritizing. These are the core basics of time management that should be understood to develop an efficient personal time management skill. These basic skills can be fine tuned further to include the finer points of each skill that can give you that extra reserve to make the results you desire.

Laugh and laugh heartily everyday. Heard a good joke? Tell your friends or family about it. As they also say -'Laughter is the best medicine'.

Express your feelings, affections, friendship and passion to people around you. They will most likely reciprocate your actions. Try not to keep pent up anger of frustrations, this is bad for your health. Instead find ways of expressing them in a way that will not cause more injury or hurt to anyone.

Working hard brings tremendous personal satisfaction. It gives a feeling of being competent in finishing our tasks. Accomplishments are necessary for all of us, they give us a sense of value. Work on things that you feel worthy of your time.

Learning is a joyful exercise. Try and learn something new everyday. Learning also makes us expand and broaden our horizons. And could also give us more opportunities in the future.

Run, jog, walk and do other things that your body was made for. Feel alive.

Avoid exposure to negative elements like loud noises, toxins and hazardous places.

These are the few simple things you can do everyday to be happy.

And always remember the quote from Abraham Lincoln, he says that, "Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

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Can You Really Create Your Own Luck by Using Affirmations?

Have you ever come across people who seem to be lucky in just
about every situation and circumstance? They find a good parking
space when not even bad ones are available. They just happen to
find a $50 bill on the pavement. By some uncanny coincidence,
they meet the right people at just the right time. They land
their dream jobs. They triumph over misfortune. They get the girl
(or guy) in the end -just like in movies with happy endings.

We consider people lucky when, using no apparent effort, they
just automatically run into favorable situations that we call
luck. Luck isn't necessarily a result of karma or coincidence. I
believe that these lucky people actually "unconsciously generate"
their so-called luck. They think and behave in ways that create
good fortune in their lives. A large part of this is through a
positive attitude or mindset, and how better to instill a
positive attitude or mindset than through affirmations?

Anthony Robbins relates the story of a man who, after using a
wealth affirmation for just a few days, won several million
dollars in a state lottery. Some people would call that a
coincidence. Some would call it providence. But whatever you call
it, it's certainly worthy of further investigation.

Serendipity is defined as the faculty or phenomenon of finding
valuable or agreeable things not sought for. That, too, is
something we call luck. But what if you could find valuable or
agreeable things that you actually are seeking -and what if you
could do it at will?

There are affirmation techniques that empower you to achieve your
desires and dreams in ways that appear to be pure luck. You can
actually attract good luck in ever area of your life - and make
it look easy while doing it.

Richard Wiseman, the head of a psychology research department at
the University of Hertfordshire in England, and author of the
book, "The Luck Factor," did in-depth studies with his colleagues
at the university's Perrott-Warrick Research Unit focusing on
what makes some people lucky and others not. After conducting
hundreds of experiments and thousands of interviews, he
discovered that lucky people think and behave in ways that create
good fortune in their lives. They are 1) particularly open to
possibility; and 2) they expect good fortune to come their way.

These 2 cornerstones are the basis of the following power
affirmations that maximize your mind's potential for bringing
good luck into your life:

* I am always in the right place at the right time.
* I expect the best and I get it NOW!
* I always get everything that is for my highest good.
* Everything good is coming to me easily and effortlessly.
* I am divinely guided in all I do.
* I expect life to give me what is best for me.
* I deserve the best and it comes to me NOW!
* This is a rich universe and there is plenty for all of us.
* I now eagerly await my greatest good.
* I expect good fortune every moment of my life.
* I am open to receive the abundant good that God has for me.
* God is the source of all my good, I look only to Him for my
supply.
* I envision only that which is for my highest good.
* My highest good is manifesting in my life right now.

* God's wealth is circulating in my life. His wealth flows to me
in avalanches of abundance. All my needs, desires and goals are
met instantaneously because I am one with God, and God is
everything.

Note that many of the above affirmations call upon your "highest
good." That's because when you summon your highest good, amazing
things can happen.

The last in the above list is the word-for-word affirmation
Anthony Robbins personally used. He went from being in a state of
poverty, living in a tiny one-bedroom apartment (where he used to
wash dishes in the bath tub), being clinically obese and having
no girlfriend - to becoming a millionaire, achieving his ideal
weight and becoming physically fit, living in a real-life castle
(with turrets) by the ocean with his dream woman -- all within a
year's time.

TIP: As luck would have it, there's a revolutionary approach to
affirmations that virtually turns you into a luck magnet. When
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life.

If you want to follow Henry David Thoreau's suggestion about
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