Last night while watch­ing TV, my wife and I had an inter­est­ing debate on the whole “The Secret” phe­nom­ena. And we came to the very same conclusions.

I believe in the law of attrac­tion. I also like the premise behind the book, which is largely influ­enced by Wally Wat­tles’ 1910 book, The Sci­ence of Get­ting Rich.

But with all the “new-​​wage” gurus out there giv­ing it a bad rap, the law of attrac­tion is get­ting an unde­served rep­u­ta­tion. Some peo­ple even call it the “flaw of attrac­tion.” How­ever, the real flaw isn’t with the secret in itself, as some suggested.

It’s with how some peo­ple have bas­tardized it for their own self­ish greed.

Here’s the problem…

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My wife found this today, at a time I needed it the most. And it’s so inspi­ra­tional… so mov­ing… that I had to share it with you.

If you think there’s no hope, if you think you have obsta­cles you can’t over­come, if you’re think­ing about giv­ing up, then you absolutely, pos­i­tively MUST watch this short video.

I dare you to keep a dry eye.

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Michel Fortin: If you look at the laws and rules and all that won­der­ful stuff, they do exist for a pur­pose. And I under­stand that. But I also believe in edu­ca­tion because the more you edu­cate peo­ple the more you will change the world rather than forc­ing it to change. So, if you’re going to help out some­body in their own lives you need edu­ca­tion. If you’re going to help out peo­ple to real­ize maybe they are bad peo­ple and they’ve done hurt to oth­ers edu­ca­tion is the answer.

It’s not pros­e­ly­tiz­ing. It’s not try­ing to argue with them. It’s just teach­ing them and teach­ing them until they’re ready to be taught and they’re ready to change. I’ve met a lot of peo­ple who change their lives because they’ve learned and they’ve decided to learn and that’s the key. Edu­ca­tion is prob­a­bly the most pro­found answer I can give to that ques­tion. It’s just education.

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Michel Fortin: Peo­ple have egos and it’s nor­mal and it’s nat­ural and we all have things that are near and dear to every sin­gle per­son. Peo­ple will fight for what their egos tell them that they need to fight for.

I’m a very hum­ble per­son. I always like to take the low road. I do like the approval. I do like the lime­light. But, if I feel that some­body else can take it for me, if I feel that if there is some­thing that I can do, that it takes away from me, but it makes some­body else’s life bet­ter, I will do that. That’s a really hard les­son to learn in humility.

When­ever you look at, for exam­ple, some of the dis­cus­sion boards that I’m par­tic­i­pat­ing in, some­times you get these really fierce bat­tles. And there was a cou­ple of times when peo­ple actu­ally were against some of the things that I’ve either actu­ally said or had done.

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“I prac­ticed the art of get­ting more things done rather than get­ting the really impor­tant things done well.“
– Alec MacKenzie

“We can no more afford to spend major time on minor things than we can to spend minor time on major things.“
– Jim Rohn

Now is the time to set your GOALs. Your “guides” are goals that will most likely stem from your per­sonal val­ues because, hav­ing gone through the process so far, you will have a pretty good idea of what kind of goals you truly want. Take a new sheet of paper and write at the top the words “My Guides.” Then, write down what you want to be, do, or have.

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“The most impor­tant things in life aren’t things.“
– Fran­cis the Talk­ing Mule

“One of the symp­toms of an approach­ing ner­vous break­down is the belief that one’s work is ter­ri­bly impor­tant.“
– Bertrand Russell

“Often peo­ple attempt to live their lives back­wards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want to they will be hap­pier. The way it actu­ally works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, to have what you want.“
– Mar­garet Young

First, take a sheet of paper and write at the top “My Val­ues.” Start by list­ing your top ten val­ues. Ask your­self what kind of feel­ing, value, or per­sonal mean­ing you would like in your life right now. What are your inner­most con­vic­tions? What do your really value in life? What are you truly pas­sion­ate about? What are your core desires?

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“Do not mea­sure your life by your goals but what you are actu­ally doing to achieve them.“
– Peter Drucker

“The ulti­mate goal of life is death — the expe­ri­ence of life is where the value is, not the results we achieve.“
– Anony­mous

When peo­ple refer to pro­duc­tive­ness, they usu­ally refer to “busy-​​ness.” Pos­i­tive pro­duc­tiv­ity, on the other hand, is the result of doing what’s impor­tant and will hinge greatly on how well you adhere to this process of align­ment. Align­ment can also help you to dis­cover not only what you need to do but also pro­vide you with short­cuts as well.

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