After finishing Rhonda Byrne’s bestselling self-help book, I am still trying to absorb everything. The book is based on the movie produced by Byrne. However, it is the book that has received more mileage, reaching the top of the New York Time’s Best Seller list (hardcover advice) and has managed to stay on the list for 42 weeks. The book is hardly original as it compiles insights and advice from the world’s top mentors on self-improvement.

The Secret expounds on the law of attraction and how it affects our everyday life. According to experts, the Secret has been known by the most prominent and successful people for centuries. The concept is actually very simple - what the mind conceives and believes, the Universe will find a way to achieve. I’m sure we have all heard that before. However, the book includes details on visualization and other techniques to assist the mind in conceptualizing our desires. It is also broken down into several parts that deal with wealth, health, relationships, etc. Nevertheless, every part says the same thing — make your desire known, meditate on it regularly, visualize, anticipate, and believe that it has already been achieved. Read the rest of this entry »