The Secret

Sunil Bali — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:15:00 GMT

‘The Secret’

Normal is not something to aspire to,
it’s something to get away from.
Jodie Foster

The facts are that 96% of the money in the world is owned by 1% of the population, and one in four of us will suffer some form of mental illness at some point in our lives. Why does such a small proportion of the planet achieve success whilst the vast majority seem to wallow in mediocrity? What is the secret to success?

Well, the great secret is that there are no secrets to success.

Over 2,300 years ago, Aristotle concluded that more than anything, men and women seek happiness in all areas of their lives. The things that we value most like health, relationships and money are only valued because we think that they will make us happy. While the world has changed a lot since the time of Aristotle, our deep-rooted desire for success and happiness remains undiminished.

Research by an army of psychologists from all over the world clearly shows that life’s true achievers, from Buddha to Bill Gates and Lance Armstrong to Leonardo da Vinci, have all had one thing in common – the quality of their thinking. True achievers have beliefs which empower them. These beliefs lead them to think the right thoughts, which result in the right actions which, in turn, produce the right results.

If you want to achieve more, then you need to challenge your current beliefs and thinking. Unfortunately, millions of people don’t fulfill their desires because they believe that there’s nothing they can do to change their lot. This simply isn’t true. As Napoleon Hill said in his book Think and GrowRich, “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

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The Secret