The Secret - Robert Allen knew it?

Today the big craze is "The Secret." Watching Robert Allen 2 nights ago I found the same information from the "Secret" in the "Wealth System 2000" from 1991. Well, we all know (at least those of us whom watched the movie or read the book) that the "Secret" is really no secret, it's just a way of living everyday.

If each of us 10 times a day would:
1. Do what is important first
2. Keep focused on what we want to accomplish
3. Stay positive and push aside the "nay sayers"
4. Live for our purpose
We would live the secret, become great sales people, attract the things we want, thereby staying motivated and accomplishing more quickly, so much more.

Finding a purpose is essential to being able to accomplish goals. We can write down all kinds of goals, 1. become rich, 2. lose weight, 3. eat more healthily, 4. spend more quality time with the family, 5. get a sports car, 6. travel. So those goals are written, now what? Do those goals motivate you enough? No, you need your purpose to motivate you. So what is your purpose? Well, that can take some time to figure out. You may have an immediate purpose, to support your family, or no one eats next week. To get to work, or the mortgage won't get paid. Do you want to work until you die, or do you want to be able to take a year off to travel, spend time with the family? Your goal may be to travel and spend time with the family, but your purpose is then to provide a safe, secure surrounding for your family, because no one else will. And once you have that security, you can then live out those goals. The purpose you have is the foundation for the goals. With knowing your purpose, you can reach the goals more easily.

So I say to myself, "I need to provide a safe, secure environment for my family." How I do that is to provide a way for the daily expenses of my family to be paid for. Once those expenses are paid for without me working daily, I have time to be with my family. Once I provide for the daily expenses, I can work on providing for extra expenses, like travel.

Putting up pictures of goals can help you everyday see what it is that you want. We don't usually forget what we want, though. We do, however, tend to forget (or not think about the importance of) the underlying purpose for WHY we want that goal. The why can be as simple as FREEDOM. That feeling of waking up in the morning and knowing that you and your family are taken care of. That the day is yours, for whatever you have planned: more work, playing, education, volunteer work, etc. So, instead of placing a picture of Fiji on the fridge, you place a picture of your loving family playing together, or a picture that represents the volunteer work you want to do. To see the WHY everyday: your PURPOSE, can help keep you on track, keep you motivated, attract the WHY and the goals to your life.