Books like The Secret serve as a great introduction to the law of attraction and other books such as the one you mentioned, so I applaude thier ability to "break the metaphysical ice"... I do a lot of writing in the law of attraction community and I've found that the number one thing people want to manifest is money. I've also found that most of the people who are frustrated with LOA are those that are meditating and visualizing like crazy but ignoring the opportunities for change. And that was the point I wanted to make here.
I agree with you - attitude is everything. Thanks for reading and keep those comments coming :)
I'm glad you enjoyed the post and your comment is exactly what I was saying... positive thinking is great - it puts you in the right emotional state of mind to succeed - but you have to act or you won't see any results. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts!
Thanks for your comment Prufock. Actually, while The Secret does introduce some principles of LOA, it doesn't go into enough detail which was the point of this post. I didn't really intend to bash The Secret or LOA - quite the contrary, I wanted to point out that "thinking" isn't enough - you have to participate in the future you want to create. I hope that clarifies things a bit more... I don't see LOA as garbage - I actually think it works but I also believe that action is a key component of effecting any kind of change.
Having learned piano as an adult, I have to say weighted keys on any synth are a must while you are learning. Otherwise it is too difficult to transition to a regular piano. Your synth should also have a plug-in damper pedal as well.
One of my daughter's fellow students uses a synth to rehearse on and struggles terribly with the finger pressure and pedaling when she has to use a real piano for recitals or competitions.
Also, if you are totally committed to a real piano, check out local universities, who will cycle their pianos every two to three years. You can get a good piano for much less money than new.
I'm sure it's the difference between the packaged, washed salad mix/cut up cabbage/baby carrots and the plain stuff at the grocery store (though at our big chain stores there aren't often more than one organic options).
The cost differential at our coop between the loose, unbagged (but washed) carrots that I wash & cut up and the shaved-down baby carrots is about 25% right now. That little bit of work makes a big difference. Later in the year when I can get uncertified organic-method carrots with dirt on them straight from the farmer the cost difference will be huge.
If you want to read another book about Peter Peterson and Lehman Brothers all in one, I suggest Greed and Glory on Wall Street. It talks about the first collapse (1984) of Lehman Brothers as well as a good background on how Lehman started. Also gives you a third party perspective on Peterson.
i work at On the Border and we have a great happy hour. we see lots of people who admitedly are there to save money. it's 3 to 7 mon. thru friday. cheap margs and beer and half off most appetizers. it's a steal and the food is great.
You're right, money doesn't just appear b/c you meditate everyday and I don't think that's the core "belief" of "the Secret" anyway...but, if you keep telling yourself you can't get a better paying job, can't save money, can't get out of debt, etc. Guess what? You can't and you won't.
Sometimes, a book like "The Secret" might lead or help a person get to a book like "Your Money or Your Life." You never know!
It's great to see someone bring balance to the "conversation." I've been leery of social media "experts" for quite some time and you hit the nail on the head.
I am a avid believer in "The Secret" and there are so many that roll their eyes when I try to explain it to them. My very religious friend was told by her pastor that it was a bunch of nonsense and she promptly handed the book back to me.
Your article was right on target. It is not only to believe but to move forward with your own action as well. You cannot become a hermit and expect someone to come to your door without lifting a finger. You need to move yourself in the direction of what you want... but first you must believe that nothing can stand in your way of that goal. Once you release the mind, the body follows and your goals are attained.
Please do not make these assumptions as my words are presented in this article completely out of context. I am hardly a "thief", a "liar", or a "con artist".
While Melissa is fairly presented as being employed by a CPG, there is no disclosure as to if any of the other bloggers mentioned are compensated by any CPG in any way.
This website, Wisebread.com appears to have a good deal of advertising on it, and there is no disclosure as to any influence any of the advertisers may have had on this article.
As an independent consumer advocate and anti-consumerism writer, I urge the reader to do more research on their own before drawing these conclusions.
my family has never had it and it is currently 98 degrees here with 90 % humidity. just dress light, use a ceiling fan, and take cold showers...
I hate when i go to the store or movies and they have AC on!
People complain about cold temps all winter
so why recreate winter during summer with AC!
I'm thinking she's means "farmer's market" type produce. Usually, that type of produce is picked, rinsed off and sold to the public. They don't spend the time (or money) to clean it up and make it look pretty for the store.
and this is exactly why civilization is going down hill because so many people rationalize unethical things such as this. Its sad and pathetic. People that do such things are thieves, liars, and con artists, plain and simple.
I'm a member of an online green social network at www.greenwala.com and we discuss this topic constantly. One of the most common recommendations is to make your own produce rinse out of affordable but effective ingredients and tah-dahhh - you end up saving more than just money. Apparently, as long as you soak fruits and veggies for a good 5 minutes, the residue should be zapped. One of the members there swears by mixing 1 part water and 1 part white vinegar with two tablespoons each of baking soda and lemon juice.
Ok, let’s say you are not in the northern hemisphere, and its winter. Your camping still is a little more cumbersome. A large pot, you can carry your wash in it once it’s done. You will need a large concave cover, a little larger then the pot or an easy to use handle on it. You will need to prop the pot up and place coals under it, don’t get flames all over, and this is flammable stuff. Float a bowl and put the lid upside down on the pot. Put snow or ice in the lid and drain it off with a ladle or siphon it. It will steam up, condense on the lid and drip down to the bowl. This is faster, but requires a supply to keep the lid cold.
I'm not really clear on how you save money by washing produce. Is this about packaged versus unpackaged produce? LIke premade salad bags for $4 versus a head of lettuce at $1? Otherwise when in the grocery stores I've not seen options to buy washed or unwashed fruits & veggies.
Ok, say you are camping in the summer. You are willing to carry in 5 gallons of wash. It's hot; you don’t want to carry more. Let’s resort to survival skills. You can get fresh water from most any saltwater or swamp water. In a closed container, remove the lid, float a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, seal with rope or rubber band, and place a weight in the centre. Place in the sun. The heat will cause evaporation. It will condense on the plastic and drip at the lowest point. Fall to the bowl and collect. This is not fast. This will carry over a LOT of the flavour from your wash. If it’s from fruit, you are going to taste it. Likewise, if you are making a traditional moonshine, you will taste the native yeast and corn in your results.
My father has threatened to put a provision in his will that anybody who spends money on a funeral for him will get nothing. Which is sort of ironic I suppose, as he may have a lot to leave. He claims that in his home state (AL) that it's legal to bury your dead on your own property with no interference from the local governments or expense as long as you do it within a day or so and get a proper death certificate...
It's often much less expensive to grow your own organic vegetables. We grow tomatoes, peppers, snap peas and lettuce in our small garden each year - focusing on produce with the highest pesticide levels. It's NOT harder to grow organic on a small scale. :) Water, sun and weeding are all we ever give our plants - and they do just fine. Even apartment dwellers with a small, sunny balcony could grow a few plants in pots.
My grandmother, mother, and a dear friend all died recently. I took time off of work and found that I was spending a lot of time shopping. Whole days, in fact. I counted this as progress, because I was up, out of the house, and "getting things done". Eventually, it all added up to over $3000 of (mostly) junk purchases. Sometimes I shopped for distraction or for the "thrill of the hunt". But more often, I shopped at stores my Mom and I had fun going to together, just to feel close to her, to feel like she could still be just one aisle over. Sometimes it was a nesting impulse- no price felt too high when it came to showing my love for my remaining family through making our home nicer, or buying them expensive gifts to celebrate small occasions. Life seemed so fragile, and money seemed so inconsequential. It truly felt like we could all die at any moment, and I wanted to make sure that I was doing everything to the max to take advantage of simply being alive. One day I was walking through Target. I had gone there to get just some detergent or something and I was deeply sad. I got this feeling that the day would be well-spent if I could "be productive through shopping", and get rid of the yucky old shower curtain in my bathroom, and maybe pick up some other bath accessories. Once I had picked those out, I started thinking how good it would feel to give our bedroom a makeover and surprise my boyfriend with some cool new linens. He was taking such good care of me, and I wanted to do something in return, to take good care of him. After a few minutes, I had completely brainwashed myself into believing that everything would be ok, if only I could get my home in perfect order. Soon my cart was full of the makings of a new and better life, even though I knew I didn't have enough money to pay for even half of them. I looked at the cart and it hit me that I would never be able to buy my way out of the emptiness inside of me. I called my boyfriend and told him that I was out of control with spending and needed help, and I needed to come home right away. I put everything back from the cart and walked out of the store empty-handed. Later, when I totaled up how much I had spent over the months, I was positively mortified. I showed my boyfriend my credit card bills and abjectly apologized for spending what for me is a month and a half of income. This 3-month spending spree had completely negated all the progress I had made repaying my credit card debt, something he had asked me to seriously work on so that we could afford to start a family. He was understanding, kind and forgiving. He said that he was complicit, because he had loved the people we lost, and was sad and didn't do anything to stop me spending our money- especially when it was on gifts for him. It scares me that when I look at the purchases one-by-one today, I feel like each one was justified. With just a little push over the edge, I would probably buy most of those things again. But that is not a worthy memorial to the three important women I lost. And it won't bring them back. And in the long run, it makes everything much worse. At this point, I have paid off all of my credit card debt through an inheritance, and I returned some of the items I bought. I am trying to deal with my grief in constructive ways now- you can't permanently buy your way out of sadness this deep. But at the time, it seemed like there was no alternative. I just didn't have much capacity to stop and think about what I was doing. Thank goodness I stopped before it got any worse.
I recently had my girlfriend show me how to make sushi, a feat I never would have attempted solo. Neither of us are sushi chefs by any standard, so we made some amateur stuff. The next day we had some fish still leftover so I gave it a second go, remembering what gave us trouble and what we learned from the day before. I could hardly believe it when I made some pretty decent sushi myself.
I guess in the case of the more complex stuff, just don't repeat your mistakes and try try again.
Books like The Secret serve as a great introduction to the law of attraction and other books such as the one you mentioned, so I applaude thier ability to "break the metaphysical ice"... I do a lot of writing in the law of attraction community and I've found that the number one thing people want to manifest is money. I've also found that most of the people who are frustrated with LOA are those that are meditating and visualizing like crazy but ignoring the opportunities for change. And that was the point I wanted to make here.
I agree with you - attitude is everything. Thanks for reading and keep those comments coming :)
I'm glad you enjoyed the post and your comment is exactly what I was saying... positive thinking is great - it puts you in the right emotional state of mind to succeed - but you have to act or you won't see any results. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts!
Thanks for your comment Prufock. Actually, while The Secret does introduce some principles of LOA, it doesn't go into enough detail which was the point of this post. I didn't really intend to bash The Secret or LOA - quite the contrary, I wanted to point out that "thinking" isn't enough - you have to participate in the future you want to create. I hope that clarifies things a bit more... I don't see LOA as garbage - I actually think it works but I also believe that action is a key component of effecting any kind of change.
Having learned piano as an adult, I have to say weighted keys on any synth are a must while you are learning. Otherwise it is too difficult to transition to a regular piano. Your synth should also have a plug-in damper pedal as well.
One of my daughter's fellow students uses a synth to rehearse on and struggles terribly with the finger pressure and pedaling when she has to use a real piano for recitals or competitions.
Also, if you are totally committed to a real piano, check out local universities, who will cycle their pianos every two to three years. You can get a good piano for much less money than new.
I'm sure it's the difference between the packaged, washed salad mix/cut up cabbage/baby carrots and the plain stuff at the grocery store (though at our big chain stores there aren't often more than one organic options).
The cost differential at our coop between the loose, unbagged (but washed) carrots that I wash & cut up and the shaved-down baby carrots is about 25% right now. That little bit of work makes a big difference. Later in the year when I can get uncertified organic-method carrots with dirt on them straight from the farmer the cost difference will be huge.
Well, there's one sure way not to have identity theft happen to you with your credit cards.....solution: Don't have any credit cards!
Close them all. Problem taken care of!
It is amazing to me how many people I run into nowadays that do not have CC's anymore. It is possible to have a life without them.
If you want to read another book about Peter Peterson and Lehman Brothers all in one, I suggest Greed and Glory on Wall Street. It talks about the first collapse (1984) of Lehman Brothers as well as a good background on how Lehman started. Also gives you a third party perspective on Peterson.
i work at On the Border and we have a great happy hour. we see lots of people who admitedly are there to save money. it's 3 to 7 mon. thru friday. cheap margs and beer and half off most appetizers. it's a steal and the food is great.
You're right, money doesn't just appear b/c you meditate everyday and I don't think that's the core "belief" of "the Secret" anyway...but, if you keep telling yourself you can't get a better paying job, can't save money, can't get out of debt, etc. Guess what? You can't and you won't.
Sometimes, a book like "The Secret" might lead or help a person get to a book like "Your Money or Your Life." You never know!
Well put and great post. Thanks!
It's great to see someone bring balance to the "conversation." I've been leery of social media "experts" for quite some time and you hit the nail on the head.
I am a avid believer in "The Secret" and there are so many that roll their eyes when I try to explain it to them. My very religious friend was told by her pastor that it was a bunch of nonsense and she promptly handed the book back to me.
Your article was right on target. It is not only to believe but to move forward with your own action as well. You cannot become a hermit and expect someone to come to your door without lifting a finger. You need to move yourself in the direction of what you want... but first you must believe that nothing can stand in your way of that goal. Once you release the mind, the body follows and your goals are attained.
Well done!
I think you've described quite clearly why "The Secret" (aka the law of attraction) is complete garbage.
Please do not make these assumptions as my words are presented in this article completely out of context. I am hardly a "thief", a "liar", or a "con artist".
While Melissa is fairly presented as being employed by a CPG, there is no disclosure as to if any of the other bloggers mentioned are compensated by any CPG in any way.
This website, Wisebread.com appears to have a good deal of advertising on it, and there is no disclosure as to any influence any of the advertisers may have had on this article.
As an independent consumer advocate and anti-consumerism writer, I urge the reader to do more research on their own before drawing these conclusions.
-SP
the notifier tool you linked is no longer working as it shows 0% cashback even though bing.com shows 8% cashback now.
The alternative is http://www.cashbackr.com which lists keywords that currently offer cashback and has cashback notification as well. It has a nice cashback trend page
my family has never had it and it is currently 98 degrees here with 90 % humidity. just dress light, use a ceiling fan, and take cold showers...
I hate when i go to the store or movies and they have AC on!
People complain about cold temps all winter
so why recreate winter during summer with AC!
I'm thinking she's means "farmer's market" type produce. Usually, that type of produce is picked, rinsed off and sold to the public. They don't spend the time (or money) to clean it up and make it look pretty for the store.
and this is exactly why civilization is going down hill because so many people rationalize unethical things such as this. Its sad and pathetic. People that do such things are thieves, liars, and con artists, plain and simple.
I'm a member of an online green social network at www.greenwala.com and we discuss this topic constantly. One of the most common recommendations is to make your own produce rinse out of affordable but effective ingredients and tah-dahhh - you end up saving more than just money. Apparently, as long as you soak fruits and veggies for a good 5 minutes, the residue should be zapped. One of the members there swears by mixing 1 part water and 1 part white vinegar with two tablespoons each of baking soda and lemon juice.
Plus, this member tells everyone how to get free organic produce (and it's not what you think) -- http://www.greenwala.com/my_groups/all/99-Strategies-To-Green-Your-Food-...
Ok, let’s say you are not in the northern hemisphere, and its winter. Your camping still is a little more cumbersome. A large pot, you can carry your wash in it once it’s done. You will need a large concave cover, a little larger then the pot or an easy to use handle on it. You will need to prop the pot up and place coals under it, don’t get flames all over, and this is flammable stuff. Float a bowl and put the lid upside down on the pot. Put snow or ice in the lid and drain it off with a ladle or siphon it. It will steam up, condense on the lid and drip down to the bowl. This is faster, but requires a supply to keep the lid cold.
I'm not really clear on how you save money by washing produce. Is this about packaged versus unpackaged produce? LIke premade salad bags for $4 versus a head of lettuce at $1? Otherwise when in the grocery stores I've not seen options to buy washed or unwashed fruits & veggies.
Ok, say you are camping in the summer. You are willing to carry in 5 gallons of wash. It's hot; you don’t want to carry more. Let’s resort to survival skills. You can get fresh water from most any saltwater or swamp water. In a closed container, remove the lid, float a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, seal with rope or rubber band, and place a weight in the centre. Place in the sun. The heat will cause evaporation. It will condense on the plastic and drip at the lowest point. Fall to the bowl and collect. This is not fast. This will carry over a LOT of the flavour from your wash. If it’s from fruit, you are going to taste it. Likewise, if you are making a traditional moonshine, you will taste the native yeast and corn in your results.
My father has threatened to put a provision in his will that anybody who spends money on a funeral for him will get nothing. Which is sort of ironic I suppose, as he may have a lot to leave. He claims that in his home state (AL) that it's legal to bury your dead on your own property with no interference from the local governments or expense as long as you do it within a day or so and get a proper death certificate...
It's often much less expensive to grow your own organic vegetables. We grow tomatoes, peppers, snap peas and lettuce in our small garden each year - focusing on produce with the highest pesticide levels. It's NOT harder to grow organic on a small scale. :) Water, sun and weeding are all we ever give our plants - and they do just fine. Even apartment dwellers with a small, sunny balcony could grow a few plants in pots.
My grandmother, mother, and a dear friend all died recently. I took time off of work and found that I was spending a lot of time shopping. Whole days, in fact. I counted this as progress, because I was up, out of the house, and "getting things done". Eventually, it all added up to over $3000 of (mostly) junk purchases. Sometimes I shopped for distraction or for the "thrill of the hunt". But more often, I shopped at stores my Mom and I had fun going to together, just to feel close to her, to feel like she could still be just one aisle over. Sometimes it was a nesting impulse- no price felt too high when it came to showing my love for my remaining family through making our home nicer, or buying them expensive gifts to celebrate small occasions. Life seemed so fragile, and money seemed so inconsequential. It truly felt like we could all die at any moment, and I wanted to make sure that I was doing everything to the max to take advantage of simply being alive. One day I was walking through Target. I had gone there to get just some detergent or something and I was deeply sad. I got this feeling that the day would be well-spent if I could "be productive through shopping", and get rid of the yucky old shower curtain in my bathroom, and maybe pick up some other bath accessories. Once I had picked those out, I started thinking how good it would feel to give our bedroom a makeover and surprise my boyfriend with some cool new linens. He was taking such good care of me, and I wanted to do something in return, to take good care of him. After a few minutes, I had completely brainwashed myself into believing that everything would be ok, if only I could get my home in perfect order. Soon my cart was full of the makings of a new and better life, even though I knew I didn't have enough money to pay for even half of them. I looked at the cart and it hit me that I would never be able to buy my way out of the emptiness inside of me. I called my boyfriend and told him that I was out of control with spending and needed help, and I needed to come home right away. I put everything back from the cart and walked out of the store empty-handed. Later, when I totaled up how much I had spent over the months, I was positively mortified. I showed my boyfriend my credit card bills and abjectly apologized for spending what for me is a month and a half of income. This 3-month spending spree had completely negated all the progress I had made repaying my credit card debt, something he had asked me to seriously work on so that we could afford to start a family. He was understanding, kind and forgiving. He said that he was complicit, because he had loved the people we lost, and was sad and didn't do anything to stop me spending our money- especially when it was on gifts for him. It scares me that when I look at the purchases one-by-one today, I feel like each one was justified. With just a little push over the edge, I would probably buy most of those things again. But that is not a worthy memorial to the three important women I lost. And it won't bring them back. And in the long run, it makes everything much worse. At this point, I have paid off all of my credit card debt through an inheritance, and I returned some of the items I bought. I am trying to deal with my grief in constructive ways now- you can't permanently buy your way out of sadness this deep. But at the time, it seemed like there was no alternative. I just didn't have much capacity to stop and think about what I was doing. Thank goodness I stopped before it got any worse.
I recently had my girlfriend show me how to make sushi, a feat I never would have attempted solo. Neither of us are sushi chefs by any standard, so we made some amateur stuff. The next day we had some fish still leftover so I gave it a second go, remembering what gave us trouble and what we learned from the day before. I could hardly believe it when I made some pretty decent sushi myself.
I guess in the case of the more complex stuff, just don't repeat your mistakes and try try again.