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The Secret

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Rhonda Byrne is an interesting figure, mostly because of the way she was able to remove herself from the realm of relative obscurity into the realm of being a sort of international name. While not everyone knows about her or who she is, the people that have read her signature work or who do work in the same field in which she wrote know her name very well and because of that she has become extremely famous, probably beyond her wildest dreams.

She was born in Australia in 1955, making her just over 50 years of age today. She cut her teeth in the writing and producing industries of Australian Television and she has a lot of experience from her work in those areas during the earlier parts of her life. Her most famous production during this period was the show Sensing Murder, but that pales in comparison to what she was able to accomplish when she moved away from the television writing and producing industry of Australian television and into the field of writing books.

She has only written one book of any note, but at the same time it is a book that has swept across the world as one of the biggest sensations in the history of writing and definitely the biggest worldwide sensation within the particular field of writing she worked in. Her book, The Secret, is a self-help book that was later made into a movie as well. The Secret is a book that talks about the positive thinking way of getting your goals in life by starting to conceive them and then believing in yourself to be able to achieve them. In short, it is a blueprint for success based on the laws of attraction and her main achievement in The Secret was bringing those laws to the attention of the mainstream media and public.

The Secret - Rhonda Byrne

Many people followed her advice in the books and as such were able to lead more successful lives. These people told their friends about the book and knowledge and purchases of The Secret spread to the point where Byrne was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine last year. The Secret is still going strong even today and Byrne still has her job in the Australian television industry to go back to should she ever wish to involve herself in the work that started her career. For the moment though, she has reached millions across the world with just one book based on one very simple concept.

You can buy Rhonda Byrne’s “The Secret” audio book from here.

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The Magic of Thinking Big

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

David Schwartz is a very interesting figure for the simple reason that his ideas completely changed the way that people think about success, but when you distill those ideas down and examine them objectively you will likely find that they are some of the simplest ideas you could possibly think of. This duality has often existed in thought that has completely changed history, but David Schwartz was someone that embraced the duality and through his embracing of it allowed other people to see it for what it was as well.

The best way to think about Schwartz’s life is to closely examine the book that made him famous. This book, titled The Magic of Thinking Big, was written in 1959 and since that time has been one of the classics when it comes to self help and engineering success. Dave Schwartz was able to take the ideas that he had floating around in his head and crystallize them into a book that almost anybody could understand. Few have that gift, but Schwartz was able to show that gift off in the writing of The Magic of Thinking Big.

David J Schwartz - The Magic of Thinking Big

Benjamin Disraeli once said that “Life is too short to be little” and when you think about Schwartz’s work, that one quote might be the best motto for him. In doing his research for The Magic of Thinking big, what Schwartz found out was that rather than there being too many leaders in the world, the opposite was actually true. More leaders are needed and therefore rather than being something that is tied to talent, luck or circumstance, success is far more a choice than anything else. Some people choose to lead while others choose to follow and Schwartz was able to tie this element of choice to the success of some of the biggest people in the world at that time.

People that are successful in life, according to Schwartz, are people that take time out of their day to do thinking in solitude and they are people that make sure to think big and act big at all times. This is the type of thought and action that is required to become successful in today’s world and Schwartz had the blueprint for success down almost forty years ago. This is why he is thought of as being one of the best self-help gurus to ever live and this is of course why his book The Magic of Thinking Big is still something that is read by every aspiring person that wants to be successful today.

You can buy the audio book The Magic of Thinking Big from here