

They simply closed their eyes, thought of spending lots of money on lawyers, and the lawsuits magically manifested. Hey, they must have wanted to waste 5% or 10% or 20% of their earnings on legal fees. I only find it fitting that the people who created The Secret, selling the garbage story of limitless wealth, are stuck in legal turmoil. They do so because if you have enough intellectual sloth and/or greed to believe that, they know they can keep selling you more worthless crap at higher price points. Many of the pyramid scheme marketers will teach that you simply need to visualize yourself owning something and you will get whatever you wish for.

And positive thoughts do bring positive influences into your life, but material wealth is hollow, and it never makes you happy if you judge yourself based on it. Negative thoughts can be a roadblock to growth. Most damaging, though, is how the book perverts reality by encouraging people to equate a positive outlook on life with a childish, idiotic narcissism. It's also pseudoscience at its best, the last thing we need to encourage in an increasingly technological world which requires healthy skepticism and critical thought. On it's face, it's a manipulative marketing tool meant to flatter, confuse and deceive. This review sums up The Secret book/DVD nicely:īyrne's book is problematic on many levels.

A lot of wealth consultants and self help snake oil hucksters, the type who publish books and movies like Rhonda Byrne's The Secret, would like you to believe that if you believe something it will come true.
