Book Review: The Aladdin Factor
Author: Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Year Published: 1995
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In The Aladdin Factor, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen of Chicken Soup for the Soul fame lay out a framework for asking for and receiving what you want. You may know Jack Canfield as one of the teachers of The Secret or the Law of Attraction. Unlike with The Secret, The Aladdin Factor isn’t concerned with the metaphysical (for instance, all you have to do is ask the Universe for what you want and wait for it to happen.) Rather, it takes the much more direct approach: become clear about what you want then ask people who have the means to help you to guide you towards your goals.
Joe Vitale on The Secret to Life – Be Happy With What You Have Right Now
A number of commentators featured in the The Secret movie and book are doing free interviews once per week at MastersOfTheSecret.com. It’s free to sign up and to listen.
In the first interview, Joe Vitale discusses what he considers his secret to life. If you’ve never heard of Joe Vitale, he’s well known in internet marketing circles as a great copywriter. (His website is MrFire.com.) He’s known for having written a number of books including The Attractor Factor, Zero Limits, Life’s Missing Instruction Manual, Hypnotic Writing, Buying Trances, and How to Write and Publish Your Own eBook in as Little as 7 Days.
Rhonda Byrne Tells Her Story Behind The Secret Movie and Book
In case you missed it, Rhonda Byrne did a telecast tonight with the folks at HealthyWealthynWise.com. Not surprisingly, this was a feel good interview that focused on joy, gratitude, and visualization – the primary topics The Secret movie and book covered – rather than addressing some of the criticisms and concerns that have been brought up recently.
I joined the webcast rather than the conference call and had a few access problems, so I didn’t quite catch the first few minutes. Luckily, the connection soon steadied and I was able to listen to the rest of the call without problems.
Rhonda came across as a very positive and loving woman who really does want to spread love and joy throughout the world. I’ve seen her on Oprah and in The Secret movie, but in this interview, she opened up to fellow Secret star and Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul author, Marci Shimoff. Perhaps that’s because she knew Marci wouldn’t be asking the difficult questions.
Esther Hicks Speaks On The Law of Attraction and Deliberate Creation
If you hang out on YouTube at all, you’ll find all sorts of interesting clips. Today, I was searching for some stuff on Esther Hicks. I came across a handful that were extremely well done – here’s one where she talks about why thoughts matter more than actions. She doesn’t actually state that she opposes action. Here point is that you are clear about what you want, you’ll have to take less actions to get there than if you were unclear. (She’s speaking as “Abraham” here.)
Jack Canfield and Bob Proctor’s Science of Getting Rich System & Affiliate Program
Recently, Bob Proctor and Jack Canfield have released a new program and affiliate system based on the principles of Wallace Wattles’ The Science of Getting Rich. (You can download a copy of the Wattles’ book by joining my mailing list on the intro page of my site.)
If you’ve been following the launch, they came out with this program for $2000 and created what they consider a “generous” affiliate program. When I first saw it, red sirens went off in my head screaming things like “multi-level scam” and “snake oil salesmen”.
It didn’t really surprise me that they would have created this type of program. After all, both guys are serious marketers, so they know how to milk a product for all it’s worth. Canfield has something like 80 different flavors of the Chicken Soul for the Soul books out there. Bob Proctor’s been speaking on the motivational/get rich circuit for quite some time.
James Arthur Ray: Five Qualities of Successful People and Other Notes from Tonight’s Teleseminar
Of all of The Secret teachers, James Arthur Ray is probably the one I agree with most. Yes, I have some points of differentiation when he gets into his pseudo-quantum stuff (just because we may all be made up of “energy” doesn’t mean we attract things on our own “vibrational” level), but I’m willing to overlook that. At least he’s trying.
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