Saturday is the day I treat myself and spoil myself - my splurge day. I am conscious of what I eat and put into my body and I reckon that I eat healthy during the working week but on Saturday it’s my day. I go for it and get a nice ham, egg, and cheese wrap.

Well this Saturday I ordered the usual and as I head over to the cash register I see that the girl working the register is reading a book about The Law of Attraction.

She sees me place my order down on the tray and take out my money.

I wait as she has to finish writing something on a piece of paper, then she places the book down in her little area beside the cash register. There isn’t enough room so it doesn’t fit well, she nudges my tray over, marks her page and then and only then does she turns her attention to me.

After ringing up my order and taking my money, she then counts out my change, coughs on it (who doesn’t have a cold this time of year) before she hands it back to me.

Do you see anything wrong with this scene?

a) She’s reading a book while on the job?
b) She coughed on my change?
c) She wasn’t reading my book - I Am. So, I Can (soon to be available)?

I believe that it’s actually all of the above plus one additional thing.

Do you know what it is?

I’m guessing she’s expecting SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. That’s what 99% of the people reading The Law of Attraction, The Secret and Think and Grow Rich.

They want to read a book, think positive thoughts for a couple of days or so and then wake one morning and find that all their dreams have come true.

I enjoyed watching The SECRET movie. To a greater extent because of the way the “author” Rhonda Byrne took dozens of experts, interviewed them, and made a movie, then a book out of those interviews.

Impressive stuff and it made her a millionaire.

Now don’t get me wrong, I DO believe in the Universal Laws and in particular The Law of Attraction and the importance of eliminating NEGATIVE thoughts, but you have to DO SOMETHING first to make a change in your life.

To get out of bad debt you first have to have to STOP SPENDING MONEY.

To generate a positive cash flow from properties you have to get out of your armchair and go LOOK AT PROPERTIES to find those great buys/investments.

To make money in the stock market, you have to study the market, Buy LOW, do your analysis, and continuously monitor your portfolio.

The formula is so simple:

To achieve [insert your goal/desire here] you’re going to have to [insert put in some work and effort here] and you have to keep on doing it, correcting along the way, until you achieve your goal.

There are no shortcuts and CERTAINLY you can’t get there without DOING SOMETHING like taking action.

So back to the girl at the cash register.

Could it be that she’s sick and tired of her life and her job (why else read a book like LOA, right?)

She probably thinks she is underpaid and should be paid more.

She probably thinks she should find the love of her life and live a perfect life.

I ask you is she really DOING the things that will get her WHAT she wants in life and get her to WHERE she wants to be in life?

Had she woken up early or stayed up later at night, reading her Law of Attraction book, got to work early, given 100% of her mind and physical effort, who knows, she might become the manager of the store one day.

You’ve got to take ACTION and do a little WORK to get anywhere in life the only place that I have found SUCCESS coming before WORK is in a dictionary. There are no shortcuts in life. Well, maybe if you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but then again, we all can’t be Paris Hilton or one of those other annoying heirs/heiresses.

So really there is nothing more to do than to roll up our sleeves and DO SOMETHING about it.

Chris Morris is a dedicated student of life and is constantly seeking self improvement. Chris is dedicated to touching lives by helping people find and acknowledge their uniqueness and offers inspiration to those seeking to fulfill their destiny. “Remember that no matter what you have done or not done you are worthy of love”.

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