The Secret to Optimism is You and Your Choice.

After years of reading and research, prayer and masterminding, owning businesses and working for someone else, I came to the conclusion that to really become extravagantly successful, I needed to learn to think differently; the secret to being happy, having optimism, and being successful.

Ask and It Is Given began another series of deep changes in my life. It was time, I thought. What did I have to lose? Might as well try thinking with optimism. A positive attitude and being happy would be the worst result. So I gave myself a time frame of one month, and then one year to try thinking with optimism and a positive attitude. Wonders! I became a happy person overnight. After constantly being accused of only looking at the hole instead of the dough-nut, this was simply a marvelous way to live. I had stumbled upon the Secret of Optimism. I only had to choose what I thought.

Setting Intent is the first step in the secret of optimism and creating a happy, successful life with positive attitude.

Deliberation about the Intent is also a part of the steps in the secret of optimism; becoming prosperous successful and happy. In this case I had deliberated for years of the pros and cons of developing the practice of thinking different. Being wealthy, successful, and deliriously happy attracted me. I could really commit to this process of thinking with optimism to create a positive attitude.

Commitment to that Intent is the third step in the secret of optimism and creating a positive attitude and a happy successful life.


Becoming Aware of my thoughts (Recognize them) is the next logical step in the secret of optimism, success, positive attitude, and happiness. Years of conscious building had helped. It is a little awkward and painful to watch one’s thoughts each minute and each hour. So much habit. So much focus on the negative. Uggh.

Acceptance of what you think without judgment is an imperative part in the in the secret of optimism, success, positive attitude and being happy. I developed ways to say, “Oh yes, there’s my cynic (judge) raising its head again. Well of course it would feel that way.”

Have a Happy Thought Stockpile. Choose a couple of events, dreams or wishes that you can think about in detail that make you feel good. When you are thinking a stream of negative thoughts, you just can’t stop thinking those same thoughts, so you must change your focus to something pleasant. A list of happy thoughts is a magical tool in the secret of optimism, success, positive attitude and being happy.

Shift your attention to something that fills you with joy and happiness; the next stage in the secret of optimism, success, positive attitude and being happy. I would practice on my way to work by looking at the world around me and finding something to be amazed at. Later I practiced imagining and detailing my favorite retirement dream of painting and writing. I always felt better. Finding things to be grateful for, was another way.

Choose the positive thought. The mind can be tricky. You can’t stop thinking negatively, worrying, or being in fear. But you can choose to turn your focus to something else. When you successfully shift your focus, make sure you appreciate yourself (later) for having chosen well. Appreciation of your success will serve in implementing the secret of optimism, success, positive attitude and being happy.

Savor the happy well being that comes from practicing the secret of optimism, success, positive attitude and being happy. I didn’t have much practice in savoring. It is so delicious to savor. It’s like being the dog riding with his head out the car window.


Repeat the Process time and again. Whenever you find yourself thinking another negative thought, reach for a better feeling thought from your Happy Stockpile. Repeating is a necessary tool in the secret of optimism, success, positive attitude and being happy.


Practice this process for 30 days and your will have made a habit of using the secret of optimism, success, positive attitude and being happy.

Here is more information about How to Become an Optimist.

Tomorrow, we will look at some specific thoughts to interrupt so you can better use the secret of optimism, success, positive attitude and being happy.

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The Secret Key to Law of Success #3
Assemble An Attractive Personality

The Secret Key # 3 to Law of Success according to Napoleon Hill is to assemble an Attractive Personality. There are many aspects of an attractive personality, and when one aspect is enhanced, the others are often enhanced. Many people want to assert that they are who they are; and others need to accept them as they are.

That is a fine sentiment. The Secret; the truth is, we are all very multi-faceted. We all have many different aspects to who we are. Using the Law of Success, We can choose what aspects of ourselves we want to enhance. Many of us use the excuse “I am who I am” simply to justify staying in our habitual frame of reference. If that happens to be crabby place, or pessimistic; ‘oh well, that’s just who I am.’ The Law of Success does not say, ok, I can be pessimistic and succeed.

When you encounter people who use the Law of Success in the outer world how do you feel? Would you want to place your business with a doctor who is pessimist, or an accountant, or an alternative healer? Do you want to have a boss who is crabby or a pessimist? The Secret Key to the Law of Success is that most everyone prefers to work with someone who is upbeat, positive, optimistic, and who is pleasant to deal with.

The secret is Pessimism is a habit. The secret is Crabbiness is a habit. The secret is Optimism is a habit. Each of those characteristics is a choice that we each make every moment, every day. The Law of Success asks us to give the best of ourselves. The alternative is we default to the habit of thinking and acting as we have been raised to do. It is your choice. The secret is YOU get to choose the characteristics in your self you want to enhance. Part of the secret is The Law of Success and the Law of Attraction will bring back to you whatever you are putting out into the world.

If you prefer working with people who have attractive personalities, chances are the rest of the world would prefer to work with you more if your personality is attractive, compelling and desirable to be around. These people embody the Law of Success. That’s part of the secret. That is just how the Law of Success works.

Part of the secret of the Law of Success, assembling an attractive personality requires a good bit of work on your part. You bet it does; particularly if you have some unappealing personality characteristics. The Secret to the Law of Success requires effort on your part. It is what you are giving to the world. What you put out is what you receive.

We are living in times when people are more stressed than ever. Opposite the Law of Success, most people drop into their most unappealing personality the more tired, the more stressed, and the more they find themselves in a survival mode. Resilience doesn’t seem to be very high for many people. This makes it all the more important for you to abide by The Secret to the Law of Success.

Law of Success would show this is all the more reason we need to focus on our choice of what personality qualities we wish to show. It is harder to get along in the world in general. In specific, the law of attraction still is powerful. The more optimistic and appealing you are and act, the more you will be around optimistic and appealing people – the secret to the Law of Success.

Here’s another secret. In the long run, it can be a very selfish thing to do - become positive and upbeat - because doing so begets success. It draws to you wonderful upbeat people. Assembling an attractive personality, part of the secret key of the Law of Success; enhances your ability to do what you want to do, people will be drawn to you and will want to buy from you whatever it is you are selling.

So it is your choice. The secret is: What you put out into the world is what you draw back from the world, simple law of attraction methodology. Choose whether you wish to implement the secret key to the Law of Success; assemble an attractive personality. You can be the same old habitual you with same old, same old attitudes and behaviors. Or you can choose to slant your attitude and behaviors more in alignment with how you want to be treated, therefore becoming a more attractive person.

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The Secret Key to the Law of Success

Use of Applied Faith; the 3rd secret key to the Law of Success

The Secret Key to the Law of Success is that your State of Mind is the most important thing in life. Everything is keyed into your state of mind. Your state of mind is absolutely THE KEY to making your life work. The secret key to the Law of Success is your state of mind. Most of us have an idea this is true, but many people simply do not understand that your state of mind is a choice that you can make, no matter what situation you are in. Choice is a critical function to using the secret key to the Law of Success.

Your state of mind can be positive. Your state of mind can be negative. Your state of mind can be affected very much by circumstances happening in your world, yes. However YOU CAN CHOOSE a state of mind that is positive, no matter what circumstances are occurring. You can choose a state of mind that will bring you abundance, no matter what your financial state is. You can choose! This element of choice is critical to using the secret key to the Law of Success.

Your state of mind is affected by your emotions. Emotions are messengers from our body and mind to let us know what we are experiencing. If you are not feeling happy, or joyful, most likely you have shifted your state of mind. You can feel happy and joyful no matter how ill you are, no matter how uncomfortable your body is, no matter what other people are saying to you or about you, and no matter whether or not you have food on your table. I didn’t say it is easy. It is simple however. It is possible to use the secret key to your use of the Law of Success. Utilizing your emotions is another secret key to using the Law of Success.

Emotions are powerful, and can help you shift states of mind. Our home study e-course is designed to help you learn how to use your feelings to shift your state of mind along the emotional scale to an emotion that is more aligned with where you want to be. As you learn to move yourself along the emotional scale, you are learning how to change states of mind at will. Then you have the absolute key to your success and abundance in your hand. You will have the tools to use the secret keys to the Law of Success and the Law of Attraction. You and only You are the secret key to the Law of Success. But nobody said you had to do this alone.

Napoleon Hill says that Faith is a state of mind. It doesn’t matter what your spiritual beliefs are, except that you must practice them. Daily. Faith is Hill’s third secret key to the Law of Success. We will talk further about the active use of Faith in other posts.

This is a very active process. Keeping your state of mind where you need it to be takes practice. To operate the Law of Success and the Law of Attraction is a very active process.

When you actively relate to the larger forces of the world, which Hill calls Infinite Intelligence, which you may call God, or higher power; then you have a powerful way of changing your state of Mind. Most of us change states of mind when we pray. Prayer and Faith, Contemplation, Meditation, Visualization are all ways that we change states of mind. These are all tools to the secret key to the Law of Success.

Your state of mind is your secret key to unlocking the Law of Success and the law of attraction. Your state of mind unlocks your health, abundance, and wisdom. Your state of mind is essential to using the Law of Success. It is THE SECRET.

YOU are the secret key to your state of mind. YOU! Nobody else but YOU. YOU. YOU!!! You are the secret key to unlocking all the Law of Success and the law of abundance has for you.

Do you get how important this is? It means at any time, in any way, YOU can open the door to your own success, joy, wealth and wellbeing. No other person no other circumstance, nothing else can unlock these keys for you! You are THE SECRET KEY to your use of The Law of Success.

While this is simple, it is a complex process to work. There is much to coordinating yourself to operate in a prime state of mind. The secret key to the Law of Success is simple. The process is complex. That is why there is so much written about the subject of the secret of the Law of Success from so many vantage points. Our home study ecourse has designed structures and techniques to help you focus yourself in the optimum way. We want to support you unlocking your own secret vault of wealth, joy, well-being, health as you use The Law of Success. Write us today for details about the home study e-course that is designed to maximize you unlocking the secret of the Law of Success in your life.

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The Secret Key to Law of Success #7
Build a Positive Mental Attitude

The Secret Key to Law of Success # 7 is the directive to Build a Positive Mental Attitude. Napoleon Hill said “A positive mental attitude is the single most important principle of the science of success. You will depend upon it in everything you do. You cannot get the maximum benefit out of the other sixteen principles without understanding and employing PMA (positive mental attitude).”

If building a positive mental attitude is the single most important, the secret key to Law of Success, what do you think is necessary to build a positive mental attitude? Napoleon says it is the ability to control your mind or your thoughts. Your mental attitude is the only thing that you have complete control over. If you practice this ability here are some of the benefits he predicts are a result of the law of success.

1. Success Consciousness which attracts only the circumstances which make for success.
2. Sound health, both physical and mental.
3. Financial Independence.
4. A labor of love in which to express yourself.
5. Peace of Mind.
6. Applied Faith, which makes fear impossible.
7. Enduring friendships.
8. Longevity and a well-balanced life.
9. Immunity from self-limitation.
10. The wisdom to understand yourself and others.

These benefits are the secret as well. If everyone knew them, why wouldn’t everyone be practicing positive mental attitude. Hill says that we each have the capacity for positiveness or negativeness. It is a choice. Choice is the secret to building a positive mental attitude. What do you choose?

Striving for Success makes you better able to attain it. Doing nothing and accepting failure only brings more failure your way.” Napoleon Hill.

The law of attraction is one of the secrets behind the law of success. The more you practice the secret key of the law of success; build a positive mental attitude; the more success you have, and the happier and the healthier you are. You attract more friends, more love, more success, more health and more opportunity. It is your choice. What do you want more in your life?

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The Secret Key to Law of Success # 11 Control Your Attention

Control your attention. Your subconscious mind needs a clear picture on which to act. Control your attention because what you focus on increases. Focus on your enterprise. Imagine it in its full-blown scope. By your single-pointedness, you communicate to the universe that you are expecting success, and one way it might look. Control your attention is the secret key to law of success.

When you control your attention, you can choose what you focus upon. When you are in touch with your vision and dream of the future, it is easy to control your attention. Single-pointedness is a tool in the secret key to law of success. When you are disconnected from your dream or vision of the future, it is not as easy to control your attention. You cannot control your attention by telling yourself to not focus on something that is bothering you.

You can’t tell your mind not to focus on envy, worry, doubt, jealousy. You will just keep seeing more of the same. What you can do to control your attention is to focus on something else. By focusing on what you want, in clear detail, you give your mind a direction. Help control your attention by asking the question, ‘what is it I want in this situation? This technique is part of the secret key to law of success.

Many people react to what they experience. To control your attention, you need not focus on the “what is”. Gently turn your attention to what you want – “What is to be.” It is hard to jump from depression, fear, discouragement to fleshing out your dream of what you want “to be”. So you control your attention by taking small steps – each small step is part of the secret key to operating the law of success.

If your fear is driving your bus, control your attention by saying “well of course part of me is afraid. There is more to me than my fear, worry, and discouragement.” As you soothe the part of you that has taken charge of your thinking, you help yourself remember other aspects of self and you are gently beginning to control your attention. Remind yourself of the secret key of law of success by saying “That part of me has been listening to the news and has gotten worried. That is not all the news however. There are people who are happy and prosperous, and doing quite well no matter what the times. I intend to join that group of people.”

“It is the universe’s pleasure to bring well-being and prosperity into my life. I will pull out my focus book and remember the thoughts and ideas that bring me joy and pleasure. As I turn my focus, I am operating the secret key to the law of success.”

When a lot of people think the same sort of thoughts, it sets up a magnetic charge. If you think thoughts that have a similar pattern to those thought by this mass of people, you can easily join in the “group think” and find yourself in a funk. Control your attention by aligning your thoughts with well being and plenty which is part of the secret key to the law of success.

To control your attention, you may want to find a spiritual discipline that helps you routinely tune into the infinite. That is why prayer, meditation, and imagery are so successful. Purposeful tuning of your mind and thoughts to something greater that is expansive is a powerful way to control your attention one of the secret keys to operating with the law of success.

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The Secret Key to Law of Success #9
Channel Self-Discipline

The Secret Key to Law of Success #9 is to channel self-discipline. Self-Discipline is the avenue through which you direct the flow of your personal power for success. Many people do not know how to self-discipline. Others do not want to learn how to direct self in the form of self-discipline. If you had or have a problem with authority figures, you probably have a problem with authority over yourself as well. Different aspects of self can run you ragged away from success, if you don’t develop the mature adult “self.” Every act you make of self-discipline will help you develop your mature self which takes you toward success. Read more about the “I” and your personality here.

The most astounding power you have is a function called “Will.” It gives you’re the power to choose and the power to act. It is essential, the secret key to Law of Success. Self-Discipline is just one way to describe the practice of developing your capacity to choose and act; your will.

Napoleon Hill diagramed six departments of the self to be coordinated by self-discipline – the secret key to Law of Success # 8.

1. Ego – Seat of Willpower – he called it the Supreme Court over all the other departments of the minds, saying its seat of power is in the subconscious mind.
2. Faculty of the emotions – seat of action-power of the mind.
3. Faculty of reason – seat of judgment and opinions.
4. Faculty of Imagination – origin of imagination.
5. Faculty of Conscience – the moral guide.
6. Memory – keeper of the records of the mind.

Roberto Assagioli and Carl Jung describe similar functions of the self. The Myers Briggs Personality Inventory is based on this theory. You will see on the following diagram that thought, emotions, imagination, intuition, impulse-desire, and sensations are the six functions of the person. At the core is the self – or the “I.” Will is the energy with which we can coordinate all the functions, rather than have them use us. Will is the central function of self-discipline – an essential ingredient to using the secret key to the Law of Success.

Napoleon Hill suggested the “sixth sense” of Telepathy which is the broadcasting station of the brain – connecting with other brains. He called the subconscious section of the mind as the connecting link between the mind of men and Infinite Intelligence. Telepathy or Intuition is one avenue of the secret key to the Law of Success. It is the way the Universe connects like minds and brings together opportunities. To be receptive to intuition requires use of self-discipline to quiet the mind and feelings and senses. The practice of prayer and meditation are ways self-discipline is used to tap into Infinite Intelligence.

“Your self-discipline is the procedure you use to coordinate these departments of your mind and keep each of them under control. Its most immediate effect is the mental harmony you need to focus all your efforts towards success.” Napoleon Hill

Athletes harness their enormous power through the use of exercising and training their body through the use of their personal will; self-discipline. They are just one example of how the personal function of the will can be used to mobilize the self toward personal achievement of success. These people utilize self-discipline, the secret key to Law of Success #8.

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