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« Reply #30 on: February 27, 2011, 09:10:42 PM »
I've talked to a couple people who buy the whole Secret thing, and they were happy to explain what in their life supports that belief. I noticed that basically it came down to them having a positive attitude and working their asses off. Like, my aunt wanted a good job. So she kept working hard at whatever job she had, took on a second job, interviewed with a bunch of people, got to know the right people, got a shitty job, worked really hard at that, got to know some more people and apparently now has a pretty good job. So that's pretty much what anyone does to get a good job, but because she asked The Universe for it, it's called The Secret. But yeah, sounds like hard work, not being a total dick and a bit of luck.
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« Reply #31 on: February 27, 2011, 09:17:27 PM »
You pretty much get what you manifest. I think the other "secret" part is that if you work hard and think positive, when things don't go well you take it better, and it doesn't fuck with you as much. If you're really negative and always running people down and talking shit, if something bad happens it's magnified in your mind.
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« Reply #32 on: February 27, 2011, 09:53:12 PM »
I've never heard of this "secret," but then again I don't watch Oprah, ever*.  This does explain some Facebook postings I've seen recently.

You dudes are watching Oprah?

*Except when Lady Gaga was on there.
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« Reply #33 on: February 27, 2011, 10:05:53 PM »
Quote from: pmcd9 on February 27, 2011, 09:53:12 PM
I've never heard of this "secret," but then again I don't watch Oprah, ever*.  This does explain some Facebook postings I've seen recently.

You dudes are watching Oprah?

*Except when Lady Gaga was on there.

What Paul said!*

*Except the part about Lady Gaga.  But I do catch the end of Ellen Degeneres when I stop by the house to change clothes for the gym after work.  So yeah, whatever.
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« Reply #34 on: February 27, 2011, 11:09:13 PM »
Luv it when preople talk their way back around to my point. Positive attitude and mad work while projecting same. Whoa, big secret, right?

The tightrope I've needed to learn to walk is getting a little more of the old empathy going for those who can't quite supply the motive force on their own and need something externally. I found that baffling for a while, zero comprehension. I still find myself running out of patience sometimes and just wanting to pull a Nice Pete and all lock someone in 3" from their face and scream a Nike slogan at them for a full minute.

But that's a me problem.

[i'd never heard of the secret until a-cap referenced it and i did a quick google]
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« Reply #35 on: February 28, 2011, 04:05:11 AM »
I am all for the power of positivity and fightin' for what you dig.

It's just... that ain't googledy poogledy magic.

That's actions turning into results.
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« Reply #36 on: February 28, 2011, 04:31:35 AM »
Well, if it was a ref to me, Ash, I said I think people put the best face on whatever's going on if they're positive thinkers, and tend to think everything's a tragedy if they're pessimists.

I tend to lean toward the bleeding-heart liberal mindset of thinking that people are getting fucked over by the Man a lot, even though I am squarely in the right-wing demographic. However, I do try to think positively about what the outcomes of my efforts will be, and I try to be nice to kitties and duckies and all that kind of shit. I do think that I manifest that which I envision. I'm kind of a hippie that way.

I've never seen more than maybe 90 seconds of an Oprah episode.
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« Reply #37 on: February 28, 2011, 02:44:22 PM »
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However, I do try to think positively about what the outcomes of my efforts will be, and I try to be nice to kitties and duckies and all that kind of shit.

I try to think positively about that stuff too. When things are a little dark, I do it just because it's the right thing.
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« Reply #38 on: February 28, 2011, 03:02:40 PM »
Quote from: Nabubrush on February 28, 2011, 04:31:35 AM
I've never seen more than maybe 90 seconds of an Oprah episode.

Me neither. Do you think this is un-American, or something?
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« Reply #39 on: February 28, 2011, 04:29:52 PM »
Healthy is what I would have thought. Maybe it means you're busy with your own business instead of navel-gazing with the other folk.
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« Reply #40 on: February 28, 2011, 05:01:30 PM »
I'm pretty sure I don't watch enough TV to be American. I make up for it by working in a planet-raping industry.
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« Reply #41 on: February 28, 2011, 06:21:54 PM »
That seems fair. I'll have to think of something like that.
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« Reply #42 on: February 28, 2011, 06:28:21 PM »
You already have them murdering trees to print your 'books'.

Haven't you done enough?
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