Last year I finally got around to watching The Secret on Netflix. I haven’t read the book, but I have always been curious what it is all about.

I don’t want to give it all away for anyone who hasn’t read it or seen it yet, but I did want to talk about one aspect of The Secret.

It suggests you should spend time every day visualizing yourself achieving your goal. You should try to experience it as vividly as possible; feel the emotion and even the physical sensation of being in that place where you have already accomplished your goal.

To help with this, I Photoshopped the following image. It is a picture of me signing copies of my published novel in a book store. You can tell the book was successful because there are people lined up to see me. Unfortunately I did not write down the name of the author whose body I stole, but I will divulge it was actually a man.

A friend of mine, who coincidentally has also read The Secret, gave me the following homemade birthday card. I love it! The little book even opens and you can flip through several pages inside. I have been using this card for the same purpose.

I recommend reading or watching The Secret if you haven’t already. It isn’t a mind blowing revelation or anything you haven’t heard before, but I think there is value in focusing your energy on something positive and something you really want.