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Author contradicts himself and 'The Secret'

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This book added nothing extra to the message that was in 'The Secret'. Joe Vitale seems to contradict himself when he tells the reader not to focus on money. But watch 'The Secret' and listen to some of Joe Vitale's interviews and then listen to 'Bob Proctor' and 'Jack Canfield' And you will see a pattern; money money money. Joe tells us in part three of 'The key' that we shouldn't focus on money, that money is worthless. Money is just paper with wonderful art on it. Yet Joe, Bob and Jack seem to worship this worthless material: *Joe Vitale was broke and homeless a few years ago, he had no particular talents or dream career. Today Joe is rich because he found a way of making money by writing books about making money. Joe tells us in 'The key' not to focus on money, instead focus on passion and having fun. Joe uses 'Richard Branson' and 'Donald Trump' as examples of two billionaires who are having fun doing what they love and not focusing on money. Come on Joe is not writing and producing books and cds and seminars about making money to have fun, he is doing it to make money. *Bob Proctor was in debt and miserable and had few qualifications and owed more money than he earned. Today Bob Proctor is a rich man telling people how to become rich themselves, with the help of Wallace D Wattles book 'The science of getting rich'. Listen to Bob Proctors interviews and all you'll here him talk about is money and becoming a millionaire. *Jack Canfield defaced a $10 bill and added some zeros ($100,000) and stuck it on his ceiling and stared at it everymorning imagining that he had that money in his life. He claims he received over $80,000 within months. Now he is a very rich man travelling around the world. The Chicken soup for the soul books are inspirational but Jack had a desire to make money first and foremost. Joe's clearing methods were interesting at times and pure Psycho babble in places. I find it hard to take advise on how to clear mental and emotional problems from someone who has no visible qualifications and comes across as a used car salesman. Joe used this book to promote his websites and other books. The book could have been shorter, Joe fills it with segments from his teleseminars and quotes from other authors or self help gurus. There is little substance. I closed the book unfortunately missing the missing secret. I got little from 'The Secret' and less from 'The Key'.

Padded or a cushion to save our fall ... you decide

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I have not read any of the other books by this author, so to me it was all new stuff. I do get the feeling from other reviewers that the author could have tired a little harder, and perhaps was riding on the back of `The Secret'. I agree with one of the other reviews that goes on to detail our own desire and that, perhaps, it is this that makes us unhappy, due to it leaving us unsatisfied. The text herein gives exercises and tips on overcoming blocks that limit our feelings and beliefs. I am well on my way to reading through a lot of these `self help' books, and this one by Joe Vitale does seem at odds with itself at times. I guess as I go through more of this author's collection of books I will get the message he is sending out.

"Quick money" device

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This books contains some useful insights. Still, it is very clear that it is just meant to be a quick way of multiplying the sales channels of what the author has already said in other books; it comes so far as to partially consist of transcriptions of seminaries with much blabla and nothing that is not a repetition of what was already said. Also not pleasing is the constant self advertising of the author and promotion of his other books, internet sites etc. A bit would still go if made with class and decency, but in my eyes this was not the case here. All in all, I would not spend the money again for this book and do not consider it a good investment.

useful to a degree

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I liked aspects of this book but in the end I found its central message too ego-based. It's clear that many of us put limits on ourselves and that it can be beneficial for us to transcend those limits, but that needs to be balanced by an awareness of how desire is part of the problem, and how we can actually find contentment by stopping wanting things like success and wealth. Desire makes us unhappy because it makes us dissatisfied. So to some degree, we need to overcome desire. For a more edifying read, try Making Time by Steve Taylor Making Time: Why Time Seems to Pass at Different Speeds and How to Control It, which shows how you can control and expand time by filling your life with new experience and by living in the present.

Complete waste of time

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This is my second attempt at writing a comment. My first attempt must have been too extreme. I didn't like this book at all. Why? Because it gives you false hope. I'll explain: Yes I believe that everything in the Universe, including our thoughts, are connected. But the problem with books like The Key, The Secret, The Attraction Factor, are that you send out the wrong thoughts. The thoughts you are sending out to the Universe are 'I'm not satisfied with what I have. I want this, and I want that.' You are sending out thoughts of weakness. The thoughts you are sending are not your's but those of your ego. You are not empowering yourself with attaining your desires, you are living in hope that the Universe will provide them for you. This is how the law of attraction really works: You focus your attention on what you have at this moment - now. True happiness comes from within. When you are truly happy without the need for attachments the things you want will become attracted to you. This book will temporarily lift your spirits. If your attractions come to you, you will thank the book. If they don't you'll end up extremely disappointed.