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Today's Article: Hearing about The Secret? Part 1

The movie 'The Secret' shares a new take on an old principle which has been written about for years. A number of different authors have made reference to this secret, however this movie is the first to bring it into the mainstream media for television viewing. What is the secret? Well this is the old principle of 'The Law of Attraction'. Fundamentally, we attract what we focus our attention and feelings on in life. Furthermore, this is more than just a theory, but it is a law that governs our existence, one like gravity or simple rules of mathematics. Quite an interesting concept.

While the overly analytical can argue about some of the specific ramifications of this law, letting that analysis go and accepting the principle can offer a transformational experience if we are willing. Here is one example of how the Law of Attraction worked in my life.

Just recently, my wife and I decided that for several reasons it would make sense for me to seek part time work in addition to my coaching practice. I became very clear on what it was that I wanted - coaching in an organizational setting, supporting people in living healthy, balanced, and fulfilling lifestyles. All the while doing this on a part time basis such that I could continue to serve my clients and grow my business. At first review, such a job did not seem possible. I reviewed job boards, researched potential companies, and followed leads that were just vaguely relevant. For one, wellness coaching is an extremely new field, and in addition to this wellness programs are really just starting to get developed in mainstream business. On top of this, prospects of finding a part time position in this field were slim to none. Nevertheless, I had an intention to find this job and amazingly within 3 weeks of becoming clear of and setting the intention, the perfect job appeared like magic. Part time, benefitted, and for a major organization; Sutter Health Partners was looking for a wellness coach in Sacramento to support their growing program. To date, this is the only job of this kind I know of across the U.S. The likelihood of it being right in my back door and that they were looking for a new hire at the same time I was looking was amazingly remote.

Needless to say, when I heard of the job I spread the word with everyone I knew to see if I could get past their online submittal process. Within one week I learned that my brother was a colleague of the CEO for one of the Sutter Affiliates and he knew of the program coordinator. A mentor coach of mine also knew a woman that worked at Sutter and had gone through a coach training program. All leads pointed to a woman that had recently joined Sutter Health Partners as the hiring manager - she just took this position 6 weeks before I contacted her.

To me, this is an extreme case of the Law of Attraction, and you can see that the result was not without work, however by becoming clear on my intention, focusing my energy on that intention, and allowing the universe to unfold, opportunities arose. In working with my personal coach, I was able to keep a positive outlook or feeling throughout the process, this is a significant requirement for the law of attractionn to work (otherwise we'd be attracting the negative). Almost overnight, my total coaching network has grown to hundreds of clients and I see new opportunities arise each and every day. Next step - growing this newsletter... Check out next month's newsletter for more on the 'Law of Attraction'.