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Summary:

Ask. Believe. Receive. |

In The Secret, Rhonda Byrne compiles the words of successful authors, businesspeople, spiritualists and scientists to explain the “Great Secret” woven throughout human history — the law of attraction.

The Secret is broken down in 10 sections, explaining what exactly the law of attraction is, how to “ask, believe and receive” to achieve your goals and how to apply the law of attraction to different areas of your life — your body, your finances, your relationships and the world.

The book is a collage of quotes from authors like Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Jack Canfield to philosopher Dr. John Demartini. These teachers explain how the law of attraction causes like thoughts cause like events in life. They also offer techniques for focused, successful thinking. Byrne’s interpretation of the law of attraction and unbelievable success stories from viewers of The Secret film round out the book.

At the end of each chapter, “Secret Summaries” itemize the important points and techniques you should absorb. The book explains in clear terms how readers can achieve their greatest goals while offering a history of the law of attraction and showing how it touches everyone in the world.

Meet Rhonda Byrne:

Rhonda Byrne is the principal of the independent television production company Prime Time Productions, founded in 1994 and originally based in Melbourne, Australia. Byrne worked in Australian television for 20 years and was a senior producer at Australia’s Nine Network when she founded her company. She worked on several popular Australian programs, including the “Midday Show” and “What’s Cooking.” With Prime Time Productions, Byrne created family, reality and soap-style programming.

In 2004, Byrne began work on the film “The Secret.” Byrne compiled interviews with teachers, successful business people, authors and other experts to explain the law of attraction — how thoughts bring out life events. After the DVD’s success, Byrne compiled the bestselling The Secret book using interviews from the film, along with her original writing.

The book is Byrne’s first foray into writing. Byrne has been criticized for some of the theories in the book, including that cancer can be cured through positive thinking and obese people are overweight because they “think fat.” Some have also questioned Byrne’s historical sources and claims that tycoons like Henry Ford and writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson “knew” the secret.

Since “The Secret” film, Byrne’s company has expanded to Los Angeles and Chicago.