The secret to success is gratitude. Think about that for a second.
We all want success, right? Whether that means running a profitable business, finding the love of our lives, or manifesting our dream career, success is something that we all crave.
But it’s always just out of reach — in this life, we encounter several roadblocks that try and stop us from achieving our dreams. We have loved ones leave us, business plans fail, or global pandemics wreck our plans.
It’s easy to give up in these moments, but it’s specifically in these moments where we need to be grateful for what we have — that’s right, grateful.
Gratitude operates on a higher frequency than anger, disappointment, and any other negative emotion. While those negative emotions only attract more negativity and sadness, gratitude attracts abundance. When we acknowledge all of the good things in our lives — our families, the roofs over our heads, passions, and ambitions — we attract more of those good things into our lives!
With the right mindset and skills, you can manifest your desires in your life. Sound too good to be true? If so, I’ve got the perfect guest to share his story of how the Law of Attraction has transformed his life for the better — for over 85 years. Please welcome Bob Proctor back to The School of Greatness!
In this episode, Bob and I discuss the law of attraction and how it works for your life, happiness, and success. We also dive deep into the skills everyone needs to make more money! Lastly, Bob shared his insights on gratitude and other essential lessons he’s learned over the last 85 years.
I’m excited to share all the great things I’ve learned from Bob about attracting the good things in life and amassing a vast amount of wealth, so let’s begin!
Who Is Bob Proctor?
Bob Proctor is a New York Times bestselling author, motivational speaker, success coach, and expert on the human mind. In short, he’s a master thinker. One of his bestselling books is called You Were Born Rich, which is all about finding success in your present rather than reaching for it in the future. Bob is also featured in the popular film The Secret, one of the most popular self-help films ever made.
Bob was a high school dropout who started off his career working low-paying jobs. At age 26, Bob read a book that changed his life: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Bob moved from making a couple thousand a year to hundreds of thousands to over one million a year. He’s spoken about his journey around the world and has been featured on several TV shows, such as Ellen and Larry King Live.
Bob Proctor partnered with attorney Sandy Gallagher to create the Proctor Gallagher Institute. The Institute offers elite programs and coaching courses that teach people how to use the power of their own minds to create the ideal life.
Bob says he was going nowhere before he “woke up” to how the universe works. He’s passionate because he figures that if it could work for him, it could work for anyone.
I’ve had the pleasure of having Bob on The School of Greatness a couple of times — Episode #835 and Episode #950 — where we talked about how having an abundance mindset naturally creates an abundant life and the practical things we can do to set ourselves up for success.
Today, we’re discussing the Law of Attraction — specifically how you can manifest your desires in your life! Every time I have him on the show, I learned so much about money mindset, creating a thriving business, and more — today’s episode is no different!
The Law of Attraction And How It Works for Your Life
I had the chance to interview Rhonda Byrne on this show a few months ago. One of the topics we talked about was how much she appreciates Bob’s message, work, and contribution to the book, The Secret, which shows the power of the Law of Attraction. Since Bob is an expert on the Law of Attraction, I asked him how he defines it.
The Law of Attraction, according to Bob, is sometimes misinterpreted by people as a primary law. He believes that many have interpreted and applied it in their lives, thinking that if you just think about the things you want, you’ll attract it. Well, it’s way more than that! Bob explained why:
“The Law of Attraction is secondary. Thinking that you can attract what you think about is a bunch of nonsense. That’s not true at all. You do attract what you think about, but your thought patterns control the vibration you’re in. Vibration is a fundamental law of the universe. It decrees that everything moves, nothing rests.” – Bob Proctor
This means that if you keep on positively thinking about things, it activates your brain’s cells on a higher frequency. Bob further explained that these cells will then set up a positive vibration on your mind and body. That vibration dictates what we attract. If you keep on creating negative vibrations, you’ll keep on attracting bad stuff and vice versa!
To help keep yourself in a positive vibration, Bob advised a simple trick.
“The trick is really to keep yourself feeling good. That will lead you to good vibration[s], and ultimately, you’re going to attract good stuff. You just magnetize yourself to stuff.” – Bob Proctor
But you might think that feeling good is impossible if everything in your life is in disarray or you’re in a stressful environment. Well, Bob also has another law that he said is helpful in this scenario. It’s the Law of Polarity that decrees that everything has an opposite. It’s the concept behind “hot and cold,” “good or bad,” or just any opposing ideas you can think of.
By understanding the Law of Polarity, you’ll know that there’s always something good in everything — even in the bad things. You’ve just got to look for it!
Sadly, it’s difficult for many people to find something good in challenging situations, which stops them from achieving a positive vibration. I asked Bob why this happens, and he said that the culprit is simply how our minds are programmed all along. He believes that every one of us is programmed for bad news as manifested in the type of news we see daily.
I had a similar epiphany while looking at the massive TV screen in one area of the building where I live — four different news channels up at once, all showing bombing incidents simultaneously. I was just like, “Man, if I sat here and watched this every single day, my mind would be chaotic because I’m consuming chaos 24/7.”
The good news is that there are so many ways so we can get back our positive vibration and start feeling good again!
“Well, there are all kinds of ways to feel good. You can think of something delightful. You can also do something kind for somebody or help somebody out somewhere. You can even share a good idea. All these actions can help you start to feel good, and when you’re feeling good, you’re in a good vibration. You’re going to attract good stuff too.” – Bob Proctor
It’s hard for people to change the way they feel because they get trapped in it. It takes them days to get out of it until they go to sleep, wake up, and maybe reset the programming. I’ve been there many times when I would also hold onto negative emotions for days, weeks, even months. But I learned that it’s so much better when you can acknowledge the emotion, shift to a positive frequency, and move onto better things.
