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Millennium Watch - June 2007

The Secret — What Secret?

June 23rd 2007 04:54
Call it the law of attraction, positive affirmation, self-empowerment, karma, single-mindedness, or pursuing your dreams, the so-called ‘Secret’ has been around since humankind realised the power of their own mind.
Then why don’t we all have this ability to attract success into our lives, to create a reality that is everything we ever wanted or dreamed of from life? Well, apparently we can. However, the catch is—and there’s always a catch—unless we were raised in an insulated world free from negative influence, by parents who administered balanced doses of love, positive parenting, and discipline, then we are going to have to work for it. And in most cases, damn hard.

No doubt, the human mind is incredible piece of work, the lives of great men and women throughout history prime examples of its manifest power. The ancient philosophers like Aristotle and Plato, teachers like Jesus and Budda, rulers like Alexander, Cleopatra and Ghengis Khan, even entrepreneurs like Rockafellar, Gates, and our own Murdoch and Packer. The one thing we find that all over-achievers have in common is strength of mind: that clarity of purpose, the ability to seize opportunity and overcome obstacles, an unwavering pursuit of the end goal.

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Part 2

The post-federation era witnessed the birth and continued creation of distinctive cultural identity icons, like the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the National War Memorial, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC. A particular type of Aussie ‘suburban culture’ began growing out in the suburbs. And in the ritual of international sports, the Aussie identity was a force to be reckoned with, quality product of an emerging culture


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