{"id":71074,"date":"2022-07-01T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=71074"},"modified":"2022-07-11T14:12:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T18:12:50","slug":"how-the-law-of-attraction-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-the-law-of-attraction-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Law of Attraction Works: Napoleon Hill Explains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you know how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/manifesting-money-the-secret\/\">law of attraction<\/a> works? Do you believe in it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wildly popular, often misunderstood, and sometimes ridiculed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-law-of-attraction-explained\/\">the law of attraction<\/a> is a feature in much of the self-help literature over the past century. Napoleon Hill, who popularized the law in his books, explains that it&#8217;s simply the notion that &#8220;like attracts like.&#8221; That&#8217;s why he stresses the importance of positive thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading for Hill&#8217;s discussion of the law of attraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-law-of-attraction\"><strong>The Law of Attraction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>law of attraction<\/em> proposes that <strong>thinking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-have-a-positive-mindset\/\">positive thoughts<\/a> will attract success while thinking negative thoughts will lead to failure<\/strong>. It suggests that \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/like-attracts-like\/\">like attracts like<\/a><\/strong>,\u201d and so the first step towards achieving success is to believe that success will come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Hill&#8217;s discussion of how the law of attraction works, he does not go so far as to say that all failure is the result of negative thinking\u2014he acknowledges that people are born into very different circumstances and with various social advantages or disadvantages. However, he still insists that <strong>there is no such thing as luck<\/strong> and that, if you have a clear goal you\u2019re determined to achieve, you fully believe that you\u2019re capable of achieving it, and you insist on thinking positively about what you\u2019re doing, you will eventually find success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hill also argues that the law of attraction can act as a guide in prayer. He believes that anyone who prays while doubting that their prayer will be answered has guaranteed that that\u2019s exactly what will happen. <strong>Absolute faith in both yourself and in a higher power is necessary<\/strong> for prayers to be effective. You should also pray regularly, and pray to express gratitude as much as you pray to ask for things. Finally, <strong>be prepared to take initiative and make sacrifices in order for your prayers to be realized<\/strong>, making the act of praying into more of a request for help or God\u2019s blessing than for a miracle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Criticisms of the Law of Attraction<\/strong><br><br>The law of attraction is a cornerstone of New Thought and shows up in nearly all of Hill\u2019s writings. It\u2019s also one of the most misunderstood of New Thought beliefs and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/life\/inspirational-stories\/a12415\/the-secret-1007\/\">most ridiculed<\/a> by critics. After the documentary film version of Rhonda Byrne\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-secret\/preview\"><em>The Secret<\/em><\/a> was released in 2006, many bloggers tested its theories by praying for material goods and waiting for them to arrive.&nbsp;<br><br>However, the law of attraction is not about wishing for something, <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/human-interest\/2007\/05\/what-happened-when-i-followed-the-secrets-advice-for-two-months.html\">such as a new desk<\/a>, and expecting that it will come to you with no effort on your part. Rather, it argues that pursuing a goal with absolute confidence that you will succeed, and that God or a higher power has heard your desire and is supporting you in achieving it, makes it more likely that you <em>will<\/em> succeed.&nbsp;<br><br>Even if you yourself are not religious, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/shyness-is-nice\/201809\/why-self-confidence-is-more-important-you-think\">there\u2019s no denying that greater self-confidence leads to greater success<\/a>, if for no other reason than that it makes you more empowered to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/ask-for-what-you-want\/\">ask for what you want<\/a>. There are still valid criticisms to be made of the theory of the law of attraction (for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/summary\/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-f-ck-summary-mark-manson\">Mark Manson<\/a> claims that it\u2019s little more than <a href=\"https:\/\/markmanson.net\/the-secret\">confirmation bias<\/a> encouraging you to see God\u2019s will in what might be random coincidence, and rejects \u201cabsolute faith\u201d as a form of \u201cdelusional positive thinking\u201d that will only distract you from your real obstacles), but these overly literal readings misrepresent New Thought ideas.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know how the law of attraction works? Do you believe in it? Wildly popular, often misunderstood, and sometimes ridiculed, the law of attraction is a feature in much of the self-help literature over the past century. 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